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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.
Adult entertainment company Naughty America exploring blockchain for digital rights management
Naughty America Productions and DECENT piloting next generation video content distribution platform.
Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox: 'Privacy in a blockchain - that's our whole thing'
The Zcash blockchain is currently running on a testnet and will go live on 28 October.
Euroclear and Paxos launch blockchain for gold settlement in London Bullion Market
The announcement was made during a signing ceremony event at the SIBOS Annual Conference in Geneva.
Dark Web cybercrime services could be used by terrorists to attack Europe, warns Europol
Top EU cops warn 'cybercrime as-a-service' may become a major issue
IBM finds 65% of banks expect to have blockchains underway in three years
Some 15% of banks and 14% of financial market institutions interviewed intend to implement full-scale, commercial blockchain solutions in 2017.
Russian and South African central securities depositories collaborate on distributed ledger technology
South Africa's Strate and Russia's National Settlement Depository (NSD), signed a Letter of Intent at Sibos, Geneva.
Symbiont, Credit Suisse and R3 come together for syndicated loans proof of concept
Symbiont and financial services technology and data partner Ipreo created Synaps Loans LLC.
Blockchain-powered ICONOMI raises $5.8m in crowdsale
So-called 'Uber for fund management' becomes third largest fintech crowdsale ever.
ASX and blockchain: A necessary innovation?
Sam Pearse, Partner at Pillsbury Law, talks about the Australian Stock Exchange's blockchain plans.
R3 and eight banks trial Intel Sawtooth Lake distributed ledger technology for bond trading
Project validated blockchain-inspired technology for trading, matching and settlement.
Bikinis, balloon art and bitcoin: Meet the cutesy idols hoping to turn Japan on to cryptocurrencies
Japan is combining its idol culture with cryptocurrency in order to teach people about the blockchain.
Sberbank sets out its blockchain strategy
Sberbank CTO Pavel Khodalev talked about central bank support for blockchain strategy.
Ethereum network hit by computational DDoS attack
Ethereum's founder says attackers are laying siege to its network, causing it to slow down greatly.
The rise of the banking blockchain consortium
R3's Tim Swanson and John Whelan of Santander Blockchain Labs talk about challenges and opportunities for banking consortia.
ConsenSys and BlockApps to build blockchain loyalty reward system for China's Minsheng Insurance
BlockApps and ConsenSys made the announcement at the Global Blockchain Summit in Shanghai.
Hyperledger Project: 'We want to work with unpermissioned currency-based chains'
The Linux Foundation/Hyperledger Project and IBM took to the stage at Global Blockchain Summit in Shanghai.