FINANCE & BANKING

Pilot is being done with NYC-based decentralisation design studio ConsenSys using the Ethereum blockchain.

EDCAB is the only independent European public policy platform for virtual currencies and distributed ledger tech.

SWIFT looked at the gaps in existing DLT solutions and highlighted eight key areas.

Heavyweights of blockchain gathered at the SWIFT Business Forum and Tomorrow's Transactions 2016 to bust the hype.

The first public demo of R3's Corda took place before an audience of over 800 people at The O2 in London.

Chancellor George Osborne says a breakaway would be the 'most extraordinary self-inflicted wound'.

The Digix DGD asset will trade on OpenLedger from 28 April.

EtherEx has floated crowd sale and ETX token idea to address gas imbalance and drive development of the project.

APPII, a UK based technology start-up, has built the app with London-based Applied Blockchain.

EDCAB founder Siân Jones has an unparalleled legal understanding around cryptocurrency.

The Chinese government's startup investment fund stands at $337bn (£236bn, €299bn)

Banco Emiliano accepts Pamesan cheese as collateral for a loan and holds $187m worth of cheese in its vault.

Cuber uses the coloured coins protocol pioneered by ChromaWay to transact tokens representing euros.

The WAVES open blockchain crowdfund briefly DDoS'd its servers as money poured in.

National Audit Office urged Whitehall to be more realistic about consumers' motivations.

Sharp, who announced last October that he would be stepping down in 2016, formally submitted his resignation.

An article about Airbnb hiring Bitcoin engineers from ChangTip raised speculation about the firm's blockchain plans.

Eco-friendly Bitcoin mining company Genesis Mining is known for raising crypto awareness with poster campaigns.

Jeremy Corbyn and Angus Robertson quiz the prime minister over HMRC staffing levels.

IBTimes UK spoke to Professor Avanidhar Subrahmanyam at UCLA, an expert on stock market activity and behavioural finance.

Byrne's t0 project is the only effort that has brought the spirit of Bitcoin and real decentralisation to capital markets.

Paul White has been banned from working in industry after showing lack of integrity.

But Labour MP and Grassroots Out co-founder Kate Hoey has accused the TUC of 'scaremongering'.

TransActive Grid, a joint-venture between ConsenSys and L03 Energy, goes live in New York with first paid transaction.

CommonAccord plans to 'open source' and automate the drafting of legal documents by creating a global template.

Number 10 says shadow chancellor John McDonnell should also make his financial affairs public.

Timeline shows how the transparency scandal unfolded and what the prime minister will do next.

Announcement from the Credits team was made at Money 20/20 Europe in Copenhagen.

YouGov shows Labour leader has surged ahead of Cameron with weeks to go before May elections.