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Smart contracts firm Symbiont first to trade gold on distributed ledgers
Symbiont is working with Orebits, which digitises gold on smart certificates.
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken begins trading in Melon tokens (MLN)
Kraken will be supporting trading in: MLN/XBT (melon-bitcoin) and MLN/ETH (melon-ether).
Visa Collab blockchain guru Jon Downing joins BTL advisory board
In 2016, BTL announced it was working on cross-border remittances with Visa Europe's Innovation Hub, Visa Collab.
Blockchain: MultiChain's Gideon Greenspan talks about the future of peer-to-peer databases
MultiChain announces Wolfram deal to offer zero-configuration private blockchain accessible in the Wolfram Cloud.
Qtum blockchain releases new white paper for mobile apps and ties up with PwC in Asia
Qtum has released: 'Smart-Contract Value-Transfer Protocols on a Distributed Mobile Application Platform'.
'Russian hackers' accused of fresh cyber-extortion spree against US liberal targets
Suspected state-backed group, known as Cosy Bear, accused of fresh hacking scheme.
Parity pushes new Ethereum testnet 'Kovan' after spam attacks
Ten Ethereum companies launch Proof of Authority testnet after Ropsten suffered a DoS attack on Feb 24.
Maersk and IBM want 10 million shipping containers on the global supply blockchain by year-end
A pilot involved the shipping of Schneider Electric goods from the Port of Rotterdam to the Port of Newark.
Bitcoin value overtakes price of gold as cryptocurrency hits all-time high
Amid heavy speculation, the price of a single Bitcoin has spiked.
How blockchain is simplifying the US mortgage market
Factom's Harmony data layer enables storing hashes of paper documents on private and public blockchains.
Self-sovereign identity: Cornerstone of the blockchain internet
IBTimes spoke to Rouven Heck, project lead of uPort, the award-winning Ethereum blockchain identity system.
Bank of England and China Merchants Bank join Hyperledger Project
Project welcomed 11 new members, bringing the current tally to 122.
Chamber of Digital Commerce and Structured Finance Industry Group partner for blockchain securitisation
The Chamber of Digital Commerce will unveil Blockchain in Securitization White Paper at SFIG 2017 in Las Vegas.
Jeff Garzik's Bloq acquires Skry for machine learning and AI blockchain data analytics
Skry can detect anomalies like a DDoS attack or a spike in transactions fees on both public and private chains.
Monax brings Ethereum technology to the Hyperledger Project
Monax is re-licensing its blockchain client to Apache 2.0 and proposing it to Hyperledger Technical Steering Committee for incubation.
Blockchain and IoT: Automating machine transactions in the fourth industrial revolution
Dr Carsten Stöcker of the innogy Innovation Hub explores IOTA for the machine economy.
ING and Societe Generale do oil trades on a blockchain
The blockchain prototype, done together with trading house Mercuria, coincided with IP Week in London.
Ethereum's William Mougayar: 'A successful ICO is not indicative of the success of the ICO'
Author, investor and Ethereum advisor William Mougayar is a long-time champion of decentralisation.
Ethereum and the paradox of decentralised governance
Academic researcher Primavera De Filippi suggests possible solutions to the problem of decentralised governance.
Omise using Ethereum to create decentralised 'inter-Asia M-Pesa'
Thomas Greco and Wendell Davis talked about the project at EDCON in Paris.
Introducing Trustlines – the original Ripple idea on Ethereum
Raiden Network CEO Heiko Hees showcases Trustlines project at Edcon in Paris.
Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin examines the rewards and punishments of crypto-economics
Vitalik Buterin kicked off EDCON in Paris with a discussion of economic incentives within blockchains.
ConsenSys explains self-sovereign identity on Ethereum at the United Nations
Joseph Lubin and Samuel Cassatt were presenting at the Fifty-Fifth Session of the Commission for Social Development.
Ethereum: Melonport fills its CHF2.5m token issuance in under three minutes
The Ethereum hedge fund platform Melonport is breaking records in the world of initial coin offerings.
Ethereum-based DigixGlobal and Monolith partner to offer gold token debit cards
Digix and Monolith to bring back Gold Standard on the Ethereum blockchain.
Blockchain developers BTL Group working with Austria's Wien Energie
The pilot scheme in association with EY will use BTL's Interbit platform to cut the costs of energy trading.
Nxt dev team's Ardor blockchain platform launches public testing forum
Ardor allows users to create their own customised subsidiary blockchains secured by the main chain.
Ethereum studio ConsenSys to build blockchains in Dubai
'Blockchain, Hyperconnectivity, and the City of the Future' whitepaper released at Dubai's World Government Summit.
Qtum is building bridges between Bitcoin, Ethereum, Hyperledger, R3 Corda ...
Qtum is backed by OkCoin CEO Star Xu, Ethereum's Anthony Di Iorio, Augur's Jeremy Gardner and blockchain advocate Bo Shen.
Accenture and Thales unveil hardware security solution for blockchains
Integration of blockchain technology with Thales Hardware Security Module addresses key distributed ledger risks for financial services, government, healthcare and other sectors.