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Alex Tapscott launches digital asset investment firm NextBlock Global with $20m financing
NextBlock Global will immediately give investors diversified exposure to the most promising investments.
Europe must supercharge its efforts to support cross-border fintech
Jevgenijs Kazanins, P2P Platform Lead at TWINO, looks at fintech in Europe.
PSD2: A leap of financial faith?
Words from Christophe Vergne, Payment Solutions Head at Capgemini Financial Services France and Jan Dirk van Beusekom, Executive Director BNP Paribas Cash Management.
R3's Richard Brown: IBM should adopt Corda
Richard Gendal Brown, chief technology officer at R3, was previously executive architect for banking and financial markets at IBM.
Accord Project joins Hyperledger to push standards for smart contracts
Hyperledger welcomed 10 new members in total.
There is no 'but it's blockchain' exemption in US Securities law
Stephen D. Palley, a lawyer in the Washington D.C. office of Anderson Kill, talks about token sales.
Is Kim Jong-un on World of Tanks? The internet habits of North Korea's elite revealed
Only elites access the web in North Korea, and they apparently love World of Tanks.
Is Dream Market still online? Dark web users panic on Reddit after global crackdown on drug sites
AlphaBay and Hansa marketplaces are now offline - but many fear what comes next.
Apple finally accepts Dash as approved cryptocurrency on App Store
Apple has now formally reversed decision to deny entry to the App Store for applications integrating Dash.
IOTA Foundation partners with Imperial College London to drive Tangle DLT
Imperial will help build IOTA protocol enhancements, PoCs and data visualisation of the IOTA 'Tangle'.
London Stock Exchange and IBM to pilot blockchain for European SMEs
Platform being built and tested by LSE subsidiary Borsa Italiana on Hyperledger Fabric version 1.0
Bitfury launches Exonum, securely anchored to the Bitcoin blockchain
Bitfury is embarking on an international roadshow to showcase Exonum to the global IT community.
Meet bextmachine - using blockchain, IoT and AI to make coffee supply fair and transparent
Parent company bext360 unveiled bextmachine at TechCrunch's Sessions: Robotics at MIT in Boston on 17 July.
IBM mainframe revamped for the super-encrypted blockchain era
IBM Z protects cloud services, applications and data bases in one click.
Warning: Bitcoin network disruption imminent as cryptocurrency splits
Bitcoin users are warned to stop accepting payments at least a day before 1 August to prevent losses.
Tata Technologies CEO: IoT, 3D printing and machine learning are helping manufacturing come home
Tata Technologies boss Warren Harris said things that were previously proof of concept initiatives are now attracting the right sort of investment.
Falcon Private Bank gets regulatory approval to offer Bitcoin to its wealthy clients
The bank is working with Bitcoin Suisse AG, a regulated financial service provider and crypto-assets broker.
R3 collaborates with Intel for added privacy and security on Corda
Collaboration was announced at the Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor launch event in New York.
Hyperledger releases production-ready blockchain - Fabric 1.0
Hyperledger Fabric offers a modular architecture allowing components, such as consensus and membership services, to be plug-and-play.
Crypto exchange KyberNetwork promises decentralised execution and instant trades
KyberNetwork also provides payment APIs that allow Ethereum accounts to receive payments from any crypto tokens.
'Fairtrade for the blockchain age': Provenance raises $800K ahead of commercial launch
Funding has been secured from Humanity United, a foundation that is part of the Omidyar Group.
TigerRisk joins R3 and ACORD's insurance industry Centre of Excellence for DLT/blockchain
R3 has a number of insurance and reinsurance providers as members, inlcuding MetLife, AIA and Suncorp Group.
Hedge fund Numerai's unique AI crowdsourcing token and the crazy world of crypto-economics
Numerai chose not to ICO, but that didn't stop speculation on NMR tokens.
Bitcoin user loses $215,000 by mistake due to transaction fee error
BTC.com appealing for the user who paid an exorbitant transaction fee to come forward and claim their money.
MIT Enigma's Catalyst to be the Quantopian of crypto-assets
Co-founder Guy Zyskind said once the community starts curating data and sharing it, the sky's the limit.
John McAfee settles legal dispute with Intel over use of his name
McAfee agreed to not trademark the phrase 'John McAfee Privacy Phone'.
SWIFT adds 22 global banks to its cross-border blockchain project
The blockchain proof of concept is part of the SWIFT gpi service for cross-border payments.
Hackers steal 'billions' from huge South Korean ethereum and bitcoin exchange
Bithumb hacked: Exchange claims employee's PC exposed personal customer records.
Di Iorio and Shrem to offer token rating service and Jaxx Unity reward coin
Anthony Di Iorio guaranteed that distribution of the Jaxx Unity Coin will not involve buying anything for an investment.
Commerzbank and Fraunhofer IML collaborate on blockchain-based trade finance
Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML working on 'Financial Supply Chain Management 2025'.