2019-3-30 19:00 |
Deloitte, KPMG and EY are all in the top five when it comes to posting blockchain and crypto job ads in the U.S., according to Indeed.com data. origin »
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JP Morgan Is Currently Hiring More Blockchain Employees Than Other Wall Street Firm It seems that one of the banks that has been against Bitcoin (BTC) it is currently hiring more blockchain experts than any other Wall Street firm.
2019-3-29 20:46 | |
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Cryptocurrencies and blockchain have been expanding all over the world. Indeed, these technologies can keep growing in the future. According to one of the largest tech conglomerates in the world, Cisco, blockchain could reach 10 percent of the world’s GDP as soon as 2027.
2019-3-26 01:59 | |
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It appears North Korean revolutionaries Cheollima Civil Defense (CCD) are indeed selling their “post-liberation blockchain visas. ” More than 60 have been distributed so far – and now, there’s even a black market for the Ethereum-based visas.
2019-3-25 15:30 | |
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It’s Monday, which means there’s a weekend’s worth of cryptocurrency and blockchain news to catch up on. Here are the headlines. 1. Despite giving up on its proprietary cryptocurrency, Citibank isn’t ready to leave the world of blockchain for good.
2019-3-25 11:51 | |
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During the last year, cryptocurrencies have experienced a very hard year in terms of price action. Indeed, most of the digital assets fell more than 90% since their all-time high. Most of the tokens released through Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) have almost disappeared or been abandoned.
2019-2-26 18:58 | |
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Recruit Holdings, the Japanese Internet and human resources firm that owns Glassdoor and Indeed, has launched a US$25 million blockchain fund. The establishment of RSP Blockchain Tech Fund, launched in November 2018 and based in Singapore, was only made public this week with the announcement of the fund’s investment in Beam.
2019-2-25 00:57 | |
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Ripple's Twelve Apostles Are Ripple's software platforms and Ripple's cryptocurrency (XRP) the standard for settling cross-border money payments? Not at all. The current standard is called SWIFT (a terrible name if you consider that it's not fast at all), as it's remained so for more than 43 years. But it could indeed become the new […]
2019-2-23 20:30 | |
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Can Technology Regulate the Blockchain Space? Governments and regulatory agencies are trying to figure out how to regulate the cryptocurrency market. Blockchain technology shouldn’t be difficult to regulate.
2019-2-19 20:56 | |
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Whilst debate raged throughout the Bitcoin community over whether the block size limit should be increased and how, Luke-jr for years stood out for arguing the exact opposite position.
2019-2-15 19:18 | |
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Announced at the end of January, Bitfury’s production-ready suite of Lightning Network products and services, Peach, appears to offer everything a developer, user or merchant could want from a Lightning implementation.
2019-2-9 23:59 | |
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Announced at the end of January, Bitfury’s production-ready suite of Lightning Network products and services, Peach, appears to offer everything a developer, user or merchant could want from a Lightning implementation.
2019-2-12 23:59 | |
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Darknet markets are going as strong as ever, if Chainalysis data is to be believed. In its latest Crypto Crime Report, published earlier this week, blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis reports that darknet market activity has nearly doubled throughout 2018.
2019-2-1 00:35 | |
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Bitcoin users may, before long, be able to benefit from a trick called “Taproot. ” First proposed by Bitcoin Core contributor and former Blockstream CTO Gregory Maxwell, Taproot would expand on Bitcoin’s smart contract flexibility, while offering more privacy in doing so.
2019-1-25 01:19 | |
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Ethereum Classic has issued an important update on the events of last week. Over the past several days, the project has gradually admitted that recent suspicious blockchain activity was indeed caused by a malicious attacker.
2019-1-16 23:55 | |
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Within the cryptocurrency community, there is often confusion over whether or not one can short sell bitcoin via public online exchanges, and not just bet against the price increase of cryptocurrencies through institutional-grade crypto futures.
2019-1-14 12:00 | |
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When you say “cryptocurrency,” you’d be forgiven if one of the first things that comes to mind is: “exit scam. ” Exit scams refer to those cunning plots, whereby blockchain startups collect investors money, often through initial coin offerings (ICOs), only to disappear suddenly, along with any the funds raised.
