Digital Currency and Blockchain Weekly Round-up, June 24th 2016
Jun 24, 2016 09:05 am UTC| Digital Currency
Bank of England explores distributed ledger technologies According to a transcriptof a cancelled speech that was to be given by Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, the central bank is exploring the use of distributed...
BTC/USD rallies on new found momentum, jump till 725 likely
Jun 24, 2016 07:29 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/USD has recovered sharply after making a low of $540 yesterday (Bitstamp). It is currently trading at $648.76, at the time of writing. Ichimoku analysis (Daily chart): Tenkan-Sen level: $659 Kijun-Sen level:...
BTC/EUR trades above 600, jump till 669 likely
Jun 24, 2016 07:28 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/EUR is seen trading above in green on Friday. The pair has recovered after making a low of 493 levels (CEXIO) yesterday. It is currently trading at 610 at the time of writing. Ichimoku analysis of 4-hour chart...
$1 bln investment seen in 2016 to drive blockchain adoption in capital markets – Survey
Jun 24, 2016 06:29 am UTC| Digital Currency
A new survey from Greenwich Associates has estimated that financial service firms and technology providers across the globe will spend over $1 billion in 2016 in order to bring blockchain to capital markets. In March...
Coinetize Credits purchases enabled via bitcoin
Jun 24, 2016 05:49 am UTC| Digital Currency
Hong Kong-based Coinetize, a micropayment service platform that pays in bitcoins and is currently in a private beta, has enabled bitcoin monetization. With the monetization of digital currency, website visitors would be...
Dutch central bank reveals results on DNBcoin experiments
Jun 24, 2016 05:49 am UTC| Digital Currency
An official from the Dutch central bank has recently provided details on the experiments conducted to better understand the working of the blockchain technology. Speaking at the Dutch Blockchain Conference, Ron Berndsen...
R3 blockchain consortium adds first automotive financial services provider
Jun 24, 2016 04:30 am UTC| Digital Currency
Toyota Financial Services is the latest to join the blockchain consortium led by financial innovation firm R3. It is the first automotive financial services provider to join the consortium. Welcoming the new member, R3...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects