Institutions
Santander: Banks and Innovators Should Join Forces to Create Fintech 2.0
Santander InnoVentures, Oliver Wyman and Anthemis Group have today published “The Fintech 2.0 Paper: Rebooting financial services.” The paper is presented as “a call...
Ecuador Pushes Forward on Upcoming Electronic Currency System
The government of Ecuador is pushing forward to establish its national electronic currency, PanAm Postreports. The central bank has given 360 days to all...
ECUREX Becomes First Digital Currency Platform Fully Compliant with Swiss Banking Acts
ECUREX, a digital finance marketplace for professional traders and financial institutions headquartered in Zurich, announced that it has become the first digital currency exchange...
Former CEO of Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation Joins Ripple Labs as Advisor
Ripple Labs, the creators and developers of the Ripple network, have appointed Donald Donahue, former CEO of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC),...
Ripple Labs Raises $28 Million Series A from Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Seagate
Ripple Labs, the creator of the international payment network and digital currency Ripple (XRP), has raised a $28 million series A funding round.The funding...
Hong Kong Banks Targeted By DDOS Attacks, Bitcoin Payout Demanded
On May 9, an international group of hackers launched distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on two of the largest financial institutions in Hong...
Many Bitcoin Companies Compete In Semifinals of the SWIFT Innotribe Startup Challenge
Bitcoin companies who are part of this year’s Innotribe Startup challenge, a contest run by the international payment network SWIFT, have the opportunity to...
Look out NASDAQ, Here Comes the Winklevoss Gemini Exchange
“Gemini” means twins in Latin, and it’s also the name of the new Bitcoin exchange created by super-entrepreneurs and venture capitalists Cameron and Tyler...
The Key Ceremony: Auditable Private Key Security Practices
While many companies in the Bitcoin space are working on the “killer app” that will drive mainstream consumer adoption, at Armory we are working...
A Magna Carta for Bitcoin
The Constitution is a living document. The Bible is a living document. The manifesto for the Pepsi logo is a living document and the...