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Juan Benet of IPFS talks about Filecoin

IPFS is ready to add a blockchain-based currency layer called Filecoin to incentivise data storage on the network.

Oct 13, 2016

By Ian Allison

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BitShares Munich chief fixes cryptocurrency volatility with smart contracts

Idea behind Smartcoins developed by Daniel Larimer, co-founder of Bitshares and Steem blockchains.

Oct 13, 2016

By Brandon Kostinuk

Bitcoin

Deloitte likes blockchain for loyalty rewards programmes

The report is one in a series on blockchain use cases produced by Deloitte Center for Financial Services.

Oct 13, 2016

By Ian Allison

Bitcoin

The contactless revolution: Visa study claims mobile payments 'tripled in the past year'

In the UK, more than half the people surveyed (58%) used contactless cards this year.

Oct 12, 2016

By Jason Murdock

Shares of Premier Foods takes a beating amid weak second quarter sales

Premier Foods shares take a beating amid weak second quarter sales

Total group sales for the 13 weeks ended 1 October were down 5.4% on-year to £172.5m.

Oct 12, 2016

By Kedar Grandhi

The case for more permissive relicensing of Ethereum

Proposal to move C++ Ethereum client runtime from the copyleft GPLv3 licence to the more permissive Apache 2.0 licence.

Oct 12, 2016

By Ian Allison

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Shipping giant Maersk tests blockchain-powered bill of lading

Maersk took part in a proof of concept, with blockchain expertise from the IT University of Copenhagen.

Oct 12, 2016

By Ian Allison

Bitcoin

EY and Paxos collaborate on gold bullion blockchain

Big Four firm EY to support rollout of first blockchain use case to settle gold in London bullion market.

Oct 11, 2016

By Ian Allison

Bitcoin

Blockchain plus 3D printing equals 'smart manufacturing' and Ethereum you can touch

Genesis of Things was established and launched just a few weeks before DevCon2 in Shanghai.

Oct 11, 2016

By Ian Allison

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EtherCamp announces crowdsale for Hacker Gold Token

Developer of Ethereum-based platform will host a nine-week sale starting November 17.

Oct 11, 2016

By Ian Allison

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Warren Buffett releases tax information to prove Trump wrong on tax dodge claim

'I have no problem releasing my tax information, neither should Trump' says Buffett.

Oct 11, 2016

By Mary Papenfuss

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Avoiding patent wars and reducing IP risk in the blockchain ecosystem

Marc Kaufman, partner at Reed Smith, presented at the EUIPO Blockchain IP Workshop.

Oct 10, 2016

By Ian Allison

Bitcoin

Stuffing small businesses is latest banking malpractice fad as RBS and Wells Fargo show

Guilty parties and victims change, but unscrupulous practices in financial services lurk in the public consciousness.

Oct 10, 2016

By Gaurav Sharma

Channel 4's All 4 Games partners with blockchain sensation Spells of Genesis

EverdreamSoft and Channel 4 video game publisher to bring blockchain-based mobile trading card game to broader audience.

Oct 10, 2016

By Ian Allison

Bitcoin

Government scraps plan to sell off remaining Lloyds shares to public

Philip Hammond ditches George Osborne's plan and will sell 9% of bank's remaining shares to institutional investors.

Oct 7, 2016

By Staff Reporter

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Mark Carney tells Theresa May to step in and help savers hit by low interest rates

Bank of England boss says it is up to the government to offset monetary policy.

Oct 7, 2016

By Rachel Middleton

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$IMF\'s Peter Dattals on Deutsche Bank$

IMF official warns Deutsche Bank: Prove you can survive

German bank needs to show investors its 'business model is viable' says Peter Dattels.

Oct 6, 2016

By Mary Papenfuss

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Blockchain heavyweights meet in Brussels for intellectual property workshop

Blockchain experts met to look at how it can protect and enforce intellectual property.

Oct 5, 2016

By Ian Allison

Bitcoin

Blockchain start-up Factom raises $4.2m Series A funding

Tim Draper of Draper Associates leads investment in Factom's Series A funding.

Oct 5, 2016

By Ian Allison

Bitcoin

R3's Tim Swanson: Out of 250 start-ups, only a handful look legitimate

IBTimes UK speaks to R3's head of market research at the recent Ethereum DevCon2 and Global Blockchain Summit in Shanghai.

Oct 5, 2016

By Ian Allison

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