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Wall Street Blockchain Alliance Adds Blockchain Intelligence Group as Corporate Member
February 23rd, 2017
The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA), a 501 (c)(6) non-profit trade association, has announced that Blockchain Intelligence Group (BIG) has joined the organization as its newest corporate member. BIG’s proprietary Blockbits, BitRank and Qlue products provide real-time search, data ...
Swiss canton to launch its own cryptocurrency
February 21st, 2017
Ticino, the southernmost canton of Switzerland, is planning to issue its own local digital currency for everyday use. Its circulation may be confined to Ticino territory. The future cryptocurrency called ticinocoin (TIC) is a brainchild of computer scientists Claudio ...
University of Luxembourg: Researchers develop Zcash cryptocurrency
February 13th, 2017
Scientists at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) of the University of Luxembourg have developed an important mathematical algorithm called “Equihash”. Equihash is a core component for the new cryptocurrency Zcash, which offers more privacy and ...
The Law Society UK reports on technological innovation in Legal services
February 8th, 2017
The independent professional body for solicitors in UK, The Law Society, has published the research report “Capturing Technological Innovation in Legal Services”. Unprecedented technological change offers solicitors exciting opportunities to innovate in ways that benefit clients, technological innovators and ...
Liverpool Gets Its Own Digital Currency
February 6th, 2017
Liverpool, home of the 1960s English rock band, The Beatles, has become the latest destination to launch its own digital currency. Launched a month ago by Colu, a Tel Aviv-based technology company, the Liverpool Local Pound (LLP) already has ...
Bitfinex’s ‘Hack Credit’ Token Reaches All-Time Price High
February 2nd, 2017
Investors who lost bitcoin in Bitfinex’s high-profile August hack may be feeling more optimistic about the likelihood of recovering their funds. The price of BFX tokens – the digital assets the exchange issued as a way to provide a ‘notional credit’ to users who ...
European Commission Considering Limits on Virtual Currency Transactions
February 1st, 2017
The European Commission has released an Inception Impact Assessment considering transaction limits on virtual currency transactions as it steps up efforts in its fight against the financing of terrorism. On 2 February, 2016, the Commission published a Communication to ...
Credit China FinTech Enters into US$30 Million Deal with Bitfury Group
January 26th, 2017
The board of directors (the “Board”) of Credit China Fintech Holdings Limited (“Credit China Fintech” or the “Company”, stock code: 8207) and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) announced today that it has entered into a US$30 million deal with BitFury ...
Harvard Business Review: Blockchain Is Foundational, Not Disruptive
January 25th, 2017
True blockchain-led transformation is still many years away, according to an article, “The Truth About Blockchain” in the Harvard Business Review, because it does not deliver a truly “disruptive” business model which can attack an existing model with a lower ...
What’s next for blockchain and cryptocurrency
January 24th, 2017
In May of 2010, someone on a Bitcoin forum by the name of Lazlo claimed to have bought two pizzas for 10,000 bitcoins. It was the first time anyone had purchased anything with the new digital currency, which at ...
