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Crypto Sneaking into Our Everyday Lives: 20 Adoption Cases

It can be hard to remember that crypto is increasingly among us when you’re deep into the space. You may be checking news and market movements obsessively, while your acquaintance asks you, “Oh, you do stuff about those bitcoins?” But the general public is catching on, and the...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

“Central Coins” May Not Need Blockchain – Report

In a new joint report from IBM Blockchain and the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF), an independent think tank for central banking and economic policy, 21 central banks from around the world were surveyed on their sentiment towards distributed ledger technologies, central...

, by Fredrik Vold

We’ll Go There If We Have to: Visa CEO on Crypto

CEO of Visa, the payment card company, Al Kelly, said that he “certainly” does not view cryptocurrencies as a threat to his business right now, but added that “if we have to go there, we’ll go there.”Speaking to CNBC, Kelly described the current state of crypto as more...

, by Fredrik Vold

Blockchains Won’t Fix Voting Security – and Could Make it Worse

Looking to modernize voting practices, speed waiting times at the polls, increase voter turnout and generally make voting more convenient, many government officials – and some companies hawking voting systems – are looking to an emerging technology called a “blockchain.”...

, by Ari Juels

Step by Step to Mass Adoption: Cutting Fees

Recent news from two major players in the cryptocurrency world showed that cryptocurrencies might become even more attractive to the mass audience. This time it's about cutting transaction fees. Litecoin, the seventh-biggest cryptocurrency by market cap, has announced that it is lowering its fees...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Another Sign that Bitcoin Protocol Is Improving?

A new chart from the quantitative cryptocurrency analyst Willy Woo sheds light on some of the developments seen in the bitcoin market this year, with network activity increasing even as bitcoin prices have plummeted. However, not everyone agrees with the analyst. In the chart, posted to Twitter on...

, by Fredrik Vold

This USD 6bn Global Giant Launched its First Crypto Service

When a global company with USD 10 billion in revenue and almost USD 6 billion market capitalization, operating in 90 countries announces its first crypto-related service, the market should listen - the crypto mass adoption just got a boost. G4S, a global integrated security company, has announced...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Crypto Adoption Center Moving Towards Emerging Markets

There are more and more signs that the emerging markets are becoming increasingly important players in the adoption of cryptocurrencies.Digital payments, including cryptocurriencies “are experiencing a boom, driven by developing markets” – including several African nations,...

, by Tim Alper

An Interview With ODEM on New Education Marketplace and Bad Actors

Right now there’s a huge branding problem for blockchain companies in general and many projects suffer from a lack of credibility, Alexa Narma from ODEM’s Marketing and Communications said in an interview with Cryptonews.com.According to her, this perception about the technology and its...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Lightning-Powered E-Bike Showcases Crypto’s Abilities

German Bitcoin enthusiast Matthias Steinig has created an e-bike that accepts payments through Lightning Network. The bike is a pretty standard model, with an electronic conversion kit retrofitted. The battery for the e-bike powers a Raspberry Pi controller with an e-Ink display to keep power...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Huge News: Top Investor Makes a Splash, Crypto Fund’s IPO Live

The nascent market of cryptocurrencies just received even more news to think about. After reports that the major player in the crypto industry Coinbase failed to predict demand from large investors, and banking giant Barclays reportedly halted work on a cryptocurrency trading project, the market...

, by Fredrik Vold

Top 20 Countries by Crypto ATMs per Capita

Cryptocurrency ATMs are often considered a sure way to tell whether the country is receptive towards the new technology or not. Although we’re used to first world countries having many crypto ATMs - the US has the most at 2,295 locations - it may be a better ratio to see how many ATMs a...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Fantasy Sports Companies Are Flocking to Crypto

Crypto is making the fantasy sports industry more transparent, accessible and cheaper. The possibility of speculating with crypto raises the biggest challenge facing these platforms.Fantasy sports have a history spanning back to the 1950s, when a partner at the Oakland Raiders NFL (The National...

, by Simon Chandler

Blockchain and the Utopia of a Anarcho-Capitalist Society

Through the blockchain’s ability to create an immutable decentralized record of data and transactions, it has the potential to change society for the better. More transparency, more trust, and less reliance on centralized services can lead to more freedom, fairness, and equality for the...

, by Alex Lielacher

Pundi X Enters Blockchain Phone Race

Pundi X, a developer of crypto payments solutions, has demonstrated a blockchain-powered smartphone called the XPhone. The company estimates that the phone will be launched in the second quarter of 2019.One of its attributes is the operating system (OS) powered by a fully decentralized blockchain...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

S Korean “Alps” to Offer Digital Fiat to its 6.6m Visitors

South Korean telecom giant KT has won yet another local government convert to its blockchain platform, launched in July this year. The county of Hadong, in South Gyeongsang Province, has become the latest local government authority to ink a deal with KT that will see it launch a digital fiat on the...

, by Tim Alper

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