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Russian and South African central securities depositories collaborate on distributed ledger technology

South Africa's Strate and Russia's National Settlement Depository (NSD), signed a Letter of Intent at Sibos, Geneva.

Sep 27, 2016

By Ian Allison

Symbiont, Credit Suisse and R3 come together for syndicated loans proof of concept

Symbiont and financial services technology and data partner Ipreo created Synaps Loans LLC.

Sep 27, 2016

By Ian Allison

Bitcoin

Blockchain-powered ICONOMI raises $5.8m in crowdsale

So-called 'Uber for fund management' becomes third largest fintech crowdsale ever.

Sep 26, 2016

By Ian Allison

Ethereum

ASX and blockchain: A necessary innovation?

Sam Pearse, Partner at Pillsbury Law, talks about the Australian Stock Exchange's blockchain plans.

Sep 26, 2016

By Sam Pearse

Bitcoin

R3 and eight banks trial Intel Sawtooth Lake distributed ledger technology for bond trading

Project validated blockchain-inspired technology for trading, matching and settlement.

Sep 26, 2016

By Ian Allison

Bitcoin

BitGirls Japanese cryptocurrency variety TV show

Bikinis, balloon art and bitcoin: Meet the cutesy idols hoping to turn Japan on to cryptocurrencies

Japan is combining its idol culture with cryptocurrency in order to teach people about the blockchain.

Sep 26, 2016

By Mary-Ann Russon

Bitcoin

The Philippines could see credit rating downgraded over Duterte\'s brutal drug war

'Numerous extrajudicial killings' in the Philippines have prompted S&P to issue a warning over the country's credit rating.

Sep 26, 2016

By Priyanka Mogul

Philippines

Sberbank sets out its blockchain strategy

Sberbank CTO Pavel Khodalev talked about central bank support for blockchain strategy.

Sep 24, 2016

By Ian Allison

Bitcoin

$Ethereum, the world\'s computer$

Ethereum network hit by computational DDoS attack

Ethereum's founder says attackers are laying siege to its network, causing it to slow down greatly.

Sep 23, 2016

By Mary-Ann Russon

Ethereum

The rise of the banking blockchain consortium

R3's Tim Swanson and John Whelan of Santander Blockchain Labs talk about challenges and opportunities for banking consortia.

Sep 23, 2016

By Ian Allison

ConsenSys and BlockApps to build blockchain loyalty reward system for China's Minsheng Insurance

BlockApps and ConsenSys made the announcement at the Global Blockchain Summit in Shanghai.

Sep 23, 2016

By Ian Allison

Brexit vote has set back UK infrastructure investment

S&P says overseas infrastructure funding could decline while the government's hands are tied.

Sep 23, 2016

By Gaurav Sharma

Brexit

Hyperledger Project: 'We want to work with unpermissioned currency-based chains'

The Linux Foundation/Hyperledger Project and IBM took to the stage at Global Blockchain Summit in Shanghai.

Sep 23, 2016

By Ian Allison

ConsenSys uPort scoops first prize in International Blockchain Summit Demo Day

The uPort digital identity system beat off tough competition from Digix Global, Cosmos and Decentralized Capital.

Sep 23, 2016

By Ian Allison

Ethereum

Gulf Keystone Petroleum reports losses in first half of 2016 despite an increase in revenues

Gulf Keystone Petroleum reports losses in first half of 2016 despite increase in revenues

Gulf Keystone CEO Jón Ferrier says the restructuring programme will pave the way for relaunching the company.

Sep 22, 2016

By Kedar Grandhi

Iraq

China is reaching consensus on blockchain technology

Demo day at International Blockchain Week in Shanghai was kicked off by IBM and Hyperledger Project.

Sep 22, 2016

By Ian Allison

Bitcoin Ethereum

Renminbi to the rescue? How the rise of China's currency could boost the British economy

London is the second-largest offshore renminbi clearing centre, but the rise of the Chinese currency threatens its FX dominance.

Sep 22, 2016

By Dan Cancian

International Blockchain Week: R3, Axoni, PwC's Next Tech hub and Accenture's editable blockchain

A slew of announcements around private blockchains came from banks and 'big four' players.

Sep 21, 2016

By Ian Allison

Bitcoin

Majestic Wines to scrap six-bottle rule as part of its new business strategy

Majestic Wines and Bonmarche shares slip after profit warnings

Both companies issued the warning in their trading update published on 21 September.

Sep 21, 2016

By Kedar Grandhi

Ethereum Mist and how to build apps that are truly unstoppable

Ethereum designer Alex Van de Sande showed off Mist light client and how it works with Swarm.

Sep 21, 2016

By Ian Allison

Ethereum

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