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Hyperledger to Explore How Blockchain Can Help World Meet Climate Goals
22.1.2020
The new climate group will allow participants to share ideas for a new distributed database to track emissions
Blockchain-Based Shopify Plugin Ensures Consumers Receive Authentic Products
22.1.2020
Real Items Foundation creates a blockchain-based Shopify plugin to ensure authenticity
Blockchain Association Sides With Telegram Against SEC, Says Grams Are Not Securities
22.1.2020
The U.S. advocacy group has come out strongly on the side of Telegram in its ongoing SEC court case
How Can Blockchain Improve Data Storage?
22.1.2020
Data storage solutions on a blockchain claim to be safe, private and cheap, but they may lack scalability. Are there any ways to solve it? #Sponsored
SEC Charges Blockchain Marketplace Opporty Over ‘Fraudulent’ $600,000 ICO
22.1.2020
The firm is alleged to have conducted a fraudulent and unregistered sale of digital assets called OPP Tokens, raising around $600,000
OKEx at Davos: Blockchain Best Placed to Meet the Needs of the Unbanked
22.1.2020
OKEx’s Lennix Lai argued that a digital, decentralized financial system underpinned by blockchain and crypto can be of mutual benefit to institutions and the unbanked
Chinese Experts Suggest Using Blockchain Tech in ‘Social Credit’ System
22.1.2020
Chinese experts held a seminar on how blockchain technology can help the local government’s social credit system
Singapore Gov’t, Mastercard and Mitsubishi Form Alliance to Digitize Trade
22.1.2020
A new alliance of the Singapore government and 16 major trading and manufacturing firms — including Mastercard and Mitsubishi — aims to digitize international trade
Liquefy Provides Innovative Blockchain-based Business Models to Real Estate Companies
22.1.2020
Using the advances in blockchain technology and digitization, Liquefy is offering innovative business models to companies operating globally across industries. Worth mentioning is the application of the company’s business model in the real estate industry where the marriage of blockchain with...
ZenSports: Leading P2P Sports Betting Marketplace Backed by Blockchain
22.1.2020
Throughout the years, gambling has developed considerably. As the internet users have increased over the years, one can place a bet online through a mobile phone without visiting a gambling club. One of the most important digital transformations which had originated from the execution of blockchain...
Is Bitcoin a Safe Haven for Your Money?
22.1.2020
Expert economist and award-winning professor analyzes the “Bitcoin as a safe haven” narrative in light of the U.S.-Iran conflict
Uzbekistan Prepares Crypto Tax Exemptions, Launches Licensed Exchange
22.1.2020
A new presidential decree in Uzbekistan envisages the introduction of tax exemptions for income obtained from operations involving crypto assets. The draft document published recently also incorporates proposals for the establishment of a blockchain valley and licensing regime for cryptocurrency...
Bitcoin Cash Sees Mining Pool Shift and Hashrate Surpass 4 Exahash
22.1.2020
While people have watched the BTC network surpass 100 exahash per second (EH/s), Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has been steadily gathering hashrate as well. Since the November 15, 2018 blockchain split, which produced the Bitcoin SV (BSV) chain, BCH hashrate has jumped by more than 3x. Bitcoin cash is often...
Binance’s Peer-to-Peer Merchant Program Goes Live
21.1.2020
Binance launches peer-to-peer merchant program for credible merchants
Circle’s Jeremy Allaire: Asset Tokenization Will Go Mainstream in Two Years
21.1.2020
Circle’s CEO, Jeremy Allaire, thinks average people will be able to securitize assets through tokenization in two or three years
3 More Execs Leave Swiss Stock Exchange’s $100M Blockchain Project
21.1.2020
Three executives have left SDX, the blockchain-based venue for digital asset trading owned by Swiss stock exchange operator SIX Group, since the year began, including two founding team members
Finance Will Fall Behind Without Innovation, Experts at Davos WEF Say
21.1.2020
Mainstream finance faces a losing proposition without technological innovation, experts at Davos WEF explain
UK Tax Agency to Pay $100K for Blockchain Surveillance Software
21.1.2020
On January 17, the UK tax agency Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) published a job opportunity for a private contractor to design a cryptocurrency blockchain analysis tool. According to the listing, the contract is for one year and HMRC will pay the contractor $100,000 for software...
Six Major Central Banks to Collaborate on Digital Currency Research
21.1.2020
The central banks of Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, European Union, Sweden and Switzerland and the Bank for International Settlements created a CBDC research group
Davos Experts: Fintech Unopposed in Sweep Through Developing World
21.1.2020
Jin Keyu, Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom, speaking in the Shaping the Future of Financial and Monetary Systems session at the World Economic Forum. Digital finance, cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology-powered economics are sweeping...