Articles by Ian Allison

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Stellar announces 'build challenge' worth millions of dollars

Stellar said it would grant awards in categories: Anchors, Applications, Exchanges and first time submissions.

Jun 28, 2016

Bitcoin

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.

Jun 28, 2016

Bitcoin Brexit

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.

Jun 25, 2016

Bitcoin Brexit

Brexit: Will London lose its fintech crown?

Ramping up government startup grants could help protect the UK's lead in technology.

Jun 24, 2016

Brexit

Bitcoin innovator Colu looks to connect blockchains for central bank cryptocurrencies

Colu received £6.6m Series A funding from Aleph, Spark Capital, Digital Currency Group and Tom Glocer.

Jun 23, 2016

Bitcoin

Toyota Financial Services joins R3 distributed ledger consortium

TFS joins over 50 major financial institutions in the R3 consortium.

Jun 23, 2016

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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.

Jun 22, 2016

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.

Jun 21, 2016

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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".

Jun 21, 2016

Bitcoin

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.

Jun 19, 2016

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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.

Jun 18, 2016

Bitcoin

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.

Jun 16, 2016

Bitcoin Ethereum

Credits scoops 'Best Blockchain Startup' at Europas awards

Credits beat off stiff competition from runnersup Clearmatics, Everledger and Provenance.

Jun 16, 2016

Bitcoin

Blockchains, banks and zero-knowledge proofs

IBTimes UK talks to Prof Eli Ben-Sasson of Technion, Israel Institute of Technology on the Zerocash project.

Jun 16, 2016

Bitcoin

$Allianz\'s net profit increases by 27%$

Allianz pioneers Symbiont smart contracts for catastrophe swaps

Smart contracts reduce the time and costs of managing catastrophe swaps and issuing insurance linked securities.

Jun 15, 2016

Microsoft to be main sponsor of Ethereum Devcon2 in Shanghai

The Ethereum Foundation welcomes Microsoft as the Premiere Sponsor of Devcon2, Shanghai 19-21 September, 2016.

Jun 14, 2016

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$Game: Texas Hold\'em Poker$

Poker and gaming token Breakout Coin opens crowdsale on Bittrex

The cryptocurrency which powers poker and gaming sites aims to sell 6.6 million tokens over the next 24 days.

Jun 14, 2016

Bitcoin

DigixDAO tokens to trade on Bittrex exchange

Trading of DigixDAO tokens is expected to begin on Bittrex on Tuesday, June 14 at 17:00 UTC.

Jun 13, 2016

Ethereum

Chinese mining giant BTCC talks about Bitcoin $700 price pop

IBTimes talked to Samson Mow of Bitcoin conglomerate BTCC at the recent Consensus 2016 conference in NYC.

Jun 13, 2016

Bitcoin Ethereum

WAVES blockchain raises $16m after 'tsunami of Bitcoins' floods last days of crowdsale

WAVES raised 29634 Bitcoin via the initial coin offering (ICO) website and 460 in NXT Asset Swaps.

Jun 6, 2016

Bitcoin

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