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MIT Media Lab Releases Code for Digital Certificates on the Blockchain

The MIT Media Lab's Learning Initiative and Learning Machine have released the first version of an open-source project that builds an ecosystem for creating, sharing and verifying blockchain-based educational...

EU Parliament Votes for Smart Regulation of Blockchain Technology

European Parliament members (MEPs) voted to take a hands-off approach to regulating blockchain technology, Ars Technicareports. Following the vote, unnamed sources told Ars Technica that European Commission staffers are...

Microsoft Building Open Blockchain-Based Identity System With Blockstack, ConsenSys

Microsoft has announced that it is collaborating with Blockstack Labs, ConsenSys and developers across the globe on an open source, self-sovereign, blockchain-based identity system that allows people, products, apps...

Santander Becomes First U.K. Bank to Introduce Blockchain Technology for International Payments

Santander U.K. has announced its introduction of blockchain technology for international payments through a new app that is currently being rolled out as a staff pilot. The bank plans...

IBM: Government and Blockchain Sector Should Work Together to Enhance National Security

IBM Vice President for Blockchain Technologies Jerry Cuomo recently testified before the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity on how the blockchain can benefit transactions, eWeekreports.Cuomo is persuaded that the...

Russia’s National Settlement Depository Successfully Tests Blockchain-Based E-Voting System

The National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, has developed and successfully tested an e-proxy voting system running on a distributed ledger built with the NXT distributed cryptographic...

DARPA, NATO Looking at Military Applications of Blockchain Technology

Both the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and NATO have put out requests for military-related apps built on blockchain technology, Quartzreports. DARPA...

Deloitte Team Launches Custom Blockchain Solution Rubix Core

Earlier this month, the Rubix by Deloitte team started rolling out their beta product, Rubix Core, with an early release to a group of selected clients in preparation for...

The DAO Raises More Than $117 Million in World’s Largest Crowdfunding to Date

A new entity called The DAO, based on Ethereum, has raised more than $100 million since late April and will use the funds to support projects in the sharing...

Swiss City to Pilot Bitcoin Payments for Public Services

In an international first, the Swiss town of Zug in central Switzerland will begin accepting Bitcoin payments for government services on a trial basis, the international service of the...

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