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What Banks Should Be Doing With Blockchain in 2016

Virtual Capital Ventures general partner William Mougayar offers eight predictions for the bitcoin and blockchain industry in 2016.

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Report: Blythe Masters' Blockchain Startup Struggles to Close Funding

Digital Asset Holdings, the startup led by ex-JP Morgan exec Blythe Masters, is apparently running into hurdles closing an investment round.

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Why Blockchain's Road to Mass Market is Beyond Payments

Consult Hyperion's Dave Birch discusses the upcoming trends in the payment space and how blockchain tech fits into these larger trends.

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2015 Was the Year of the Blockchain

Financial Services Club chairman Chris Skinner discusses why 2015 marked a turning point for global bitcoin and blockchain discussion.

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Why Big Banks Got Blockchains Wrong in 2015

Big banks fell in love with blockchain tech in 2015, but do they truly understand their latest obsession?

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10 New Bank of America Cryptocurrency Patents Published

The Bank of America has filed eleven patent applications since 2014, following the publication of 10 yesterday by the US patent office.

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12 More Banks Join Blockchain Consortium R3

Twelve more banks have joined the distributed ledger consortium led by startup R3CEV.

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IBM Creates Open-Source Blockchain With Linux and Big Banks

IBM has launched an open-source blockchain project along with financial incumbents including JP Morgan and Wells Fargo.

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DBS, Standard Chartered Develop Distributed Ledger for Trade Finance

Singapore’s DBS Bank has reportedly partnered with Standard Chartered to create a distributed ledger for trade finance.

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Japan’s SBI Sumishin Building Blockchain Banking Proof-of-Concept

Japan’s SBI Sumishin Net Bank has announced it will develop a proof-of-concept to explore blockchain banking.

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