Blockchain
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61NetCents’ Instant Settlements removes risk for shops accepting crypto payments
New element to existing crypto-payments network offers assurance to online and brick-and-mortar retailers wanting to tap into a $270bn market by taking...
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79Santander launching blockchain payments app imminently
Santander is reportedly planning to launch a blockchain-based payment application for cross-border foreign exchange on Friday. The news comes from The Financial...
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48Ayre sponsors Ayr United to boost Bitcoin Cash
Scottish football team will carry BCH cryptocurrency branding next season.
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67Increased censorship sees content creators look for blockchain-based social media alternatives
Could a blockchain-based, decentralised social network step-up to challenge the current social media giants soon?
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70European Commission wants EU to take the lead in blockchain
Europe should be home to blockchain and play a leading role in its development, says Andrus Ansip, VP of the European Commission....
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63Now the Bank Of England has its eye on private blockchain data
A new paper published by the Bank Of England suggests it’s got its eye on blockchain regulation… The Bank Of England appears...
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86Allvor will be first cryptocurrency to use Ripple’s XRP technology
Ripple, which has concentrated on using its XRP token and tech on providing back-end services for banks and other financial institutions, will...
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58Singapore’s finance minister cites blockchain as tool to support financial inclusion
Singapore has revealed plans to boost the financial inclusion of Southeast Asian countries by developing blockchain technology. Heng Swee Keat, Singapore’s minister...
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43Salesforce hoping to have blockchain solution by September 2018
Salesforce has been quietly working on its own blockchain project, according to co-founders Marc Benioff and Parker Harris. Speaking to Business Insider...
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63Onda Origins uses Blockchain tech to link coffee buyers directly to growers
Following reports that Starbucks is looking into implementing Blockchain technology, another Seattle company is way ahead of the game.
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51IBM jumping into blockchain as technology of the future
During the 2018 THINK conference, which features some of the biggest players across the tech industry, IBM publicly backed blockchain while acknowledging...
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70State-backed crypto would ‘risk financial security’, says Swiss banker
If central bank digital currencies (CBDC) are created, it could bring about “incalcuable risks” without much reward, a member of the Swiss...
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44Foxconn signs up to make Sirin Labs’ Finney crypto-friend phone
Electronics giant will produce the Finney phone, which is primed to run decentralised applications.
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45Blockchain could solve problem of provenance in art deals
Verisart will use Bitcoin's blockchain technology protect artist's work, and reassure buyers.
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66Coin Center says blockchain tech “incompatible” with upcoming EU privacy laws
A Washington DC think tank has voiced its doubts that upcoming European-wide data protection laws can apply to a blockchain-driven system.
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52Buterin: until scaling problems solved, developers using Ethereum are “screwed”
Ethereum co-creator Vitalik Buterin winds up his busy week at the Deconomy conference in Seoul, South Korea, with a talk on the...
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65India bans banks from dealing with cryptocurrency traders, while proposing own
Reserve Bank of India sends mixed messages on crypto – instituting a ban while also promoting use of blockchain in finance, and...
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61Seoul, South Korea, plans it own S-Coin crypto
Coin would be part of wider plan to integrate blockchain innovations into local government.
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46Blockchain project will reward donors for their genomic data
Fancy earning some rewards using just your genes? Well, a new blockchain project is reportedly allowing people to do just that, offering...
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64Ethereum co-founder calls man claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto “crazy” and “a fraud”
Deconomy conference witnesses Vitalik Buterin outburst during panel aptly named 'Bitcoin, Controversy over Principle'.
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52Top JPMorgan blockchain executive leaving to launch own company
Amber Baldet, JPMorgan’s former blockchain executive, has left the bank to create her own company, an internal memo revealed. Baldet was the...
