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South Korean Banks Bet Big on Blockchain

Some of South Korea’s largest commercial banks are stepping up their blockchain activities in what is proving to be a year of massive investment in fintech for the country.IBK Bank has teamed up with Terra, a public blockchain provider that operates a blockchain-based payment system. Terra...

, by Tim Alper

S Korean Biz Giants Scramble for Blockchain Supremacy

Three of South Korea’s biggest business groups are looking to step up their blockchain game – as the race to commercialize the technology intensifies.The KT Group, one of the country’s two leading telecoms companies, has announced plans to launch a blockchain-powered platform for...

, by Tim Alper

QuarkChain Launched Mainnet, Onboards First Clients

Peer-to-peer transactional system based on blockchain, QuarkChain, launched their mainnet today and claims they already have enterprise-level clients. “The biggest one is already implemented, and we’ll be able to share in a few months after the first readouts. There have been two main...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Politician: ‘Crypto vs Blockchain Debate Is Wasteful’; LG Crypto Moves

Leading politician Lee Sang-min, an MP for South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party, has launched another scathing attack on the government’s two-pronged cryptocurrency/blockchain policy. Seoul has been attempting to promote blockchain-related growth, backing enterprises with massive...

, by Tim Alper

Binance Pump Chain: Tokens Skyrocket After Ditching Ethereum

And it has begun. First blockchain-based project that moved its native token from the Ethereum blockchain on the Binance Chain, the native blockchain of major crypto exchange Binance, saw its token price rise more than 50% in the past 24 hours. As Binance CEO expects more projects to migrate on the...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

S Korea Doubles Down on Blockchain, Samsung Strikes International Deal

The South Korean government has vowed to step up its investment in blockchain technology – but appears to have little faith in the future of cryptocurrencies. Meanwhile, the country’s biggest company, Samsung, has struck another key international blockchain deal.The Ministry of Science...

, by Tim Alper

Could Blockchain Really Enable ‘Data As a Universal Basic Income’?

A number of companies are building decentralized platforms that aim to pay people for sharing their data. Some experts question whether the payments people will receive for data will reach the level of a universal basic income.The richest 26 individuals in the world possess as much wealth as the...

, by Simon Chandler

Austria Economics Minister: ‘Europe Over-regulating Blockchain’

Margarete Schramböck, the Austrian Minister for Digital and Economic Affairs, has suggested that the country may buck European trends by leaving its blockchain technology sector unregulated.Per a report from Austrian news outlet Trending Topics, Schramböck stated, “We don’t...

, by Tim Alper

Why SWIFT Believes It’s Catching Up with Ripple in the Race for Speed

"SWIFT gpi payments are typically made within minutes or even seconds." SWIFT gpi is carrying over USD 300 billion a day in 148 currencies across more than 1,100 country corridors.SWIFT says it isn't scared of blockchain. Yes, despite all the articles proclaiming that the likes of Ripple would...

, by Simon Chandler

Bittrex Rejoins Killer App Club: Another Attempt at IEO

Cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex International is back in the so-called “killer app” game with another announced Initial Exchange Offering (IEO). This time, it's VeriBlock (VBK), a blockchain project working on delivering Bitcoin’s Proof of Work consensus to other chains through a...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Beware: Company Tokens Are Not True Cryptocurrencies!

Juan Villaverde is an econometrician and mathematician devoted to the analysis of cryptocurrencies since 2012. He leads the Weiss Ratings team of analysts and computer programmers who created Weiss cryptocurrency ratings. ______When companies like JPMorgan Chase or Facebook issue...

, by Juan M. Villaverde

Hanging Money Launderers Out to Dry: The Role of KYC/AML in Blockchain

Michael Ou is Founder and CEO of CoolBitX, a hardware wallet manufacturer. He is a FinTech entrepreneur who is extremely passionate about blockchain security. Michael owns a 17-year old banking security solution company, which was originally founded by his father, that helps 50+ banks in 30+...

, by Michael Ou

Former Head of NATO Joins Blockchain Project

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and former Prime Minister of Denmark, has joined blockchain project Concordium as a strategic adviser, the startup announced.Rasmussen confirmed the announcement with a tweet:"Anders will play a pivotal...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

Could Billiards Be Set for a Blockchain-powered Facelift?

To the untrained eye, billiards looks like a relatively straightforward game. But players and referees can attest that the game’s scoring system and rules can be a headache to memorize. Nowhere has this proven to be truer than in South Korea’s billiards leagues, where scoring is often...

, by Tim Alper

Celer Raises USD 4 million in 17 Minutes and 35 Seconds (UPDATED)

Binance Launchpad, the token sale platform of major cryptocurrency exchange Binance, has hosted a token sale for Celer Network (CELR) today. (Updates throughout the entire text.)Celer team. Source: TwitterThe token sold out within less than 18 minutes - slightly slower than BitTorrent Token (BTT),...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Visa & Crypto: There is Something More Than One Job Opening

Payment card giant Visa is looking into blockchain-based solutions for the challenges they face, including creating a B2B (Business-to-Business) platform that will serve as an international digital identity system based on the nascent technology.As several media outlets reported yesterday, the...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

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