News and Views from the World of Blockchain / Distributed Ledger Technology

News & Views

In a week that has seen considerable interest in the crypto-currency space (and in particular the sudden upswing of the top 10 crypto-currency prices by 8%) the news regarding Blockchain has been somewhat less speculative with announcements by banks, regulators and the charity sector.

Highlights

United Nations

Is trialling an, Ethereum based, mechanism to distribute funds across Jordon: http://www.econotimes.com/UN-uses-Ethereum-blockchain-to-distribute-funds-across-Jordanians-673771

The World Bank

The World Bank has revealed plans to explore how blockchain technology could help boost Kenya's financial prospects: http://www.coindesk.com/world-bank-to-support-blockchain-bonds-trial-in-kenya/

Regulators

In April 2017, the UK FCA launched a discussion paper to explore Distributed Ledger Technology: https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/discussion-papers/dp17-3-discussion-paper-distributed-ledger-technology. Closing date for submissions/comments is 17 July 2017.

Forthcoming Events

Monday 8th May

London - TechUK is holding a session on Blockchain IoT
http://www.techuk.org/events/conference/item/10546-blockchain-and-iot-transforming-the-future

Wednesday 10th May
London - Enterprise Blockchain is running a session on Introduction to Blockchain Tech, Bitcoin and Ethereum for Non-Technical users:
https://www.meetup.com/Enterprise-Blockchain/events/239455024/

Training Courses

For details of Blockchain / Distributed Ledger Technology online training, take a look at the published courses provided by B9Lab:

B9LAB WEBSITE