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John McAfee set to keynote London tech conference to preach merits of blockchain
McAfee has long been a supporter of virtual currency – if not always Bitcoin
Fintech lenders to challenge UK banks' business using securitisation
Moody's says Fintech consumer lenders would step up tussle with banks, but the latter will remain competitive.
Fujitsu using blockchain to develop tech-savvy method of handling confidential data
The joint Japan-US project is expected to become a commercial reality by 2017.
Blockchain and smart contracts firm Symbiont releases enterprise-ready ledger
Assembly was created as a standalone system with a simple API, rather than a feature of a larger software monolith.
Blockchain real estate platform Ubitquity partners with Priority Title & Escrow
Ubitquity simplifies the process of tracking and recording property to enable a long-term chain of custody of title.
Russian government testing how blockchain can revolutionise document exchanges
The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service has teamed up with Sberbank.
Night of the Living DAO: Token sale breathes life into Ethereum Classic
The appetite for token sales certainly isn't waning, but not everyone is enthusiastic.
NXT's Ardor token distribution uses 'snapshot' of existing value in the network
Bas Wisselink and Dave Pearce of NXT Foundation protected value in the network rather than diluting it with an ICO.
Blockchain-based IoT project does drone deliveries using Ethereum
San Francisco-based Chronicled used Ethereum to authenticate drone package delivery system.
Over 8 million Bitcoin wallets left inaccessible as Blockchain.info hit with DNS hijack
Blockchain.info powers up to 100,000 Bitcoin transactions every day.
Juan Benet of IPFS talks about Filecoin
IPFS is ready to add a blockchain-based currency layer called Filecoin to incentivise data storage on the network.
BitShares Munich chief fixes cryptocurrency volatility with smart contracts
Idea behind Smartcoins developed by Daniel Larimer, co-founder of Bitshares and Steem blockchains.
Deloitte likes blockchain for loyalty rewards programmes
The report is one in a series on blockchain use cases produced by Deloitte Center for Financial Services.
The contactless revolution: Visa study claims mobile payments 'tripled in the past year'
In the UK, more than half the people surveyed (58%) used contactless cards this year.
The case for more permissive relicensing of Ethereum
Proposal to move C++ Ethereum client runtime from the copyleft GPLv3 licence to the more permissive Apache 2.0 licence.
Shipping giant Maersk tests blockchain-powered bill of lading
Maersk took part in a proof of concept, with blockchain expertise from the IT University of Copenhagen.
Lloyds Bank gives fraudsters the 'audio fingerprint' in bid to boost biometric security
The voice biometric technology analyses over 100 "unique features" in real-time.
EY and Paxos collaborate on gold bullion blockchain
Big Four firm EY to support rollout of first blockchain use case to settle gold in London bullion market.
Blockchain plus 3D printing equals 'smart manufacturing' and Ethereum you can touch
Genesis of Things was established and launched just a few weeks before DevCon2 in Shanghai.
EtherCamp announces crowdsale for Hacker Gold Token
Developer of Ethereum-based platform will host a nine-week sale starting November 17.
Avoiding patent wars and reducing IP risk in the blockchain ecosystem
Marc Kaufman, partner at Reed Smith, presented at the EUIPO Blockchain IP Workshop.
Channel 4's All 4 Games partners with blockchain sensation Spells of Genesis
EverdreamSoft and Channel 4 video game publisher to bring blockchain-based mobile trading card game to broader audience.
Blockchain heavyweights meet in Brussels for intellectual property workshop
Blockchain experts met to look at how it can protect and enforce intellectual property.
Blockchain start-up Factom raises $4.2m Series A funding
Tim Draper of Draper Associates leads investment in Factom's Series A funding.
R3's Tim Swanson: Out of 250 start-ups, only a handful look legitimate
IBTimes UK speaks to R3's head of market research at the recent Ethereum DevCon2 and Global Blockchain Summit in Shanghai.
The bulls in China's eShop: The investor stampede for the next Alibaba
Investors are looking for a toehold in China's 'digital life' where social messaging has melded with commerce at seemingly infinite scale.
HSBC unveils plans to cut small business charges by £13m as fintech start-ups chase these clients
Big banks under pressure from regulators and new financial services firms to cut charges to small businesses.
Over 40 US law firms unite for Blockchain Legal Defense Coalition
Attorneys specialising in digital currency looking out for constitutional rights and civil liberties of innovators.
Security expert Guardtime inks IoT blockchain alliance
Guardtime will use Intrinsic-ID's SRAM Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) to secure the Internet of Things (IoT).
Kim Dotcom hopes Megaupload 2.0 will bring micropayments and blockchain to the masses
Dotcom is using a bitcoin-only approach to fundraising in order to try to make bitcoin adoption mainstream.