Blockchain for good startup Provenance partners with banks and blue chips
Collaboration unveiled at the One Planet Summit by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) will harness blockchain to transform supply chains.
UBS, Barclays, Credit Suisse and Thomson Reuters explore Ethereum-based MiFID II solution
Barclays, Credit Suisse, KBC, SIX, Thomson Reuters and UBS collaborate using Microsoft Azure for MiFID II data reconciliation project using Ethereum smart contracts.
Financial big data: The traces of trillions in economic activity
Day one of Newsweek's AI and data science in capital markets event examined a range of new data sources.
UK House of Lords blockchain report highlights ISDA, DTCC and CLS
The report, 'Distributed Ledger Technologies for Public Good: leadership, collaboration and innovation' was released this week by Lord Holmes of Richmond.
Betway: McDonald's odds-on to accept Bitcoin by end of 2018
Online betting firm also pegged Bitcoin at 11/8 to break $20,000 before the end of next year.
Blockchain innovators battle fake news with tokens and content scoring
Global media agency Mindshare partners with Singpore's high speed blockchain Zilliqa to test media applications
Infosys launches Finacle Trade Connect for blockchain-based trade finance
Infosys Finacle launched a pilot trade finance network with 11 banks to trial the Finacle Trade Connect solution.
Ethereum-based Digix closes seed investment round with Global Brain and Fenbushi Capital
Digix raised $1.25m in its seed round led by Japanese VC Global Brain, and joined by Fenbushi Capital, Asia's most active blockchain-focused venture capital fund.
Deep learning and data science demand prompts portfolio managers to take night classes
NVIDIA will be offering a day-long training session on 5 December, as part of Newsweek's data science and capital markets event in New York next week.
Blockchain company BTL Group raises £9m to launch Interbit platform
The private placements of C$15.3 million (£9m) will see Interbit go live in early 2018.
Credit Suisse charts the evolution of artificial intelligence and investing
The distribution of AI-enabled research is seen across three classes of adopters: advanced trading, competitive data scientists and master data scientists.
Ethereum-based hedge fund innovator Melonport taps Todd Ruppert of T. Rowe Price
Former CEO of T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services joins the decentralised asset management technology developer as an advisor and member of Melon Foundation.
Paris-based TOBAM launches Bitcoin mutual fund in Europe
TOBAM has about $8.8bn in AUM and counts the California Public Employees' Retirement System as a minority shareholder.
Blockstream and Digital Garage accelerate cryptocurrency and blockchain in Japan
New strategic investment enables faster blockchain deployments with Japanese businesses.
ConsenSys prescribes blockchain for London's Brexit blues
It's significant that Ethereum design studio, ConsenSys, has chosen London to host its 'European Hub'.
R3 and Microsoft expand partnership with deeper tech integration
Enables seamless integration of SQL Database and in the future other services such as Azure Active Directory, Key Vault, and Express Route.
Ethereum studio ConsenSys opens European Hub in London
The London hub in Shoreditch has space for 60 ConsenSys members and sponsored projects.
R3, JP Morgan and Hyperledger compete in MAS blockchain beauty contest. And the winner is ...
The process of 're-imagining' Singapore's interbank RTGS system using blockchain involved R3 Corda, JP Morgan Quorum and Hyperledger Fabric.
BitTorrent inventor holds the key to greener, less centralised cryptocurrency mining
Bram Cohen explains how proofs of space and time can solve the sort of ASIC centralisation you find in Bitcoin.
Arsenal supports WorldRemit as first-ever official online money transfer partner
WorldRemit and Arsenal partner to use the power of football to find a better way to connect communities.
tZERO announces launch date and terms for token sale
The tZERO sale will begin on December 18, 2017 using the Simple Agreement for Future Tokens (or SAFT).
ING releases Zero-Knowledge Range Proof for more efficient blockchain applications
The bank's Zero-Knowledge Range Proof (ZKRP) solution at the inaugural Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Event in Amsterdam.
Blockchain: Nuco selected by Government of Ontario for digital identity tech
Nuco has been awarded funding under the Small Business Innovation Challenge (SBIC) program delivered by Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE).
HFR launches 'Portfolioscope' - SaaS platform for hedge funds
New software service provides access to information on risk, attribution, performance, and other factors, global coverage of all assets classes.
Big data provider to the hedge fund industry drills into the challenges of location data
Real-time location data specialist Thasos has spent six years in stealth – one of those on-site at a $10bn-plus hedge fund.
Global Blockchain Technologies announces $20m fund to invest in Steem SMTs
The blockchain investment company establishes major joint venture to bring funding to startups building on Steem.
Blockchain: FBG Capital and Singapore's Zilliqa partner up
FBG Capital announces a strategic partnership with the high-throughput blockchain platform developed at the National University of Singapore.
R3's Corda partner network grows to over 60 companies including Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Intel and Microsoft
The Corda partner network is made up of technology firms such as Microsoft, HPE and Intel, consulting firms including EY, Accenture and KPMG.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise introduces 'blockchain as a service'
HPE's industry-first Mission Critical Distributed Ledger Technology helps customers deploy blockchain solutions quickly and easily.
William Mougayar's Token Summit returns in San Francisco
Speakers include Filecoin's Juan Benet, the Lightning Network's Joseph Poon and former Federal Prosecutor Kathryn Haun.
