Revera, Nyriad team up to boost blockchain adoption with New Zealand government departments
Dec 05, 2017 09:39 am UTC| Digital Currency
Software technology company Nyriad and cloud services provider Revera have teamed up for a blockchain-based pilot project aimed at helping the New Zealand government departments to manage sensitive data, CIO...
NY Assemblyman introduces four blockchain bills
Dec 05, 2017 08:48 am UTC| Digital Currency
New York Assemblyman Clyde Vanel (D-33) has introduced four bills in a major push to bring blockchain technology to state government operations, CoinDesk reported. The first bill, A08780, seeks to amend the state...
Blockchain-based Petrobloq joins Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
Dec 05, 2017 06:16 am UTC| Digital Currency
PetroBLOQ, a collaboration formed by Petroteq Energy and First Bitcoin Capital Corp., has joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA). PetroBLOQ aims to develop a supply chain management platform based on blockchain...
De Beers announces blockchain-based diamond traceability platform
Dec 05, 2017 05:32 am UTC| Digital Currency
Diamond giant De Beers has announced a blockchain-based diamond traceability platform that would help create a tamper-proof and permanent record of interactions through the value chain. The announcement was made by...
Moscow announces blockchain e-voting pilot
Dec 05, 2017 03:53 am UTC| Digital Currency
Moscow has announced plans to implement blockchain technology in its e-voting system Active Citizen, becoming the first city in the world to implement the technology in e-voting on such a large scale. Blockchain...
Ethereum-powered startup Digix raises $1.25M from Asian VCs
Dec 05, 2017 03:11 am UTC| Digital Currency
Digix, a Singapore-based digital assets company, has raised $1.25 million in a seed funding round, IBTimes UK reported. The round was led by Japanese VC Global Brain and also saw contribution from blockchain-focused...
Russia’s Sberbank conducts blockchain-based payment transaction
Dec 04, 2017 08:58 am UTC| Digital Currency
Sberbank, one of the largest banks in Russia, has announced that it has conducted the countrys banking industrys first-ever pilot blockchain payment transaction. The participants involved in the pilot include MegaFon,...
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