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Japanese Financial Institution Set to Launch a Digital Currency Exchange

31/10/2016(0)
Japanese financial services group SBI is set to launch a platform that enables the trading and exchange of virtual currencies, citing increasing interest in virtual currencies like bitcoin which is proving ... Read More
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New York’s bitcoin hub dreams fade with licensing backlog

31/10/2016(0)
New York’s financial regulator had sights set on becoming a global hub for innovations like bitcoin when it adopted trailblazing virtual currency rules last year. But the state lost ... Read More
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A bank in the Netherlands and a local university are working on blockchain prototypes

27/10/2016(0)
A prominent bank in the Netherlands is working with a local university to develop a series of blockchain prototypes. ABN Amro, which is a member of the Linux Foundation-led ... Read More
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London banks are reportedly stockpiling Bitcoin to pay off potential ransom demands of cyber criminals

26/10/2016(0)
THE threat of debilitating attacks launched by hackers has become so concerning that financial institutions in London are reportedly stockpiling Bitcoin to pay off potential ransom demands of cyber ... Read More
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Korean Government to Commercialize Bitcoin, Digital Currency

25/10/2016(0)
Financial authorities decided to institutionalize digital currencies such as Bitcoin. In addition, they are planning to ramp up the size of average annual policy finance to one trillion won ... Read More
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BitPay announced the first bitcoin wallet with Intel Technologies

25/10/2016(0)
Leading bitcoin payments company BitPay today announced the first bitcoin wallet with Intel hardware security integration. This new solution will allow Copay users to rest assured that their data is better protected even ... Read More
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Blockchain applied for the first time in a global transaction

24/10/2016(0)
Blockchain, the technology behind digital currency bitcoin and now being used to simplify secure financial transactions, has been applied for the first time in a deal facilitated by an ... Read More
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Blockchain platform developed by Banks to be Open-Source

23/10/2016(0)
A blockchain platform developed by a group that includes more than 70 of the world’s biggest financial institutions is making its code publicly available, in what could become the ... Read More
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MUFG is Using Digital Currency to Reward its Employees

20/10/2016(0)
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), the parent company of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, has embarked on a new digital currency trial through one of its subsidiaries. MUFG is ... Read More
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Deloitte now focuses on blockchain technology and the Internet of Things (IoT)

19/10/2016(0)
Deloitte Catalyst accelerates digital transformation by bringing together critical assets and capabilities from the domains of cognitive technologies, Internet of Things and blockchain and includes as initial members Narrative Science, Kira ... Read More
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