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Burger King launches own cryptocurrency in Russia

01/09/2017(0)
Customers will be able to claim one virtual coin for every rouble (1.3p) they spend and once they have accumulated 1,700 WhopperCoins, they will be able to buy the ... Read More
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Bitcoin cash crashed on Monday; down nearly 20% at $579 a coin

22/08/2017(0)
Bitcoin cash is crashing on Monday, trading down nearly 20% at $579 a coin after soaring to a record high of $942 during an impressive weekend rally. In the ... Read More
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BlackRock’s Top Economist Thinks Bitcoin and Ethereum Look Like a Bubble

12/07/2017(0)
BlackRock, the $5 trillion asset manager, has not traditionally paid much attention to cryptocurrency platforms such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. Now that the prices of those blockchain-based currencies have ... Read More
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Bitcoin is suddenly on pace to have its worst week since 2015

16/06/2017(0)
After surging briefly to an all-time high of $3,000, bitcoin has been undergoing a dazzling reversal of late, with the digital currency on track to post its worst weekly ... Read More
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Blockchain technology in use to reduce frictional cost of trading mutual funds

12/06/2017(0)
Calastone successfully completes first phase of blockchain distributed market infrastructure proof-of-concept for the global funds industry Global funds transaction network and Future50 FinTech pioneer seeks to further reduce frictional ... Read More
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Fifteen startups selected for EBAday Fintech Pavillion

02/06/2017(0)
Finextra and the Euro Banking Association have selected 15 of Europe’s most promising startups to present their ideas to banking delegates attending EBAday 2017, the continent’s leading payments and ... Read More
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Samsung SDS joins blockchain consortium for shipping industry

31/05/2017(0)
Samsung SDS is accelerating its blockchain drive by strengthening alliances both domestically and abroad. The system integrations service company said Wednesday it has launched a blockchain consortium for shipping ... Read More
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Bitcoin move over – there’s a new kid on the blockchain

30/05/2017(0)
The digital currency bitcoin has broken new records – surging by more than 245 per cent since the start of the year. In just five months, the price of ... Read More
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Cecabank and Grant Thornton create Spain’s first blockchain banking consortium

29/05/2017(0)
Spanish wholesale bank Cecabank and consulting firm Grant Thornton have created the first blockchain consortium in Spain. Called Blockchain Banking Consortium, the project intends to progressively develop the potential ... Read More
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Deloitte Exec Departs to Launch Tokenized Blockchain Research Lab

22/05/2017(0)
Back when Iliana Oris Valiente first started pitching her colleagues at Deloitte on the possible benefits of bitcoin, she was cautioned by a senior level executive that she might ... Read More
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