Apr 11, 2016 04:28 am UTC| Digital Currency
After holding successful workshops in Massachusetts at Harvard and MIT, in California at Stanford, and in London, Hong Kong and Sydney, COALA, an initiative that endeavors to bring clarity and reduce legal uncertainty in...
How blockchain could be used to make trusts more transparent
Apr 08, 2016 16:45 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology Digital Currency Law
Amid the outcry over David Camerons tax affairs is the UK prime ministers intervention in 2013 to block EU transparency rules regarding offshore trusts. It was decided that trusts should not be held to the same standards...
Neurensic’s Innovation Lab To Bring AI To Blockchain Solutions
Apr 08, 2016 11:13 am UTC| Digital Currency
Neurensic, an artificial intelligence (AI) technology startup focused on software-as-a-service solutions for the financial services industry, has announced the formation of a new Innovation Lab, which will focus on...
Leading Banks, DTCC, Markit Successfully Complete Blockchain Test For Credit Default Swaps
Apr 08, 2016 05:49 am UTC| Digital Currency
Seven firms, which includes four global financial institutions (Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citi, Credit Suisse, J.P. Morgan), The Depository Trust Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and Markit, in collaboration with Axoni, a...
13th Annual MIT Sloan CIO Symposium To Discuss Blockchain, IoT And More
Apr 07, 2016 12:09 pm UTC| Digital Currency
The 13th annual MIT Sloan CIO Symposium, a world class one-day conference, will be held on May 18, 2016 at the MIT Kresge Auditorium in Cambridge, MA. The symposium will focus on the theme, Thriving in the Digital...
Japan Exchange Group And Nomura Research Institute To Begin PoC Tests For Blockchain
Apr 07, 2016 11:16 am UTC| Digital Currency
[The article has been updated to include NRIs collaboration withSBI Sumishin] Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (JPX) and Nomura Research Institute(NRI) have come together to start conducting proof of concept (PoC) tests for...
Kapronasia Opens India Office To Push Financial Industry And Blockchain Research In Asia
Apr 07, 2016 10:21 am UTC| Digital Currency
Kapronasia, Asias leading provider of financial industry market research and consulting services, has opened a new office in New Delhi, India, in order to further expand its footprint in Asia and add to the companys...
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