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Bitcoin Wallet Blockchain Adds Ex-Barclays Chief to Board
Bitcoin wallet startup Blockchain has added former Barclays Bank group chief executive Antony Jenkins to its board of directors.
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BNY Mellon Shakes Up Treasury Unit for Blockchain Focus
BNY Mellon’s treasury unit has organized a new innovation group aimed at investigating and testing new technologies like blockchain.
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Bitcoin Startup Blockchain Adds 10 Millionth Wallet
Wallet service Blockchain has registered its 10 millionth bitcoin wallet.
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Bitcoin Wallet Blockchain to Add Buying Option
Bitcoin wallet company Blockchain is beta testing a new in-wallet purchase option in partnership with payments startup Coinify.
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Hong Kong Central Bank: Blockchain Holds 'Enormous Potential'
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has published a new white paper on distributed ledger tech.
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Credit Unions Turn to Blockchain Amid Increasing Competition
The credit union industry's distributed ledger initiative has sparked the interest of CUSOs, a group that has typically not collaborated much.
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Blockchain Healthcare Conference Showcases Skepticism and Promise
Blockchain's pie-in-the-sky optimism got some pushback during the Distributed: Health conference this week.
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'Flash Boys' Heroes to Tap Blockchain for New Gold Exchange
The company featured in a bestselling book says it plans to use the blockchain to build a more transparent gold exchange.
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Ether Prices Spike Above $12 Amid Build Up to Hard Fork
Ether prices surged this week, outshining bitcoin as the Ethereum community made progress toward a hard fork for The DAO.
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Bitcoin Startup Blockchain Releases Code for 'Thunder' Payment Channels
The development of payments channels on the bitcoin network took a step forward today with new technology released by wallet startup Blockchain.
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