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An Interview: “If the ICO Bubble Bursts, I Don’t See It Hurting ARK”

Making a blockchain ecosystem to encompass all blockchains that can communicate between each other and paying minimal fees for all that may sound like a lot of work. However, that’s exactly what ARK is working on.ARK is an interoperable blockchain and platform that aims to simplify creation...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Blockchain and Crypto Find Role in Italian, S Korean Property Industry

Developments are coming thick and fast in the worlds of real estate, blockchain technology and cryptocurrency.Real estate venture Propy, which trades properties in cryptocurrencies on a blockchain-powered platform, has listed an historic Renaissance-era Roman mansion on its database. The mansion is...

, by Tim Alper

Jack Ma Goes for Blockchain, But Bitcoin Is “Still a Bubble”

The founder and chairman of a China's giant Alibaba Group, one of the China's richest men, Jack Ma, has declared Bitcoin a bubble once again, just as his Ant Financial launched blockchain-based money transfers between Hong Kong and the Philippines today. This service, designed to compete with banks...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Crypto-Related Crime Might Be Top Cyberattack of 2018

According to a cybersecurity expert, crypto is where the real danger lies this year, as cyberattacks related to the nascent industry will surpass all other types.Lotem Finkelsteen is a threat intelligence analyst with the Israeli cybersecurity company Check Point Software Technologies who warns...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Blockchain Is Saving Trust By Making It Irrelevant

Trust is in crisis. Since witnessing a healthy peak of 77% in 1964 (according to data concerning the US government), it has repeatedly sunk to discouraging lows. In 2017, only 47% of the general global population trusted the 'four institutions'—the government, the media, business, and...

, by Simon Chandler

Julien Bouteloup Strikes Again, This Time With FlyingCarpet

FlyingCarpet is a UK-based startup led by Julien Bouteloup, who wowed the world by developing a device called IDbox, which would enable people to create a unique identification and also personally access grid electricity via an analog phone in Papua New Guinea. Now he’s taken it a step...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Microsoft and EY Deploying Huge Blockchain System

Microsoft has partnered up with consulting firm EY to deploy a new blockchain-based network with the possibility of it becoming the biggest enterprise blockchain. The tech giant is namely rolling out a network that will be used for rights and royalties processing by Microsoft’s game...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

It’s Getting Hot in Kenyan Blockchain and Crypto Scene

A flurry of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency-related developments are taking place in Kenya, with the country this month welcoming its first Bitcoin ATM.The machine has been installed in Nairobi, and becomes one the first such devices to operate in East Africa. Investors can use the device...

, by Tim Alper

Builder and Exchange to Launch Blockchain-based Housing Pilot

Japanese home-building giant Sekisui House has announced that it will begin a pilot blockchain program in conjunction with BitFlyer, one of the country’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, to allow customers to finalize real estate rental contracts on their smartphones.Per media outlet...

, by Tim Alper

Students’ Blockchain Platform ‘Could Transform Auto Trading’

An ambitious blockchain-technology-related research project designed by a group of four undergraduate students at Jeonbuk University has won a prestigious South Korean award. The Korean Institute of Information Technology and the Korea Digital Contents Society, two of the most influential groups of...

, by Tim Alper

Interactive Map Lets You Browse EU Blockchain Businesses

The European blockchain scene is a young, but fast-growing one. New start-ups and companies that are building cool new innovative products on blockchain are popping up every day, and it gets harder and harder to track them, or explore the European blockchain world.To tackle the issue, the EU...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Hot Five Blockchain Companies To Keep an Eye Out On In 2018

Blockchain is, just like the Internet did back in the nineties, promising to revolutionize our entire lives, both professional and personal. And just as the Internet spawned thousands of new companies back in its early days, the similar thing is happening now with blockchain. However, many of the...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Huobi Steps up South Korea Expansion with University Deal

Huobi – once the biggest cryptocurrency exchange platform in China and the world – is continuing its relentless expansion into South Korea. Huobi Korea, which began trading in May, says it has struck a deal with the Blockchain Security Research Center at Korea University’s...

, by Tim Alper

LG and Kakao Blockchain Subsidiaries Pen South Korea Government Deals

Two of South Korea’s biggest IT companies have struck major deals with South Korean government organizations.Per media outlet Seoul Economy, Ground X, the blockchain arm of South Korean tech giant Kakao Group, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Seoul Metropolitan Government....

, by Tim Alper

The Great Backlash Against Blockchain Hype

Skeptics say that centralized blockchains are 'sanitized tanks to shop for groceries'. However, much of the technology laying at the heart of blockchains could have a bright future.The world is falling in love with blockchain. USD 945 million was spent globally by organisations on "blockchain...

, by Simon Chandler

Ex-NBA Commissioner Dips Into Crypto

David Stern is a former NBA commissioner who is credited with the increasing popularity of the NBA in the 1990s and 2000s. Now he’s backing a cryptocurrency called FanChain.Admitting that he first thought crypto was a bubble, he says he came to understand the potentials of blockchain...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

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