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The Bitfury Group’s Exonum team today released a long-awaited Java Binding for the secure and fast framework, enabling Java developers to build services on top of Exonum for private blockchains.

The Bitfury Group today announced that team member Alex Shevchenko secured his marriage registration on the Bitcoin Blockchain. In honor of his wedding, Bitfury will certify the marriages of 20 additional couples on the Bitcoin Blockchain this month.

The Bitfury Group today announced it will build a new blockchain application that helps businesses comply with new European Union regulations on personal data. Bitfury’s solution will enable users to create a tool for the storage and processing of personal data in accordance with the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) enacted last month by the EU, which requires companies to process personal data only with the explicit consent of users.

Vladyslav Radysh, director of government relations for the Bitfury Group, told EuroDig 2018 guests today that blockchain technology “is opening new doors for global economic opportunity and prosperity” for people around the world.
In the annual global conference’s first-ever keynote focused on blockchain technology, Radysh said Bitfury’s central mission is to promote innovation in every sector by building secure and scalable blockchain services and products.

The Mediazone Group today recognized innovative cooling technology firm Allied Control Ltd. as one of Hong Kong’s “most valuable” companies, one of the city’s most prestigious business awards.

Blockchain services provider Bitfury has hired an 11-year veteran of the U.S. Department of Justice to lead the American push of its bitcoin blockchain tracking product, Crystal.

Addressing a global challenge in education and business, Emercoin will design a ground-breaking blockchain system that enables graduates to store and share verifiable diplomas and other education certificates on an encrypted and secure app. Emercoin’s pilot project will be developed for the Business and Technology University in Tbilisi and available for other schools.

Insurer Beazley has partnered with three companies to build a blockchain-based registry that will manage insurance for crisis situations such as mass shootings, the companies told Reuters. The registry will use blockchain to speed a response to mass casualties and their financial aftermath by allowing policyholders and insurers to catalog coverage and share real-time information about threats and claims through one source, the companies said.

Specialist insurer Beazley and Lloyd’s coverholder Risk Cooperative have partnered with the Bitfury Group to build the first blockchain-based system for crisis insurance and risk management. The partners are working with the innovation team behind Emercoin, an emerging leader in decentralized, secure services for businesses.

Bitfury, the world’s leading full-service blockchain technology company, and BASIS ID, the largest provider of “know your customer” and anti-money laundering services in Asia, will collaborate to enhance BASIS ID’s customer ID verification with Crystal, a tool developed by Bitfury to identify and analyze activity on the Bitcoin Blockchain. The integration of Crystal will enhance BASIS ID’s solution by incorporating data from the Bitcoin Blockchain, which BASIS ID currently lacks.