EU referendum results: The map – Britain votes for Brexit June 23, 2016 David Cameron has announced his resignation after the Leave campaign stormed to victory in yesterday's European Union referendum. The final results showed a 51.9 per cent leave for the Leave campaign, while Remain was left with 48.1 per cent. This morning Cameron said he will continue in office for a "short spell", but added he [...]
MP Matt Hancock says the government is exploring how it could use blockchain in taxpayer payments April 26, 2016 The government is exploring how it could use blockchain technology in the tracking and distribution of taxpayers' money, such as grants, a senior MP said today. At a blockchain networking event cabinet office minister and paymaster general Matt Hancock said the government was exploring how blockchain could be used to manage and track the distribution of public [...]
British business lost a billion pounds to cyber crime last year June 13, 2016 The cost of cyber crime to British business came in at £1bn last year but the true price could be even higher, experts have warned. The number of online fraud crimes jumped nearly a quarter for the year to March, with 37,070 reported to the City of London's national Action Fraud reporting centre, which is the central [...]
Gem Health partners with Philips Blockchain Lab to investigate using blockchain technology in healthcare April 27, 2016 US blockchain startup Gem has partnered with Philips to launch Gem Health, an initiative for building a "patient-centric approach to healthcare" utilising blockchain technology. Gem Health has teamed up with Philips Blockchain Lab, and said it is aiming to provide the data infrastructure to support a "globally integrated healthcare continuum", connecting companies that work in all levels [...]
Tapdaq co-founder Ted Nash talks Fit or Fugly, app discovery, and why virtual reality is about to change our lives forever November 28, 2016 Some people go through their whole life without finding what they’re passionate about, or only discover it later in life. I’m very fortunate because I found something I was passionate about at a very early age, and it’s become my career,” says Ted Nash, co-founder and chief executive of Tapdaq, whose platform enables app developers to [...]
Silk Road case: US agent investigating dark web drug site admits to $800,000 Bitcoin theft September 1, 2015 The drama surrounding the Silk Road case continues, after another US federal agent has admitted to laundering hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Bitcoin during the investigation. Former secret service agent Shaun Bridges has pleaded guilty to Bitcoin theft, admitting to sending over $800,000 worth of the digital currency to his personal account while [...]
Blockchain: The president of the San Francisco Fed tells City A.M. why he’s excited about the distributed ledger technology April 12, 2016 RSCoin is the bitcoin alternative the Bank of England proposed to launch last month. Having its own digital currency would give the central bank a faster payments system, and more of an idea of what’s happening when and where within that system. Speaking to the president of the San Francisco Fed, John C Williams, at [...]
Mark Karpeles: Head of bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox arrested in Tokyo on suspicion of manipulating data August 1, 2015 The chief executive of bankrupt bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has been arrested by Japanese police on suspicion fiddling with transaction data to inflate the balance in an account under his control. Read more: Why the end of MtGox is great news for Bitcoin Mark Karpeles is being held in Tokyo for allegedly manipulating transaction records on [...]
Introducing the DAO: The organisation that will kill corporations May 3, 2016 Imagine a world where companies didn’t exist. Instead of corporate entities being brought into existence through statute, networks of individuals would work, co-operate and generate wealth via DAOs – decentralised autonomous organisations. The hierarchical, centrally governed organisations we’re all so familiar with would not be needed. This is the world that the creators of the [...]
Blockchain just expanded even further into the public sector as Credits and Skyscape Cloud Services announce partnership April 28, 2016 Blockchain technology has made another inroad into widespread adoption by public services. Credits, a blockchain infrastructure provider, has partnered with Skyscape Cloud Services, a UK cloud services provider, to deliver "Blockchain-as-a-Service" to UK public sector organisations. Credits' platform enables organisations "to quickly and easily build robust blockchains" that address the challenges of establishing provenance and authentication faced by many [...]