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Blockchain Startup Selected for Airline Trade Group Awards

The International Air Transport Association has selected a blockchain startup as one of five trade-finance competition finalists.

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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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Bitcoin Wallet Blockchain Adds Ex-Barclays Chief to Board

Bitcoin wallet startup Blockchain has added former Barclays Bank group chief executive Antony Jenkins to its board of directors.

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BNY Mellon Shakes Up Treasury Unit for Blockchain Focus

BNY Mellon’s treasury unit has organized a new innovation group aimed at investigating and testing new technologies like blockchain.

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Bitcoin Startup Blockchain Adds 10 Millionth Wallet

Wallet service Blockchain has registered its 10 millionth bitcoin wallet.

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Bitcoin Wallet Blockchain to Add Buying Option

Bitcoin wallet company Blockchain is beta testing a new in-wallet purchase option in partnership with payments startup Coinify.

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Hong Kong Central Bank: Blockchain Holds 'Enormous Potential'

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has published a new white paper on distributed ledger tech.

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Credit Unions Turn to Blockchain Amid Increasing Competition

The credit union industry's distributed ledger initiative has sparked the interest of CUSOs, a group that has typically not collaborated much.

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Blockchain Healthcare Conference Showcases Skepticism and Promise

Blockchain's pie-in-the-sky optimism got some pushback during the Distributed: Health conference this week.

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'Flash Boys' Heroes to Tap Blockchain for New Gold Exchange

The company featured in a bestselling book says it plans to use the blockchain to build a more transparent gold exchange.

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