Gem Partners With Philips’ Blockchain Lab For Healthcare Initiative ‘Gem Health’
Apr 27, 2016 05:16 am UTC| Digital Currency
Gem, a Venice-based blockchain platform provider, has launched Gem Health a network for developing applications and shared infrastructure for healthcare. Gem noted that the healthcare industry is currently experiencing...
Global Blockchain Project Fermat Releases Whitepaper And Alpha Version
Apr 27, 2016 04:25 am UTC| Digital Currency
Fermat, a decentralized and blockchain-enabled modular app platform, has published its whitepaper that describes the project that aims to revolutionize peer-to-peer economy and mobile software development. Started in...
Rosfinmonitoring: Cryptocurrency Ban Is Applicable, Could Require Revision Overtime
Apr 26, 2016 12:22 pm UTC| Digital Currency
According to latest reports, Rosfinmonitoring, the Federal Financial Monitoring Service of the Russian Federation, has said that while it considers cryptocurrency ban in Russia to be quite applicable measure, it does not...
Blockchain Experiments Begin At European Central Bank
Apr 26, 2016 10:46 am UTC| Digital Currency
The buzz around blockchain and distributed ledger technologies seen for the most part of 2015 has led to the creation of various consortiums and collaborations. Since the beginning of this year, the discussions in this...
Gaming Marketplace Kinguin.net Enables Bitcoin Payouts To Meet New Demand From Users
Apr 26, 2016 09:34 am UTC| Digital Currency
Kinguin, a leading marketplace for digital games, has announced that it is now allowing merchants to withdraw their earnings in Bitcoins. It said that bitcoin has proven to be one of the most convenient payment methods...
Rabobank Partners With Nexuslab To Support Blockchain Startups Across Europe
Apr 26, 2016 07:33 am UTC| Digital Currency
Swiss-based blockchain startup programme Nexuslab has announced that it has entered into a partnership with the Dutch bank, Rabobank. Rabobank will support the first round of Nexuslabs programme focusing on early-stage...
Blockchain Startup Ribbit.me Rebrands As Loyyal
Apr 26, 2016 07:22 am UTC| Digital Currency
In a major overhaul, Ribbit.me, a universal loyalty solution built on blockchain technology, has announced that it is rebranding as Loyyal, in a bid to better reflect the underlying industry and the companys business...
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