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HPE blockchain as-a-service solution to be available early 2018

Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced Mission Critical Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), a blockchain as-a-service solution that enables customers to run distributed…

United Nations to fight child trafficking with blockchain technology

Several United Nations agencies have teamed up with World Identity Network (WIN) to launch a pilot initiative that will use…

Bitcoin cash (BCH) up 32% as bitcoin extends slide below $7,000

Bitcoin cash (BCH) jumped by 32% on Friday, to a 12-week high of $834.49. Analysts say the surge was caused…

Israel Securities Authority Chairman voices concerns over ICOs

Israel Securities Authority (ISA) Chairmain Shmuel Hauser expressed his concerns regarding Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) in a keynote speech at…

Bitcoin Segwit2x fork suspended due to “insufficient consensus”

After months of heated debate, the controversial bitcoin Segwit2x hard fork originally scheduled for mid-November has been called off due…

“Buy bitcoin” is now a more popular search term than “buy gold”

"Buy bitcoin" has overtaken "buy gold" as an online search term, according to new data from Google Trends examined by…

“We’ll tame bitcoin into a regular type instrument of trade,” CME’s Melamed says

Bitcoin is likely to transcend its current status as a crytocurrency and become a tradeable asset class in its own…

UPS looks into blockchain technology, joins Blockchain in Trucking Alliance

United Parcel Service (UPS) has joined the Blockchain in Trucking Alliance (BiTA), as a part of the company’s effort to…

“Blockchain will seriously change tourism market,” Russian official says

Blockchain technology will seriously change the tourism market in five to ten years, head of Russia’s Federal Agency for Tourism…

U.S. Medical Boards Federation launches blockchain pilot program

The U.S. Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) has launched a blockchain pilot program, becoming the first professional membership organization…