Blockchain

July 24, 2016

South Africa’s Banks Are Going DIY to Test Ethereum’s Blockchain

Members of six African banks reportedly met yesterday to discuss the next steps in their ongoing effort to connect aspects of the South African banking system […]
July 24, 2016

Everything you need to know about the Ethereum “hard fork”

Ethereum burst onto the virtual currency scene almost a year ago. It’s similar to bitcoin, but with a key difference. In addition to supporting its own […]
July 24, 2016

Ripple Blockchain Payment from Canada to Germany Takes 20 Seconds

A collaboration between Canadian financial institution ATB Financial, German software multinational SAP, blockchain startup Ripple Labs and Geman bank ReiseBank AG has demonstrated the potential of […]
July 26, 2016

Why Big Bank Consultants Were Watching Ethereum’s Hard Fork

The impact of the recent ethereum hard fork is extending far beyond message boards and forums, serving as a learning lesson even for firms actively engaged in building […]
August 9, 2016

Blockchain Security is Multi-Layered, Here are the 6 Most Important Levels

In light of the continued blockchain related security hacks (e.g. the DAO and Bitfinex, to just name two recently visible ones), a fundamental question is front […]
September 26, 2016

Banks find blockchain hard to put into practice

Banks are rushing to adopt blockchain — the database technology that underpins bitcoin — in order to cut costs, but technologists and business people are having […]
September 26, 2016

Hardware Oracles: bridging the Real World to the Blockchain

Blockchain applications live in their own digital realm, totally orthogonal to the “meat space” also known as the Real World™. Be it decentralized application or smart […]
September 26, 2016

Santander Vies to Become First Bank to Issue Cash on Blockchain

Spanish banking giant Santander is working on a project that explores how it could digitize customer cash using the public ethereum blockchain. Revealed today during a panel […]
September 26, 2016

Major Banks Launch Global Payments Steering Group – Group members unite to create the first rules-based blockchain payments network

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ripple, the global provider of financial settlement solutions, today announced that a number of global banks are joining forces to establish the first interbank […]
December 16, 2016

What Happened to the Financial Blockchain Revolution?

Once upon a time, there was a lot of optimism that the blockchain — the technology underlying Bitcoin — would help the finance industry deal with […]