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Deloitte eyes global accountancy blockchains
November 13th, 2015
Good karma was the consensus among those watching and in attendance at Ethereum’s DevCon1 conference when big four accountancy firm Deloitte took to the stage in the guise of the technology-focused Rubix Project. Matthew Spoke, strategy and execution lead ...
Deloitte: Bitcoin at the crossroads
October 22nd, 2015
There is a race to regulate Bitcoin. Is it too soon? Bitcoin has captured the imagination of consumers and businesses around the world as a major breakthrough in how value is exchanged. The Bitcoin “blockchain” is a fundamental breakthrough ...
Deloitte, Libra, Accenture: The work of auditors in the age of Bitcoin 2.0 technology
August 20th, 2015
Back in the late 1990s the cryptographer Nick Szabo predicted the paper-era techniques of auditing and accounting would be dramatically augmented by, and eventually integrated into, smart contracts. The last year or two has seen lots of opinion about ...
Deloitte joins cryptocurrency industry group
July 21st, 2015
To work with ADCCA on accounting standards for bitcoin. Big four accounting firm Deloitte has joined the peak industry group representing digital currency traders in Australia, highlighting a growing mainstream focus on cryptocurrencies. Australian Digital Currency Commerce Association is ...
Deloitte Trials Blockchain Tech for Client Auditing
July 16th, 2015
Professional services firm Deloitte has revealed it is trialling blockchain technology to automate client auditing and crowdsource its consulting efforts, among other applications. With the announcement, Deloitte – one of the world’s ‘Big Four’ audit firms – becomes the ...
The first global exchange for virtual gaming products
December 2nd, 2016
Switex to create the first standardized and independent market for trading virtual game items Naga to manage Switex based on its technological leadership while Deutsche Börse Group to supply market expertise Hamburg-based FinTech firm Naga Group AG and Deutsche ...
RBS embraces crypto-currencies in hackathon challenge
November 17th, 2014
A team from RBS took top honors at the Deloitte Digital #GoneHacking capital markets hackathon on Friday with a trading platform that utilised the Ripple protocol to handle integration with crypto-currencies. RBS built on top of its existing FXMicropay ...
Bitcoin turns 10 — how it went from an abstract idea to a $100 billion market in a decade
November 1st, 2018
Ten years ago, as Lehman Brothers was declaring bankruptcy and the global economy was lurching into recession, the idea for an alternative currency was being quietly built online. Bitcoin went from an anti-establishment fad on the internet to a ...
5 ways the World Economic Forum says Artificial intelligence is changing banking
September 13th, 2018
Artificial intelligence has been a focus of discussions at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, over the past few years, so the organization decided to partner with Deloitte Consulting on a study that sought to “cut ...
Virtual currency Ethereum has risen 4,500 percent since the beginning of the year
June 20th, 2017
The price of Bitcoin has hit record highs in recent months, more than doubling in price since the start of the year. Despite these gains, Bitcoin is on the verge of losing its position as the dominant virtual currency. ...
