Ethereum

Digital Catapult in London is hosting a lightning blockchain pitch-off on March 30th.

Uphold, which handles 25 currencies and four commodities, said Litecoin will be added in April and Ether in May.

IBTimes asked Ethereum security expert Gustav Simonsson about the current proof of work consensus system.

DGX gold backed tokens can be used for payments in exchange for merchant goods and services through Coinify.

Decentralised prediction market platform Augur launched its beta and was added to Microsoft Azure BaaS.

Symbiont today announced a deal with Ipreo's loan settlement platform to overhaul global syndicated loans market.

Guardtime integrated its keyless signature infrastructure blockchain technology with Oracle's database engine.

Chain, Eris Industries, Ethereum, IBM and Intel participate in significant implementation of distributed ledger technology.

CEO Kai Cheng Chng explained how DigixDAO token holders can pledge support for projects using crowdsale funds.

Slock.it just signed a deal with Samsung and Ubuntu which is being presented at MWC 2016.

Robert Sams says 'the goal is automation without intermediation' and OTC markets are an abvious candidate.

Susanne Tempelhof of BitNation was joined by Alex van de Sande of Ethereum, making the live broadcast.

The Nimbus/uPort/Ubuntu proof-of-concept will be unveiled at Mobile World Congress February 22nd, 2016.

Plutus targets contactless payments for groceries, bills, and Transport for London using token-based rewards scheme.

Part 1 of gaming and blockchain article IBTimes spoke to Tyler Smith of FreeMyVunk, and Jon Neverdie Jacobs.

Singapore-based Digix are formally collaborating with ConsenSys to integrate uPort on the Digix Gold platform.

Algorythmix has picked up first prize for the most transformative use of blockchain in Citi Mobile Challenge.

The Business Blockchain Conference will be held in Toronto on 18-20 April.

R3 announced first distributed ledger experiment using Ethereum and Microsoft Azure's Blockchain as a service.

IBTimes UK spoke to the digital identity expert about transparency as a starting point for blockchains.

Every DGX token represents 1 gram of gold, and can be recasted back into a physical gold bar for redemption.

Nick Szabo said Rootstock combines the best of both worlds – Bitcoin and Ethereum.

IBTimes spoke to Jessi Baker about Provenance and a busy year ahead improving supply chains.

Mougayar, an author, investor and Ethereum advisory board member, has written extensively on tech disruption.

List includes a self-renting lock, a gaming value platform, and blockchain supply chains.

Gaming platform FreeMyVunk and crypto-assets issuer Digix both use the Ethereum public blockchain.

Rhodri Davies from the Charities Aid Foundation talks about charities and transparency on the blockchain.

Lawyers Seam Murphy and Michael Sinclair are to publish a paper exploring smart contracts in Q1 2016.

IBTimes spoke to Ethereum's Alex Van de Sande about the possibilities opened by smart contracts.

Wayne Hennessy-Barrett is CEO of 4G Capital which provides on-the-ground, unsecured loans in Kenya.