Plutus Tap & Pay Contactless Payments Raises Over $1m in Crowdfunding

London-based start-up Plutus Tap & Pay has announced that it has raised $1 million in just 9 days of funding for its payment platform which is designed to facilitate contactless payments with bitcoin and...

Centre of Excellence for Blockchain Technologies in India

IT services and solutions provider Mphasis has today unveiled its Centre of Excellence for blockchain-based solutions at its Bangalore headquarters. This dedicated lab will conduct research, rapid prototyping, co-creation of use cases and IP...

Blockchain Travel Competition and Investment Tool From Drachmae Travel

Drachmae Travel Club, an exclusive blockchain travel portal, is conducting a competition for travellers. The 'Bitcoin Altcoin and Blockchain Competition' requires participating travellers to record the travel details and expenses incurred during their trips...

Abra Goes Live in United States

Digital wallet Abra has announced that its app is now available on iPhone and Android for consumers in the US. Customers can now use the Abra app in the US or the Philippines to...

BitSo Wins Innotribe Latin America; 3 Blockchain Firms Join Kickstart Accelerator

Bitcoin, blockchain startups are in the spotlight this week with Bitso coming out as one of the three winners of SWIFT's Innotribe Startup Challenge for Latin America, and Gatechain, Nivaura and BreadWallet joining the...

Are Irreversible Payment Systems More Cost Effective?

Citi Research’s latest report points to bitcoin not enabling chargebacks as a possible limitation in it being more widely adopted; considering the well established rules of card networks and the protection thereby offered to...

Deloitte, Stellar Partnership Provides Global Payments Application

Deloitte has revealed that it has integrated with Stellar, financial platform developers, to build a cross-border payments application. Designed to serve two customer segments, consumers and businesses, the Deloitte Digital Bank launched at the...

World Economic Forum Names Blockchain Technology Pioneer

Blockchain has been named as World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, joining other big names in being recognized as having the potential to significantly impact business and society through new technologies and advance the Fourth...

How Can Blockchain Technology Impact the Gambling Industry?

At today's GamCrowd London Technology Week event on gambling technology, conference attendees will have the opportunity to learn from a panel of blockchain experts on the topic "How is Block Chain technology impacting the...

Blockchain Consultancy Zerado Partners with Chain of Things Consortium

London startup Zerado has partnered with Chain of Things. We got an opportunity to speak to Zerado co-founders Tomasz Mloduchowski and Laura Bailey about the company's offerings. CoT: How was Zerado founded and what are...