After the gold rush: ICO summer still in full swing
The crowdfunders gathered at this week's World Blockchain Forum: Investments and ICOs.
Commerzbank, KfW and MEAG simulate security transaction on R3 Corda
The security was sold to MEAG and settled without a paying agent or a clearing system
Ethereum-based Aragon leads blockchain exodus from Slack amid phishing scams
Rocket.Chat is the preferred platform for future project communication within the blockchain space.
Meet Europe's elected cryptocurrency radicals
Estonia's Kaspar Korjus and Eva Kaili MEP took to the stage at Blockchain Live in London.
Tim Swanson examines Chinese ICOs and other blockchain-related iniquities
Former R3 head of market research is now launching his own advisory firm, Post Oak Labs.
US Department of Energy enlists Guardtime and Siemens for blockchain cybersecurity project
Also features Washington State University, Tennessee Valley Authority, and Department of Defense Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center.
Blockchain IoT firm Chronicled creates MediLedger Project to safeguard pharmaceuticals
Chronicled has partnered with life sciences consultancy LinkLab to explore blockchain track and trace.
Bitcoin platform Luno announces European expansion and $9m Series B funding round
The funding round was led by London-based Balderton Capital.
Circle pushes OTC crypto trading, launches in France and Italy and adds group payments
Up until now Circle Trading has been 'the best kept secret' in the crypto space.
How Overstock's tZERO exchange could inherit the tokenised world
Jonathan Johnson, Medici Ventures: 'Tokens and coins need to trade on an SEC licensed ATS platform.'
Ethereum stalwarts Digix Global and OmiseGO back Japan's GB Blockchain Labs
GBBL is part of Global Brain, the tech-focused venture capital firm from Japan with $500m AUM.
Santander returns to R3 for FCA mortgage project
Santander, which is not named in the FCA mortgage prototype, turned in its R3 membership back in November 2016.
R3 CordaCon explores Intel SGX, zero knowledge proofs and netting on distributed ledgers
CordaCon 2017 in London comes just weeks before release of Corda 1.0.
Blockchain insurance collective B3i launches reinsurance beta in Monte Carlo
B3i has 15 members including the likes of Aegon, Swiss Re, Allianz and Zurich Insurance Group.
Big data experts see new pastures in private equity and unlisted companies
Rado Lipuš, CEO, Neudata, is excited about private equity and look-throughs into unlisted companies.
Blockchain-for-good startup Stellar launches partnership grant programme
The grants of up to $2m in XLM are to help build global financial access and inclusion.
Synechron joins Microsoft Azure Blockchain Council
Council members have been selected based on their ability to disrupt the market.
Blockchain company ConsenSys launches $50m venture capital arm
Kavita Gupta will be founding managing partner of ConsenSys Ventures.
State of Blockchain Report: Digital assets leave equities, gold and property in the dust
Coindesk report finds digital assets are nearly 20 times more lucrative than property, gold and stocks combined.
Imperial College examines crypto-economic flaws in ICO tokens
Imperial deepens its partnership with blockchain specialist Outlier Ventures.
Luxury apartments, supercars and concierge services – how to spend your cryptocurrency gains
Baroness Michelle Mone OBE and businessman Doug Barrowman unveil luxury apartment complex to be bought with Bitcoin
AI platform Cindicator drives 47% per annum yield in Moscow Stock Exchange pilot
Cindictor forecasts financial case outcomes combining data from 15,000 non-professional analysts and AI mechanics.
Big data experts talk about text, Twitter and turning quantamental
Tom Doris of OTAS; Peter Hafez, RavenPack; and Gautham Sastri, iSentium discuss contexts around NLP.
China brands ICOs 'illegal fundraising' and bans them outright
The People's Bank of China issued the regulatory statement on its website, Monday 4 September.
Utility Settlement Coin: A blockchain stepping stone to fiat digital currency
Six additional major banks have joined the Utility Settlement Coin project.
Blockchain builder BTL moves to beta of Interbit platform
BTL is preparing patent applications for its Interbit platform expected to be made by no later than Q4 of this year.
Want to pay some tax on your cryptocurrency gains – anyone?
Lykke partners with CryptoTax to provide customers with country-specific tax reports.
The Illinois Blockchain Initiative creates self-sovereign identity at birth
In partnership with Evernym to create a secure self-sovereign identity for Illinois citizens during the birth registration process.
Nuco's Matthew Spoke: Today's blockchains don't talk to each other – but they will
Aion will allow instant, global transfer and recording of data and value between blockchains
DFINITY announces 'infinite blockchain computer'
DFINITY combines the deterministic properties of blockchains with random number generating algorithms.
