Blockchain consortium R3 opens its doors to exchanges and clearing houses in 2016
R3 also said it was closing initial window to banks having added 12 more to its total of 42.
UK nuclear power plants protected from cyberattack by Guardtime blockchain technology
Exclusive: Guardtime has partnership with Future Cities Catapult, a UK-based centre for smart city innovation.
Ripple chief Chris Larsen: Sorting out payments will aid innovation in securities settlements
Larsen said it is time to cooperate within the distributed ledger technology industry.
Airbitz launches US-wide Bitcoin Starbucks campaign
Airbitz has integrated Fold into its app and is offering 20% discount in Starbucks.
CAF: 100% blockchain transparency could literally be a 'killer app' for charities
Rhodri Davies from the Charities Aid Foundation talks about charities and transparency on the blockchain.
Norton Rose Fulbright considers the legal status of smart contracts
Lawyers Seam Murphy and Michael Sinclair are to publish a paper exploring smart contracts in Q1 2016.
BitPesa CEO: That Safaricom has moved against us shows we have already won
A judge ruled that payments between Safaricom m-Pesa and BitPesa won't be reinstated for the duration of the case.
BitFury opening third carbon neutral Bitcoin mining operation in Georgia
BitFury is opening its third energy saving data center in Republic of Georgia next week
Ebay philanthropist funds 'cryptocomplex' cash for central banks
Omidyar Network and eCurrency Mint (eCM) say a central bank deployment of eCurrency is happening soon.
Swift enhances correspondent banking with a view to 'blockchain roadmap'
Swift will implement improvements to the existing correspondent banking system early in 2016.
Square, Box and Theranos: Which billion dollar unicorns are heading to the glue factory in 2016?
Victor Basta of Magister Advisors said Unicorns will have an aggregate valuation of $0.5 trillion at year-end.
Setting up your own central bank is just the start with Ethereum
IBTimes spoke to Ethereum's Alex Van de Sande about the possibilities opened by smart contracts.
Lawyers' lives being made easier thanks to Stampery and the Bitcoin blockchain
IBTimes UK spoke to blockchain notary service Stampery which went live to the public just over a month ago.
Treasury extends Lloyds share sale until mid-2016 before Tell Sid-style public offering
Chancellor George Osborne said the UKFI plan would be extended until 'no later than 30 June 2016'.
Even China's crypto-brothers Bobby and Charlie Lee don't entirely agree on scaling Bitcoin
IBTimes UK speaks to brothers Bobby Lee, CEO BTCC, and Charlie Lee, Litecoin inventor.
Bitcoin versus M-Pesa: Digital payments rumble in the jungle
Safaricom has invoked AML to shut out BitPesa - but doesn't this stifle innovation?
Meet Wayne Hennessy-Barrett, the ex-military, pipe-smoking Ethereum board adviser doing microfinance in Kenya
Wayne Hennessy-Barrett is CEO of 4G Capital which provides on-the-ground, unsecured loans in Kenya.
Bitnation and Estonian government start spreading sovereign jurisdiction on the blockchain
Bitnation announces deal with Estonia's e-Resident programme to offer a global public notary service.
Microsoft blockchain affiliate BlockApps muses on Oracle's future in decentralised databases
BlockApps STRATO is being rolled out as part of the Microsoft Azure blockchain-as-a-service offering
Symbiont's Adam Krellenstein: There's really only two smart contract systems - Ethereum's and ours
IBTimes spoke to Counterparty and Symbiont technology chief Adam Krellenstein about the blockchain landscape.
Move over eBay: Countdown to OpenBazaar and the decentralised marketplace revolution
IBTimes spoke to OpenBazaar lead developer Brian Hoffman ahead of the full version release next month.
Bitcoin giant BTCC launches priority blockchain transactions for its customers
BTCC announces BlockPriority to prioritise bitcoin transaction confirmations for its customers.
Overstock's Patrick Byrne down to 'brass tacks' with SEC over public crypto-securities
Patrick Byrne explains how T0 is designed to vanquish the iniquities of Wall Street's system of net settlements.
Barclays Investment Bank describes technology challenges for smart contracts developers
Dr Lee Braine of Barclays spoke about securities settlement and shared ledgers at the recent Ethereum conference.
R3's Tim Swanson examines 'watermarked tokens' on the Bitcoin blockchain
R3 has published an in-depth report titled 'Watermarked tokens and pseudonymity on public blockchains'.
Blockstream's Austin Hill: confidential blockchains can remove systemic risk from finance
IBTimes spoke to Blockstream's Austin Hill about one particular Sidechains Element - Confidential Transactions.
Ethereum's William Mougayar: 20-plus banks testing blockchains outside consortium model
William Mougayar says more and more banks are looking to deploy blockchains outside their legacy systems.
Rootstock merges Bitcoin and Ethereum to help the World Bank drive financial inclusion
IBTimes spoke to Rootstock co-founder Diego Zaldivar ahead of launch at LaBitconf in Mexico City on December 4th.
Decentralised Bitcoin wallet provider Airbitz takes security to the Edge
Decentralised wallet provider Airbitz is offering users a more secure means to buy and sell Bitcoin directly from its app.
DevCon1: Nick Szabo says smart contracts substitute an army of lawyers and accountants
Legendary cryptographer Szabo's speech at the Ethereum conference was titled History Of The Blockchain.
