US Health Department Hackathon to Focus on Blockchain Applications
An upcoming hackathon sponsored by the US health department aims to boost innovation in blockchain-based healthcare applications.
Competitions
Amazon Web Services, the Ethereum Foundation and others hope to help solve a key problem for blockchains via a new competition.
Lufthansa has partnered with software giant SAP to launch a blockchain competition seeking ideas for blockchain applications in the airline industry.
Students from both universities will take part in an algorithmic trading competition hosted by investor analytics firm APEX:E3.
The Singapore government is launching an innovation-boosting blockchain challenge that will reward successful projects with funding.
The International Air Transport Association has selected a blockchain startup as one of five trade-finance competition finalists.
Competitions
Bit2Me Wins $10,000 for Blockchain Remittance App
Spanish startup Bit2Me has won $10,000 for its new blockchain-powered remittance app Hive. The startup was awarded the prize after pitching Hive at FinTech Americas’ hackathon, held in Miami last week. Team Hive from Spain announced the winners of the @fintechamericas @Cobiscorp Hackathon! @blockchain @Sbootcamp pic.twitter.com/bkjFWta8Yh — fintechamericas (@fintechamericas) October 22, 2015 Hive is a peer-to-peer […]
Blockchain Startup Hyperledger Wins $50,000 at Swift Innotribe
Blockchain startup Hyperledger has won the Innotribe Startup Challenge at Sibos conference, walking away with a reported $50,000 in prize money. The team, acquired by Blythe Masters’ Digital Asset Holdings earlier this year, made their pitch onstage alongside 11 early-stage finalists including crypto remittance platform Bitspark. And the winner is… @Hyperledger! Congratulations from the whole Innotribe […]
Blockchain Startup Everledger Wins €30,000 at BBVA Competition
London blockchain startup Everledger is the joint winner of BBVA’s European Open Talent competition. The startup, which uses blockchain technology to tackle diamond fraud and theft, will be awarded a €30,000 prize ($33,939) as well as an invitation to develop a project with the multinational bank. Rounding off the competition series, with previous finals taking place […]
