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Digital currencies show potential to be new asset class as demand for Bitcoin rival Ethereum rises
For the past year or so, “blockchain, not Bitcoin” has been a common refrain among the financial services set — meant to imply both that the technology behind Bitcoin is […]
Goldman Sachs and other global banks research on Ethereum
Goldman Sachs, UBS, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley and 38 further major banks have meanwhile joined the club. Basically every major global bank is part of the consortium of […]
Ethereum Blockchain as a Service now on Microsoft Azure
Microsoft and ConsenSys are partnering to offer Ethereum Blockchain as a Service (EBaaS) on Microsoft Azure so Enterprise clients and developers can have a single click cloud based blockchain developer […]
Ethereum to move into the next phase: Homestead Release
From the Ethereum.org blog: When January 2015 came around, we all knew this would be the year we’d have to launch our beta version of Ethereum. Our Proof of Concept (“PoC”) series […]
Is Ethereum about to topple Bitcoin?
Currently ranked next to Bitcoin in price, Ethereum is a cryptocurrency that challenges Bitcoin. Several altcoins have come and gone, a lot of others are still in existence. Bitcoin however still […]
Microsoft brings Ethereum blockchain tech to the mainstream
Blockchain technology is slowly making its way into the mainstream. It took a big step this week, when Microsoft certified a development environment for Ethereum, running on its own Azure cloud service. Ethereum […]
Ukraine Government Plans to Trial Ethereum Based Election Platform
A group of Ukrainian officials signed a memorandum late last week to move multiple levels of elections to the Ethereum blockchain using E-vox, a platform developed by a group of companies including […]
7 Cool Decentralized Apps Being Built on Ethereum
Imagine a company or service that isn’t controlled by any single individual, board or other central entity. Known as a decentralized application, or ‘dapp’ for short, the concept has been one […]
How decentralized applications bring the blockchain to new industries
From socializing to hailing a cab to finding our way around, there’s an app to help. Now, there is a new and improved model that is revolutionizing the way we […]
Everledger brings blockchain tech to fight against diamond theft
Diamonds have an unlikely new best friend – the blockchain. London startup Everledger is using the technology behind bitcoin to tackle the industry’s expensive fraud and theft problem. Or as CEO Leanne Kemp […]