Global central banks, World Bank, IMF focus on blockchain at Federal Reserve event
Jun 07, 2016 04:52 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Chamber of Digital Commerce, the worlds leading trade association representing the blockchain industry, helped facilitate discussions at an event with blockchain- and FinTech-based theme, hosted by the Federal Reserve,...
Ping Identity partners with Swirlds in a seed investment to ease blockchain limitations
Jun 06, 2016 13:16 pm UTC| Digital Currency
Ping Identity, the leader in identity defined security, at the Cloud Identity Summit announced a seed investment withSwirlds to solve the limitations of blockchain technology. A press release stated thatPing Identity...
Airbitz partners with Augur to bring Edge Security to Ethereum
Jun 06, 2016 13:02 pm UTC| Digital Currency
Airbitz Inc, a San Diego-based blockchain and data security company, today announced a partnership with Augur, the decentralized prediction market that runs on the Ethereum blockchain, to deploy the Airbitz Edge Security...
Chinko Project seeks help on how to make use on bitcoin donations
Jun 06, 2016 12:19 pm UTC| Digital Currency
The Chinko Project which manages a nature reserve in the heart of Africa has asked on Reddit how to spend bitcoin donations it has received from few donors. In a post on Reddit, a user by the name zambuka42 has asked on...
Jun 06, 2016 11:37 am UTC| Digital Currency
American Express has published an article from financial industry veteran Frances Coppola that discusses the various aspects, features and challenges of bitcoin and its future in the international payments...
Expertus partners with Ripple for blockchain testing in banks
Jun 06, 2016 11:20 am UTC| Digital Currency
Expertus, a Canada-based financial technology company, announced today that it has teamed up with distributed ledger technology provider Ripple in a pilot program for financial institutions which would examine the...
Wall Street Blockchain Alliance partners with Positrust to launch certification programme
Jun 06, 2016 10:39 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA), a non-profit advocacy group for blockchain technology, in partnership with Positrust LLC, an industry leading technology company, has unveiled the WSBA Certification Framework...
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