Blockchain Developer at Top of List on LinkedIn’s Emerging Jobs Report

LinkedIn has released the 2018 edition of its Emerging Jobs Report. Topping the list is the blockchain developer position. Yet, with crypto markets crashing in the past month amid signs of an industry slowdown, it’s unclear whether blockchain firms will be hiring at the same pace in 2019.

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University of Malta to Launch €300,000 Blockchain Scholarship

Few governments may be pushing harder to cultivate a regulatory blockchain oasis than Malta, whose top-down enthusiasm for the emerging technology now seems to have spread to the world of academia.

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Former Deutsche Bank and Santander Managers Turn to Blockchain Industry

Edward Budd and Julio Faura have established a distributed ledger technology company that targets emerging banks.

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PwC Survey Identifies ‘Usual Suspects’ as Hindrances to Widespread Blockchain Adoption

A recent PwC survey has identified the usual suspects — regulatory uncertainty, and lack of trust, among others— as the major factors that hamper the widespread adoption of blockchain technology.

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Blockchain Jobs Thrive in Asia Despite Cryptocurrency Market Decline

Although the cryptocurrency industry is experiencing a bearish slump, blockchain jobs are rising in demand in Asian cities. Blockchain technology is an increasingly popular emerging technology with startups and corporations eager to test, develop, and pilot the technology.

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Blockchain Buds: Tracking Cannabis From Seed To Sale

Cryptocurrency and cannabis are two of the most exciting emerging industries in modern times. Both are constant topics of discussion in media and politics on national, state, and local levels. We covered several aspects of the cannabis industry and crypto’s green rush, but most of it is honestly little more than kitsch value.

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Bibox Cryptocurrency Exchange Launches Blockchain Incubator Project ‘BiboxLab’

Bibox has announced the launch of its blockchain incubator project—BiboxLab. The project aims to provide full-spectrum support services to promising blockchain-based startups in the ever-expanding industry.

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China: Blockchain Technology Powers a new Ride-Hailing App

In late August 2018, Andy Chen announced the creation of VV Go a blockchain based app which aims to boost rider safety and driver income in China’s emerging ride-hailing market. Andy Chen Weixing, the founder of Kuaidi Dache, was pushed out of China’s ride-hailing market in 2015.

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Bitcapital to Bring 1000 Pundi X Point of Sale Terminals to Brazil

Pundi X has created the world’s first blockchain-based point-of-sale (POS) terminal that could support multiple currencies and help in better crypto adoption across the globe. It will now move to a promising emerging market — Brazil.

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Reserve Bank of India to Set Up a Blockchain and AI Unit

After being engaged in a bitter legal fight with the country’s crypto operators, the Reserve Bank of India is reportedly setting up a new unit that will monitor emerging technologies such as blockchain, cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence.

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Alux Bank ICO

Lux Ant Digital aims to reach the scale to offer traditional services and emerging banking products encompassing the environment of the Blockchain era. The project is focused on the creation of a electronic banking using Blockchain technology to reduce costs in third-party services, and thus reduce the efforts for the final consumer.

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3rd Gen Decentralized Crypto Skycoin Eyes South Korean Market

Decentralized cryptocurrency Skycoin is setting its sights on the emerging market in South Korea for an expansion of influence for its next-generation blockchain project. Disclosure: This is a Sponsored Article Having developed Skycoin as a high-performing blockchain-based ecosystem, the team’s ultimate goal is to replace the current slew of blockchains and their inefficiencies with a […]

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Crypto Mass Adoption Depends On Usability And Cross Currency Cooperation

After emerging to prominence as a byproduct of the cryptocurrency movement, blockchain technology is definitely having a moment of its own. In many ways, it arrived at the perfect time. While news headlines reflect the mounting concerns about the current internet structure’s viability in the digital age, the blockchain brings needed security and usability upgrades to the forefront of the tech scene.

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The Emerging Trend of US-Asian Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Investments

Asian investors are becoming more involved in the US tech market due to the emergence of cryptocurrency and blockchain startups in need of funding outside the traditional American VC framework. Increasingly Dependent on Foreign Investments According to a 2017 study by the Wall Street Journal, Asian investors accounted for about 40 percent of the global venture financing.

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A South African Township Is Becoming the New Gold Mine for Bitcoin

In several African nations, sending money to friends and family is difficult. Using bank accounts could be easy, but it takes days, sometimes even weeks, for transactions to clear. A new CNBC documentary is exploring the nuances of this emerging market and how exactly it is used to make the underbanked communities of the continent […] A South African Township Is Becoming the New Gold Mine for Bitcoin was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News.

