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India’s Yes Bank Builds Blockchain for Vendor Financing

India's fifth-largest bank has built a blockchain vendor financing solution for one of its clients.

Business  ·  3 January 2017
Brexit

Politics, Protocols and the Changing Face of Finance

Do 2016's political changes foreshadow blockchain's impact? Cryptiv's CEO argues the two might be more intertwined than one might think.

Markets  ·  2 January 2017
India

New Paper Explores Cryptocurrency for Space Colonies

Blockchains in space? According to one research paper published by the Indian government, the idea isn’t so far-fetched.

Tech  ·  12 December 2016
Ethereum

Bitcoin Prices Surge Past $770 But Fall Just Short of 2016 High

Bitcoin prices neared $780 this week, coming within 1% of their annual high after lingering above $700 for more than two weeks.

Markets  ·  3 December 2016
India

IBM Tests Blockchain for Supply Chain With India’s Mahindra Group

Indian business conglomerate Mahindra Group is working with IBM to develop blockchain-based supply chain applications.

Markets  ·  30 November 2016
Exchanges

Bitcoin Exchange Unocoin Releases Mobile Wallet for iOS and Android

Indian bitcoin exchange Unocoin has launched a new mobile wallet app.

Business  ·  28 November 2016
Markets

Bitcoin Breaches $750 But Struggles to Set New 2016 High

Bitcoin prices repeatedly breached $750 during the week through 18th November as traders responded to macroeconomic uncertainty.

Markets  ·  19 November 2016
Markets

Bitcoin Price Passes $750 as it Nears Five-Month High

The price of bitcoin is now trading above $750, its highest total in nearly five months.

Markets  ·  18 November 2016
Regulation

Singapore Central Bank Inks Blockchain Deals With India, South Korea

It’s been a busy week on the blockchain front for Singapore’s central bank.

Policy & regulation  ·  26 October 2016
India

More Than 100 Blockchain Pilots Underway at Tata IT Consultancy

The leader of one of India’s biggest IT services firms said that his company is pursuing a wide range of potential blockchain applications.

Business  ·  18 October 2016
India

Bank Trials Show India’s Blockchain Interest on Rise

Two banks in India have reportedly partnered on a series of blockchain trials aimed at testing the waters for potential new services.

Business  ·  17 October 2016
India

Emirates NBD, ICICI Complete Cross-Border Blockchain Transaction

Major banks in Dubai and India have embarked on a series of blockchain trials with the help of Infosys.

Business  ·  12 October 2016
India

Indian Bitcoin Exchange Unocoin Raises $1.5 Million

Indian bitcoin exchange startup Uncoin has raised $1.5m in a new funding round.

Business  ·  29 September 2016
India

RBI Calls on Indian Banks to Explore Blockchain

A member of India's central bank has encouraged further collaboration between banks and startups to advance blockchain tech.

Business  ·  22 July 2016
India

Infosys: Blockchain Tech Adoption Won’t Take A Decade

IT consulting giant Infosys believes that blockchain technology will impact finance faster than incumbents have projected.

Markets  ·  8 March 2016