Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 8 February 2018
Features Binance down, a “Crypto Rich List”, and VMS Software and Swirlds.
Features Binance down, a “Crypto Rich List”, and VMS Software and Swirlds.
CULedger, a US-based credit union consortium formed by the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) and the Mountain West Credit Union Association (MWCUA), has selected Swirlds’ hashgraph technology as a key component of its permissioned, distributed, shared ledger platform for credit unions.
Following swiftly on from the fintech funding round-up on 19 September, here’s more concise, cash-coated action. Features CivilisedBank, HighRadius, Swirlds and Luno. UK challenger CivilisedBank, which got its banking licence in May, has agreed terms for a further round of funding from current investor Warwick Capital Partners. No more details on that but the bank […]
US-based Swirlds has launched its hashgraph distributed consensus platform, an alternative to blockchain, and free for public download and use by developers. Swirlds says it has “emerged from stealth” with the launch and says its hashgraph “goes beyond blockchain”. Dr. Leemon Baird, founder and CEO of Swirlds, says: “Current stock markets are fair in matching […]