BNP, Tata Tap Blockchain for Event Announcements Platform
BNP Paribas has partnered with Indian IT firm Tata Consultancy Services to bring blockchain's reliability to corporate event announcements.
BNP Paribas has partnered with Indian IT firm Tata Consultancy Services to bring blockchain's reliability to corporate event announcements.
A distributed ledger tech pilot, aimed at simplifying back-office reconciliation processes at major financial institutions, is moving forward.
Blockchain startup SmartContract has today unveiled a new a proof-of-concept built with assistance from five major financial institutions.
Despite an apparently smooth technical upgrade, the price of ether is flat at press time, continuing to trade in the $350 range.
Accenture has hired Iliana Oris Valiente as managing director and global blockchain innovation lead for its emerging technology group.
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange has filed for two patents outlining a blockchain system that stores and automatically executes financial transactions.
Mainstream institutional investors had some harsh critiques for the cryptocurrency and ICO token community at a recent SEC committee meeting.
Business network platform Tradeshift has joined the Hyperledger blockchain project as its latest premier member.
Although it's still very early days for ethereum's Byzantium upgrade, developers indicate that the hard fork is running smoothly so far.
Ethereum's Byzantium upgrade has just executed by way of a hard fork at block number 4,370,000.
IBM has been settling real cross-border payments in the South Pacific on a blockchain using Stellar's Lumen cryptocurrency.
Hard forks have become a kind of spectator sport in the cryptocurrency community. Here's how to watch the latest: ethereum's Byzantium upgrade.
Without further cooperation, DLT risks ultimately recreating the many silos and disjointed systems that already exist, warns an executive at the DTCC.
Ethereum's Geth has re-released its Byzantium hard fork software after spotting a bug. But low adoption is concerning with the fork so close.
While the ICO market continues to heat up, two top banking executives have spoken of their concerns about the technology.
Bitcoin is trading at an all-time high, and with another contentious hard fork coming, the reasons why have experts wondering.
The president of the World Bank issued new statements about blockchain during an interview earlier this week.
Just a day after JPMorgan Chase chief Jamie Dimon said he wouldn't talk about bitcoin, he issued new remarks about the cryptocurrency.
One of the main providers of software underlying the ethereum protocol has faced delays with its preparations for an upcoming fork.
A high-profile group of investors are backing an unknown startup's token sale, in an effort to evolve the "stablecoin" concept.
Ethereum startup ConsenSys unveiled 20 new hires today, drawn from a range of notable companies working with blockchain.
Gibraltar has published a draft of its upcoming regulatory framework for distributed ledger technology (DLT).
Ether prices are up 11 percent so far today, indicating increasing market confidence that ethereum may sail through its next big upgrade.
Christine Lagarde, head of the IMF, has warned that central banks and financial services need to pay closer attention to cryptocurrencies.
Bitcoin hit a new record high of $5,856 this morning, but the question everyone will be asking is, can the rally continue?
A UNICEF ICO? The idea doesn't seem so far-fetched to those working at the United Nations programme, despite their humanitarian mandate.
About three days before the Byzantium hard fork, developers are by and large optimistic, even though small protest movements continue.
Telefonica has filed for a patent outlining a potential type of data transfer network that uses a blockchain to ensure reliability.
The value of a bitcoin reached a new all-time high of $5,856 this morning amid a market that is fast recovering from regulatory news in China.
Swift declares its blockchain proof-of-concept a success, but in the build up to its biggest annual event, implementation is far from certain.