Blockchain healthcare startup Patientory raises $7.2M in three days
Jun 08, 2017 04:38 am UTC| Digital Currency
Healthcare cybersecurity startup Patientory has raised $7.2 million in a successful crowdsale drive, which helped it achieve its funding goal in only three days. The token sale ended on 03 June 2017 and saw the...
DigitalX welcomes Blockchain Global Limited as investor
Jun 07, 2017 12:47 pm UTC| Digital Currency
DigitalX, an Australia-based blockchain software solutions group, announced that it has entered into a subscription agreement as well as converting loan agreement with Blockchain Global Limited (BGL) in order to invest...
US General Services Administration to work on blockchain pilot project
Jun 07, 2017 07:34 am UTC| Digital Currency
The United States General Services Administration is going to work on a federal blockchain pilot project this summer, Federal News Radio reported. The initiative is a part of GSAs ongoing Emerging Citizen Technology...
Tech titans and blockchain industry form new consortium focusing on digital ID
Jun 07, 2017 07:04 am UTC| Digital Currency
Tech giants and blockchain firms have joined a new consortium DIF, which is an open source decentralized identity ecosystem for people, organizations, and devices that enables a new class of apps and services. The...
Nevada blockchain tax bill gets Governor’s approval
Jun 07, 2017 06:33 am UTC| Digital Currency
Governor Brian Sandoval has signed the Nevada Senate Bill 398 into law, making Nevada the first state in the United States to ban blockchain taxes, CoinDesk reported. Filed by Senator Ben Kieckhefer in March this year,...
Data61 explores blockchain adoption across government and industry in Australia
Jun 07, 2017 05:33 am UTC| Digital Currency
Data61, a part of Australias innovation catalyst CSIRO, has released a comprehensive review on blockchain technology and its potential adoptions across government and industry in Australia. The review aims to deliver...
UC Berkeley leverages Bitmark blockchain for public health studies
Jun 06, 2017 08:43 am UTC| Digital Currency
Taiwanese startup Bitmark Inc has announced that it will fund UC Berkeley School of Public Health research fellows to conduct studies using its blockchain technology. The startup has partnered with UC Berkeley to...
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects