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KRX seeks share trading through blockchain

01/03/2016(0)
Korea’s bourse operator said Monday that it is seeking to launch a platform powered by blockchain technology to invigorate the off-board trading market. The Korea Exchange (KRX) has begun ... Read More
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RBC tests distributed ledger for remittances and loyalty programme

26/02/2016(0)
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is the latest financial services giant to go public with its distributed ledger progress, confirming that it is working with Ripple on cross-border ... Read More
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PwC Director: Blockchain Impact Could Create Winners and Losers

25/02/2016(0)
Global professional services giant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) became the latest big-name firm to make its blockchain service offerings public this month, unveiling a solution portfolio designed to take business clients from ... Read More
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7 Asian Banks Investigating Bitcoin and Blockchain Tech

17/02/2016(0)
Until recently, there was a noticeable lack of interest in bitcoin and the blockchain among the financial institutions of Asia. In fact, banks there were more likely to be issuing warnings about digital currencies than ... Read More
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IBM Bets on Bitcoin Ledger

16/02/2016(0)
International Business Machines Inc. is becoming the biggest backer of a technology that underpins the Bitcoin digital currency. In the coming year, IBM will begin testing its own variation on the ... Read More
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The Schism Over Bitcoin Is How Bitcoin Is Supposed to Work

12/02/2016(0)
THE BITCOIN COMMUNITY can’t even agree on whether it’s breaking up. Last month, Mike Hearn—an ex-Googler and one of the biggest names working on the software underpinning bitcoin—made more than ... Read More
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Bitcoin: A 21st Century Currency Explained By a Wall Street Veteran

08/02/2016(0)
Jason Leibowitz is a former Wall Street professional who pivoted careers in 2014 to focus full-time on digital currency. In this paper, Leibowitz answers questions about how bitcoin was created, how ... Read More
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Japan’s Largest Bank developed its own digital currency

04/02/2016(0)
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (MUFG) has revealed that it has developed its own digital currency nicknamed “MUFG coin” as part of its research into blockchain and distributed ledger technology. ... Read More
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The first Blockchain Bizhackathon organised by BNP Paribas has just ended

03/02/2016(0)
BNP PARIBAS confirms its commitment to Blockchain The first Blockchain Bizhackathon organised by BNP Paribas on Transaction Banking activities has just ended. Initiated by the Corporate Trade and Treasury ... Read More
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Bank of America is going big on blockchain

01/02/2016(0)
Bank of America is trying to steal a march on the latest developments in the technology behind digital currency bitcoin by loading up on blockchain-related patents. Blockchain works like ... Read More
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