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Swiss Town Zug Starts Accepting Bitcoin Payments for Municipal Services
By Tatsiana Yablonskaya
• 3 mins read
Zug becomes the first city in the world that launches a 6-month trial to see whether accepting bitcoin payment for government services is rational.
Australian Entrepreneur Craig Wright Says He’s Satoshi Nakamoto, the Creator of Bitcoin
By Tatsiana Yablonskaya
• 6 mins read
5 months after Craig Steven Wright, an Australian computer scientist and entrepreneur, was outed against his will as Satoshi Nakamoto, he says he is indeed the creator of bitcoin.
Samsung Enters IoT Market With ARTIK Platform
By Tatsiana Yablonskaya
• 3 mins read
The Samsung Artik platform offers hardware and software necessary for fast and simple development of new enterprise, industrial and consumer applications.
UK Government Will Use Blockchain Technology for Student Loan Payments
By Tatsiana Yablonskaya
• 3 mins read
The British government is studying blockchain to better control public money distribution and loan payments.
Gem Teams Up with Philips Blockchain Lab to Launch Gem Health Network
By Tatsiana Yablonskaya
• 3 mins read
Gem aims at development of cryptographically secured universal network of medical information.
Rolls Royce Signs Deal with Microsoft to Put Azure IoT into Engines
By Tatsiana Yablonskaya
• 3 mins read
Rolls Royce gets an opportunity to leverage Microsoft Azure IoT Suite and Cortana Intelligence Suite to further improve its aircraft services.
Xiaomi Partners with UnionPay to Launch Mobile Payment Service in China
By Tatsiana Yablonskaya
• 3 mins read
The smartphone giant Xiaomi has a large number of existing users so the payment service is expected to grow rather fast.
Steam is Reportedly Planning to Accept Bitcoin Payments
By Tatsiana Yablonskaya
• 3 mins read
The news doesn’t mean any possible inconvenience for developers as Valve will employ a third-party Bitcoin processor.
SWIFT Partners with Accenture to Develop Distributed Ledger Platform for Financial Services
By Tatsiana Yablonskaya
• 3 mins read
The paper issued by the companies highlights possible advantages and challenges of adopting distributed ledger technologies to financial services.
Contactless Mobile Payments ‘Will Outstrip Cash by 2025’, Predicts The Co-op
By Tatsiana Yablonskaya
• 3 mins read
Although now more than a half of all transactions in stores are conducted with cash, the supermarket chain sees the growing poularity of contactless method.