South Korea: KB Kookmin Bank to offer blockchain remittance services using Coinplug
A statement said the bank was also looking to do KYC checks on 'a public blockchain network'.
70% of Bitcoin's mining power is against 'contentious hard-fork'
Mining pools representing 70% of bitcoin network's total hashing power will not be supporting Bitcoin Classic.
Linux Foundation's Hyperledger Project trumpets code contributions from across 30 founder members
The Hyperledger Project also announced a technical steering committee to review contributions.
Ethereum studio ConsenSys launches 'Internet-of-People' with digital IDs and assets secured on Ubuntu phones
The Nimbus/uPort/Ubuntu proof-of-concept will be unveiled at Mobile World Congress February 22nd, 2016.
Plutus combines Bitcoin and Ethereum to push contactless payments
Plutus targets contactless payments for groceries, bills, and Transport for London using token-based rewards scheme.
Gaming on the blockchain – the trillion dollar jackpot
Part 1 of gaming and blockchain article IBTimes spoke to Tyler Smith of FreeMyVunk, and Jon Neverdie Jacobs.
Next generation of machine learning rockstars will trade Google and Facebook for top secret hedge funds
IBTimes UK spoke to AI finance startup Walnut Algorithms about machine learning and the financial sector.
Factom signs smart city deal to roll out blockchain verification across China
Exclusive: Factom signed an MoU with technology consulting firm iSoftStone to shape a smart city strategy.
OTC securities blockchain builder Equibit closes $3m angel round
Toronto-based Equibit Development Corporation closed its angel round of financing with a $3m valuation.
Uproov launches 'Call Recorder Blockchain' for smartphones to record all phone calls
Uproov also has a KYC photo tool using smartphones in development, said co-founder Jon Bulich.
Blockstream: This is a marathon, not a sprint started with 'marketecture'
Blockstream has just announced $55m Series A funding and a partnership with PwC.
Could high-frequency trading tricks be killed off by a blockchain-based 'capital markets utopia'?
A report by Oliver Wyman and Euroclear considers a brave new financial system.
ConsenSys digital identity and wallet system uPort integrates with Digix Gold platform
Singapore-based Digix are formally collaborating with ConsenSys to integrate uPort on the Digix Gold platform.
Leaping into the future: Nigeria's rural microfinance community gets connected using Stellar and Oradian
IBTimes spoke to Joyce Kim, CEO of Stellar and Antonio Separovic, MD of Oradian, about the new Nigeria pilot.
Blockchain innovator SatoshiPay offers alternative to advertising for web publishers
SatoshiPay's nonopayment system offers new ways of monetising web content and digital goods in general.
DCG's Barry Silbert: 'We're excited by blockchain – but just as excited about Bitcoin'
IBTimes spoke to Digital Currency Group founder Barry Silbert about banking blockchains, innovation and BitPesa.
Skuchain: Here's how blockchain will save global trade a trillion dollars
IBTimes spoke to Skuchain about how blockchains will optimise antiquated, paper-based trade.
Chancellor George Osborne delays Lloyds sale because of market turmoil
Chancellor George Osborne has postponed the sale of the final stake in Lloyds Banking Group.
Ethereum-based credit rating and KYC platform Cetas picks up Citi innovation prize
Algorythmix has picked up first prize for the most transformative use of blockchain in Citi Mobile Challenge.
Citi Digital Money Symposium bets on India to become the new Kenya
IBTimes UK learns how India is replicating the success of mobile money in Kenya.
Ethereum's William Mougayar announces Business Blockchain books and conference
The Business Blockchain Conference will be held in Toronto on 18-20 April.
Barclays selects Smart Contract Templates internal team to join its Accelerator programme
EXCLUSIVE: Dr Lee Braine from Barclays details the bank's latest smart contract initiative.
How are banks actually going to use blockchains and smart contracts?
IBTimes spoke to Dr Gideon Greenspan, founder of Coin Sciences and MultiChain, about enterprise blockchains.
Robert Burns: Paradoxical Bard who championed freedom and wanted to work as slave driver in Jamaica
Burns abhorred 'chains and slaverie' yet bought a ticket to go and work on a plantation in Jamaica as a 'negro driver'.
Genesis Mining billboards say Jamie Dimon is right - 'Bitcoin will eat your lunch'
JP Morgan CEO mocked by cloud mining operation.
FCA's Makoto Seta: 'Blockchains will transform the way regulators work'
Seta joined a blockchain panel hosted by Norton Rose Fulbright called Unlocking the Blockchain.
BTL launches blockchain remittance platform Interbit
BTL is launching remittance platform Interbit at the BC Tech Summit on January 18th & 19th in Vancouver.
R3 connects 11 banks to distributed ledger using Ethereum and Microsoft Azure
R3 announced first distributed ledger experiment using Ethereum and Microsoft Azure's Blockchain as a service.
Bitcoin innovators SatoshiPay poised to recover website revenues lost through ad-blocking
Cryptocurrency in the form of nanopayments can provide content providers with an alternative revenue stream.
Consult Hyperion's Dave Birch imagines when blockchains dissolve regulatory boundaries
IBTimes UK spoke to the digital identity expert about transparency as a starting point for blockchains.