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Jet Airways Sinks Further Into the Abyss as Top Executives Start Quitting
15.5.2019
Even until last year, India’s Jet Airways was the country’s biggest privately owned airline with the biggest market share, and there was no doubt that the airline was going to continue on its growth path as the airline industry expanded in the country. However, the company’s massive debt burden...
Whole Foods, Starbucks and Nordstrom, Accept Bitcoin As Payments But Don’t Acknowledge
15.5.2019
Ever since cryptocurrencies were first created, the ultimate aim of the creators was to ensure that it became an alternative and seamless mode of payments, but that always seemed to be a pipe dream as it was not accepted as legal tender anywhere. However, the atmosphere surrounding had started...
Neo (NEO) Price Analysis: Can the Centralized Blockchain Start a New Episode for NEO?
15.5.2019
NEO’s founder is optimistic about the proposed centralized blockchain. The value will reach $20 by the end of this year. NEO has been in talks due to its attempted efforts for increasing speed and scalability. The founder of Neo, Da Hongfei, at the Consensys Summit in New York said NEO is the only...
Vitalik Buterin Says Ethereum (ETH) Strong Enough To Withstand Uncle Rates, Gas Generation Strong
15.5.2019
Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, posted the current uncle rate vs gas generation analysis on Twitter. He went on to claim that stale blocks per new block infused have come down by five times since inception. Latest Ethereum uncle rate vs gas regression: Uncle rate = 0.033 + 0.0065...
Tech Giants Intel and Microsoft Document Big Problems With Blockchain Technology
15.5.2019
Blockchain technology has been in existence for more than a decade now, and although most people only associate it with a range of cryptocurrencies, it is important to note that the technology in itself has a far wider range of uses. According to many experts, Blockchain technology has...
German State Announces Plan to Establish European Blockchain Institute
15.5.2019
Germany unveils plans for the European Blockchain Institute, a blockchain research center to be based in Dortmund
CME’s Bitcoin Futures Break Records With $1 Billion in Notional Volume
15.5.2019
The world’s largest options and futures exchange, Chicago Mercantile Exchange & Chicago Board of Trade (CME Group) and its bitcoin futures contracts saw an all-time high on May 13. According to CME’s records, the exchange recorded 33,700 contracts on Monday which represented...
Crypto Custodians Foresee Growth in Partnerships with Traditional Custodians
15.5.2019
Panel of crypto custodians say collaboration between traditional and crypto custodians benefits all sides and will continue to grow
Facebook Onboards Two Former Coinbase Compliance Experts
15.5.2019
Two former compliance experts from crypto exchange Coinbase have joined Facebook
Hyperledger Rolls Out Suite of Blockchain Tools for Interoperability
15.5.2019
Hyperledger’s new set of tools “Hyperledger Aries” is designed to facilitate interoperability of different types of blockchain-based data
Ripple Exec: Blockchain, Crypto Will Have a Role in US Tech Independence
14.5.2019
Ripple’s Director of Regulatory Relations Ryan Zagone said that the United States needs tech independence
Three French Banks Join R3 Corda Blockchain-Based Loans Platform
14.5.2019
Three major French banks, BNP Paribas, Natixis, and Societe Generale, join Corda blockchain-based syndicated loans platform
Hyperledger Announces Aries, a Toolkit for Blockchain-Based Identity Management
14.5.2019
Aries is a new, open-source toolkit for identity management by the makers of Hyperledger
Pfizer Executive: Technology Is ‘Basically Good Enough’ to Ramp Up Production Blockchains
14.5.2019
A Pfizer executive has challenged existing theories about slow rates of blockchain adoption
Digital Asset Finance Firm BitGo Announces Off-Chain Clearance and Settlement Service
14.5.2019
An off-chain clearing and settlement service has been launched by digital asset finance firm BitGo
The US Starts Legal Process To Impose Taxes On New Chinese Imports
14.5.2019
The US-China trade war which seemed to be end soon after both countries said that the talks were going in the right direction took a turn for the worse on Sunday as US President Trump in a tweet said that the talks were going ‘too slowly’ and that he would impose tariffs on $250 billion …
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How The Trade War With Washington Can Affect Europe?
14.5.2019
Europe is bracing for the May 18 deadline of President Trump’s imposition of tariffs on European goods especially the auto sector. Trump is likely to decide the fate of those tariffs on Saturday and that could impact the global growth and Europe’s auto sector the most. On the basis of revenues,...
Samsung’s Budget Smartphones Will Reportedly Have Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Features
14.5.2019
South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung will reportedly add cryptocurrency and blockchain features to its budget smartphones
Blockvibe Forms Strategic Partnership With Pundi X
14.5.2019
In a recent announcement, Blockvibe declared its move to partner with Pundi X which is one among the leading cryptocurrencies in today’s crypto market. The crypto community was informed about this new alliance through the official Twitter handle of Blockvibe on 13th May 2019. Excited to announce...
NZ Exporters Affected By Brexit, Trade War: NZ Finance Minister
14.5.2019
The New Zealand finance minister believes that the global economic environment is unfavorable for the NZ exporters to make profits due to the ongoing trade war between the US and China and also the effects of Brexit. The impact of Brexit on New Zealand New Zealand has had friendly relations with...