New slide deck outlines blockchain potential for financial sector
Jun 09, 2016 10:08 am UTC| Digital Currency
FinTech Network, in association with the Blockchain for Finance Conference on October 3rd in London, has released a slide deck, which outlines the current state of blockchain development as well as the opportunities and...
Shandong Luyitong acquires producer of first bitcoin mining ASIC
Jun 09, 2016 09:44 am UTC| Digital Currency
Shandong Luyitong Intelligent Electric PLC which manufactures electric apparatus and equipments has acquired Canaan Creative, the company that produces the Avalon chip series, the first application-specific integrated...
SA Innovation Summit partners with insurance service firm for blockchain hackathon
Jun 09, 2016 09:11 am UTC| Digital Currency
SA Innovation Summit which is South Africas premier global innovation event partners with insurance service company Santam for blockchain hackathon which is to take place from 23-24 September 2016. The hackathon will...
BTCC celebrates fifth anniversary, launches Five Bitcoin titanium coin
Jun 09, 2016 08:38 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTCC, one of the worlds leading and long-running bitcoin exchanges, has completed five years of continuous operation and to celebrate the occasion it has introduced a new set of physical bitcoins. Last month, BTCC...
Blockchain platform Waves to release main net client on Thursday
Jun 09, 2016 06:47 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain tokens platform WAVES has announced that it is going to launch its main net client today, allowing users to generate addresses to withdraw their tokens. Earlier in April, WAVES announced the release of the...
Cryptocurrency exchange Gatecoin likely to relaunch in July
Jun 09, 2016 06:22 am UTC| Digital Currency
Gatecoin, the Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange, has provided new updates on ETH fundraising and technology team recruitment, following the hot wallet breach in which it lost ETH 185,000 and BTC 250(which is...
Canadian university paid bitcoins to ransomware hackers to restore data access
Jun 09, 2016 06:15 am UTC| Digital Currency
The University of Calgary in Canada paid bitcoins worth 20k Canadian dollars to ransomware hackers in order to restore access to data after hundreds of its computers were attacked. The university was unable to unwind...
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