Intel Announces Highly Modular Distributed Ledger Platform ‘Sawtooth Lake’
Apr 11, 2016 10:32 am UTC| Digital Currency
Tech giant Intel recently announced a new project, called Sawtooth Lake a highly modular platform for building, deploying and running distributed ledgers. Generally, distributed ledgers consists of three basic...
Big Banks To Attend European Blockchain Congress On April 27
Apr 11, 2016 09:47 am UTC| Digital Currency
Kisaco Research will be hosting European Blockchain Congress from 27-28 April at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel London - Docklands Riverside in London, which will be assessing the business and technology case for adopting...
Russian Central Bank Considering Blockchain Implementation In Banks
Apr 11, 2016 07:05 am UTC| Digital Currency Central Banks
Russias interest in blockchain technology seems to be growing. The Central Bank of Russia announced in February that it has established a Working Group on the analysis of advanced technologies and innovations in the...
Storj Labs Joins Microsoft's Azure Blockchain as a Service Platform
Apr 11, 2016 06:14 am UTC| Digital Currency
In a bid to make its service more easily accessible to enterprise audience, Storj Labs, the distributed object storage company, has announced that it is joining the Microsoft Azure Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS)...
Japan’s FSA To Discuss Blockchain Applications To Enhance Market Competitiveness
Apr 11, 2016 05:34 am UTC| Digital Currency
In order to review the impact of high-speed trading upon the efficiency, transparency and stability of the markets, Japans Financial Services Agency (FSA) is going to hold a meeting next month, which will focus on...
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...