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SWIFT to Launch Global Payments Innovation Initiative, Develop Blockchain Roadmap

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) announced that it is looking at the blockchain technology that powers Bitcoin as part of new...

Law Enforcement and Regulators Agree: Bitcoin Not Useful for Terrorists, Thoughtful Regulation and Education Needed

In the aftermath of the Paris attack on November 13, the European Union (EU) is looking to crack down on bitcoin with the...

Singapore Prime Minister: “Banks Must Take Advantage of Technologies like Bitcoin”

In a talk given at the United Overseas Bank 80th anniversary dinner held on Thursday, Singapore’s Prime Minister Hsien Loong advised the country’s banks...

Coinprism Launches Open-Source Permissioned Ledger With Bitcoin ‘Anchors’

Coinprism, the colored coin startup that created the Open Assets protocol as experimented with by NASDAQ and Overstock, has announced Openchain.Openchain is an open-source...

Winklevoss Twins Announce the Launch of Gemini Bitcoin Exchange

Investors have been watching and waiting for the launch of Gemini, the bitcoin exchange launched by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, since it was first...

UBS to Develop Yet Another ‘Permissioned Blockchain’ for Banks

In April, Bitcoin Magazine reported that UBS was planning to investigate blockchain technology in a new innovation lab based in London. The innovation lab is located in...

itBit Hires Former NYDFS General Counsel Daniel Alter, Pushes Ahead with Bankchain Project

In April, Bitcoin Magazinereported that Bitcoin exchange itBit had filed for a banking license in New York. Later in May, itBit was granted a trust charter by the New York...

Blythe Masters and Wall Street Opt for ‘Permissioned’ Non-Bitcoin Blockchains

Major banks and mainstream financial institutions are warming up to the blockchain technology that powers Bitcoin, and launching internal experiments and pilot projects to...

Blockstack Joins the Growing Number of Fintech Companies That Use the Blockchain to Streamline Mainstream Finance

Blockstack, a San Francisco-based firm, is adapting the technology of Bitcoin for mainstream finance, including clearing and settlement. A small group of banks have...

Introducing BitINKA, South America’s First Universal Bitcoin Platform

BitInka, a bitcoin platform that operates in Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia and Brazil will soon expand its services throughout Argentina, Colombia and Chile, to become...
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