2018-12-30 13:00 | |
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While hardcore cryptocurrency enthusiasts often tout blockchain for its heightened security, the technology is not perfect – and there are often tons of vulnerabilities in the code. Indeed, blockchain companies have received at least 3,000 vulnerability reports in 2018 alone.
2018-12-30 10:00 | |
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These are not the best of times indeed for Bitmain, the world’s largest manufacturer of bitcoin mining equipment as Hong Kong’s stock market regulator, HKEX has made it clear that it would not approve the initial public offering (IPO) applications of DLT-linked firms until the region formulates a robust regulatory framework to govern its blockchain technology and cryptocurrency space, reported.
2018-12-22 00:00 | |
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First Mover Advantage! Malta On The Verge Of Getting A Blockchain Bank There's no denying that “the Blockchain Island” has had all the praise in the recent past for its commitment towards supporting and building the crypto ecosystem which is indeed well deserved.
2018-12-22 21:49 | |
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There might be another name joining HTC and Sirin Labs as makers of blockchain smartphones, and it’s one of the world’s largest phone manufacturers, Samsung. Earlier this week, Samsung submitted three European trademark requests for blockchain-based smartphone features, spotted by Galaxy Club.
2018-12-11 12:57 | |
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There are several companies that are starting to embrace blockchain technology as a very innovative technology to solve many of the challenges that firms are currently facing. It is possible to track items or send information through the blockchain.
2018-12-11 01:36 | |
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Is cryptocurrency becoming more mainstream? It could be if one of America’s most prominent game shows features an entire category devoted to it. The November 29, 2018, episode of “Jeopardy!” — which has been on the air since 1964 — offered five unique questions centered around cryptocurrencies and their technology to test out its contestants’ knowledge on the subject: The results reveal that they did indeed know their fair share.
2018-12-1 22:18 | |
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Blockchain technology and virtual currencies have expanded all over the world allowing for many new implementations and use cases. They are having a deep impact on many different industries and economic areas.
2018-11-29 20:20 | |
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After a bearish year of perennial price swings that culminated in months of tightly wound sideways movement, the (former) bottom has dropped out for bitcoin and the wider crypto market.
2018-11-28 21:44 | |
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HTC, the maker of the first ever commercially available Android phone, is still keen on making new devices, even after a disappointing year that saw it lose $330 million in the fourth quarter. A report from DigiTimes suggests that the company has waved off any suggestions of quitting the smartphone business.
2018-11-23 18:09 | |
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Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JP Morgan, has always been opposed to Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrencies. Perhaps, he was more friendly towards blockchain technology. But certainly, he did not like Bitcoin.
2018-11-22 18:34 | |
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Interest from both employers and job seekers in blockchain and cryptocurrency-related jobs has declined in the past year, Indeed.com data indicates.
2018-11-17 17:45 | |
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Asset Tokens are facing their first test on the Stellar blockchain. Smartlands (SLT), a decentralized platform for equity and security tokens, has begun voting to determine which offerings will be first to launch.
2018-11-5 22:00 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released a report detailing actions taken against fraudulent ICOs and financial ventures, and, indeed, the year has been wrought with cases.
2018-11-3 00:33 | |
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It’s not the flippening everyone has been talking about, but Google search data reveals people are finally starting to show more interest in blockchain than cryptocurrency. Following the massive hype cycle at the end of last year, Google Trends suggests the term ‘blockchain’ is gradually becoming a more popular search criteria than ‘cryptocurrency.
2018-11-1 17:14 | |
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Hype aside, cryptocurrencies and blockchain are industries with vast amounts of job opportunities. Indeed, a recent survey indicated that job openings in the aforementioned sectors have increased by 300%.
2018-10-31 22:56 | |
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There are indeed a growing number of positive aspects with EOS, but a newly discovered quality could make it much favorable among cryptocurrency enthusiasts. For example, it has been found that EOS consumes a less amount of power compared to the sheer consumption witnessed with Bitcoin in the creation of virtual coinage. Calculations performed by […]
2018-10-31 03:22 | |
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The world of money and indeed payments has evolved dramatically. Just 10 years ago, international payments were very expensive and slow making it very difficult to send money across borders in a timely fashion if it is possible at all.
