Six blockchain projects team up with Aion for blockchain interoperability
Dec 15, 2017 04:39 am UTC| Digital Currency
Enterprise blockchain company Nuco has announced that Aion has partnered with six leading blockchain projects to expand blockchain interoperability on a global scale. In August, Nuco unveiled Aion an interoperable...
Overstock CEO unveils new venture on blockchain-based global property registry system
Dec 15, 2017 03:04 am UTC| Digital Currency
Overstock.com founder Patrick Byrne has announced a joint venture with renowned economist Hernando de Soto aimed at developing a blockchain-based global property registry system. Due to the lack of standardized property...
IBM launches Blockchain Food Safety Alliance in China with Walmart, JD and Tsinghua University
Dec 14, 2017 06:01 am UTC| Digital Currency
IBM has announced a new collaboration with Chinese e-commerce companies and educational institute that will work to apply blockchain technology for food traceability to support offline and online consumers. IBM, in...
RBA Governor ponders over issuing Australian dollars on blockchain
Dec 14, 2017 05:25 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has no immediate plans to issue an electronic form of the Australian dollar (AUD), RBA Governor Philip Lowe said recently. Speaking at the 2017 Australian Payment Summit, Lowe said...
Gibraltar passes bill supporting regulatory framework for DLT businesses
Dec 14, 2017 03:56 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Gibraltar Parliament has unanimously passed a bill that advances the governments effort to introduce a distributed ledger technology (DLT) framework. In October, HM Government of Gibraltar published the Financial...
R3, KPMG, New Alchemy and HCM Capital join Chamber of Digital Commerce
Dec 14, 2017 03:12 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Chamber of Digital Commerce has announced that enterprise software firm R3, consulting giant KPMG, blockchain advisory group New Alchemy and HCM Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Foxconn Technology Group, have...
US President Trump signs defense bill with blockchain research mandate
Dec 13, 2017 10:03 am UTC| Digital Currency
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a defense bill that includes a mandate for a research study on cyber applications of blockchain technology, CoinDesk reported. The $700 billion defense bill passed the US Senate in...
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