Can Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Be Separated?

UBS blockchain praises are bullish, believing it will transform business. But is it possible to separate cryptocurrency and blockchain like they believe? The post Can Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Be Separated? appeared first on CoinCentral.

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Maltese Prime Minister Fraudulently Impersonated by Bitcoin Peddlers on Instagram

Malta’s Prime Minister, a noted fan of blockchain and cryptocurrencies, found himself unwittingly in the center of an investment scam as conmen fabricated a fake Instagram account in his name. As Bitcoinist has noted in the past, the tiny island nation of Malta has taken a number of steps in order to become one of the globe’s most welcoming and proactive countries when it comes to cryptocurrency and blockchain tech.

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Login with Coinbase: Can the Crypto Giant Protect User Privacy?

As hundreds of blockchain startups piece together the humble beginnings of an industry, it would be easy to entertain the notion that things will stay this way forever–disjointed, but decentralized.

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What Is IOST? Introduction to Internet of Services Token

One of the biggest problems facing blockchain technology is it seems to slow down with mass adoption, not speed up like torrents. Ethereum is a great idea, but it would crumble if processing the loads companies like Google and Amazon handle.

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The Media Revolution Will Be Recorded on the Blockchain

Fake news! Fake news! We’re practically lining up to lynch the media these days, but journalism, marketing, internet, and even social media are vital lines of communication. Key battles in past wars like the Ho Chi Minh trail, Battle of France, and Siege of Vicksburg were won by attacking key communication lines.

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Leading Blockchain Organizations Partner to Ensure Blockchain and Crypto Reach Mainstream Adoption

Many leading blockchain organizations like Blockchain at Berkley, Uphold, Brave, and Cred recently announced on August 23, 2018, the creation of a Universal Protocol Alliance (UPA). One Network Called Proxy Tokens The goal of UPA is to ensure that blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies will reach the mainstream public.

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Binance Launches Early-Stage Start-up Incubator Program

When it comes to the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry, money from venture capitalists are not the most popular type of funding. A start-up can launch its own initial coin offering and crowdfund its ideas like never before.

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Buying.com ICO: The World’s First Decentralized E-Commerce Network

Over the past two decades, the retail industry has taken a decisive shift toward digitization, with consumers, producers and distributors all converging on e-commerce platforms like Amazon. com, eBay and others.

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George Orwell’s Blockchain, The UK’s Plans For Blockchain Surveillance Straight Out Of 1984

Let’s face it, in all its democracy, the blockchain does give authorities the power to abuse its technology in order to turn a dystopian projection such as George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four into a dark and realistic prospect.

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UK government’s blockchain plans sound a lot like ‘1984’

Despite everything else that might be going on inside parliament, the British Government are still keen to explore new opportunities for keeping tabs on its citizens – this time using blockchain and distributed ledgers.

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New Research Claims Satoshi Mined Far Fewer Bitcoins Than Previously Thought

Based on five-year-old research, Bitcoin enthusiasts and critics alike have often held that Satoshi Nakamoto originally mined some 1,000,000 bitcoin in the early days of the network.

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China Blocks Access to Over 120 Offshore Digital Currency Exchanges

China is continuing its crackdown on bitcoin and cryptocurrency-related ventures. The country is now blocking access to more than 120 offshore cryptocurrency exchanges utilized for trading purposes by mainland customers.

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Ernst & Young’s Latest Crypto Move Is A Big One

Cryptocurrency within professional services is becoming a big deal. Firms like Ernst & Young (EY), Deloitte and PwC are expressing more and more interest in crypto and blockchain technologies by the day which is actually quite a fascinating prospect.

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Possible Reasons why UEFA used blockchain to Distribute Super Cup tickets

It is worthy of note to see that the technology that gave birth to one of the most successful inventions in our present time ‘ cryptocurrency’ has been gaining relevance into different sectors.

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WeChat Shuts Down Numerous Crypto Media Accounts

Chinese social media giant WeChat has reportedly closed down accounts owned by several cryptocurrency and blockchain media accounts on its platform, local news outlet Lanjinger reports.

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Amid Blockchain Talent Shortage, Truffle Spearheads Training Program

It’s no secret that blockchain engineers are in demand. Training programs like Truffle University aim to bring talent to the industry.

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SingularityNET News: Beta, Roadmap, and What’s To Come

As technology continues to advance at an exponential rate, outspoken computer scientists like Ray Kurzweil are predicting an event… The post SingularityNET News: Beta, Roadmap, and What’s To Come appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.

