Big data-hoarding hedge funds and managing the Twitter 'firehose'
Peter Hafez, chief data scientist at RavenPack, knows about processing large volumes of unstructured data.
Global blockchain consortium Agentic Group opens in London
The launch of Agentic UK aims to boost the fintech sector following the Brexit vote in June, said a statement.
Gibraltar Stock Exchange welcomes BitcoinETI
BitcoinETI (ticker: BTCETI) is an asset-backed Exchange Traded Instrument invested exclusively in Bitcoin.
Big data analytics firm RavenPack partners with Alliance News
Alliance News specialises in breaking news on all UK listed stocks, economic issues, central bank decisions and currencies.
CCEDK and Steemit bring crowdfunding to 'Projects Corner'
The OpenLedger crowdfunding app said Projects Corner is a reference to Hyde Park's Speakers' Corner.
Legally-enforceable smart contracts debated at London Fintech Week 2016
Dr Lee Braine of Barclays was joined by Preston Byrne of Eris, Ajit Tripathi of PwC, and Sean Murphy of Norton Rose Fulbright.
OpenLedger adds Tether USD and EUR
Tether uses a 'currency board' system, similar to nations that peg their currencies to other fiat currencies.
When will charities become blockchain-based 'trust machines'?
The Charities Aid Foundation has published another thoughtful report on blockchain technology for social good.
BehavioSec brings machine learning security to your fingertips
Neil Costigan is the CEO of BehavioSec talks about battle-tested machine learning behavioural biometrics.
Bank of England narrowly optimistic about blockchain while Blythe Masters talks transparency and risk
The House of Lords heard evidence on blockchain from Dr Ben Broadbent of BoE and Blythe Masters, chief of DAH.
'Over a hundred' London startups have asked to relocate to Berlin since Brexit
Berlin Senator for Economics and Technology, Cornelia Yzer pulled no punches during a presentation at London Fintech Week 2016.
AI and machine learning on social media data is giving hedge funds a competitive edge
Unicom conference on 'AI, Machine Learning and Sentiment Analysis Applied to Finance' examined the state of the art.
House of Lords to ask Bank of England: Is it time for 'Britcoin'?
Lords Economic Affairs Committee will take evidence from the Deputy Governor of the BoE on blockchain tech on 19 July.
Will banks catch the curve of the machine-to-machine economy?
Blockchains will drive an M2M economy of autonomous vehicles, drones, robots and 3D printers
Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin explains how state channels address privacy and scalability
State channels can preserve privacy and ring signatures have useful applications in payments.
R3 extends collaboration with Smart Contract Templates Summit
IBTimes UK speaks to Richard Brown, CTO of R3, and Dr Lee Braine of the Investment Bank CTO Office at Barclays.
AI start-ups being sold to Twitter, Microsoft and Apple for up to $10m per employee
Magister Advisors notes that AI firms without revenues are more valuable than those with.
IBM to open Blockchain Innovation Center in Singapore
IBM looks to global trade blockchain with Port Authority of Singapore, the world's largest container transhipment port.
Blockchain-powered real estate platform Ubitquity records first property ownership transfer on the Bitcoin public ledger
Marina Reznik of Atlantic Sotheby's International Realty recorded the transaction using Coloured Coins protocol.
Pink Floyd: Blockchain technology in music could be 'truly revolutionary'
A research team at Middlesex University has released their 'Music on the blockchain' report.
Z/Yen's Michael Mainelli believes blockchain works better for insurance than banks
'It's about much, much more than payments. It's about wholesale market data sharing,' says think-tank chairman
EU's AML Bitcoin legislation needs tighter definition of 'wallet provider'
EDCAB founder Siân Jones addressed the European parliament's public hearing on virtual currencies earlier this year.
Krypto Commerce and Jumio doing KYC/AML for prepaid crypto debit card
ID verification specialists Jumio are providing KYC and anti-money laundering services for PoolMiners Card.
Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin: Soft fork vulnerability means a mining oligopoly cannot engage in censorship
Soft fork vulnerability is a blessing in disguise, which means a cabal of miners cannot unilaterally make changes to Ethereum.
Blockchains at Payments Innovation: SETL shines, 11:FS takes a stand and DWP tests GovCoin
Peter Randall, CEO of SETL, was joined by Simon Taylor, co-founder of 11:FS, on a fiery blockchain panel.
Blockchain identity innovators Netki raises $3.5m funding led by O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures
Also involved in the funding round was Donuts, Colle Capital, Husseini Group, Digital Currency Group, Tom Turney, Bitfinex, Plug and Play.
The fraud industry: Expect to be KYC'd by criminals when buying stolen credit cards on the dark web
Feedzai's Richard Harris explains how machine learning is used to play cat and mouse with sophisticated fraudsters.
Blockchain content sharing app LBRY declares independent from Google, Apple and Amazon
LBRY has released a Beta version of its app and more content deals.
Ethereum-based APPII working with Open University to verify qualifications on blockchains
Open University have been experimenting with a blockchain solution in their Knowledge Media Institute (KMI).
Machine learning in markets: When intelligent algorithms start spoofing each other, regulation becomes a science
Anthony Amicangioli of Hyannis Port Research developed Riskbot, 'a supercomputer that watches supercomputers'.