UAE's bitcoin startup closes its doors
May 25, 2016 04:17 am UTC| Digital Currency
YellowPay, a funded bitcoin payments company built for The Middle East and North Africa, has ceased its operations for undisclosed reasons, members of its founding team told CoinDesk. Founded in 2014, the company, the...
‘Distributed: Trade’ is the First blockchain conference on trade and financial services
May 24, 2016 12:54 pm UTC| Digital Currency
Distributed: Trade is the first global conference event focusing on blockchain technology applications for both trade networks and financial services. It will be held at the Washington University in St. Louis starting June...
Life.Sreda launches new venture fund to invest in blockchain startups
May 24, 2016 12:14 pm UTC| Digital Currency
Singapore-based venture fund Life.Sreda is launching a new venture fund to help banks invest in blockchain startups which will provide start-up capital for early stage blockchain companies. The venture fund named...
R3 blockchain consortium welcomes first Chinese member
May 24, 2016 11:31 am UTC| Digital Currency
According to latest reports, Ping An Financial Services Grouphas joined the global blockchain consortium led by innovation firm R3, making it the first Chinese member of the consortium. Ping An Group has always been at...
Blockchain software solutions company DigitalX inks deal with Telefonica
May 24, 2016 10:58 am UTC| Digital Currency
DigitalX, the provider of innovative fintech software solutions based on blockchain technology, has signed an agreement with leading Latin American private telecommunication company Telefonica, The Australian...
Co-founder of start-up 21 unveils bitcoin based software
May 24, 2016 10:42 am UTC| Digital Currency
Co-founder of 21 and venture capitalist Balaji Srinivasan unveiled new payment software aiming at helping developers build applications based on bitcoin transactions. During Consensus 2016 conference in New York this...
OKWave partners with Breadwallet to offer Bitcoin services
May 24, 2016 10:11 am UTC| Digital Currency
Japanese QA site OKWave has announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Bitcoin wallet Breadwallet, in order to provide Bitcoin related services on the platform. With the integration of Breadwallet...
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