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Reserve Bank of India Quietly Forms an “Experimental” Blockchain and AI Unit

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has formed a new unit to focus exclusively on emerging technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI), and cryptocurrencies. While the central bank is yet to make an official statement confirming the move, it seems the new unit is aimed at boosting its intellectual capacity to regulate better, and benefit from these innovations in...The post %%POSTLINK%% appeared first on %%BLOGLINK%%.

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This Expert Thinks Bitcoin Could Explode by Year-End

Fundstrat’s Thomas Lee has had his eye on the Bitcoin markets, and he is predicting that Bitcoin’s bullish phase could be back by the end of the year. Calling it a critical correlation, Lee said that emerging markets and Bitcoin markets are intimately connected.

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India’s Central Bank Forms New Research Unit to Study Cryptocurrency, Blockchain and AI

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the nation’s central bank, has formed a new research group focusing on emerging technologies like cryptocurrency, blockchain and artificial intelligence, the Economic Times reports.

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Reserve Bank of India Forms Unit on Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain, AI

The central bank of India has reportedly formed a special unit tasked to track emerging technologies such as those related to cryptocurrencies. Its members will be expected to research, draft rules, and, in the future, supervise the development of digital assets, blockchain and artificial intelligence applications.

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India’s Central Bank Sets up a Blockchain Unit

The new department will work to strengthen the knowledge of the Reserve Bank of India on new and emerging financial technologies.

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World Bank to Launch First Ever Blockchain Bond Next Week

The proceeds generated after the bond issuance will go towards supporting World Bank’s sustainable development projects in emerging economies. The post World Bank to Launch First Ever Blockchain Bond Next Week appeared first on CoinSpeaker.

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New Deloitte Survey Finds Over 70% of Executives Are ‘Blockchain Experts’

Blockchain technology has increased in popularity during the last 18 months, mainly due to the unparalleled cryptocurrency rally at the end of 2017. A new study casts light on how industry executives see themselves in relation to experts amid this emerging tech.

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Gartner: HYIP Around Blockchain Enters Stage Of Disillusionment

The world-famous research company Gartner published a report 'Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies', according to which the excitement around the blockchain will soon come to naught, which, incidentally, does not mean the disappearance of interest in this technology.

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Blockchain Enters 'Trough of Disillusionment' on Gartner's Hype Scale

Interest in blockchain technology is waning, research firm Gartner said in its latest "Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies" report.

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Who Will Win the Blockchain Race?

China is serious about blockchain, and young emerging companies like NULS are forging a path.

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UK Cryptocurrency Startups Suffer Dwindling Fortunes Amidst Market Decline

Cryptocurrency startups in the United Kingdom are struggling in 2018. The fringe benefits that came with changing a company’s name to reflect an interest in blockchain technology seems to have all but disappeared.

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Existing Online Payment With Over 2 Million USD Worth of Transactions Turns To Blockchain To Ensure Financial Inclusion In Emerging Markets

Mazzuma, the third highest ranked mobile money payments system based on transaction volume in Ghana seeks to utilize blockchain technology through the creation of the MAZ cryptocurrency to enable instant seamless payments globally.

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Privacy-Focused Deviant Coin Announces Whitepaper, Cryptocurrency Exchange and Hardware Wallet Releases

With the blockchain world being the target of a number of recent, well-publicised hacks, and online privacy a regular news item, it should come as no surprise that emerging cryptocurrency companies are desperate to prove their data security credentials.

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South Korea Budgets Nearly $4.5B for Blockchain, Emerging Tech

South Korea is planning to invest nearly $900 million next year to accelerate the development of blockchain, artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.

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China and South Korea Pledge More Money to Blockchain Research

South Korea will invest heavily in emerging technologies in 2019, one of which is blockchain technology. The move was announced by the country’s Finance Minister, Kim Dong-yeon, during a recent cabinet meeting.

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Op Ed: Evaluating the Promise of Cardano: Has Ethereum Met Its Match?

This month, we celebrate Ethereum’s third birthday and reflect upon the many milestones that have occured in the industry since the dawn of the original smart contract blockchain.

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Why Blockchain Is The Tailor Made Technology For Millennials

Millennials are now grown up and can no longer be defined as the youngest, most spoiled member of the family. Instead, millennials are seen as tech-savvy consumers that have matured alongside the internet, and can understand and appreciate the benefits of emerging technologies, such as blockchain.

