Cryptocurrency

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Bitcoin/Cryptocurrency exchange is offline following hack

11/04/2016(0)
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange service ShapeShift AG is offline following a breach of the service April 7. The full details of how the breach occurred are not available however Chief Executive ... Read More
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JPX: Commencement of Proof of Concept Testing for Blockchain Technology

08/04/2016(0)
Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (JPX) and Nomura Research Insitute have agreed to jointly begin conducting proof of concept (PoC) tests for blockchain, or distributed ledger, technology. Blockchain technology is ... Read More
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Bitcoin graduate Circle launches free social payment app in UK with Barclays

06/04/2016(0)
Circle, the leading digital payments company which uses the blockchain as a settlement rail, is launching a social payment app in the UK with the help of Barclays. It’s ... Read More
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BNP Paribas Securities Services And Smartangels Revolutionise Financing For Private Companies

06/04/2016(0)
BNP Paribas Securities Services, a leading global custodian, and SmartAngels, the leading direct investment platform, have taken a major step forward in crowdfunding history by signing a strategic partnership ... Read More
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PwC launches New Global Technology Team to Tap into Blockchain

05/04/2016(0)
PwC has recruited 15 leading technology specialists to exploit and commercialise Blockchain, the technology that powers the crypto-currency, Bitcoin. The new Blockchain team will be based in PwC’s Belfast ... Read More
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R3 banking blockchain consortium partners with Microsoft Azure

05/04/2016(0)
The R3 distributed ledger consortium of 40-plus global banks has chosen Microsoft Azure cloud to host its labs and provide its members with easy access to those firms already ... Read More
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Venture Capitalists Inject Nearly Half a Billion in Bitcoin throughout 2015

04/04/2016(0)
The year 2015 has been a particularly good one for Bitcoin startups all over the world, as a lot of money was raised over the course of 12 months. ... Read More
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BitQuick’s platform is still down

01/04/2016(0)
Bitcoin platform BitQuick has issued an announcement to update regarding the cyber attack suffered about two weeks ago.  Below is the update as it was published: ” We sincerely appreciate your ... Read More
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Bitcoin Exchange Shuts Down its operations

31/03/2016(0)
Canadian bitcoin exchange CoinTrader has shut down its operations. By the look of things, there is no indication that the exchange will resurface at a later time, either. CoinTrader, ... Read More
Blockchain

PwC Report: Blockchain a ‘Once in a Generation’ Opportunity for Financial Services

30/03/2016(0)
Blockchain marks the next “jump” in business process/optimization technology, according to a newly-released PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report on fintech. The report, “Blurred lines: How FinTech is shaping Financial Services,” compares blockchain to Enterprise Resource ... Read More
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