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International Blockchain Week: R3, Axoni, PwC's Next Tech hub and Accenture's editable blockchain
A slew of announcements around private blockchains came from banks and 'big four' players.
Ethereum Mist and how to build apps that are truly unstoppable
Ethereum designer Alex Van de Sande showed off Mist light client and how it works with Swarm.
Devcon2: How Zcash 'Project Alchemy' connects with Ethereum
Zcash developer Zooko Wilcox talked about how the soon-to-launch privacy blockchain will connect with Ethereum.
DevCon 2: Ethereum may not pass Howey Test in US securities law
Ethereum DevCon 2 got underway in Shanghai with focus on security and smart contracts.
Decentralized Capital issuing fiat-backed digital assets on the Ethereum blockchain
DC will be demoing their product during International Blockchain Week's Demo Day on September 22 in Shanghai.
Bank of England seeking 'new opportunities' to meet growing FinTech demand in UK
The BoE needs to 'do more to meet the growing demands of consumers'.
Monero opens up: 'We're about as private as you can get'
Monero price spiked after being integrated by leading dark marketplace AlphaBay at the start of September.
Machine learning cybercrime experts tip Monero to join Bitcoin for darknet ransomware
Security experts Webroot predicts Bitcoin may be replaced by privacy-centric cryptocurrency Monero.
Blockchain technologies and the EU 'right to be forgotten' – an insurmountable tension?
Steven Farmer of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman explains how European privacy laws are playing catchup.
Barclays and Wave complete world's first blockchain trade finance transaction
Israeli startup Wave graduated from the Barclays TechStars accelerator.
UK technology company Provenance puts first fish on the blockchain
The project is supported by Humanity United, part of the far-reaching philanthropy of the Omidyar Group.
MaidSafe rebuilding secure decentralised internet with BnkToTheFuture equity fundraising
MaidSafe's funding on BnkToTheFuture begins on 12th September and runs for 30 days.
China Merchants Bank joins R3 distributed ledger consortium
CMB will collaborate with R3 consortium to develop DLT applications, focusing on needs of the Chinese market
EtherCamp's second global hacking event kicks off in November
Contest boasts $50k grand prize with over 200 registered ideas already submitted.
Blockchain remittance firm BTL working with Visa Europe Collab
The project will use BTL's cross-border settlement platform Interbit to connect some European banks.
Filament evolving entire IoT space using Bitcoin blockchain
Filament uses Bitcoin blockchain as ledger to store receipts of payments for devices in decentralised manner.
MetLife joins R3 distributed ledger consortium
MetLife is proud to be the first multinational insurer and 60th member to join the R3 group.
Bitland is revolutionising African land registry in partnership with CCEDK
Blockchain-based Bitland is looking to address the unregistered land issue in West Africa.
Circle CEO on Chinese payment apps: 'There's just nothing like that in the West'
Jeremy Allaire talks about what he has learned about the Chinese market and the progress of Circle China.
Symbiont appoints Caitlin Long as chairman and president
Decorated Morgan Stanley veteran with deep blockchain experience chooses Symbiont.
World Federation of Exchanges finds 84% of market infrastructure providers looking at blockchains
The World Federation of Exchanges represents some 200 infrastructure providers such as CCPs and exchanges.
BlockPay spearheads business-ready blockchain point of sale system
The pre-ICO to crowdfund the BlockPay project has begun.
BitScan to launch ICO for Incent loyalty scheme on Waves platform
Loyalty systems as they currently exist are broken, according to BitScan CEO Rob Wilson.
Google and Apple like Ripple's Interledger Protocol for interoperability - and because it's not Visa
Ripple chief technical officer Stefan Thomas gave some insights about W3C's Web Payments Working Group.
Rakuten Blockchain Lab to open in Belfast
Former Bitnet engineers Stephen McNamara and Fergal Downey will run the lab.
BTC Relay wants Bitcoin and Ethereum to hang out together
BTC Relay is a bridge between Bitcoin and Ethereum that allows a user to pay with Bitcoin to use Ethereum.
Hardware Bitcoin wallet KeepKey integrates with ShapeShift
The Bitfinex hack is driving plenty of demand for cryptocurrency cold storage solutions.
HSBC says Hyperledger and R3 should 'put heads together' for trade finance distributed ledger
R3 said its ethos is about industry-wide collaboration and partnering with complementary technology providers.
Cobalt DL targets FX post-trade processing with distributed ledger technology
Eight big FX participants commit to new service; First Derivatives becomes investor and tech partner.
Blockchain-based Omni Foundation adds 'Euro-coin' pair to its USDT digital dollar on Tether
Real dollar-to-euro trading now available on blockchain through Omni via Tether.

