R3's Smart Contract Templates Summit: Time is right to start on standards
IBTimes UK speaks to Todd McDonald of R3, Clive Ansell of ISDA, Lee Braine of Barclays, Emmanuel Aidoo of Credit Suisse, and Daniel Franks of Norton Rose Fulbright.
IOTA's Tangle meets Internet of Things requirements better than any blockchain
IOTA is a co-founding partner of new IoT consortium, the Trusted Internet of Things Alliance.
Thomson Reuters releases blockchain oracle for Enterprise Ethereum and R3 Corda
Thomson Reuters has released BlockOne IQ, its blockchain smart oracle for devs using R3 Corda, EEA and also via Thomson Reuters Developer Network.
WorldRemit launches with Android Pay to offer mobile-to-mobile transfers to the world's unbanked
The integration will enable Android Pay users to send money to 112 million mobile money accounts.
Quorum: J.P. Morgan's Ethereum fork could eat your lunch
J.P. Morgan and Zcash were discussing Quorum along side Enterprise Ethereum Alliance at Consensus 2017.
R3's Corda enters beta, partners with HP Enterprise
HPE have demonstrated Corda running on their HPE Integrity NonStop Platform.
Blockchain accelerator Coinsilium invests in Singapore's Indorse
Coinsilium completed SG$100,000 investment in Indorse through a convertible loan agreement.
Clearmatics adds Alexander Lipton as senior adviser
Alexander Lipton is CEO of StrongHold Labs, a Visiting Professor of Financial Engineering at EPFL, and a Connection Science Fellow at MIT Connection Science.
Bitcoin survey shows 71% support SegWit and UASF popularity growing
CoinJournal asked 1,100 respondents to choose SegWit, Bitcoin Unlimited or another option.
Coloured Coins developer Colu releases Bankbox framework for digital currencies
Bankbox will enable users to provide asset verification credentials, fund a wallet, issue currencies, track the assets and manage distribution.
Sia takes on cloud giants with blockchain-based decentralised storage
Sia founder David Vorick says Amazon stores a lot of the internet's data, and with this power comes too much responsibility.
Digital money provider Billon replaces pre-paid cards for Philip Morris using DLT
Billon and Philip Morris successfully completed series of pilots in Poland over the past eight months.
Blockchain firm BTL completes energy trading pilot with BP
The 12-week European energy pilot also featured Eni Trading & Shipping and Wien Energie.
Blockchain project Æternity aims for state channels, smartphone mining and financial inclusion
The second phase of the Aeternity contribution campaign is underway and ends on 12 June.
DigixGlobal and TenX partner for gold token payments on Ethereum
There are plans to offer an exclusive TenX and Digix co-branded metal card as well.
Ethereum-funded feature film to disrupt movie industry
Braid partners with WeiFund and announces 7 June as date for token launch.
innogy Innovation Hub launches the machine economy IPRIZE
Winning startup in the three categories will get seed investment of up to €250,000 as a convertible loan.
Cornell's blockchain experts tackle off-chain transactions with Intel SGX
Cornell associate professor Emin Gün Sirer was demonstrating IC3's Teechain at Consensus 2017.
R3's Mike Hearn: Don't toss out existing enterprise software because of blockchain 'fashion'
R3's lead designer Mike Hearn was giving a talk about the Corda DLT platform at Consensus 2017.
Token Summit 2017: Blockchain engineers say avoid ICO hype
ICO best practice panel was taking place at William Mougayar's Token Summit at NYU.
Chat platform Kik launches Ethereum-backed Kin token
Kin will be created as an ERC20 token on the Ethereum blockchain.
Consensus 2017 audience votes to clear Bitcoin log-jam
The discussion got heated over recent SegWit deployment by Litecoin.
Consensus 2017: R3 secures $107m funding for distributed ledger technology
Top investors include SBI Group, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, HSBC, Intel & Temasek.
Digital Currency Group launches blockchain accelerator DCG Connect with IBM, Amazon and Mastercard
Founding corporate members include IBM, Amazon Web Services (AWS), CME Group, Foxconn, Mastercard, New York Life, Prudential, and Transamerica.
Zero-knowledge proofs added to JP Morgan's Quorum blockchain
JP Morgan's Quorum is the first distributed ledger platform to feature the zero-knowledge security layer (ZSL).
Citi and Nasdaq announce straight through payment processing blockchain
Partnership between Citi and Nasdaq is using Chain's blockchain infrastructure platform.
Bitcoin breaks through $2,100, trades at $2,500 in Japan
The Japanese have given bitcoin the green light as a currency.
Enterprise Ethereum Alliance adds 86 new companies
And many more companies are continuing to get onboard.
PwC backs Chinese supply chain and anti-counterfeiting blockchain
VeChain becomes a portfolio company of PwC's incubation program to accelerate blockchain adoption in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.
Gem shows off first blockchain application for health claims
Gem is demonstrating the health claims blockchain on Monday 22 at Consensus 2017.
