Blockchain user-centric, user-controlled identity solution Blockpass has announced two new key memberships cementing its preparations for the public release of its application at the end of March this year. These memberships support the Blockpass mission of providing users with a blockchain based self-sovereign identity solution to better interact with regulated...

London, UK: Bank4YOU Group will launch an ICO campaign in last week of October in order to accelerate the goal of scaling its service rollout across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. An indicative estimate for the total funding requirement is $50 million, which can be used to support the company’s...

Blockchain-based lottery platform, Quanta, is launching a workshop series, beginning with the first one in London on Oct 6th. The workshop is designed to provide opportunities for attendees to learn more about blockchain technology for gaming. Guest speakers, Adam Vaziri, Hans Lombardo, and Chris North, will present developments in the...

Quanta (http://quanta.im/), the world’s first provable transparent, decentralized and autonomous lottery platform, is sponsoring the blockchain conference session on 7-8 February 2017 at the Pitch ICE stand at ExCeL London. The times of the session are 3pm to 4.30pm on 7th of February 2017 and 12.30pm to 2pm on 8th...

Transparency Market Research predicts that the global blockchain technology market will grow at a CAGR of 58.7% from $315.9 million in 2015 to touch $20 billion by 2024. READ MORE AT CHAIN OF THINGS......

Professional services firm PwC has used news analysis to identify the top ten most influential technologies that combined form five game changing innovations. Among these ten "fourth industrial revolution technologies" is the blockchain: "The top ten fourth industrial revolution technologies with potential for addressing climate change are: 1. Advanced materials; 2....

Many know that the blockchain first rose to prominence as the technology behind the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. The 2008 Bitcoin whitepaper put forward a purely peer-to-peer electronic cash system that would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution. Since then,...

Chain of Things, a Hong Kong-based blockchain and IoT startup, has received promotional support from the Hong Kong Cyberport, the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP), and two shipping associations for its case study event on blockchain in shipping. The shipping industry is stifled by paper based processes,...

The shipping industry is stifled by paper based processes, delayed detection of quality control issues, expensive proceedings for contract dispute arbitration, and massive amounts of documentation fraud. Even though the industry has been slow to adopt electronic documentation, it is growing more digitized and connected to the Internet. As it...

Chain of Things is participating in Infocast's Blockchain World Congress 2016 as "Blockchain+IoT Partner" along with the associate initiative Solarcoin Foundation. Infocast has just rolled out a new pricing structure for the event, scheduled September 13-14 in NYC. Lower registration rates are now available for financial institutions and blockchain startups.. The...

One of the areas that could have significant potential for blockchain-enhanced IoT tech is facilities management. The advent of smart cities and intelligent buildings is transforming the facilities management and maintenance industry, applying new technologies to enhance operations, safety, security, and customer experience. This will require usage of a multitude...

Last week, at a GSMA event in Tanzania, Chain of Things (CoT) revealed how it is using blockchain technology to enhance the security of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Conor Colwell, COO & Co-Founder, was invited to speak to the Mobile for Development (M4D) Utilities Africa Working Group, held on...

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 the goals of the business? Zerado is a process consultancy - we help businesses understand...

Allianz Risk Transfer AG (ART), a subsidiary of Allianz Group, has announced the successful pilot of a blockchain smart contract technology for transacting natural catastrophe swaps, also known as “cat” swaps. The pilot was conducted in collaboration with Nephila Capital and aimed at assessing smart contract technology for use for...

Emercoin, through its Blockchain Engine platform, and Petrodvorets Watch Factory have introduced blockchain technology into the manufacturing process of Raketa watches, making the Russian factory one of the first to record the production of physical goods in the blockchain. The use of blockchain will allow confirmation of the authenticity of each...

Node40, a Dash blockchain masternode service provider, has recently added new price breaks for its users. Previously, customers paid 3.25 dash per month, with a 5 percent discount for buying six months of service at one time, or a 10 percent discount for a 12-month bundle. Now, Node40’s base price...

As blockchain-based cloud storage startup Sia plans to come out of beta on 28 June, its native currency Siacoin has surged 1,700% in the last 5 months. Siacoin's market cap is now over $6.5 million, recently surpassing competitor Storj's market cap by over $1.5 million. Siacoin is now traded on two additional new exchanges, YUNBI and Bitsquare....

The Vanbex Group and Shanghai Blockchain Network Technology Co. Ltd., parent company of Chinese cryptocurrency exchange 19800.com, have begun a strategic partnership. The trading platform, 19800.com, officially opened on March 15th, 2016 and has attracted 20,000 registered users with an average daily trading volume of more than US $1.5 million, according to the exchange operator. READ...

Blockchain, a major bitcoin wallet provider, has launched its alpha version of the Lightning Network, dubbed Thunder. Lightning Networks are designed to bring scalability and instant off-chain payment capability to the Bitcoin Blockchain. Thus, Blockchain is positioning Thunder to facilitate secure, trustless and nearly instant payments, enable the power of micro-transactions, permit the network to handle...

The DAO, a decentralized autonomous organization for investing in other businesses, continues to soar in a crowdsale of native tokens, reaching the equivalent of $150 million in ethers (ETH). While it continues to surprise the cryptocurrency ecosystem and confound Wall Street with its success, the DAO still has its share of skeptics. The digital organization...