U.S. Blockchain Start-Up Chain Acquired by Lightyear; Business to Run on Stellar (XLM) Platform

Lightyear Corp. , a firm focused on the Stellar blockchain has acquired the San Francisco based DLT start-up Chain Inc. Per a report published by Reuters on September 10, 2018, Chain’s CEO Adam Ludwin has confirmed the deal. дальше »

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Stellar-Based Lightyear Acquires Chain, Forms New Entity

Lightyear Corporation, a universal payments network built around Stellar’s open financial protocol, has announced the acquisition of Chain, in a merger that sees both brands combine to form a new entity called Interstellar. дальше »

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Blockchain: A Step Towards Decentralization or Another Form of Centralization

Decentralization, one word consistent with blockchain technology, is known for its recent popularity amongst blockchain startups. The post Blockchain: A Step Towards Decentralization or Another Form of Centralization appeared first on CoinSpeaker. дальше »

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Stellar acquires blockchain startup backed by Visa and Nasdaq

A long-speculated acquisition has finally come to fruition. Stellar’s for-profit arm Lightyear has acquired San Fransisco-based blockchain startup Chain, Reuters reported today. The two companies will now retire their individual brands and form a single entity called “Interstellar. дальше »

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Eligma’s MVP showcases its first step towards a commerce based on AI and blockchain

After successfully completing its public crowdsale in May by raising over 10 million USD, the Eligma startup is now well on its way towards disrupting commerce with the latest technologies. The first of its roadmap milestones was reached on 5 September by presenting the MVP in the form of Elly, an AI shopping assistant. дальше »

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South Korea Launches $90M Blockchain Education Course

South Korea’s “Blockchain Technology Development Strategy” Course As the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry gains traction across the world, the concepts of this groundbreaking innovation will begin to permeate into a multitude of facets of society. дальше »

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Australia Announces Plans to Develop a National Blockchain Platform

Australia’s journey to becoming a blockchain hub has continued to gather pace. In its latest venture, tech giant IBM and Australian law firm Herbert Smith Freehills have joined forces to form a blockchain consortium with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO). дальше »

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Blockchain Winning: Legit Top 15 Coin Picks Of 2018 Investing Report?

Crypto analysis website Blockchain Winning just released a report called the Top 15 Coin Picks of 2018. That report is available for free online in exchange for entering an email address. After entering your email address into the online form at the BlockchainWinning. дальше »

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California State Legislature Passes Law Establishing a Blockchain Working Group

California’s state legislature has passed a bill which aims to form a working group on blockchain technology. According to the bill, the primary role of the working group will be to find out how blockchain can be introduced and used in government, schools, and other public institutions. It will also determine how blockchain can fit […] дальше »

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Op Ed: DApps Can Increase Audience Engagement for Creators and Influencers

Many of us are familiar with the term “DApp,” which stands for “decentralized application. ”Foundationally, a DApp is an application that runs using blockchain technology on a decentralized network of computers instead of on a central database. дальше »

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Andreessen Horowitz Backs Dfinity With Largest Crypto Investment Yet

Dfinity, Cryptocurrency–Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z), the popular venture capital firm of Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, has announced its most ambitious cryptocurrency investment to date in the form of new blockchain project Dfinity. дальше »

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DACSEE ICO

The DACSEE platform is a decentralized ride-sharing platform that empowers drivers to create their own autonomous ride-hailing service, take control of their data, and grow their own businesses. As well as pay their initial driver start-up fees in the form of a cryptocurrency token on the Ethereum blockchain, while processing fares from passengers with the same token or any other traditional fiat method. дальше »

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Outlook Remains Bullish for Bitcoin [BTC] but Is Retracement in Store?

The Bitcoin price has continued to move up and is currently trading above $7100. The most significant gains, however, have been in the altcoin market, with many recording double-digit gains. On the daily chart, price and RSI continue to form higher highs and higher lows. дальше »

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Sticking to the Roots: Blockchain Technology and the Growing Need to Maintain Decentralization

While a number of blockchain-based projects struggle to remain truly decentralized, Metaverse places strong focus on avoiding any form of mining centralization and unnecessary interference with the network following the core principle of blockchain tech. дальше »

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Bearish Outlook for Price of Bitcoin With Head & Shoulders Pattern Forming?