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Markets Are Down, But Most Exchanges Are Doing Just Fine

As the old maxim asserts: those who made the most money in the gold rush were those who sold shovels. With our own digital gold rush in a downturn, however, the shovels aren’t selling so well, as mining companies themselves are struggling to move hardware because miners are struggling to turn a profit.

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Coinberry Traders Keep Control of Keys With BRD Crypto Wallet Integration

Cryptocurrency trading service Coinberry has partnered with BRD, a secure bitcoin wallet service, in a deal that promises to bring BRD's Canadian users onto Coinberry's no-fee trading platform.

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Microsoft and Lufthansa see future in Unibright framework for blockchain business integration

While giants like Microsoft and Lufthansa see the future in decentralization and drive blockchain based use cases within corporations, most enterprises struggle to use the new technology, states Marten Jung, CEO at Unibright.

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Bakkt Is The Biggest Thing To Happen For BTC Institutional Adoption And Now The CEO Wants Us To Know More

August marked the launch of Bakkt, a new blockchain and cryptocurrency project that nurtures involvement from mainstream companies such as Microsoft and Starbucks. The essence of Bakkt is that it could inspire a great deal of institutional investment and could make things like Bitcoin ETF applications far more likely to be improved.

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DApps in Decline As Crypto Markets Extend Losses

You hear it all the time — “decentralized apps (DApps) are the future of the internet and blockchain. ” But according to a recently reported statistics, DApps have been slow to garner interest from the average crypto user, like you or I.

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Cryptocurrencies in Asia: S.E.A Countries Develop Crypto-Economy and Lure Businesses

Philippines, South Korea, and Thailand ease regulations to lure fintech investment as southeast Asia. In August 2018, The Cagayan Special Economic Zone and Freeport in the Northern Philippines were launched with a $100 million blockchain hub, with the hopes of becoming the “Crypto Valley of Asia.

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Popular Music Service ‘Music Messenger’ is Building a Blockchain-Based Spotify Competitor with its Own Cryptocurrency Token

The popular tune-trading app Music Messenger is expanding into blockchain technology. Billed as the “world’s music messaging service”, Music Messenger allows users to listen to music and share it with friends.

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Chaincode’s Residency Program Is Back, This Time With Lightning App Classes

The Lightning Network, the second-layer solution designed to make quick, cheap and easy Bitcoin payments, is maturing. But widespread adoption, still a long way off, will require plenty more participants.

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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.

The post Who Will Win the Blockchain Race? appeared first on CoinSpeaker.

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Bringing Real World Value onto the Blockchain with OpenLaw and ChainLink

Open Law and ChainLink are teaming up to bring real-world valuations of smart contracts to the digital space according to August 14, 2018, reports. Capitalizing on the Blockchain ChainLink is a blockchain platform which allows smart contracts to access off-chain assets like APIs, traditional banking payments, and data feeds.

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Scalability is an issue of the past thanks to Fractonet

Blockchain technology has carved a niche for itself in the world. In 2017, it was the most talked about tech topic. The attention that Blockchain and cryptocurrencies have garnered is because of their inherent utility.

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4 Reasons Why Investors Avoid Decentralized Exchanges

Blockchain and cryptocurrency were originally envisioned as decentralized, community-oriented initiatives. Participants were intended to hold power over centralized (read: government) authority. As blockchain and cryptocurrency evolved and captured millions of investors along the way, trading gravitated toward centralized platforms.

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OmiseGO and Request Network: Complementary, Not Competitive

At Invest In Blockchain, we like to discuss OmiseGO and Request Network; they’re two projects with practical use cases… The post OmiseGO and Request Network: Complementary, Not Competitive appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.

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Blockchain Island delivering monumental show in November

Two of the largest crypto exchanges out there, Binance and OKEx, have already announced their relocation to Malta – the Blockchain Island. Moves like these give credence to the island’s ambitions, and make The Malta Blockchain Summit the hottest ticket in town, and a massive development in its own right.

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U.S. Crypto Investment Firm Attracts $22M in Series A, Looks to Expand Services

Los Angeles-based cryptocurrency investment firm SFOX has raked in roughly $22. 7 million in its Series A funding. The round was headed by venture platforms Social Capital and Tribe Capital and earned the participation of other firms like DCG, SV Angel, Blockchain Capital and Y Combinator.

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UPS Considers Blockchain Technology for Package Delivery and Supply Chain Logistics

110-Year-Old United Parcel Service (UPS) Will Use Blockchain To Streamline Logistics It looks like even ancient companies are starting to see the benefits of using the blockchain technology in their services.

