Oct 26, 2016 04:40 am UTC| Digital Currency
Lisk, the blockchain application platform, has announced the appointment of a new Chief Operating Officer, along with a ramped up call for developers to join the project, with openings for front-end and back-end developers...
Blockchain: reinventing the squeaky wheel
Oct 25, 2016 18:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Fintech
Apparently, the world is holding its breath on the unloading of a few bales of cotton, which could change trade forever. In Qingdao sometime in early November, 88 bales of cotton will be unloaded and ownership of the...
Chain releases open source version of blockchain platform
Oct 25, 2016 11:00 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain technology solutions provider Chain has released Chain Core Developer Edition, which is an open source version of its blockchain platform that enables organizations to issue and transfer assets on permissioned...
Cambridge University launches global blockchain benchmarking study
Oct 25, 2016 09:42 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Cambridge Universitys Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) has announced the launch of first Global Blockchain Benchmarking Study that aims to present a global empirical outline of how blockchain and cryptocurrencies...
IBM and FreshTurf work with blockchain and Bluemix for storage lockers network
Oct 25, 2016 07:19 am UTC| Digital Currency
Tech giant IBM announced that it is working with a Singapore startup FreshTurf in the IBM Bluemix Garage to create and deploy a network of storage lockers for shipping and parcel delivery throughout Singapore with...
R3 blockchain consortium adds credit card company Synchrony Financial
Oct 25, 2016 05:52 am UTC| Digital Currency
Financial service company Synchrony Financial has joined financial innovation firm R3 in a move to design and apply distributed and shared ledger-inspired technologies to global financial markets. According to the...
R3 trials Ripple’s blockchain technology for interbank cross-border payments
Oct 25, 2016 05:41 am UTC| Digital Currency
Financial innovation firm R3, along with twelve of its blockchain consortium member banks, recently trialed Ripples distributed financial technology and the potential for its digital asset to scale liquidity and reduce the...