Companies

Australia

Australian Travel Agency Tests Blockchain Bookings

A hotel bookings company based in Australia has developed a blockchain proof-of-concept in partnership with Microsoft.

Business  ·  7 November 2016
Regulation

UK Regulator Adds 9 Blockchain Startups to Fintech ‘Sandbox’

Nine blockchain startups have joined a fintech 'sandbox' run by one of the UK's top finance regulators.

Policy & regulation  ·  7 November 2016
Startups

Overstock Secures New Partnership For Blockchain Stock Sale

E-commerce giant Overstock’s blockchain stock offering is set to begin later this month.

Business  ·  4 November 2016
Thailand

Thai Bank Tests Blockchain For Recordkeeping

One of Thailand’s leading commercial banks is working with IBM on applying blockchain to its transaction services.

Business  ·  3 November 2016
Startups

ABN Amro Joins R3 Blockchain Consortium

ABN Amro has become the latest financial institution to join the R3 blockchain consortium.

Business  ·  3 November 2016
Insurance

Insurance Trade Group Launches Blockchain Research Effort

An insurance and reinsurance industry trade organization headquartered in the UK is launching a new blockchain research project.

Business  ·  2 November 2016
Startups

Hyperledger Eyes Mobile Blockchain Apps With ‘Iroha’ Project

A distributed ledger project dubbed Iroha has been accepted for incubation status by the Linux Foundation-led Hyperledger blockchain initiative.

Business  ·  1 November 2016
Exchanges

BTCC Takes Aim at Bitfinex With US Dollar Bitcoin Trading

BTCC announced today that it will be adding US dollar (USD) to its existing bitcoin exchange service.

Business  ·  1 November 2016
Banking

Credit Card Giant MasterCard Releases ‘Experimental’ Blockchain APIs

MasterCard has quietly developed and released a set of blockchain APIs.

Business  ·  31 October 2016
Crime

Father of Bitcoin Exchange Operator Pleads Guilty to Obstruction

A Florida man pled guilty yesterday after being indicted in a case tied to the now-defunct Florida bitcoin exchange Coin.mx.

Policy & regulation  ·  28 October 2016
Startups

Swiss Railway Service to Sell Bitcoin

The operator of a national railway service in Switzerland will begin selling bitcoin through its ticket kiosks starting next month.

Business  ·  28 October 2016
Markets

Derivatives Giant CME Sets Launch Date for Bitcoin Indexes

The CME Group is launching two previously announced bitcoin price benchmarks next month.

Business  ·  27 October 2016
Japan

SBI to Launch First Bank-Backed Digital Currency Exchange

Japan is set to get another digital currency exchange.

Business  ·  27 October 2016
Startups

Blockchain Startup CoinSciences Adds 13 Members to Partner Program

Blockchain startup CoinSciences has launched a new program aimed at getting more enterprise companies to work with blockchain.

Business  ·  27 October 2016
Startups

AT&T is Seeking a Patent for a Bitcoin-Powered Server

US telecom giant AT&T is seeking a patent for a kind of home subscriber server that utilizes a blockchain.

Business  ·  26 October 2016