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'.
Stellar announces 'build challenge' worth millions of dollars
Stellar said it would grant awards in categories: Anchors, Applications, Exchanges and first time submissions.
Kraken acquires Dutch Bitcoin exchange CleverCoin anticipating strong European trade
CleverCoin is the third digital currency exchange Kraken has swallowed this year after Coinsetter and Cavirtex.
Bitcoin startups talk about Brexit price spike and government-backed currencies
IBTimes looks at the strengths and weaknesses of fixed supply currency at time of Brexit-induced volatility.
Brexit: Will London lose its fintech crown?
Ramping up government startup grants could help protect the UK's lead in technology.
Toyota Financial Services joins R3 distributed ledger consortium
TFS joins over 50 major financial institutions in the R3 consortium.
Seven banks kick-off Ripple's blockchain network including Santander, UBS and UniCredit - '90 more in the pipeline'
ReiseBank, CIBC, National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), and ATB Financial also using Ripple.
Winklevoss twins bring gold-plated Bitcoin trading to London
Gemini, the cryptocurrency exchange founded and run by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has expanded to the UK.
Euroclear and itBit collaborate on gold market settlement blockchain
The two will explore the creation of "a next generation settlement service for the London gold market".
Legal experts examine the DAO attack and Ethereum fork
Andreas M. Antonopoulos hosted a special Let's Talk Bitcoin show with Pamela Morgan, Brian Klein and Taylor Gerring.
US Department of Homeland Security awards Factom funding for blockchain IoT project
Factom given $199,000 to advance the security of digital identity for Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
ChromaWay and the Swedish Land Registry test smart contracts for real estate sales
Telia and Kairos Future are also part of the blockchain-based real estate transactions proof of concept.
Credits scoops 'Best Blockchain Startup' at Europas awards
Credits beat off stiff competition from runnersup Clearmatics, Everledger and Provenance.
Blockchains, banks and zero-knowledge proofs
IBTimes UK talks to Prof Eli Ben-Sasson of Technion, Israel Institute of Technology on the Zerocash project.
Allianz pioneers Symbiont smart contracts for catastrophe swaps
Smart contracts reduce the time and costs of managing catastrophe swaps and issuing insurance linked securities.
