London Stock Exchange to start using blockchain “London’s Stock Exchange is set to start using blockchain to improve transparency for shareholding information among unlisted businesses,” ITProPortal reports. This new use of blockchain is being implemented with the hopes of achieving a higher level of confidentiality and security for users that traditional exchange methods … [Read more...] about BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 7/24/17
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BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 7/16/17
When blockchain stops being a big scary word. It seems we are nearing the point where blockchain won't be explained as a technology but accepted simply as a business tool, writes London-based investment writer Vered Zimmerman. Today, it takes more time to convince stakeholders of the benefits than it does to deploy the technology, and the discussion is starting to shift toward … [Read more...] about BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 7/16/17
BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 6/18/17
Illinois state-charted banks learned how they can support Bitcoin businesses. In an effort to educate banks about financial technology and what they can do to support its growth, Coin Center, in Collaboration with Digital Currency Group and the Illinois Blockchain Initiative hosted an informational event. The event was successful as many banks came to engage in a discussion … [Read more...] about BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 6/18/17
BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 06/05/17
This was a big week for blockchain. Jeremy Epstein, CEO of Never Stop Marketing, reports on the Consensus conference and the Token Summit. "Almost universally, people at these events were saying just how FAST things seemed to be progressing. The rate of innovation in various blockchains and solutions was mindboggling," he writes, in a post full of good links to companies and … [Read more...] about BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 06/05/17
BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 5/8/17
A branch of the UN just launched its first large-scale Ethereum test” The United Nations (UN) began distributing funds to thousands of people in Jordan as part of a trial using the ethereum blockchain, reports CoinDesk. "For the next month, cryptographically unique coupons representing an undisclosed number of Jordanian dinars will be sent to dozens of shops in five refugee … [Read more...] about BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 5/8/17
BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 5/1/17
“Firms could find a better way to do AML thanks to the recording of transactions on the blockchain” David Birch, the director of innovation at Consult Hyperion, talks with Arturo Pallardo of Kantox about the potential of blockchain, to foster new tools and markets, and bring down traditional barriers to innovation. “The applications are limitless, which means that there are … [Read more...] about BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 5/1/17