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IBTimes spoke to Jessi Baker about Provenance and a busy year ahead improving supply chains.

Venice, California-based Gem becomes first blockchain firm to close funding in 2016.

Blackmail attempt is the latest in series of bitcoin ransom campaigns.

IBTimes UK speaks to Guardtime, which is using its KSI blockchain to secure UK nuclear and flood-defence data.

Nasdaq used Linq ledger to transfer shares in 'seminal moment' for blockchain technology.

BTCC distributed the nodes in countries that rank low on the full bitcoin node geographic distribution list.

Mougayar, an author, investor and Ethereum advisory board member, has written extensively on tech disruption.

Upon Admission, Coinsilium has 69,793,500 Ordinary Shares on issue representing a market capitalisation of £6.98m

List includes a self-renting lock, a gaming value platform, and blockchain supply chains.

Gaming platform FreeMyVunk and crypto-assets issuer Digix both use the Ethereum public blockchain.

Digital Asset chief Blythe Masters said it is contributing the Hyperledger brand to the new forum.

R3 also said it was closing initial window to banks having added 12 more to its total of 42.

Exclusive: Guardtime has partnership with Future Cities Catapult, a UK-based centre for smart city innovation.

Larsen said it is time to cooperate within the distributed ledger technology industry.

Airbitz has integrated Fold into its app and is offering 20% discount in Starbucks.

Rhodri Davies from the Charities Aid Foundation talks about charities and transparency on the blockchain.

A judge ruled that payments between Safaricom m-Pesa and BitPesa won't be reinstated for the duration of the case.

BitFury is opening its third energy saving data center in Republic of Georgia next week

Omidyar Network and eCurrency Mint (eCM) say a central bank deployment of eCurrency is happening soon.

Swift will implement improvements to the existing correspondent banking system early in 2016.

Online account named after bitcoin creator Nakamoto denies claims he is also known as Wright.

Craig Steven Wright has been alleged by two US publications to be the founder of Bitcoin.

Victor Basta of Magister Advisors said Unicorns will have an aggregate valuation of $0.5 trillion at year-end.

IBTimes spoke to Ethereum's Alex Van de Sande about the possibilities opened by smart contracts.

IBTimes UK spoke to blockchain notary service Stampery which went live to the public just over a month ago.

IBTimes UK speaks to brothers Bobby Lee, CEO BTCC, and Charlie Lee, Litecoin inventor.

At least three banks hit by hackers of Armada Collective as Greece's central bank put on high alert.

Safaricom has invoked AML to shut out BitPesa - but doesn't this stifle innovation?

Bitnation announces deal with Estonia's e-Resident programme to offer a global public notary service.

BlockApps STRATO is being rolled out as part of the Microsoft Azure blockchain-as-a-service offering