Last week was a bullish week for Bitcoin as both price and RSI continued to form higher highs and higher lows. The MACD is currently fast approaching a centerline crossover which will be a strong bullish indicator. дальше »

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Democracy on the Blockchain: Incentivizing Voter Participation through Cryptoeconomics

Democracy is a form of governance where the population chooses its leaders through an open process known as voting. While it has its challenges, it is widely considered to be one of the best forms of political governance. дальше »

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Blockchain Day Netherlands

The international conference – Blockchain Day Netherlands – will hold on September 29, 2018. The Netherlands is one of the best countries for starting the personal growth and development of the blockchain business. дальше »

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Op Ed: Making Friends With Time in the Cryptocurrency Space

What follows is an open letter from Jimmy Zhong, co-founder and CEO of IOST, to his team members and shared with Bitcoin Magazine with permission. Recently, I’ve been thinking about an ultimate way of safely storing value — gold, Bitcoin, real estate and power all came to mind. дальше »

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Bitcoin Price: Bullish Outlook Stands As Higher Lows Form

The bullish outlook remains for Bitcoin as we have higher lows and higher highs forming in both price and RSI. The MACD is starting to converge showing the downward momentum is dropping off, and today we are pricing in a significant gain. дальше »

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Blockchain Law Society to be Officially Launched on Aug 24

South Korean experts form Blockchain Law Society, which is about to be officially launched this Friday, will focus on the legal aspects of the technology.

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Blockchain Law Society Launches in South Korea

The Blockchain Law Society launches in South Korea on August 24th with a clear mandate to create a proper regulatory framework for the blockchain and associated cryptocurrencies. A number of District Judges, lawyers and cryptocurrency experts have joined forces to form the working group that can help steer the blockchain regulations that are inevitable at […] The post Blockchain Law Society Launches in South Korea appeared first on Crypto Briefing. дальше »

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VERSES Pioneers Global Augmented and Virtual Reality Economy Powered by Blockchain Technology

VERSES has showcased its virtual and augmented reality protocols to power a new economy of tradable digital assets in the form of holographic avatars.   VERSES is looking to create a marketplace in which the physical and virtual worlds interact seamlessly, with blockchain technology powering a new generation of secure digital trade and immersive experiences. дальше »

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Runs.com Form Strategic Alliance with Blockchain VC Firm, BlockTeam Ventures

Runs Capital Private Limited, the owners of Runs. com, a Singapore-based firm, has announced the signing of a purchase agreement with Blockchain firm, BlockTeam, in a bid to offer better services to clients. дальше »

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The Australian Securities Exchange is crazy about blockchain – for all the wrong reasons

The CEO of the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has presented its annual earnings report, and if the content is anything to go by, we can safely say he’s been indoctrinated into the Cult of the Distributed Ledger. дальше »

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Payment Professionals See Technology Driving Sector Growth, But Blockchain Isn’t at Forefront - Study

Payment professionals look at technology to drive growth in the commercial payments industry but express concerns over cryptocurrencies as a legitimate form of digital payment.

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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. дальше »

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Fantasy Football League to Raise $100 Million in Crypto ICO

A blockchain startup wants to raise nearly $100 million dollars to create a new form of fantasy football aimed to bring fans together. дальше »

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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. дальше »

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8 Circuit Studios ICO

8 Circuit Studios builds video games, digital assets and tools for blockchain that empower players and developers to manifest their imagination. Our vision is to contribute to the construction of a new form of reality; this digital dimension is called The Metaverse. дальше »

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The Power ICO

The Power is scalable blockchain environment for real-time user and companies interaction. Speed and horizontal scalability are achieved through the sharding. Public and private blockchains form a single network and unified address space. дальше »

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Distributed Dialogues: Blockchain’s Better Side

The fact that great responsibility accompanies great power has become crystal clear in the blockchain world. While blockchains are most commonly connected with commerce, the potential impact of distributed ledgers is being discovered in fresh sectors daily. дальше »

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Wikipedia Co-Founder Launches Everipedia, A Blockchain Based Encyclopedia that Rewards Users with ‘IQ’ Cryptocurrency Tokens

A new Wikipedia-style online blockchain based encyclopedia has just launched and is rewarding users in the form of cryptocurrency for writing and editing content. The new Everipedia platform is built on EOS and rewards users with ‘IQ’ tokens according to a recent press release. дальше »

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Is Bitcoin Mining Going To Destroy The Planet?

Is mining Bitcoin worth the threat it poses our very existence? Whilst Bitcoin offers communities and society a chance to access a new technology and a form of value that is not regulated by the government, it’s production and mining does have a detrimental impact on the planet, yet, few people seem to recognise that this is the case, especially those scholars who are big on blockchain. дальше »

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Dubai Continues Its Embrace Of Blockchain Technology

The Dubai government is embracing change by implementing blockchain technology into some of its most vital departments. The latest to begin implementing this technology is an international court based in Dubai. дальше »

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Welcome to the weirdly wonderful world of crypto-art

Art and cryptocurrency really share a certain bond: their value is just agreed upon – albeit subjectively. Long ago, society decided gold was worth something, mostly because it is pretty and kind of hard to get. дальше »

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What is Pundi X?

