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How are banks actually going to use blockchains and smart contracts?
IBTimes spoke to Dr Gideon Greenspan, founder of Coin Sciences and MultiChain, about enterprise blockchains.
Genesis Mining billboards say Jamie Dimon is right - 'Bitcoin will eat your lunch'
JP Morgan CEO mocked by cloud mining operation.
FCA's Makoto Seta: 'Blockchains will transform the way regulators work'
Seta joined a blockchain panel hosted by Norton Rose Fulbright called Unlocking the Blockchain.
BTL launches blockchain remittance platform Interbit
BTL is launching remittance platform Interbit at the BC Tech Summit on January 18th & 19th in Vancouver.
Bitcoin innovators SatoshiPay poised to recover website revenues lost through ad-blocking
Cryptocurrency in the form of nanopayments can provide content providers with an alternative revenue stream.
Digital currency: Putting blockchain regulations into the broader context of today
Steve Ehrlich, an associate at Spitzberg Partners, surveys the regulatory landscape regarding blockchain.
Consult Hyperion's Dave Birch imagines when blockchains dissolve regulatory boundaries
IBTimes UK spoke to the digital identity expert about transparency as a starting point for blockchains.
Digix launches digital gold asset platform on Ethereum
Every DGX token represents 1 gram of gold, and can be recasted back into a physical gold bar for redemption.
Coinsilium injects $100,000 into smart contracts developer Rootstock
Nick Szabo said Rootstock combines the best of both worlds – Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Blockchain investment database ChainHQ tracks $1bn of funding in distributed ledger technology
ChainHQ has tracked close to $1bn in funding received since 2009.
CoinDesk acquired by Barry Silbert's Digital Currency Group
The editorial and business teams at CoinDesk will merge with DCG's newly launched events platform.
ShoCard raises the bar for digital identity using blockchain
IBTimes spoke to Armin Ebrahimi, CEO of ShoCard, which is close to announcing bank and KYC firm partnerships.
Uproov brings Bitcoin notary service to iTunes and Android
Uproov's notary service for photos, videos and audio recordings will be available on Android this week.
Provenance has a big year ahead delivering supply chain transparency with Bitcoin and Ethereum
IBTimes spoke to Jessi Baker about Provenance and a busy year ahead improving supply chains.
Blockchain platform Gem closes $7.1m funding round
Venice, California-based Gem becomes first blockchain firm to close funding in 2016.
Security firm Guardtime courting governments and banks with industrial-grade blockchain
IBTimes UK speaks to Guardtime, which is using its KSI blockchain to secure UK nuclear and flood-defence data.
Nasdaq makes first ever share trade using bitcoin's blockchain technology in 'seminal moment'
Nasdaq used Linq ledger to transfer shares in 'seminal moment' for blockchain technology.
Bitcoin giant BTCC donates 100 full nodes to help maintain the network
BTCC distributed the nodes in countries that rank low on the full bitcoin node geographic distribution list.
William Mougayar advises banks on 2016's blockchain revolution
Mougayar, an author, investor and Ethereum advisory board member, has written extensively on tech disruption.
Blockchain investor Coinsilium begins trading on ISDX in London
Upon Admission, Coinsilium has 69,793,500 Ordinary Shares on issue representing a market capitalisation of £6.98m
Top blockchain and fintech movers and shakers to watch in 2016
List includes a self-renting lock, a gaming value platform, and blockchain supply chains.
Linux Foundation blockchain forum: Digital Asset, IBM, Credits and London Stock Exchange on board
Digital Asset chief Blythe Masters said it is contributing the Hyperledger brand to the new forum.
Blockchain consortium R3 opens its doors to exchanges and clearing houses in 2016
R3 also said it was closing initial window to banks having added 12 more to its total of 42.
UK nuclear power plants protected from cyberattack by Guardtime blockchain technology
Exclusive: Guardtime has partnership with Future Cities Catapult, a UK-based centre for smart city innovation.
Ripple chief Chris Larsen: Sorting out payments will aid innovation in securities settlements
Larsen said it is time to cooperate within the distributed ledger technology industry.
CAF: 100% blockchain transparency could literally be a 'killer app' for charities
Rhodri Davies from the Charities Aid Foundation talks about charities and transparency on the blockchain.
Swift enhances correspondent banking with a view to 'blockchain roadmap'
Swift will implement improvements to the existing correspondent banking system early in 2016.
Square, Box and Theranos: Which billion dollar unicorns are heading to the glue factory in 2016?
Victor Basta of Magister Advisors said Unicorns will have an aggregate valuation of $0.5 trillion at year-end.
Setting up your own central bank is just the start with Ethereum
IBTimes spoke to Ethereum's Alex Van de Sande about the possibilities opened by smart contracts.
Lawyers' lives being made easier thanks to Stampery and the Bitcoin blockchain
IBTimes UK spoke to blockchain notary service Stampery which went live to the public just over a month ago.