Hong Kong (HKMA) and banking consortium to launch blochchain based trade finance platform
Jul 18, 2018 08:05 am UTC| Fintech Research & Analysis Insights & Views
A glimpse at the World Trade: An organization recently reported on how the demand for trade finance business sums upto $700 billion dollars thats been unattended across emerging Asia and $120 billion in EM Africa. As per...
Canadian credit union coalition LCUC latest to join R3’s blockchain network
Jul 18, 2018 07:24 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Large Credit Union Coalition (LCUC), a Canada-based group of credit unions, is the latest to join the global blockchain consortium led by enterprise software firm R3. LCUC is a group comprising the CIOs of the 16...
Columbia University, IBM set up new blockchain and data transparency research center
Jul 18, 2018 06:54 am UTC| Digital Currency
Columbia University, in collaboration with IBM, is setting up a new center dedicated to research, education, and innovation in blockchain technology and data transparency. The Columbia-IBM Center for Blockchain and Data...
Jul 18, 2018 04:20 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Thiel Foundation this year included four blockchain entrepreneurs in its 2018 class of Thiel Fellows. The prestigious Thiel Fellowship programme encourages talented young people to pursue big ideas and start companies...
Oracle officially launches Blockchain Cloud Service
Jul 17, 2018 11:01 am UTC| Digital Currency Technology
Oracle has officially announced the launch of Oracle Blockchain Cloud Service an enterprise-grade distributed ledger service allowing organizations to easily build blockchain networks. According to the official...
Jul 17, 2018 09:32 am UTC| Fintech Insights & Views Technology Commentary
The SECs regulation facilitates capital formation, which assists entrepreneurs launch businesses and companies prosperity. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) cites that all Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) should be...
EOS developer Block.one secures investment from Peter Thiel, Bitmain and others
Jul 17, 2018 06:44 am UTC| Digital Currency
Block.one, publisher of the EOSIO blockchain protocol, has announced that it has secured investment from venture capitalist and entrepreneur Peter Thiel as well as other prominent investors including Bitmain, Louis Bacon,...
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