ZF, UBS and IBM combine in Car eWallet
ZF, UBS and IBM are jointly to develop the Car eWallet open automotive transaction platform for mobility services. This will use blockchain technology. To its founders, Car eWallet has the potential...
Is Kim Jong Un’s DPRK about to kill cryptocurrencies?
According to security research firm FireEye, Kim Jong Un's DPRK (aka N Korea) is focusing on Bitcoin (BTC) as a source of foreign funds. That he seeks to do this is...
Pathetic EASME investing in blockchain
The EU's Executive Agency for SMEs (EASME) has invested, via SME Instrument funds, a 'whole' c €3.4M in three companies (see below) in pursuit of blockchain use. The Commission set up...
Might the Federal Reserve bless blockchains?
The US Federal Reserve Bank (the Fed), in a new research paper , almost blesses blockchain. This is a significant development, though not yet one cast in stone.
The paper is: "Strategies...
Export Portal: import/export on a blockchain
Export Portal claims both culture and strategy are about to get a 21st-century digital upgrade. Using Export Portal's private blockchain-based B2B ecosystem, exporters and importers will be able to share information...
Cobalt Bluesky joins BT Radianz Cloud ecosystem
Cobalt, the FX post-trade processing network based on distributed ledger technology, has joined the BT Radianz Cloud. The latter says it is the world's largest financial community. Organisations can now access...
Aventus blockchain partnership with Townsend Music
Aventus Systems has announced a blockchain partnership with Townsend Music. The objective is to test a ticketing application in the UK market.
The first phase of the collaboration will utilise Aventus’ first...
27 BTC buys you a Dubai apartment (or 33 perhaps)
27 Bitcoins will buy you a studio in a £250 million development of 1,000+ studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments in two apartment towers and a shopping mall in Dubai. All are...
UTRUST raises $1.5 million in 90 minutes
Cryptocurrency payment platform UTRUST has raised $1.5 million in 90 minutes as part of its pre Initial Coin Offering. The sale was over oversubscribed with just over 1,100 of the registered...
Utility Settlement Coin, PBOC and cryptocurrency risk
UBS, the Swiss bank started work on what it calls USC or Utility Settlement Coin in 2015. It hopes USC will be the digital equivalent of fiat currencies offered by major...