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Facebook Denies Emerging Reports on Its Partnership with Stellar

According to the sources familiar with the matter, the two companies have been discussing the creation of a fork in the Stellar blockchain while letting Facebook develop its indigenous digital token on a separate blockchain.

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Plasma and Plasma Cash: The Future of Scaling and Security

In March of 2018 Vitalik Buterin introduced Plasma and Plasma Cash as a solution to some of the largest difficulties facing blockchain technology Scaling, security, and verification have long plagued the emerging field of blockchain technology and cast doubt into the minds of potential investors.

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KORA: Kora Gateway launches, bringing improved financial services to emerging markets

LONDON, August 8, 2018 – Kora, the largest blockchain project out of Africa, has launched a new wallet that aims to provide access to low cost financial services to populations that have historically had little to no access to them.

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Topl ICO

Topl protocol is a public, permissionless blockchain built to enable development and emerging market investment. Our architecture connects both economically and socially motivated investors with businesses and projects around the world, in addition to providing the necessary support infrastructure.

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P2P Markets Report: Selling Drives Upswing in Emerging Markets’ Volume

The recent selling pressure experienced by BTC has driven a surge in the peer-to-peer trade volume for numerous emerging cryptocurrency markets. The Localbitcoins markets for the Philippines, Iran, and Kazakhstan have all seen a significant upswing in the number of bitcoins traded in recent weeks.

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The Future of Cryptocurrencies with Changpeng Zhao

Changpeng Zhao, The CEO of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange recently shared his ideas about the future of Binance, the blockchain, and decentralization with Fortune. Since the blockchain rally last year, markets saw a scramble for the adoption of the emerging technology and a subsequent rise in charlatans.

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PR: Nexty Platform – a Breakthrough for E-Commerce and Retails

The emergence of cryptocurrency has opened new vistas for the fintech industry. However, issues of high transaction fees, delays in completing coin transfers, as well as wild price swings continue to plague the emerging cryptocurrency landscape.

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US Treasury: Blockchain “Poised to Impact Innovation” in Finance

In a report to President Trump entitled “A Financial System That Creates Economic Opportunities Nonbank Financials, Fintech, and Innovation”, the US Treasury described blockchain and distributed ledger technology as “promising innovations”.

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US Treasury Department Says Cryptos Will Impact Financial Service Innovation

In a highly anticipated seminal report, the US Treasury Department outlined the emerging trends in the financial sector, acknowledging the impact of cryptocurrencies. The report is designed to point out which bureaucratic barriers can be removed to enhance economic innovation and encourage experimentation.

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HTC Set to Launch Blockchain-Capable Phone with Litecoin Support

Blockchain technology continues to be one of the most exciting emerging technologies in the modern world, and smartphone manufacturers are beginning to become aware of the potential benefits of decentralized technology.

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More Than a Ledger: How Blockchains Will Democratize Wealth

To Mark Pascall, co-founder of BlockchainLabs New Zealand (NZ) and president of the Blockchain Association NZ, the blockchain space is more than just a new technology layer, it’s a “fundamentally different way for organizations and societies to operate.

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HTC Set to Launch Blockchain-Capable Phone with Litecoin Support

Blockchain technology continues to be one of the most exciting emerging technologies in the modern world, and smartphone manufacturers are beginning to become aware of the potential benefits of decentralized technology.

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How Blockchain Promotes International Trade, Identity and Financial Inclusion

International trade, people without identity and financial exclusion are global development areas that stand to be radically improved with blockchain technology, according to Michelle Chivunga, regional advisor for the British Blockchain Association.

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[promoted] WatermelonBlock Harnesses AI Brainpower to Fuel Crypto Market Analysis

The world of cryptocurrency is in a constant state of flux. As a result, the process of sorting through untold amounts of background information and data can be a laborious, time-consuming endeavor.

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UppstArt App Uses Blockchain To Pay Resale Royalties To Upcoming Artists

UppstArt. io, a new blockchain technology powered platform is offering emerging artists the ability to leverage blockchain technology to market and sell their art to a global community of collectors.

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TransferTo Partners with Stellar to Increase Payments Coverage in Underdeveloped Regions

U. K. -based cross-border payments processor TransferTo signed a partnership with the Stellar foundation, the entity behind Stellar Lumens (XLM), on July 25, 2018, to enable faster mobile payments in emerging markets.

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Blockchain in HR Will Make Employing People Easier for Businesses

Back office functions are set to be transformed by emerging technologies. Find out how blockchain in HR will make employing people easier in the future. The post Blockchain in HR Will Make Employing People Easier for Businesses appeared first on CoinCentral.

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