Blockchain Firm Symbiont Issues Smart Securities™
Blockchain-based firm involved in capital markets Symbiont has issued the first-ever Smart Securities™ based on the Bitcoin blockchain. Symbiont had in early June announced that it is utilizing the...
View ArticleBitcoin Firm HashingSpace Hires Leading Contracting Firm to Build Fortress...
The positive news keeps flowing in for Bitcoin ASIC and mining company HashingSpace Corporation (OTCQB: HSHS). Just a couple of days back, we reported that the Bitcoin firm had secured the services of...
View ArticleHashingSpace launches Bitcoin mining pool
Based in Wenatchee, HashingSpace Corporation (OTCQB: HSHS), has announced the launch of Bitcoin mining pool Hashpool.com that also boasts of iOS and Android Apps for miners for a better experience. The...
View ArticleBitcoin XT Launched amid Ugly Debates
Bitcoin core developers Gavin Andresen and Mike Hearn have forked the Bitcoin code in an attempt to support more transactions per hour. Titled Bitcoin XT, the new client has split itself from all the...
View ArticleUBS’ fintech challenge to put spotlight on blockchain?
The Swiss banking bigwig UBS’ worldwide competition named the “Future of Finance Challenge” for the technology startups and the entrepreneurs is going to cover the blockchain applications and...
View ArticleFormer White House Senior Advisor Says Blockchain Trumps Bitcoin
In a recent interview with Coindesk, former White House senior advisor John Farmer said he believes bitcoin as a currency is less interesting compared to blockchain. Although he concedes that the...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs Analyst on Blockchain Technology and Asset Ownership
Large companies are currently zooming in on the potential applications of blockchain technology on various industries. In the financial industry, online retail giant Overstock has begun experimenting...
View ArticleWe are doing 45 experiments with Blockchain technology: Barclays
“We’ve now got over 45 experiments our businesses want to do [with Blockchain tech],” said Barclays Chief Design and Digital Officer Derek White during his conversation with Business Insider. It was...
View ArticleUBS Creating “Settlement Coin” Using Blockchain Tech
UBS has been conducting research on blockchain tech for quite some time and just recently shared more details on its developments. One of these is the so-called “settlement coin” which can be used by...
View ArticleMASSIVE: Two Financial Services Giants Interested in Blockchain Technology
Leading financial services giants, Nomura and Fidelity Investments, are showing a keen interest in the blockchain technology. The Nomura Research Institute made the official announcement that it will...
View ArticleBlockchain & Wall Street: The New Partnership?
Recently, it was estimated that the Financial Industry would be investing in over $1bn in Blockchain Technology by the end of this year and investment will continue at this pace well into 2016....
View ArticleMicrosoft Adds Financial Services Angle to Its Blockchain-As-A-Service Toolkit
In November, Microsoft launched an Ethereum-based cloud platform to enable enterprise and institutional clients to build Ethereum blockchain and smart contract-based applications, which come with...
View ArticleSWIFT to Explore Blockchain in Payments Innovation Initiative
Belgium-based Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) has officially announced its intention to explore blockchain technology in a global payments innovation initiative...
View ArticleIBM, JPMorgan, and Others Join Forces to Create Their Own Blockchain
In a major blow to the Bitcoin blockchain, leading financial and technological giants including IBM, Intel, Cisco, JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, London Stock Exchange (LSE) Group, and State Street have come...
View ArticleBlockchain Consortium R3 Now Has 42 Members
The blockchain consortium R3CEV LLC has added 12 more banks, taking the total to 42. The group of blockchain advocates is also a part of The Open Ledger Project being led by IBM, which aims to create...
View ArticleBlythe Masters Struggling to Find Investors for Her Blockchain Startup?
Powerful finance lady Blythe Masters is having a hard time convincing investors to invest in her blockchain startup Digital Asset Holdings, according to a news report from The New York Times....
View ArticleIT Giant Predicts Blockchain Will Transform Tech Sector in 2016
American multinational CA Technologies believes that the technology underpinning the cryptocurrency bitcoin will find its footing in 2016. In a blogpost titled Five Technology Predictions for 2016,...
View ArticleTransparent Governance and the End of Corruption with Blockchain Technology
Among the many advantages of the digital currency, the transparency associated with transactional data stored over the blockchain is the most attractive one. The very property comes in handy when it...
View ArticleSpacePirate’s Rustbits Token Sale is Now Live
The Sale of Rustbits Tokens commenced on June 26, 2017 and will go on till July 31, 2017. Rustbits are Counterparty tokens which will provide the game fuel and also act as a premium in game currency...
View ArticleCould Indecent Images on the Blockchain Spell the Demise of Bitcoin?
A team of German blockchain researchers have discovered images of child abuse on the Bitcoin blockchain. Since many network participants need to download a copy of the entire blockchain and it is...
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