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Barclays conducts first blockchain-based trade-finance deal

Barclays and an Israel-based start-up company have carried out what they say is the world's first trade transaction using blockchain tech, cutting a process tim...

Test Attack on Krypton, Ethereum Classic Might be Next

Krypton, Ethereum-based network, has recently recovered from a 2-step attack which resulted in a total of 21,465 KR, approximately $3000 USD, being stolen from ...

R3 CEV Startup Thinks They Can Unify Wall Street Behind Blockchain

R3 CEV, a startup working to build new Wall Street infrastructure using bitcoin technology filed for a patent that aims on bringing together more than 60 banks....

Blockchain is Banks Secret Weapon

A great article on how bank shareholders are to expect a rise in their share, but everything has it's price .... More on Bloomberg https://pixabay.com/get/e833b...

The UK's FCA Considers Approving Blockchain Businesses

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, considered by the fintech industry as among the most forward-thinking regulators in the world, said that several groups in...

Man Who Introduced Millions to Bitcoin Says Blockchain Is a Bust

Stefan Thomas, who introduced millions of people to bitcoin, has had a change of heart and says blockchain will struggle to get wider adoption. Read more on Blo...

It Has Begun: Banks Sign Up to Blockchain Trial for Processing Currency Trades

A joint venture that is backed by 8 major banks and financial institutions has begun beta testing a peer-to-peer network that aims to use blockchain distributed...

Blockchain Startups Raise More Than $290 Million Worldwide in The First Half of The Year

According to a research done by Juniper Research blockchain start-ups have raised almost $300 million in funding in the first half of 2016 as they looked at aro...

Blockchain Project Hyperledger by Linux Foundation Announces Airbus as a Premier Member

Airbus (airplane manufacturer from France) officially joined the Hyperledger Project, a blockchain intitative launched by the Linux Foundation. Full story on Co...

Big News: Blockchain-based Omni Foundation adds 'Euro-coin' pair to its USDT digital dollar on Tether

A real dollar-to-euro trading is now available on blockchain through Omni via Tether. https://pixabay.com/get/e031b90f28f21c22d2524518a34e4490e077e5d004b0154694...

Richard Olsen: Blockchain Will Absorb the World of Finance

An interesting interview by Lykke founder and OANDA co-founder, Richard Olsen, as he talks about the role for margin FX brokers in a blockchain ecosystem and mu...

DDoSCoin - Pays for Taking Part in DDoS Attacks?

OK that's a bit weird concept of a coin, but could probably do some serious harm to security teams. DDoSCoin is a theoretical cryptocurrency that uses what’s be...

Cryptsy CEO, Paul Vernon, Stole Millions From Exchange

Cryptsy CEO Paul Vernon may have stolen as much as $3.3m from the now obsolete digital currency exchange and destroyed evidence of his illicit actions. Read mor...

Chain.com Announces Partnership with the IC3

The enterprise software company Chain, which works together with financial companies to help develop blockchain infrastructures for blockchain-based business so...

Major Impact on EU Payments by 2025 with the Help of Blockchain Technology

The European Payments Council (EPC) has found that 90% of poll partakers believe that the blockchain technology will have a major impact on payments by the year...

Banks are Stockpiling Bitcoins in Case They Get Hit With Ransomware

Malwarebytes CEO, Marcin Kleczynski, says the problem of ransomware is now so widespread that even banks are buying bitcoins in order to pay off cyber-criminals...

The US To Auction $1.6 Million Worth of Seized Bitcoin Later This Month

The US gov. is planning to auction over 2,700 BTC (worth around $1.6m at current prices) that were forfeited during several cases (also some from the well known...

Florida: Bitcoin Sale Ends as a Robbery with A Knife

Florida man was robbed at knifepoint during a sale of $28,000 in bitcoins according to the deputies Read full story on Sun Sentinel If you haven't read yet you ...

South Korea Says North Korea Is Blackmailing One of Its Top Online Retailers

South Korean authorities investigating a data breach at one of the country's top online retailers say that North Korea is attempting to blackmail the said compa...

Blockstream Acquires Bitcoin Wallet Software Company - GreenAddress

Blockstream just announced that they have acquired GreenAddress as they want to strengthen Blockstream's sidechain platform! https://blockstream.com/wp-content/...