Over half of real estate investors believe the sector will adopt blockchain
BrickVest study found 56% of investors think the real estate industry will adopt blockchain for property transactions.
India's Unocoin launches Bitcoin mobile app on iOS and Android
Bitcoin has surged in popularity with the government's decision to demonetize 500 and 1,000 rupee notes.
Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin bets on the future of Futarchy
A number of interesting projects exploring crypto-economic governance models will soon come online.
Thinking of selling your data? Meet the data scouts for the hedge fund industry
Newsweek and IBT's Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in Capital Markets event will connect hedge funds with data providers.
How financial firms can avoid drowning in a data deluge
ClearMacro CEO Mike Simcock started the company to help investment managers that were drowning in a deluge of data.
Deloitte becomes third gold sponsor of EtherCamp hackathon
Deloitte joins the German Energy company Innogy and WanXiang Blockchain Labs.
Chancellor Philip Hammond drives UK fintech boom
Chancellor Philip Hammond pledged of £2bn for R&D and innovation going forward.
Factom secures important paper documents on the blockchain with Smartrac
dLoc combines Smart Cosmos IoT platform, and its near-field communication (NFC) transponders with the blockchain.
IBT Media to host Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in Capital Markets event
The Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in Capital Markets event takes place on 1 and 2 March 2017 at the Barbican.
R3 hosts the Second Smart Contract Templates Summit
IBTimes speaks to Todd McDonald from R3, Dr Lee Braine from Barclays, and Sean Murphy from Norton Rose Fulbright.
Equibit to begin beta testing blockchain-based OTC securities platform
EDC has completed its Supernode installation and partnered with data centre giant Equinix.
Factom gets Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant to secure medical records on the blockchain
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funding is set to fill an urgent need in developing nations.
Chronicled launches blockchain-registered supply chain and pharmaceutical packaging
The CryptoSeal tamper-evident adhesive seal strips will work well for pharmaceutical tracking.
ChronoBank is creating a global blockchain-based labour exchange
Australia-based ChronoBank has connections to a number or recruitment firms.
Bitnation brings forth 'Smart Love' for outlawed LGBT and inter-faith marriages on blockchain
Bitnation's Smart Love will feature among the projects on the EtherCamp hackathon starting 17 November.
Bitcoin boost: Blockchain and Coinify join forces in industry milestone
Two industry leaders are partnering to make buying digital cash easier and less expensive.
Imagine if Visa sold data about you to greedy hedge funds
Quandl founder Tammer Kamel will be talking at the forthcoming Newsweek/IBTimesUK Data Science and Capital Markets event.
In the face of Trump's trade threats, China's Ant Financial wants to help America's SMEs
Chief strategy officer Dr Long Chen was in London for a special agreement between UK and Chinese regulators.
PwC launches Vulcan Digital Asset Services with Bloq, Libra and Netki
The platform is currently being piloted by an international banking group and a central bank, and being assessed by an airline.
Gavin Wood collaborates on Melon - a 'hedge fund' manager for crypto portfolios
Melonport is working with Parity and Wood's Polkadot multi-chain network.
Tezos discusses its self-amending blockchain, slated for springtime release
In 2014, Tezos proposed a blockchain offering a voting procedure for stakeholders to approve amendments.
R3 develops proof-of-concept for shared KYC service with 10 global banks
BBVA, CIBC, ING, Intesa Sanpaolo, Natixis, Nordea, Northern Trust, Société Générale, UBS and US Bank worked on the KYC system.
Russia's central securities depository drives blockchain assets
National Settlement Depository is working with iCoinSoft as part of the blockchain-focused fintech programme.
Camden Pound, Liverpool Pound: Cryptocurrency coming to a city near you
Coloured coins specialist Colu has been part of local digital currency experiments in Barbados, Brazil and Israel.
R3 partners with Monetary Authority of Singapore, launches Asia Blockchain Centre of Excellence
The R3 Asia Lab will host a dedicated research and development centre as well as a physical Centre of Excellence.
Blockchain remittances tested in FCA sandbox
Blockchain remittance specialist Epiphyte is testing its technology in the FCA's sandbox.
Unocoin releases API to power Bitcoin economy in India
Unocoin, the largest Bitcoin trading platform in India, recently raised $1.5m and partnered with Blockstream.
Blockchain wallet Jaxx integrates Rootstock RSK
Rootstock has also officially unveiled its smart contracts based platform at laBITconf, Argentina.
Blockchain: RBS builds Ethereum-based distributed clearing house
Richard Crook, head of Innovation Engineering at RBS talks about a cross border payment system using distributed ledger technology.
How machine learning RegTech can spot disguised sanction-listed names
UK based ComplyAdvantage, which uses data analysis and machine learning, is at the forefront of 'RegTech'.
