Expanse Project and Borderless.tech to develop blockchain-based voting platform prototype
Nov 04, 2016 11:32 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Expanse Project, a fault tolerant cloud computer built on blockchain technology to censorship resistant applications, and Borderless.techhas announced the development of a new blockchain-based voting platform that has...
South Africa to host third blockchain conference in March 2017
Nov 04, 2016 07:31 am UTC| Digital Currency
South Africa will be hosting the third annual Blockchain Africa Conference to be held in Johannesburg on 1-3 March 2017, which will bring together a diverse range of experts to discuss all the opportunities, challenges and...
Blockchain platform DECENT releases web application prototype
Nov 04, 2016 06:04 am UTC| Digital Currency
DECENT, a peer-to-peer content distribution platform that recently expanded its office in China and Armenia, has announced the launch of a web application prototype that provides customers an opportunity to test and...
ABN AMRO joins R3 distributed ledger consortium
Nov 04, 2016 05:07 am UTC| Digital Currency
ABN AMRO , the Dutch state-owned bank that serves retail, private and corporate banking clients, has announced that it has joined R3 blockchain consortium that has over 60 of the worlds largest financial institutions to...
R3 blockchain consortium welcomes China Foreign Exchange Trade System
Nov 04, 2016 04:26 am UTC| Digital Currency
R3, the U.S.-based financial innovation firm, has announced the inclusion of China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS), Chinas official interbank market trading platform, to its blockchain consortium in a move to design...
Kasikornbank and IBM Thailand partner to develop blockchain for cost saving and quick transactions
Nov 03, 2016 12:03 pm UTC| Digital Currency
Thailands Kasikornbank announced that it has joined with the Thai unit ofIBM in a move to develop distributed ledger services to save costs and quicken up the transaction process,Reuters reported . Somkid Jiranuntarat,...
The Linux Foundation adds three new members to board of directors
Nov 03, 2016 09:44 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, has announced the appointment of three leaders from the technology industry to its board of directors, who will bring a breadth...