Companies

Startups

IBM Building Blockchain Dispute Resolution System

IBM could launch a finance-oriented blockchain solution as early as this fall. According to The Wall Street Journal, IBM’s Global Financing unit is looking to kick off a project that would focus on resolving transaction disputes. The system reportedly won’t replace the Global Financing unit’s existing systems, at least not in the near term. Rather, it will […]

Business  ·  1 August 2016
Investments

Bitcoin Browser Brave Raises $4.5 Million to Fight Online Ads

Brave Software has raised $4.5m to expand on its efforts to let users send bitcoin micropayments to their favorite websites.

Business  ·  1 August 2016
Zcash

Zcash Delays Untraceable Cryptocurrency for Additional Audits

The launch of a new cryptocurrency designed to make real the anonymity once thought to be offered by bitcoin has been delayed.

Business  ·  29 July 2016
Australia

Bitcoin Startup Founder Resigns Board Position Amid Fraud Charges

The co-founder of an Australian digital currency startup has been indicted for his alleged involvement in a fraudulent text messaging scheme.

Business  ·  28 July 2016
Circle

Korean Bank Partners With Bitcoin Startup Circle

One of South Korea’s largest banks has inked an agreement with the best funded startup working in the bitcoin space. KB Kookmin announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with bitcoin payments startup Circle, as well as local startup Coinplug, today. Coinplug, which is based in South Korea, was previously revealed to be working with […]

Business  ·  27 July 2016
Exchanges

Coinbase Expands Bitcoin Buying Service to Australia

Coinbase has expanded to Australia, bringing the total number of countries it supports to 33.

Business  ·  26 July 2016
Ethereum

Genesis Trading Sees Interest in Classic Ether Market

A prominent digital currency service reports that institutional investors are expressing a slow but budding interest in Ethereum Classic.

Business  ·  26 July 2016
Startups

Visa Europe Partners for Bitcoin Micropayments Trial

Bitcoin micropayments startup SatoshiPay is developing a new proof-of-concept with Visa Europe’s Collab innovation unit.

Business  ·  26 July 2016
Banking

PwC FinTech Lead Joins Blockchain Startup Libra

Blockchain startup Libra has announced new hires it says will help it position itself as the "Microsoft Office for blockchain".

Business  ·  25 July 2016
Ethereum

Why Big Bank Consultants Were Watching Ethereum’s Hard Fork

CoinDesk discusses the recent ethereum hard fork with members of major consulting firms with a blockchain specialty.

Business  ·  21 July 2016
Exchanges

Coinbase Wallet Users Can Now Buy and Sell Ether

Digital currency exchange Coinbase has added support for ethereum, letting consumers buy, sell, send and store ether in their Coinbase accounts.

Business  ·  21 July 2016
Banking

Mizuho to Conduct Blockchain Payments Trial With Ripple

Mizuho Financial Group announced this week it will pilot Ripple's distributed ledger technology for use in cross-currency settlement.

Business  ·  20 July 2016
Supply Chain

Why SAP is Quietly Playing Test-and-See With Blockchain

While SAP has been exploring blockchain for over a year, it's only recently decided to become more vocal about its work.

Business  ·  15 July 2016
Venture Capital

Samsung SDS Invests in Blockchain Startup

An information technology affiliate of Samsung announced today that it has invested in a blockchain startup.

Business  ·  14 July 2016
Venture Capital

Dutch Pension Fund Manager to Investigate Blockchain

A Dutch asset management service that oversees the largest pension fund for government and education workers in the Netherlands has begun exploring possible blockchain applications. APG announced earlier this week it is partnering with Maastricht University and the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research to explore blockchain and artificial intelligence. APG, a wholly-owned subsidiary of […]

Business  ·  13 July 2016