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It’s Official: CIOs have 99 Problems and Blockchain Ain’t (Yet) One

A mere one percent of Chief Information Officers (CIOs) have indicated any blockchain adoption within their organisations, and just eight…

What is a Dapp?

What is a DApp? You may have heard the word “Dapp” a lot recently. As blockchain continues to heat up,…

The Top 10 New Blockchain Technologies

Blockchain is going mainstream: supermajor BP, conglomerate Samsung and shipping giant Maersk are just some of the blue chips either…

Blockchain evolution sees R3 launch new distributed ledger technology

R3 has taken a step forward with its distributed ledger platform, with the launch of a new blockchain version targeting…

Microsoft, EY set sail with Maersk on new blockchain voyage

A new team has formed comprised of Microsoft and EY working with Maersk on a blockchain project targeting marine insurance.…

Blockchain to become the new plumbing of finance, says UBS

Blockchain is currently besieged by hype, with eager followers pressing their ears to the pulse of progress surrounding the potentially…

AI, blockchain, and big data targeted by Reuters startup incubator

A startup incubator is to be set up by Thomson Reuters in Switzerland, providing support to projects involving artificial intelligence…

Wells Fargo bank, RBC among six engaging in Swift blockchain trial

The mass uptake of this technology could be drawing closer as six global correspondent banks are set to engage in…

Seven major European banks to target “ambitious but realistic” 2017 Blockchain plan

HSBC is partnering with the likes of Deutsche Bank and Société Générale on a new Blockchain-based trade finance platform, and…

Blockchain to save financial services $110bn over next three years

The adoption of blockchain technologies could help to save the global financial services industry $110 billion in costs over the…