China remains a very mysterious nation in many different ways. The country is keen on blockchain technology, and the People’s Bank of China is taking things one step further. Earlier this week, the PBoC began issuing financial bonds over the blockchain to small businesses. China’s Blockchain Venture Continues These bonds will serve as SMB loans,...Read More
There’s been a lot of noise about Bitcoin’s halving, set to occur in May, and the effect this will have on price as BTC’s mining reward is slashed. It’s not the only PoW coin gearing up for a major reduction in its emission rate next year, with Bitcoin Cash, Beam, and Zcash all set to...Read More
Smashboard is a blockchain-enabled app that plans to help sexual abuse victims in India. The app plans to reduce the trauma that’s associated with reporting incidents. Smashboard plans to add more features to help victims in the future. The Me Too movement in India gained steam last year when popular figures decided to come out...Read More
The global luxury jewelry industry and the mining industry are exploring blockchain technology to improve efficiency, tracking of materials, and enhancing transparency. Most importantly, the aim of using blockchain technology includes protecting miners’ health and the environment. NYT: “Blockchain Is a Growing Niche Within the Global Jewelry Industry” The World Gold Council indicates that the...Read More
Recent reports by the South Korean press warned that North Korea might be expanding its crypto social media monitoring. Yesterday’s report by NK Economy claims that North Korean firm Marine Chain is actively keeping an eye on leading names in the crypto and blockchain space This would not have mattered for most other companies, but...Read More
It seems that Christmas is coming earlier for users of Ethereum. The blockchain behind the second-largest cryptocurrency is about to see what is known as the “Istanbul” hard fork or blockchain update, which is one of the network’s few-and-far-between and important named upgrades.According to Etherscan, an Ethereum-centric data and information platform, Istanbul will activate on...Read More
If you’ve followed the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency space at all over the past few years, you likely know of the term “HODL,” A misspelling of the word “hold,” HODL is a long-time meme used by industry investors who believe that BTC will appreciate over time.According to a recent report from the Wall Street Journal, HODL...Read More
Tokyo-based SoftBank is partnering with New York-headquartered tech giant IBM to launch a cross-carrier blockchain platform, with special focus on technologies that will enable smartphone users to conduct local payments while traveling abroad and roaming. In an October 22 release, SoftBank’s management stated that it will work with IBM and blockchain firm TBCASoft that creates...Read More
Over the past few months, an odd trend has been seen: the Ethereum blockchain itself has started to gain traction, even as ETH’s price fell, with there being a large uptick in transaction volumes and overall network activity. It got to a point when last month, the fees that Ethereum users paid to use their...Read More
Cardano Sees Massive Adoption Event While Cardano (ADA) has been slipping over recent months, losing its spot as a top ten crypto asset, the blockchain underlying the token recently saw a massive adoption event. As reported by trade publication CryptoBriefing, Input Output (IOHK), a blockchain development studio that is one of the main maintainers of...Read More
Ethereum Still Has Much to Grow For most of this year, all eyes have been on Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency by market capitalization. Indeed, altcoins, including Ethereum and XRP, have suffered heavy losses this year, both in terms of price and investor interest. Altcoins are doing so poor, in fact, that the Bitcoin dominance metric...Read More
In May, South Korean tech giant Samsung (OTC:SSNLF) filed for a patent titled “Programmable Blockchain Solid State Drive and Switch.” Although details about the recently designed system are scanty, a lot of people in the sector are already pointing out the significance of this technology. It appears like most corporations are also following the trend,...Read More
A lot has changed from 2008, the year that Satoshi Nakamoto arguably revolutionized the world’s financial status quo with the introduction of the most significant inventions of our generation: Bitcoin and its underlying technology, the blockchain. Fast forward 11 years, cryptocurrencies and blockchains are not only on everybody’s lips right now, but they’re also at...Read More
Price Product Design Gods Unchained is the newest blockchain based card game. It’s essentially a hearthstone clone and is very similar to Relentless – another blockchain based card game we reviewed in the past. It’s backed by Coinbase and led by the former director of Magic The Gathering: Arena. Unlike Relentless that runs on the...Read More
As the process of sharing healthcare data is often fraught with issues and challenges, healthcare organizations around the globe are enamored with the idea of blockchain. Here’s how blockchain can help. Personal data security and privacy is a big topic these days. However, mostly due to Facebook’s ongoing scandals, the conversation tends to focus on...Read More
