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Royal Bank of Canada Sees Role for Public Blockchains in Secure Payments

A major bank in Canada is seeking a patent for a secure means of processing payments that could connect with a public blockchain.

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Bosch, Cisco, Gemalto and More: Tech Giants Team Up For Blockchain-IoT

A group of Fortune 500 companies is teaming up with blockchain startups to develop a protocol that will integrate IoT devices and blockchain tech.

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LendingRobot is Moving Investment Records to a Public Blockchain

Alternative lending platform LendingRobot has taken its first step toward moving the assets it currently manages to a blockchain.

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BitFury to Expand China Footprint Following $30 Million Deal

A new deal with Credit China Fintech, valued at $30m, will see see BitFury establish a joint venture in China.

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Blocked By Block Size, Bitcoin's Brain Trust Goes Back to Basics

Day two at the Satoshi Roundtable saw guests try to break new ground on some of the larger issues facing bitcoin and regroup around its core values.

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Bank of England Chief: DLT Could 'Reshape' Banking

Distributed ledger tech could "reshape" banking, Bank of England chief Mark Carney said today.

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Commonwealth Bank Develops Blockchain for Government Bonds

A major bank in Australia is testing blockchain for the exchange of government bonds.

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Microsoft Unveils Project Manifest, A Plan For Blockchain Product Tracking

NASA tech lies at the heart of a new Microsoft blockchain project that would closely track products as they move around the world.

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Deutsche Börse Unveils Bank Transfer Blockchain Project

Deutsche Börse has unveiled a new blockchain proof-of-concept focused on commercial bank money transfers.

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