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Yearly Archives: 2016

World’s First Cryptocurrency Fund Listed on Exchange

The UK Channel Islands Securities Exchange (CISE) has become home to the world’s first listed regulated cryptocurrency fund.  Global Advisors, the investment manager of the Global...

Dubai Future Accelerators Program Invests US$33m In Pilot Projects Including Blockchain

Dubai Future Accelerators (DFA) announced a $33.5M US deal between government entities and their first round of startups. Over 65 per cent of startups...

IC3 Publishes Research on Blockchain Utilization of Intel Software Guard Extensions Offering Enhanced Protection

The Initiative for Cryptocurrencies and Contracts (IC3), a consortium based in NYC of leading academics and industry leaders who are driving innovations in Blockchains...

UNICEF, UK Home Office and BTCC to speak at London Blockchain Week 2017

Opening with a hackathon on 20th January, London Blockchain Week 2017 will play host to an eclectic mix of speakers from the Blockchain community,...

Corporate Patents on Blockchain Could Create Legal Problems for Startups

Over the past few months, some of the world's largest financial companies including Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and Mastercard - have been patenting promising Blockchain methodologies. Despite...

French Global Banking Giant BNP Paribas Completes First Real-Time Blockchain Payment

Paris-based French Bank BNP Paribas, the third largest bank in the world and the 18th largest corporation with 189,000 staff in 74 countries, completed its...

US Financial Giant State Street Tests Blockchain System

American financial services giant State Street has tested a Blockchain system that it hopes can be used to streamline the securities lending process as the...

Royal Canadian Mint Goes Blockchain – via Goldmoney and Cryptocurrency

Canadian Blockchain startup  Goldmoney (formerly BitGold),  which  powers a cryptocurrency based on gold, has added gold from the Royal Canadian Mint to its bullion reserves. From Goldmoney: We’ve...

Lisk Blockchain Announces Creation of Swiss Non-Profit Foundation

Lisk, the decentralized Blockchain application platform, today announced the successful registration of the Lisk Foundation, a Swiss “Stiftung” or not-for-profit organization. With registration of...

Overstock Raises $10.9m through Blockchain Stock Issuance

Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK) announced that its rights offering of Blockchain Voting Series A Preferred Shares and Voting Series B Preferred Shares closed today, raising total gross...

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