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R3 said its ethos is about industry-wide collaboration and partnering with complementary technology providers.

Eight big FX participants commit to new service; First Derivatives becomes investor and tech partner.

The hackers have demanded 1m bitcoin for the release of the alleged NSA files.

Jaxx community overwhelmingly requested integration with 7th most valuable cryptocurrency.

Real dollar-to-euro trading now available on blockchain through Omni via Tether.

PwC's Ajit Tripathi discusses the limits of automating business logic in smart contracts.

Kenna said the exchange would eventually trade other digital currencies

The banks plus Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore proves Letter of Credit transactions can be executed on blockchain.

Raiden creator Heiko Hees said a 100K transactions per second proof of concept could happen by end of August.

It achieves community building and social interaction through rewards and a reputation system.

Arshak Navruzyan, founder of Startup.ML, has been applying machine learning to quantitative finance problems.

Some 25 big names in Bitcoin have joined the RSK Federation.

The deal integrates LexisNexis Risk Solutions AML risk management data into Elliptic's Bitcoin transaction monitoring.

Hackers have stolen some 119,756 bitcoin or about $65m in cash at current prices.

PwC's Belfast-based blockchain technology team worked with Z/Yen in undertaking the global industry survey.

The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) awarded a place on the G-Cloud 8 framework agreement to Credits.

The Smart Contracts Alliance will be co-chaired by Mark Smith, CEO of Symbiont, and Sean Murphy, Partner at Norton Rose Fulbright,

Users would be required to register their details with an EU-wide database accessible to intelligence services.

IBTimes spoke with IoT/blockchain innovators David Sønstebø, IOTA founder, and Tom Fuerstner, founder of Riddle&Code.

Florida laws too vague to bring prosecution against selling digital currency, judge rules in landmark case.

The launch of Agentic UK aims to boost the fintech sector following the Brexit vote in June, said a statement.

Tether uses a 'currency board' system, similar to nations that peg their currencies to other fiat currencies.

The Charities Aid Foundation has published another thoughtful report on blockchain technology for social good.

The House of Lords heard evidence on blockchain from Dr Ben Broadbent of BoE and Blythe Masters, chief of DAH.

Lords Economic Affairs Committee will take evidence from the Deputy Governor of the BoE on blockchain tech on 19 July.

Blockchains will drive an M2M economy of autonomous vehicles, drones, robots and 3D printers

State channels can preserve privacy and ring signatures have useful applications in payments.

IBTimes UK speaks to Richard Brown, CTO of R3, and Dr Lee Braine of the Investment Bank CTO Office at Barclays.

IBM looks to global trade blockchain with Port Authority of Singapore, the world's largest container transhipment port.

Marina Reznik of Atlantic Sotheby's International Realty recorded the transaction using Coloured Coins protocol.