BLOCKCHAIN

Back in July this year FXCH stated its intention by settling the first FX trade on a blockchain.

IBM names bunch of startups and announced the 1st Hyperledger Fabric v1.0 Connect-a-Thon on 17 December.

Complete ecosystem consists of global professional services and 3D printing companies, and will become a reality in 2017.

The central bank analysed challenges to the 'development and adoption' of blockchain.

Other partners are Coins.ph​ in the Philippines, Flutterwave which connects with M-Pesa, and Tempo Money Transfer.

Lisk uses delegated proof of stake and introduces a new sidechain for every app built on the platform.

Dr Yin was one of three researchers who broke SHA-1, the US Government hash standard.

The release comes after a number of major institutions left the R3 consortium.

The partnership will focus on public policy, intellectual property issues and technical interoperability.

Manifold was founded in 2014 by former White House cybersecurity advisor Chris Finan.

Counterparties will be able to see all trade tickets on distributed ledger so they can be sure they are matching against the correct trade.

The blockchain-based Royal Mint Gold (RMG) will to be available in 2017.

BrickVest study found 56% of investors think the real estate industry will adopt blockchain for property transactions.

Bitcoin has surged in popularity with the government's decision to demonetize 500 and 1,000 rupee notes.

A number of interesting projects exploring crypto-economic governance models will soon come online.

Deloitte joins the German Energy company Innogy and WanXiang Blockchain Labs.

Over 70 fee-paying financial institutions are now involved in the US-based R3.

dLoc combines Smart Cosmos IoT platform, and its near-field communication (NFC) transponders with the blockchain.

The financial giant was a founding member of the blockchain research venture.

EDC has completed its Supernode installation and partnered with data centre giant Equinix.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funding is set to fill an urgent need in developing nations.

The CryptoSeal tamper-evident adhesive seal strips will work well for pharmaceutical tracking.

Cecilia Skingsley, deputy governor of Riksbank says: 'We cannot wait any longer.'

Australia-based ChronoBank has connections to a number or recruitment firms.

Monetary Authority of Singapore, Singapore Exchange and eight major banks are involved in the project.

Bitnation's Smart Love will feature among the projects on the EtherCamp hackathon starting 17 November.

Two industry leaders are partnering to make buying digital cash easier and less expensive.

The platform is currently being piloted by an international banking group and a central bank, and being assessed by an airline.

Melonport is working with Parity and Wood's Polkadot multi-chain network.