Bitfury+Risk Cooperative to exploit blockchain
Blockchain provider Bitfury and Risk Cooperative, a risk and insurance advisory firm, have announced a partnership. Its objective is to pioneer blockchain applications applicable to the $60 billion insurance intermediation market.
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Healthcare blockchain dedicated publication to arrive
Partners in Digital Health has launched ‘Blockchain in Healthcare Today’ (BHT), a digital publication dedicated to healthcare blockchain applicability. Its objective is to assist the healthcare industry evaluate integrated blockchain implementation...
FCA’s regulatory sandbox expands
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is expanding its regulatory sandbox. This enables businesses to test innovative products, services, business models and delivery mechanisms in a live environment which also protects...
FinancialForce teams up with Vena
FinancialForce has announced a deeper partnership with Vena, the fast growing corporate performance management software company. The announcement came in a blog by Don Mal, CEO of Vena and a joint...
AIG+Standard Chartered deliver blockchain insurance
AIG, and Standard Chartered, with IBM, have delivered the first multinational blockchain insurance policy. This solution creates trust and transparency in the underwriting process. In turn, this enables AIG and Standard...
Blockchain diamond trading – a girl’s best friend?
Singapore Diamond Investment Exchange (SDiX) has announced the completion of the first part of a proof-of-concept of a blockchain diamond trading authentication and secure record-keeping service. They partnered with Kynetix and Everledger for this...
At last: blockchain performance addressed
Blockchain performance and scalability addressed. These are two key characteristics of any platform. In a distributed ledger environment, such as the Hyperledger projects, both characteristics directly relate to end user satisfaction...
EU aims Blockchain4eu at non-fintech and SMEs
The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) and Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship & SMEs (DG GROW) have launched a project under unlovely and gimmicky title of: “#Blockchain4EU: Blockchain for Industrial...
HyperChain Capital invests in CoinDash
HyperChain Capital has entered into a collaboration agreement and made a strategic investment into CoinDash. CoinDash is a 'digital assets social media platform' for investors to create and maintain their Crypto...
Indian banks go with BankChain on Azure Blockchain
BankChain is an Indian bank platform for exploring, building and implementing blockchain solutions. BankChain has selected Microsoft Azure as its exclusive cloud partner. Twenty BankChain members - including State Bank of...