Fintech

BTCC Pool was launched in October 2014, operates on a pay-per-share model, guaranteeing miners a return.

Pilot is being done with NYC-based decentralisation design studio ConsenSys using the Ethereum blockchain.

EDCAB is the only independent European public policy platform for virtual currencies and distributed ledger tech.

SWIFT looked at the gaps in existing DLT solutions and highlighted eight key areas.

Heavyweights of blockchain gathered at the SWIFT Business Forum and Tomorrow's Transactions 2016 to bust the hype.

The first public demo of R3's Corda took place before an audience of over 800 people at The O2 in London.

The Digix DGD asset will trade on OpenLedger from 28 April.

EtherEx has floated crowd sale and ETX token idea to address gas imbalance and drive development of the project.

APPII, a UK based technology start-up, has built the app with London-based Applied Blockchain.

EDCAB founder Siân Jones has an unparalleled legal understanding around cryptocurrency.

The Chinese government's startup investment fund stands at $337bn (£236bn, €299bn)

Banco Emiliano accepts Pamesan cheese as collateral for a loan and holds $187m worth of cheese in its vault.

Cuber uses the coloured coins protocol pioneered by ChromaWay to transact tokens representing euros.

The WAVES open blockchain crowdfund briefly DDoS'd its servers as money poured in.

An article about Airbnb hiring Bitcoin engineers from ChangTip raised speculation about the firm's blockchain plans.

Eco-friendly Bitcoin mining company Genesis Mining is known for raising crypto awareness with poster campaigns.

Byrne's t0 project is the only effort that has brought the spirit of Bitcoin and real decentralisation to capital markets.

TransActive Grid, a joint-venture between ConsenSys and L03 Energy, goes live in New York with first paid transaction.

CommonAccord plans to 'open source' and automate the drafting of legal documents by creating a global template.

Announcement from the Credits team was made at Money 20/20 Europe in Copenhagen.

The consortium of over 40 big banks sets out the key features of its distributed ledger design.

CEO of Digital Asset Holdings, warns blockchains could be equivalent of Betamax v VHS.

BitGold launched the new services at Money 20/20 Europe in Copenhagen this week.

It's the first time the FCA has granted an E-Money Issuer licence for cross-border payments using blockchain.

Due to launch in the second half of 2016, the pilot scheme is subject to regulatory approvals.

The event with Wanxiang Blockchain Labs will take place at Shanghai's Hyatt on the Bund, September 19–24.

Governor Markell will reveal details of the Delaware Blockchain Initiative at Consensus 2016 in New York City.

Microsoft will provide cloud-based tools, services and infrastructure for R3 lab locations around the world,

Ann Cairns, president, International Markets, MasterCard delivered a keynote at Money 20/20 Europe.

DigixGlobal the first organisation to run a fully on chain, decentralised crowdsale on Ethereum for DigixDAO.