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Hyperledger Eyes Mobile Blockchain Apps With 'Iroha' Project

A distributed ledger project dubbed Iroha has been accepted for incubation status by the Linux Foundation-led Hyperledger blockchain initiative.

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BTCC Takes Aim at Bitfinex With US Dollar Bitcoin Trading

BTCC announced today that it will be adding US dollar (USD) to its existing bitcoin exchange service.

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Credit Card Giant MasterCard Releases 'Experimental' Blockchain APIs

MasterCard has quietly developed and released a set of blockchain APIs.

Mastercard (CoinDesk)

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Father of Bitcoin Exchange Operator Pleads Guilty to Obstruction

A Florida man pled guilty yesterday after being indicted in a case tied to the now-defunct Florida bitcoin exchange Coin.mx.

Justice

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Swiss Railway Service to Sell Bitcoin

The operator of a national railway service in Switzerland will begin selling bitcoin through its ticket kiosks starting next month.

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Derivatives Giant CME Sets Launch Date for Bitcoin Indexes

The CME Group is launching two previously announced bitcoin price benchmarks next month.

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SBI to Launch First Bank-Backed Digital Currency Exchange

Japan is set to get another digital currency exchange.

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Blockchain Startup CoinSciences Adds 13 Members to Partner Program

Blockchain startup CoinSciences has launched a new program aimed at getting more enterprise companies to work with blockchain.

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AT&T is Seeking a Patent for a Bitcoin-Powered Server

US telecom giant AT&T is seeking a patent for a kind of home subscriber server that utilizes a blockchain.

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Civic Demos Vision for Blockchain Web Login Service

Civic previewed a new use case for its decentralized identity service today at Money2020 in Las Vegas.

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