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IBM Watson Health announced today a collaborative project with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration aimed at applying emerging blockchain technology applications toward the advancement of …
By satoshi
January 11, 2017
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Qtum, a forthcoming digital currency and open source community project, announced this week that it had passed $1 million in backing from top industry executives. Some …
By satoshi
January 11, 2017
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The United Arab Emirates is ramping up blockchain development in a bid to become, by 2020, a leading center for innovation and the first government in …
By satoshi
December 26, 2016
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BNP Paribas, one of the world’s top banks, announced that it has processed real-time payments for two of its longstanding corporate clients, Amcor, a global leader …
By satoshi
December 22, 2016
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The Virtual Technology Cluster (VTC) Group, an organization that wants to help major multinational companies to attract emerging and disruptive technology innovators to their supply chain, …
By satoshi
December 15, 2016
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News of the recent collaboration between Britain’s Royal Mint and Chicago-based derivatives exchange CME Group has renewed conversations regarding the intersection between blockchain technology and gold …
By satoshi
December 14, 2016
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A new report from Coin Center examines the “blockchain” buzzword to help regulators avoid all the noise and get down to the implications of the various …
By satoshi
December 14, 2016
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Symbiont, a blockchain company developing a smart contract platform for institutional applications of distributed ledger technology, has hired Dr. Lisa Yin. One of the three cryptographers …
By satoshi
December 2, 2016
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Uber and Airbnb, the hugely popular marketplaces for taxi-like car rides and hotel-like short-term rentals, are usually considered to be successful case stories for the emerging …
By satoshi
December 1, 2016
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Factom, an Austin-based blockchain technology company offering data management and record keeping support for business, announced it is the recipient of a Bill and Melinda Gates …
By satoshi
November 18, 2016
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Having passed the evaluation phase, a number of South Korean financial institutions and firms are now working toward implementing blockchain technology into their services and infrastructures. …
By satoshi
November 17, 2016
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Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) is recognized as amazing to some and potentially valuable to many others in the financial services sector, according to various panelists in …
By satoshi
November 16, 2016
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RSK Labs — better known as Rootstock — has announced the launch of the “Turmeric” release of its platform. Representing the beginning of the RSK Testnet …
By satoshi
November 9, 2016
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Our democratic systems of today were designed hundreds of years ago, in a time when letters were drafted in quill and ink, and then sent hundreds …
By satoshi
November 4, 2016
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Synechron, a consulting services and technology provider specializing in the financial services market, has announced a partnership with Ethereum blockchain developers ConsenSys and BlockApps to develop …
By satoshi
October 27, 2016
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Blockchain company Gem aims to tackle one of the biggest issues in health care insurance claim payments: providers have to wait a long time to get …
By satoshi
October 26, 2016
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Through an exclusive partnership with real estate tech startup Velox.re, Chicago’s Cook County will test the use of the Bitcoin blockchain for transferring and tracking property …
By satoshi
October 6, 2016
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On October 4, at the Distributed: Health conference in Nashville, Tennessee, Gem CEO and co-founder Micah Winkelspecht announced the deployment of the GemOS platform, and introduced …
By satoshi
October 5, 2016