Blockchain technology news

Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Santander are reported to be dropping their membership in the R3 CEV Blockchain consortium.

One of the leading audit and advisory services companies, Deloitte, has collaborated with SETL, a London-based fintech company, and Metro Bank to produce a contactless card for payments using blockchain technology.

ARK Crew, the development team behind the new ARK cryptocurrency ecosystem has announced the date for the official release of their open source code on GitHub.

R3, financial innovation firm, has announced its partnership with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to launch its first dedicated distributed ledger technology Center of Excellence in Asia.

Students of business schools predicted two-to-one that a Bitcoin-weighted portfolio is a better long-term investment than Ethereum.

One of the leading online travel agencies in Australia and New Zealand, Webjet, and technology giant Microsoft have announced the launch of a first-of-the-kind proof-of-concept (PoC) solution based on Blockchain technology and designed to transform the travel industry.

This November, Blockchain Education Network (BEN) will begin the hackathon Gauntlet. The exact date is still undefined. Individuals interested in Bitcoin (BTC) and Blockchain, or learning about BTC/Blockchain, can use this opportunity to learn more and have their business model, program, or service reviewed by a Bitcoin professional who can help bring your idea to fruition.

A subsidiary company of Russia's largest bank has recently launched a pilot version of a new unified Blockchain-based database of insurance histories that will help to combat fraud in the insurance industry.

Acronis, a private technology company, announced the release of Acronis Files Cloud, a proven file sync and share solution that enables service providers to offer public-cloud-like services from their own infrastructure.