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Pantera Capital’s Third Venture Fund Raises $71M, Eyes $175M

Blockchain investment firm Pantera Capital recently launched its third cryptocurrency fund. Known as Venture Fund III, the company completed all necessary filings with the U.

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UEFA Successfully Completes Trial of Blockchain-based Mobile Ticketing App

UEFA Scores Successful Blockchain Ticketing Trial The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has started to make tests with the blockchain technology and it looks like its first tests have been successful.

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Huobi Launches Exclusive Institutional Trading Channel

Institutional investment in the cryptocurrency sector has been limited. Most investors with deep pockets are on the fence regarding digital assets. They see the potential but are equally worried about the regulatory status of these currencies.

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Here is Forbes’ 23 Quotes by Top Execs About Bitcoin (BTC) and Blockchain that You Should Read

Bitcoin (BTC) and Blockchain technology has been making headlines across the globe for the past one or two years. As a result, BTC and the tech behind it, has fascinated the regular enthusiast like you and I as well as global top executives.

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Korean Pop Stars connect with Fans Using Blockchain Virtual Gifts

The idea of a Korean pop-star coming to the US to livestream and receive thousands of blockchain-based gifts from fans might seem like science fiction, but Gifto project made this a reality at KCON in LA last weekend.

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Did Ripples CTO Create A Blockchain Like Technology 20 Years Before Satoshi Nakamoto?

Apparently, the Chief Technology Officer at Ripple, David Schwartz, created a distributed computer system 20-years before the onset of blockchain technology. Does this mean that Schwartz preceded Satoshi Nakamoto’s blockchain? Or, does this mean that Schwartz is Satoshi Nakamoto? Well, in August 1988 it is alleged that Schwartz filed a patent for a multilevel distributed computer system that could be used to run on personal computers.

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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.

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Bearish Cryptocurrency Market – SEC ETF Decision Triggers Extended Investor Panic

The crypto market’s recent, and much-publicized, plunge had drawn plenty of theories and speculation regarding where prices are heading to next. Investor panic ensued, but it looks like some basic fundamentals are driving momentum in this young yet extremely volatile market.

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As Turkey’s Lira Falls, Bitcoin’s Popularity Soars

While Turkey is experiencing an economic and currency crisis, cryptocurrency trading volumes have increased significantly on local cryptocurrency exchanges. Volumes have increased by 63 percent on Koinim, Turkey’s largest cryptocurrency exchange.

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Korea’s Largest Cities Want to Become Crypto Capitals, Market Optimistic

Following the release of a new regulatory framework for crypto businesses and blockchain projects, major cities in South Korea have started to build regional policies to fuel the growth of cryptocurrency-related companies.

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Ethereum Is The Scammers Favourite Coin

According to new research by Kaspersky Labs, Ethereum is the favoured coin for cryptocurrency scammers worldwide. As the most notorious cryptocurrency behind Bitcoin, Ethereum is the obvious choice for a scammer, built on a huge network but with little mainstream attention, it allows scammers to remain hidden, yet still able to access a huge network filled with the potential to commit fraud.

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SEC to Investigate Riot Blockchain’s Coinsquare Stake & Crypto Mining Accounting

SEC Expands Inquiry About Riot Blockchain According to Reports It looks like the investigations about Riot Blockchain, the biotech company turned into crypto miner, are continuing. The latest news comes from a 10-Q quarterly report filed by the U.

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AMA With Origin Team Reveals Plans for Decentralized Sharing Economy

Matt Liu, Josh Fraser and former PayPal head Yu Pan want to bring the blockchain to the sharing economy. The trio is devising a platform with an emphasis on inclusive, peer-to-peer service hubs designed to decentralize the same consumer cost-friendly business models that have made companies like Airbnb, Uber and Lyft so popular in recent years.

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OmniBazaar Announces a New E-commerce Ecosystem for Cryptocurrencies

Via an official statement today, OmniBazaar announced the beta test of a new e-commerce marketplace that aims to simplify the use of cryptocurrencies by removing the need for intermediaries such as crypto exchanges and banks, and other services like eBay or UpWork.

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Wyre Adds MakerDAO Stablecoin Pairing for Global Money Transfers

Blockchain money transfer company Wyre has announced a partnership with MakerDAO, creator of the Dai stablecoin, to offer Dai as part of a fiat-crypto trading pair in more than 30 countries across the world including the U.

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3 Great Reasons To Keep HODLing OMG

Like the majority of the cryptocurrency market, the ERC-20 token OmiseGo (OMG) has suffered a tough week falling 12%… The post 3 Great Reasons To Keep HODLing OMG appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.

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