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Blockchain in capital markets: Symbiont lists opportunities for smart contracts
Symbiont today announced a deal with Ipreo's loan settlement platform to overhaul global syndicated loans market.
Guardtime secures over a million Estonian healthcare records on the blockchain
Guardtime integrated its keyless signature infrastructure blockchain technology with Oracle's database engine.
London-listed Coinsilium launches week-long Blockchain Tech Lab
Blockchain Tech Lab will happen in London April 11-15 with the Blockcathon on 15-17 April.
Genesis Mining launches world's first Bitcoin mining fund for wealthy individuals and investors
Genesis said the Logos Fund officially filed Form D with the SEC last week.
Free and decentralised Bitcoin and cryptocurrency event CoinFest to hold massive Manchester meet-up
CoinFest UK will take place over two floors in Manchester's MadLab over the 8th and 9th April and is free to attend.
Gaming on the blockchain II – A new kind of digital ownership
The second part of a series on gaming and blockchains includes Spells of Genesis, Alex Amsel and Peter Borah.
Barbadian Digital Dollar company Bitt partners with Colu and Netki for fiat currency on Bitcoin blockchain
Caribbean fiat currencies can have digital equivalents linked in a 1:1 ratio with Central Bank issued counterparts.
Microsoft Azure blockchain partner Manifold Technology aims at account reconciliation in retail banking
Manifold Technology started looking at pain points in complex and clunky rewards programmes involving banks.
Blockchain experts provide contrasts and predictions on consensus protocols
IBTimes spoke to Peter Todd, Vlad Zamfir, Emin Gun Sirer and Jed McCaleb about consensus protocols.
'Quickly made law is often bad law': EC plan to legislate Bitcoin after Paris attacks examined
Sian Jones of the European Digital Currency and Blockchain Technology Forum has given evidence before the European Parliament.
Factom inks another deal in China, this time for blockchain notarisation services
Exclusive: Factom is partnering with Ancun Zhengxin which offers electronic notarisation at 100 notarial offices in China.
William Mougayar rolls 'The Business Blockchain' into Consensus 2016
Mougayar is cancelling his planned conference, 'The Business Blockchain', originally scheduled for April 19-20 in Toronto.
Mining giant BTCC talks about road ahead for Bitcoin following failed 'coup'
IBTimes UK spoke to Samson Mow, COO of BTCC and co-organiser of recent Bitcoin scaling talks in Hong Kong.
RWE and Slock.it – Electric cars using Ethereum wallets can recharge by induction at traffic lights
Slock.it just signed a deal with Samsung and Ubuntu which is being presented at MWC 2016.
Ethereum-inspired Clearmatics to save OTC markets from eternal darkness
Robert Sams says 'the goal is automation without intermediation' and OTC markets are an abvious candidate.
Meet BigchainDB – 'the scalable blockchain database' hitting one million writes per second
BigchainDB co-founder Bruce Pon says the team has been inundated with inquiries since releasing its white paper.
MIT Cleantech Committee explores how blockchains can distribute renewable electricity
MIT Enterprise Forum hosts first ever Blockchain & Energy event on Monday 22 February.
Bitnation launches Decentralised Borderless Voluntary Nation Constitution with Ethereum
Susanne Tempelhof of BitNation was joined by Alex van de Sande of Ethereum, making the live broadcast.
Coinprism and Openchain chosen to join Accenture Fintech Innovation Lab
Coinprism is one of six startups to spend 12 weeks working with likes of Credit Suisse, RBS, Citi and State Street.
itBit Bankchain talks about heading to London and the Post Trade Distributed Ledger project
IBTimes chatted to Jason Nabi who is heading up itBit's new EMEA divsion and who also advises the PTDL group.
South Korea: KB Kookmin Bank to offer blockchain remittance services using Coinplug
A statement said the bank was also looking to do KYC checks on 'a public blockchain network'.
Linux Foundation's Hyperledger Project trumpets code contributions from across 30 founder members
The Hyperledger Project also announced a technical steering committee to review contributions.
Gaming on the blockchain – the trillion dollar jackpot
Part 1 of gaming and blockchain article IBTimes spoke to Tyler Smith of FreeMyVunk, and Jon Neverdie Jacobs.
Factom signs smart city deal to roll out blockchain verification across China
Exclusive: Factom signed an MoU with technology consulting firm iSoftStone to shape a smart city strategy.
OTC securities blockchain builder Equibit closes $3m angel round
Toronto-based Equibit Development Corporation closed its angel round of financing with a $3m valuation.
Uproov launches 'Call Recorder Blockchain' for smartphones to record all phone calls
Uproov also has a KYC photo tool using smartphones in development, said co-founder Jon Bulich.
Blockstream: This is a marathon, not a sprint started with 'marketecture'
Blockstream has just announced $55m Series A funding and a partnership with PwC.
Could high-frequency trading tricks be killed off by a blockchain-based 'capital markets utopia'?
A report by Oliver Wyman and Euroclear considers a brave new financial system.
Leaping into the future: Nigeria's rural microfinance community gets connected using Stellar and Oradian
IBTimes spoke to Joyce Kim, CEO of Stellar and Antonio Separovic, MD of Oradian, about the new Nigeria pilot.
Blockchain innovator SatoshiPay offers alternative to advertising for web publishers
SatoshiPay's nonopayment system offers new ways of monetising web content and digital goods in general.

