A group of seven major banks is partnering on a new blockchain-based trade finance project.
Shanghai-based Juzhen Financials plans to launch its own proprietary blockchain technology for banks this year.
A new report from Accenture posits that large investment banks could trim their operational costs by as much as $12bn annually.
Gamification emerged as a major trend at the third-annual Miami Bitcoin Hackathon this week. Here's our summary of the event:
The US Federal Trade Commission is hosting a FinTech gathering on 9th March, dedicated in part to blockchain tech and its impact on consumers.
The next eight years could see the blockchain marketplace grow to nearly $8bn in value, according to a new research report.
Three months since its launch, not many people appear to be using Zcash's signature 'shielded addresses'.
‘Big Four’ accounting firm Deloitte has launched its second blockchain-focused R&D lab, with more planned for later in 2017.
Developers can now test an early version of bitcoin’s much-hyped Lightning Network. Released by one of the most prominent startups working on the open-source micropayments protocol (San Francisco-based Lightning Labs), the daemon runs on the bitcoin testnet, so it’s not exactly for average users yet. Rather, the aim is for developers to get their feet wet testing […]
Following an increase in domestic bitcoin interest, a research center backed by India's central bank is now researching blockchain.
A new public blockchain that would seek to merge requested design aspects of both the bitcoin and ethereum blockchains has raised $1m in funding.
The National Science Foundation is seeking to fund research into how technologies like blockchain can improve cyberinfrastructure resilience.
India-based Axis Bank will soon leverage cross-border solutions offered by with distributed ledger startup Ripple.
An advisory council to the US Treasury Department met last week to discuss the application of blockchain to the insurance market.
Bitcoin Core developer Eric Lombrozo recaps a fraught year in bitcoin development, one that he believes could give way to a less contentious 2017.