Bitfury trumpets blockchain land registry with Republic of Georgia at Harvard and UN
The blockchain-based land-titling project is being presented at both Harvard and the United Nations.
Dash transactions now 215 times cheaper than Bitcoin
Software rollout also doubles Dash transaction capacity; which is now 8 times the capacity of Bitcoin.
CoinDesk releases top five analysts and traders in cryptocurrency list
The quarterly State of Blockchain Report cross-referenced over 100 public-facing candidates to generate the Top 5 Traders and Top 5 Analysts of 2017.
Allianz pioneers blockchain prototype for the captive insurance market
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE has successfully trialled blockchain technology for a global 'captive' insurance program including cash transfer between countries.
Citadel Datathon providing mainline into hottest new data science talent
20 teams of students will meet for the final championship at the New York Stock Exchange in November.
OpenMined: AI + blockchain = data democracy revolution
Andrew Trask, founder of the OpenMined project, will be talking about homomorphic encryption and deep learning at Newsweek's AI and data science conference in New York.
Big data: Estimize teaches the discretionary world about quant trading and data science
Estimize will be offering one of the L2Q training days as part of Newsweek's data science and capital markets event in New York later this year.
Mobius connects blockchain ecosystem through universal API
Founded by Stanford, Harvard and White House Alumni, Mobius helps consumer-facing apps with a scalable and secure integration that accepts blockchain payments.
Big data: RavenPack collaborates with Credit Suisse on new Artificial Intelligence Sentiment Index
The AIS Index tracks the performance of a US large-cap sector-rotation strategy, based on sentiment scoring extracted from news data.
Blockchain traceable coffee: bext360 partners in Africa, Europe and North America
Partnering with The Great Lakes Coffee and Coda Coffee Company, bext360 will trace coffee from Uganda to Denver, Colorado.
ConsenSys Ad Tech collaborates with Indorse
The big announcement comes just as Indorse officially applies for inclusion on the adChain registry.
CME Group to launch Bitcoin futures trading
New contract to provide regulated trading venue for cryptocurrency market, pending all relevant regulatory review periods.
Hedgd teams up with OSMO Partners to offer full-service MiFID II Transaction Reporting service
With the MiFID II deadline looming, new service will help traders to meet transaction reporting obligations in time
R3 and 22 banks build real-time international payments solution on Corda DLT platform
Enterprise software firm R3 and 22 of its member banks have developed a solution that leverages distributed ledger technology.
Catalonia looks to Estonia's e-residency and considers cryptocurrency option
Technology experts from the Generalitat de Catalunya have visited Estonia several times to gather tips on how to implement an e-residency programme.
BTCC chief Bobby Lee discusses China Bitcoin ban
There were recently rumours in the twittersphere that China's ban on trading Bitcoin was likely a temporary move.
Enigma and KyberNetwork partner on blockchain quant platform Catalyst
KyberNetwork will integrate with Catalyst as a data provider and as an exchange service.
Symbiont joins Wall Street Blockchain Alliance as corporate member
Symbiont CEO Mark Smith will present the keynote at Blockchain for Wall Street, the WSBA's annual education day, taking place on November 14th, 2017 at the New York Law School.
Ethereum-based SingularDTV allows DJ Gramatik to 'tokenise himself'
Gramatik is the first crypto artist to launch an entertainment economy powered by blockchain technology, said SingularDTV.
Patrick Byrne announces tZERO's ICO at Money20/20
The tZERO ICO starts on November 15 and will use the Simple Agreement for Future Tokens (SAFT).
Z/Yen Group's Michael Mainelli launches voluntary code for ICOs: London Fundraising Token Manifesto
Voluntary ICO code of conduct created by Professor Michael Mainelli with backing of the Long Finance community.
JP Morgan deploys Mosaic Smart Data for fixed income data analytics
Mosaic's predictive analytics and AI technology is first graduate from bank's 'In-Residence' fintech programme
Thomson Reuters big data Knowledge Graph delivers social network for finance
The Knowledge Graph uses a common language of Permanent Identifiers which connect some two billion relationships.
ICO compliance platform CoinList spins out of AngelList
The platform behind the $205m Filecoin token sale launches publicly with new CEO Andy Bromberg.
NVIDIA teaches the world about deep learning in finance
One of NVIDIA's first deep learning in finance lab courses will be taking place on 5 December at Newsweek's AI and Data Science in Capital Markets event.
Fintech: Azimo sees triple-digit growth remittance boom, hires former PayPal chief of staff
Azimo hires former PayPal chief of staff Richard Ambrose as chief operating officer. Azimo is celebrating its fifth anniversary.
Blockchain company BTL files patents on Interbit platform
Interbit Hypervisor architecture enables thousands of Interbit blockchains per server to connect with one another.
OTC derivatives: Quantile launches LCH compression service
This follows its recent appointment as an Approved Compression Service Provider at LCH's SwapClear service.
YouGov: Investors don't understand commonly used risk labels
2,000 adults across Great Britain were asked how much a 'cautious', 'balanced' or 'aggressive' fund might lose in a bad year.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation looks to connect unbanked world with Mojaloop fintech solution
New open source code to build payment platforms that connect poor customers to merchants, banks, mobile money providers and governments.