TON, the upcoming blockchain project from Telegram, has entered its last stage of development before being released. The messaging giant is in the news again after Telegram released the code for running a TON blockchain node on its testnet portal, code that will allow developers and community members to start experimenting with it. While the...Read More
This blockchain projects may stay out of your radars since not all of them were actively advertised. However, we can say with confidence that these projects are worth paying attention to in 2019. It is always necessary to keep abreast of trends that occur in the cryptocurrency world. Many crypto advocates and traders called the...Read More
Blockchain technology is gaining ground in the global energy sector. Following the success of Vakkt, the world’s first energy blockchain, China’s Sinochem and strategic partners are looking into the development of energy blockchain as well. A subsidiary of Chinese State Oil Group Sinochem, Royal Dutch Shell, and Macquarie Group are set to build a blockchain...Read More
Blockchain is gaining speed in terms of adoption across the world and this is evident from the Spanish football giant, Atlético de Madrid, joining hands with the sports and entertainment blockchain company, Chiliz. After finishing 4th in the UEFA’s Club Coefficients rankings for 2019, the La Liga leaders cheered its fans by joining Socios, the...Read More
The crypto ecosystem has successfully leveraged a partnership-driven approach to gain mainstream attention, with exchanges such as Coinbase and Binance primarily fueling the initiatives. Moreover, Coinbase seems to have taken the lead in this regard, as the decentralized applications company Offchain Labs announced investment from Coinbase Ventures, the investment arm of Coinbase. Ed Felten, Co-Founder...Read More
A web wallet allows you to store funds safely and conveniently. The only issue: unlike offline wallet; online wallets can be hacked at any moment. Nonetheless, they are a good storage for digital coins as well. To store Litecoin, the best digital wallet you can refer to is the “Litecoin Wallet- Litevault”. Unlike other online...Read More
Overstock is still in the dark about the investigation US regulators launched into tZERO back in 2018, says the company’s new interim CEO. Johnson: No SEC Info Since 2018 Speaking to FOX Business in an interview reported on September 3, Jonathan Johnson said he was still waiting for information from the Securities and Exchange Commission...Read More
South Korean electronics manufacturer, Samsung, has time and again shown an interest in the field of cryptocurrencies and blockchain tech. Earlier this week, the company had filed a patent for a programmable blockchain solid-state drive [SSD], with the company last month integrating Pundi X’s XWallet app into its Samsung Blockchain Wallet. The electronics giant is...Read More
Price Product Design Relentless is a blockchain based card game that’s essentially a hearthstone clone. It was developed by Loom.games and is still currently in open beta, meaning certain rewards are disabled. What makes Relentless Unique Being a blockchain-based game means every card in your account is yours forever. Nobody can ban you, take your...Read More
This is how blockchain can change the way investors buy into real estate value, and allow for the proliferation of real estate investments. It seems that all one has to do these days to see something about blockchain technology is go online. Nearly every major news portal and tech website has had a number of...Read More
There is way too much tribalism in the crypto industry. While competing platforms are healthy for general growth, the constant bashing of rivals does little positive for the overall scene. Ethereum has more than its fair share of detractors, but there is no disputing that it is still the dominant smart contract platform of our...Read More
On 2 September, 2019, Crunchbase News posted an article citing data that highlighted decreasing investments in cryptocurrency and blockchain-related ventures this year. Despite considerable recovery from the lows of late-2018, investors don’t seem to be as enthusiastic about cryptocurrencies, when compared to previous years. This year, the rate of blockchain and cryptocurrency deals is slower...Read More
Oil-rich economies of the Middle East and North Africa are looking for ways to diversify, and the Jibrel Network (JNT) is leveraging blockchain technology to make it happen. Private financing has a new avenue for building wealth, according to the development company, with “young and tech-savvy entrepreneurs” in the region moving into new industries and...Read More
Bitcoin has bounced back above the $10,000 level, gaining over $700 since Sunday. Here are three of the main drivers for why the dominant cryptocurrency is rallying right now. Binance & Bitfinex Announce Bitcoin Derivatives While Bitcoin started as a decentralized digital currency meant for peer-to-peer transactions, crypto exchanges reshaped the coin’s flow by handling...Read More
Bitcoin price crossed the $10,000 mark almost 20 times in the past two months – but some analysts are hopeful that this week may have been the last time we see BTC under five figures. Bitcoin Flip-flops Over $10K Again Discussing data tracking BTC/USD since the start of July, the analytics entity known as Skew...Read More