2018-10-30 21:49 | |
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Rhetorical style should never distract from the content of someone’s arguments. So when I heard that Nouriel Roubini testified to the U. S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on the cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem, I decided to peruse his testimony and reflect on it.
2018-10-24 19:38 | |
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Financial Services Can Be Improved Using New Technologies There are new technologies that are changing the way financial institutions work. And indeed, the integration between the old financial system and the new one is underway.
2018-10-20 18:48 | |
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Following a partnership between Samourai Wallet and goTenna, which now allows users to send bitcoin transactions offline, one developer in New Zealand is staying ahead of the curve.
2018-10-18 00:36 | |
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OrchestrumOS Initial Coin Offering; A Tezos-Backed Crypto Project Blockchain has emerged as an important and revolutionary technology all over the world. And indeed, several companies are embracing this technology.
2018-10-17 22:56 | |
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Tron Unveiled A New Development Kit Specifically Designed To Improve Its Network There are different virtual currencies in the market. Some of them such as Bitcoin have been developed with the intention to process transactions and work as a store of value.
2018-10-10 21:09 | |
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The pursuit for cryptocurrency adoption seems to focus on three major cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin. Indeed, this isn’t to disregard the likes of XRP and Stellar, both of which also provide a solid use in mainstream society, however in terms of worldwide societal adoption, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin tend to be the go-to currencies.
2018-10-10 16:30 | |
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Ripple is one of the most active and important companies in the cryptocurrency industry. It has been providing services and products to financial institutions to process they cross-border transactions.
2018-10-4 19:25 | |
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Crypto markets have long waited for the entrance of large investors as the ‘Holy Grail’ of crypto adoption, bringing with them huge injections of capital into the crypto market and pumping up the total market capitalization beyond it static $300bn level.
2018-10-2 15:00 | |
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The realm of art is under siege by a technological revolution thought only to disrupt the world of finance. Crypto collectibles (NFTs) are indeed a native creation, but as the narrative in the sector shifts, it’s the leap between the real and the digital that’s showing the most intrigue.
2018-10-1 07:00 | |
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For well over a year, versions of Bitcoin Core — Bitcoin’s leading software implementation — contained a severe software bug. The bug was fixed with Bitcoin Core 0.
2018-9-22 21:22 | |
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Bitcoin is in the news, and we’ve all seen the stories about early investors who’ve made millions and driven away in new lambos. So it’s only natural that people who haven’t invested already are wondering if they should.
2018-9-21 19:18 | |
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AR-powered vanity platform Perfect365, which touts more than 100 million (mostly female) users, is the latest startup to embrace blockchain technology and tokenize its platform. Through a collaboration with Kin (a cryptocurrency developed by messaging giant Kik), the beauty app will soon reward users with cryptocurrency for their activity on Perfect365.
2018-9-20 18:31 | |
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Based on blockchain technology, most cryptocurrencies have an open and public ledger. While this is required for these systems to work, it comes with a significant downside: Privacy is often quite limited.
2018-9-15 20:21 | |
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Europe’s central bank (ECB) won’t be touching cryptocurrency any time soon. Its president Mario Draghi shot down hopes of an EU-sanctioned digital currency, criticising blockchain tech for being too young and fragile to be useful.
2018-9-15 17:34 | |
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Cryptocurrency is often floated as a failsafe for floundering economies. When faced with economic instability, blockchain evangelists are often quick to prescribe Bitcoin (or some other altcoin) as a means of alleviating hyperinflation by being more stable than the local currency.
2018-9-11 19:40 | |
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Despite the flurry of bad news hitting cryptocurrencies, the latest SharePost’s survey reveals that consumers and investors remain optimistic. Indeed, they are considering more digital currency purchases within the next 12 months.
2018-9-7 03:00 | |
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Wile the number of ads being posted in the space has grown, job seeker interest has plummeted, according to Indeed data.
Interest from both employers and job seekers in blockchain and cryptocurrency-related jobs has declined in the past year, Indeed.com data indicates.