NTT DATA+MUFG blockchain PoC may be more than it seems
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.’s (MUFG) banking entity, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. and NTT DATA Corporation (NTT DATA) have announced the commencement of a NTT DATA+MUFG PoC (Proof-of-Concept) prototype...
ASX blockchain to replace CHESS
The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) has announced its intention to replace its Clearing House Electronic Subregister System (CHESS). Its plan is to introduce distributed ledger technology (DLT) developed by Digital Asset...
Bothered by missing out on the Bitcoin run-up?
The Bitcoin run-up to almost US$12000/Bitcoin is spectacular. Some even forecast it will reach US$80,000 in 2018, which may be pushing the boundaries of credibility (remember those who predicted, in the...
Gladius blockchain solution to solve net neutrality?
Gladius is a startup founded by Max Niebylski, Alex Godwin, and Marcelo McAndrew. It claims to offer decentralized Content Delivery Network (CDN) and DDoS protection via blockchain. The Gladius goal is...
Nivaura blockchain to raise money?
Nivaura, a UK-based graduate-from from Microsoft’s Accelerator programme for start-ups, has developed an Ethereum blockchain-based service to make raising money simpler and cheaper. This could transform how businesses attact investor funds.
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IBM’s blockchain interest: has it peaked?
In 2016 IBM's blockchain interest showed its first signs of 'public life'. Through 2106 the number of announcements (by press release) built, with the odd quiet month. In 2017 the tempo...
Lamden aims for rapid en-masse blockchain development
Blockchain intermediators Lamden aspires to deliver rapid blockchain development technology for enterprises. To fund Ethereum-compliant decentralized applications it has also announced its Tau token sale. This will begin in January, 2018...
Bitcoin – worry, attitudes and futures
Bitcoin valuations head relentlessly up. At the start of 2017 a Bitcoin was worth a little over US$1,000. In eleven months it is almost ten times as much. What should make a...
dnata’s blockchain proved in PoC
dnata's cargo operations, with Emirates Innovation Lab, IBM and flydubai Cargo, has created what it believes to be an innovative blockchain-based proposition for cargo service delivery. This adds value by removing...
Blockchain scalability addressed by two more startups
Blockchain throughput is, arguably, the dagger hanging over widespread blockchain adoption. There are two fundamental and interrelated problems. A blockchain's size and its ability to transact (to register additional transactions which...