by Irina Zimakova | 03-10-2017 | Blockchain News, Digital Currencies
Dubai’s government is to launch a cryptocurrency following a partnership between Emcredit, a subsidiary of Dubai’s Department for the Economy (also known as Dubai Economy) and a UK based blockchain start-up called Object Tech Grp. The new “encrypted digital currency,”...
by Irina Zimakova | 15-08-2017 | Blockchain News
Microsoft Corp is working on technology that it believes can make blockchain-based systems faster and more private, as it looks to speed up use of the distributed database software by enterprises. The company said on Thursday that it had developed a system called Coco...
by Irina Zimakova | 10-08-2017 | ICO
An initial coin offering (ICO) for the blockchain data storage network Filecoin has raised an estimated $200 million from accredited investors despite being beset by technology issues. The figures add to the roughly $52 million in tokens sold in a pre-sale to...
by Irina Zimakova | 01-08-2017 | Blockchain News, Fintech
Recently, Blockchain Federation Founder Eddy Wagenaar was asked to perform a keynote speech on ‘Hybrid Blockchains’ at Digital Festival 2017 in Brussels, Belgium. Afterwards Mr Wagenaar starred in a brief interview commenting on changes expected in the...
by Irina Zimakova | 19-05-2017 | Blockchain News
On May 18, 2017, IBM announced the launch of the IBM Blockchain Founder Accelerator (IBMBFA), a fee-based program designed to help blockchain developers go into production faster by offering technological, legal, and business consulting expertise. According to the...