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Credits Unveils Strategic Partnership to Deliver Blockchain-as-a-Service to the UK Public Sector

Credits Unveils Strategic Partnership to Deliver Blockchain-as-a-Service to the UK Public Sector

Credits, a Blockchain infrastructure provider is partnering with Skyscape Cloud Services Limited, to deliver Blockchain-as-a-Service to UK public sector organisations.

“We’re seeing a growing number of organisations across industries beginning to explore how Blockchain technology can help to streamline or modernise operations, or allow them to offer new, compelling services, and are thrilled to…

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Overstock.com Announces Historic Blockchain Public Offering

Overstock.com Announces Historic Blockchain Public Offering

Overstock.com has announced at the 41st Annual International Futures Industry Conference its plan to complete the world’s first public offering using proprietary Blockchain technology. The offering will allow Overstock.com shareholders to purchase Overstock.com Blockchain or traditional preferred stock. The Blockchain preferred stock will trade and settle exclusively through the t0.complatform…

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Real Estate Steps into the Blockchain Era with Ubitquity

Real Estate Steps into the Blockchain Era with Ubitquity

Ubitquity LLC, a US-based Blockchain developer for advanced applications in real estate, has announced the successful development of its platform prototype and claims that it will revolutionize the real estate industry.

The company explains that Ubitquity fully integrates the key features of the blockchain – security and transparency – with the user creation process and every step of its…

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Solarcoin - Combining Sustainability and the Blockchain

Solarcoin – Combining Sustainability and the Blockchain

SolarCoin is a digital currency rewarding solar energy producers.

Launched in January 2014 and inspired from Bitcoin and Blockchain Tech whereby transactions are recorded and validated by a peer to peer network of computers, SolarCoin presents the additional advantage of being coupled to a real-world asset: solar electricity.

Each MWh of solar electricity produced by a photovoltaic…

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BlockApps Strato now available on OpenShift by Red Hat to enable enterprise Ethereum blockchain application development

BlockApps Strato now available on OpenShift by Red Hat to enable enterprise Ethereum blockchain application development

BlockApps, a leading provider of Ethereum blockchain enterprise software, successfully launches STRATO on OpenShift, Red Hat’s award-winning container application platform.

At its core, blockchain is a next-generation database technology that has the potential to revolutionize how business, social and political software systems are built. By enabling stakeholders to maintain a local copy of the…

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Why John Tsang, Hong Kong Financial Secretary Has Encouraged The Applications Of “Blockchain” Technology In His 9th Budget Speech

Why John Tsang, Hong Kong Financial Secretary Has Encouraged The Applications Of “Blockchain” Technology In His 9th Budget Speech

Financial Secretary of HKSAR, John Tsang, corresponded the importance of Blockchain Fintech solutions and how they can enhance operational efficiency and new modes of development in the financial sector in his 9th budget speech. The applications of Blockchain technology has gained a lot of interest from world governments not just in Hong Kong, but in the UK, Russia, Japan, and Australia recently.

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Blockchain Transparent Lending: How Accountable Lending Systems Can Prevent A 'Big Short' For The Digital Age

by Peter Kirby

“If we’re right, people lose homes. People lose jobs. People lose retirement savings, people lose pensions. You know what I hate about banking? It reduces people to numbers.”

– Brad Pitt as Ben Rickert in 2015’s The Big Short

The so-called Great Recession of 2007-08 stemmed from a combination of greed and dishonesty. A lack of transparency broke the economy, and it started with a…

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Lighthouse Partners Introduces Blockchain Business Acceleration Advisory Service

Lighthouse Partners Introduces Blockchain Business Acceleration Advisory Service

Driven by recent research and following on from a successful The Block Chain Conference, Lighthouse Partners, Inc. is introducing its Blockchain Business Acceleration Advisory Service, aimed at established IT vendors that wish to embrace blockchain technology and approaches as part of their product and service offerings.

Research undertaken by Lighthouse at the end of 2015* indicate that many…

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