One of the main problems facing all cryptocurrencies that aspire to be an everyday form of money is merchant…

The post What is Pundi X? appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.

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Network Effects and Blockchain: Two Parallels Merging to Form “Web 3.0”

Blockchain technology is still in its early days, with developers are working on several different projects. To some extent, this is reminiscent of the early days of the internet when Wide Area Networks started gaining traction in several computer science research labs and laboratories across the United States. дальше »

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China: University IT Research Institute Partners to Form Blockchain Research Center

The Research Institute of Tsinghua University has recently partnered with China Internet Nationwide Financial Services to establish a blockchain research center

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Claimed Blockchain Pivod Subpoena Another Firm

Long Blockchain, the beverage maker that made headlines last year when its stock surged following a pivot to blockchain and a related name-change, has been subpoenaed by the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). дальше »

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How Blockchain Technology Can Transform the Existing Refugee Crisis

One form or another of a global refugee crisis is a humanitarian problem that has existed throughout history. More important to note is the fact that it will persist as long as war exists. With rampant global conflicts, especially in the Middle East and North Africa, it is therefore not surprising that over 68 million people in the world are. дальше »

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Audits and Quality Assurance: Patching the Holes in Smart Contract Security

On July 10, 2018, news broke that cryptocurrency wallet and decentralized exchange Bancor was hit with a hack. A wallet the Bancor team used to update the protocol’s smart contracts was infiltrated, and the $23. дальше »

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IOHK Launches Second Blockchain-Based Contract Testnet Called IELE

IOHK, a Hong Kong-based enterprise specializing in blockchain-based finance solutions, launched its second Cardano smart contract testnet dubbed “IELE” on July 30. IELE offers secure and efficient financial infrastructure to its potential users, in the form of a virtual machine designed to execute smart contracts on the Cardano blockchain. дальше »

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CLS, IBM, Citi, Barclays Form Partnership to Launch Blockchain App Store for Banks

A new blockchain-based platform is on the horizon, and it is the result of a cooperation between foreign exchange settlement provider CLS, enterprise software giant IBM, and nine financial institutions, including big names such as Citigroup and Barclays, the companies said in a statement on July 30, 2018. дальше »

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Pioneering Blockchain in Journalism, Civil Media to Launch its Cryptocurrency CVL in August

Civil, a blockchain-based decentralized platform launched to propagate an independent and credible form of journalism, announced on its official blog that their crypto token “CVL,” will be launched on August 13, 2018, for sale to the public. дальше »

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An Australian Blockchain Experiment: Tracking Global Almond Shipments

Following a successful 2016 trial of blockchain technology in an interbank open account transaction, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has partnered with five international and Australian companies to ship 17 tonnes of almonds from Melbourne, Australia, to Hamburg, Germany, using a new distributed ledger platform built on the Ethereum blockchain. дальше »

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“Eating Their Lunch:” Blockchain Upstarts Challenge Investment Banks

Access to personal financial data and the emergence of blockchain technology have been the catalyst for a revolution in the banking sector. At the start of this year, banks within the European Union were ordered by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to grant customers access to their personal data. дальше »

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Op Ed: Cryptocurrency Capital Gains Taxes — Breaking Down the Problem

Capital gains on crypto transactions are easy to track, one at a time. What about when there are thousands?Cryptocurrency capital gains taxes are becoming a point of interest for governments. дальше »

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China’s Top 3 Telecom Firms Form Blockchain Group to Enhance Operations and Security

Top Three Telecoms In China Have Joined To Boost Their Operations With The Use Of Blockchain Technology The top three telecommunications listed in Hong Kong, which are China Unicom, China Mobile and the China Telecom have decided to band together in order to utilize the blockchain technology. All this is with the aim of boosting […] дальше »

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Ethereum [ETH] to make the field of law more effective, law firms come together to achieve this goal

The blockchain industry is now creating a wave in the field of law with 11 law firms coming together to form an Ethereum compatible services platform called the Agreements Network. The firms have tied up with Monax, a blockchain and smart contract technology company. дальше »

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Citizenship to the Caribbean Islands of Antigua and Barbuda Can Now Be Obtained Using Cryptos

On July 23, the parliament of Antigua and Barbuda announced its economic citizenship program, which allows people to obtain a form of citizenship to the country for $100,000, which can now be paid for with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. дальше »

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