Ripple Collaborates With SBI Holdings To Meet Rising Demand In Asia
Feb 01, 2016 05:23 am UTC| Digital Currency
Ripple, distributed ledger technology provider, and SBI Holdings, Inc., global financial services company, have struck a multinational deal to create a new company SBI Ripple Asia, in order to meet growing demand for...
Liberty Reserve Founder Pleads Guilty To Laundering Charges, Faces 20 Years Imprisonment
Feb 01, 2016 05:23 am UTC| Digital Currency
The founder of Liberty Reserve, aCosta Rica-based centralized virtual currency service widelyused by cybercriminals for money laundering purposes, pleaded guilty to laundering over $250 million through his digital currency...
Barclays’ Smart Contract Templates Selected For Its Accelerator Programme
Jan 29, 2016 12:17 pm UTC| Digital Currency
Smart Contract Templates, an internal team of Barclays Bank focused on smart contracts on the blockchain, has been selected to participate in the banks accelerator programme this year. The team, led by Dr Lee Braine of...
PwC Appoints Eris Industries As Strategic Partner In Its Blockchain Solutions Portfolio
Jan 29, 2016 12:16 pm UTC| Digital Currency
Eris Industries, which builds software that allows anyone to develop their own secure, low-cost, run-anywhere applications using blockchain and smart contract technology, has announced its strategic partnership with...
Microsoft Spearheads Blockchain Revolution With Azure BaaS
Jan 29, 2016 10:11 am UTC| Digital Currency
While several leading banks and tech companies have started to experiment with the blockchain technology, Microsoft is carving a place of its own with its Azure blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS). Blockchain and the whole...
Bank Of America To File For 20 More Blockchain-Related Patents
Jan 29, 2016 10:08 am UTC| Digital Currency
According to latest reports, Bank of America Corp is going to file for 20 patents related to the blockchain technology to the U.S. Patents and Trademark Office (USPTO) later this month, in addition to 15 other patents that...
Germany, France Call For Stricter Bitcoin Regulation
Jan 29, 2016 07:49 am UTC| Digital Currency
While different countries have different stance on Bitcoin, the controversial digital currency, Eurozone member states including Germany and France are concerned over the use of cryptocurrencies for illegal activities and...