Irish banks, Deloitte partner to establish blockchain payments pilot project
May 16, 2017 04:49 am UTC| Digital Currency
Irelands Ulster Bank, AIB, Permanent TSB and Deloitte have joined hands in order to set up a pilot project to explore blockchain technology for use as a domestic payment rail, Irish Times reported. The pilot called...
Sphre, Airbitz partner to power blockchain-based identity management
May 15, 2017 10:39 am UTC| Digital Currency
Identity management platform Sphre that is focused on blockchain projects has collaborated with Airbitz, a data security platform and mobile bitcoin wallet, in a move to power secure blockchain-based identity...
US DHS awards $2.25M for research contracts to three blockchain firms
May 15, 2017 07:19 am UTC| Digital Currency
The United States Department of Homeland Securitys (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (ST) announced that it has awarded a total of about $2.25 million for research contracts to three blockchain...
Blockchain experts from IBM to speak at K(NO)W Identity Conference in Washington D.C.
May 15, 2017 06:38 am UTC| Digital Currency
IBM announced that two of its blockchain experts will speak at the K(NO)W Identity Conference taking place May 15-17, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Jerry Cuomo, Vice President, Blockchain Technology, IBM, and Jai Arun,...
Australian blockchain delegation heads to Consensus 2017 in New York
May 15, 2017 04:59 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Australian blockchain delegation, an initiative of Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade), Data61 and the State Governments of New South Wales and Victoria, will be heading to Consensus 2017 in New York...
Digital Currency and Blockchain Weekly Round-up – May 12th, 2017
May 12, 2017 07:26 am UTC| Digital Currency
Australias budget 2017-18 removes GST on bitcoin purchases After the Australian governments recent indication towards eliminating bitcoin double taxation issue, the countrys national budget 2017-18 shows that the...
Countr POS embraces blockchain payments with Coinify partnership
May 12, 2017 05:55 am UTC| Digital Currency
Countr POS, a provider of a tablet based point of sale software for small to medium-sized businesses, has entered into a strategic partnership with leading European blockchain payment and trading service provider...
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