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Blockchain and smart contracts startup Ribbit.me announced this week in a press release sent to CoinReport that it has joined The Linux Foundation’s Hyperledger Project. “Ribbit.me is very excited to be part of such a prestigious and high-profile project as The Linux...

Global investment firm Lighthouse Partners, in a press release sent to CoinReport, announced the introduction of its Blockchain Business Acceleration Advisory Service. The new service is aimed at established IT vendors that want to utilize blockchain technology in their product...

IBM and Japan Exchange Group (JPX) announced an agreement to test blockchain technology for trading in low transaction markets, according to a press release sent to CoinReport. Specifically, the partnership will evaluate how IBM’s open-source blockchain code can be used for...

In a press release sent to CoinReport, the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) said it has made nearly 44,000 lines of code available to the open-source Hyperledger Project led by The Linux Foundation. This move is one in a series of initiatives dedicate...

In a press release sent to CoinReport, the Chamber of Digital Commerce announced the addition of speakers to the DC Blockchain Summit. The summit, which takes place March 3, 2016 at Georgetown University, will examine policy challenges and opportunities related to blockchain...

Earlier in the month, I had the pleasure of speaking with Eric Benz and Nick Williamson, co-founders of Credits. While industries are just recognizing the potential of blockchain technology, this UK-based startup has spent the past two years creating a platform to build...

Digital currency and blockchain platform Emercoin announced partnership with software giant Microsoft earlier in the month. Emercoin said that under the partnership it will be delivering its suite of blockchain services to the Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) marketplace of...

The past year was a whirlwind for bitcoin and the bitcoin ecosystem. Scams and hacks, government regulation, new launches and new investors, and a price that started in the basement but ended relatively positively. The year ahead promises to be a year of potential; will bitcoin...

Last year we saw significant interest in bitcoin and blockchain technology from banks, fintech and other financial institutions. Nevertheless, digital currencies have yet to break into the mainstream, at least without the associations of black market sites like Silk Road. This...

Over the past week, Microsoft and Bank of America demonstrated their increasing interest and investment into blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. Microsoft Azure’s Blockchain as a Service (BaaS) has opened its services to three more technologies, Finance Magnates...