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Deloitte likes blockchain for loyalty rewards programmes
October 13th, 2016
Big four consultancy firm Deloitte has published a report examining how loyalty rewards programmes can be optimised by blockchain-based technology. Customer loyalty programs are not realising their full potential due to low client retention and redemption rates, time delays, ...
European Bitcoin Casino integrates Cubits Payment
October 11th, 2016
Bitcoin gambling is making waves recently as one of the most secure ways of playing online—not only because it offers low stakes, instant deposits and withdrawals, but also because it offers players security and anonymity. However, one issue that bitcoin ...
TechCrunch Creates a New Series on Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technology
October 10th, 2016
Bitcoin is probably the hottest invention of the last decade. At the current rate of growth, combined with its limitless potential, Bitcoin’s underlying blockchain technology may become the most disruptive revolutionary technological invention of this century. Irrespective of individual ...
Sydney Stock Exchange blockchain project reaches first milestone
October 6th, 2016
APX Settlement Pty Limited (APXS), the Sydney Stock Exchange’s joint venture with Bit Trade Labs to develop a blockchain based settlement solution, has successfully prototyped its blockchain smart register for real-time issuance and allocation of equity securities. This marks ...
FX Firm Joins Mexican Bitcoin Exchange’s $2.5 Million Fundraise
September 29th, 2016
Bitcoin exchange startup Bitso has raised $2.5m to make it easier for the underbanked in Mexico to gain access to financial services. Among the investors is Mexico-based foreign exchange, Monex Group, which last year conducted $160bn in transactions in Europe, the ...
Federal Judge Rules Bitcoin is Money in US Trial
September 20th, 2016
A federal judge in New York has ruled that bitcoin constitutes a form of money. The ruling comes from the ongoing case involving the now-defunct Florida bitcoin exchange Coin.mx and one of its former operators, Anthony Murgio. Murgio, who was indicted ...
Goldman Sachs Files Blockchain Patent for Foreign Exchange Trading
September 19th, 2016
Goldman Sachs has submitted a patent application focusing on how blockchain could cut out the middle man with transaction costs, claiming that the technology could change the current process. The patent, “Systems and Methods for Updating a Distributed Ledger-Based ...
Sydney Stock Exchange Confirms Public Blockchain Platform for Instant Settlements
September 16th, 2016
The Sydney Stock Exchange (SSX) has confirmed its project to build a public blockchain platform that will drastically reduce settlement times of trades and equities. The Sydney Stock Exchange is pressing ahead with a new blockchain settlement system that ...
Apple Removes ShapeShift From App Store
September 12th, 2016
Apple appears once again to be restricting the use of digital currencies on iOS, with the removal of multi-currency trading app ShapeShift from its mobile App Store. ShapeShift’s Currency Swaps Without Accounts ShapeShift offers direct swaps between 34 popular cryptocurrencies, ...
Low tax Zug aims to become Switzerland’s ‘Crypto Valley’
September 8th, 2016
Zug town hall now accepts bitcoin More than a dozen crypto currency firms operating there so far Government looking at changing regulation to attract more firms The small Swiss canton of Zug, famed for the low taxes that have ...
