Fintech

Exclusive: IBTimes interviews David Rutter, the boss of banking technology consortium R3CEV.

SWIFT Institute conducted interview and focus groups with 75 technology and post-trade processing companies.

Both WAVES and Mycelium are in the middle of crowdfunding campaigns.

Arthur Budovsky was charged for laundering $8bn in criminally obtained funds over 8 years.

Craig Wright admits he cannot move early bitcoins to prove he is creator Satoshi Nakamoto.

IBTimes spoke to Adam Ludwin, co-founder and CEO of Chain.com at Consensus 2016 conference in New York City.

As doubts loom over Wright's claim, he said the evidence would include an independently verifiable document.

Day at Consensus in NYC included how to avoid enterprise software hype cycles and banking collapses.

Deloitte also announced blockchain partnerships with Bloq, Stellar and BlockCypher.

Delaware Governor Jack Markell spoke about the blockchain initiative being built by Symbiont.

Using BTC Relay means developers can implement a 'Pay with Bitcoin' button in their Ethereum-based Dapps.

Governance of Bitcoin was riding high with news that Dr Craig Wright has reiterated that he is Satoshi Nakamoto.

Bitcoin creator has verified his claims through an official cryptographic demonstration.

The startup has released a white paper and welcomed some talent to the team from PayPal, Visa and Morgan Stanley.

Some have speculated The DAO token sale could garner as much as $100m worth of ether.

The Business Blockchain by William Mougayar, featuring foreword by Vitalik Buterin is forthcoming from Wiley.

DigixGlobal's DigixDAO DGD tokens are being added to fully regulated Gatecoin from 29 April.

Barry Silbert's DCG has added Western Union to its investment team and funds run by Prudential and Foxconn.

Credits is partnering with Skyscape Cloud Services Limited, to deliver Blockchain-as-a-Service to UK public sector orgs.

The National Settlement Depository prototype is based on the NXT distributed cryptographic platform.

Clearmatics and OpenGamma demonstrated a proof-of-concept real-time FX swaps using blockchain technology.

Consult Hyperion's David Birch quizzed Nasdaq's Fredrik Voss at European Blockchain Congress in London.

EdgeVerve Systems, a product subsidiary of Infosys, designed the EdgeVerve Blockchain Framework.

Author and fintech expert Haydn Shaughnessy highlights bi-lateral trade corridors China's opening with India and Africa.

The lumens will be given out in several rounds starting on 5 July, proportionate to how much bitcoin people hold.

Darpa wants to use bitcoin blockchain technology to build a secure messaging platform that can't be hacked.

Gem Health will combine secure patient IDs and data records with medical services and supply chain optimisation.

The Gafa companies (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon) have been conspicuously silent on blockchain.

The HEAL Alliance which is the non-profit behind HEAL Bond on Blockchain hopes it will raise $10bn.

Don Tapscott is the author of 15 books about the digital revolution; Alex is CEO of North West Passage Ventures.