Fintech
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Ethereum could become the first public blockchain on Hyperledger – if the open-source consortium’s technical steering committee approves a proposal to adopt the ConsenSys-backed Pantheon project. Pantheon is a suite of ethereum-based services built by PegaSys, a 50-strong engineering team at ConsenSys. The Pantheon ethereum client, built on Java, is used to develop enterprise applications with…
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Distributed ledger startup Ripple has added a new client to its global settlements platform, RippleNet. UK-based remittance firm, Xendpay, announced a partnership with Ripple that allows the firm to enter new markets like the Philippines, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Thailand. According to a statement published August 21, RippleNet supports currencies that were previously inaccessible to the remittance firm.…
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The UK tech sector has attracted more foreign investment in the first seven months of 2019 than it did during the whole of last year, according to latest industry figures, and has overtaken the US for foreign investment, per capita. Research prepared for the Digital Economy Council by Tech Nation and Dealroom.co shows that between January and July this…