Hyperledger blockchain consortium sees weakening support in 2018: Report
Dec 19, 2017 03:15 am UTC| Digital Currency
Hyperledger blockchain consortium is losing some of its members, a new report from Reuters has revealed. According to the documents seen by the media giant, over 15 members have either cut their financial backing or...
Blockchain startup Colu secures $14.5M investment from IDB
Dec 18, 2017 09:36 am UTC| Digital Currency
Colu, an Israel-based blockchain startup, has raised $14.5 million from IDB Development Corporation as a Series B funding into the company and as part of its Colu Local Network (CLN) token pre-sale round, CoinJournal...
UK FCA publishes feedback on DLT discussion paper
Dec 18, 2017 05:33 am UTC| Digital Currency
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published feedback on its discussion paper on distributed ledger technology (DLT). Earlier this year, the regulator sought stakeholder views on the potential for future...
Sirin Labs raises $121M in ICO so far to fund blockchain smartphone
Dec 18, 2017 03:54 am UTC| Digital Currency
Sirin Labs, a tech startup working to build an open source blockchain smartphone, has secured $121 million in an initial coin offering (ICO) so far. The startup recently made headline when it recruited soccer megastar...
Citi and CME Group implement Baton Systems’ DLT solution
Dec 18, 2017 03:02 am UTC| Digital Currency
Payments technology startup Baton Systems has announced that Citi and CME Clearing have implemented its real-time distributed ledger platform. The solution enables a bank to view the collateral in its ledgers in real...
Digital Currency and Blockchain Weekly Round-up – December 15th, 2017
Dec 15, 2017 10:59 am UTC| Digital Currency
US President Trump signs defense bill with blockchain research mandate U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a defense bill that includes a mandate for a research study on cyber applications of blockchain technology,...
Blockchain healthcare startup Curisium attracts $3.5M in seed funding
Dec 15, 2017 05:29 am UTC| Digital Currency
Curisium, a blockchain-based healthcare technology and services company, has announced that it has raised $3.5M in seed financing. Based in California, Curisium uses blockchain and secure computation technologies to...
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