Blockchain is a public ledger of all Bitcoin transactions that have ever been executed. It’s constantly growing as ‘completed’ blocks are added to it with a new set of recordings. The blocks are added to the blockchain in a linear, chronological order.
Sweden is planning to put real-estate transactions on the blockchain together with ChromaWay, Kairos Future and Telia.
Project Bletchley represents a set of tools enabling development of a new ecosystem of enterprise applications on the basis of blockchain.
MUFG Coin developed by Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ aims at facilitation of converting between local and foreign currencies.
Lisk’s founders Max Kordek and Oliver Beddows admit that now their startup is in the most advantageous position with no competitors on the market.
BitLicense was granted after a thorough study of Ripple’s standards by New York Financial Watchdog.
Certificates issued on the basis of the blockchain can be used peer-to-peer and verified as authentic.
Now, the AIA Group will join a group of world’s leading financial organizations collaborating on the development of blockchain-based applications.
Japanese banking group is planning to grow its financial technology business through new acquisitions. Meantime, regulatory authorities in Abu Dhabi are working on establishing fintech ecosystem in the UAE.
Mediachain announces a $1.5 million venture capital seed round with lead investors Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures.
Microsoft has teamed up with Blockstack Labs and ConsenSys to work on the problem of identity in the world.
The Germany-based startup, focused on the Ethereum blockchain, is working on a new device that is expected to promote the use of the IoT technology.
The Nasdaq Financial Framework aims at delivering cutting-edge end-to-end solutions to financial infrastructure providers worldwide.
The launch of Deloitte Lab seems to be a part of a global initiative aimed at employment of the blockchain in a variety of sectors.
The DAO represents an absolutely new level of decentralized and democratic governance.
The DAO has no central authority or entity overwatching the organization’s operations, the decisions on directions which the organization will take are made by a group of shareholders.