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Singapore Energy Provider to Launch Global Power Marketplace

The government-owned SP Group, also known as Singapore Power, says it will launch a solar power trading platform that uses blockchain technology in Singapore later this year.SP Group says its initiative will allow residential and other small-scale solar energy generators to sell power to businesses...

, by Tim Alper

S Korean Giant to Create Insurance Solution at New ‘Blockchain Hub’

Hanhwa Group, South Korea’s eighth biggest company, has unveiled a 15-storey building in Seoul’s exclusive Gangnam district, in the hope that it will become a “hub of blockchain development.” Hanhwa says that it has also created a “blockchain team,” whose task...

, by Tim Alper

Blockchain-based System to Help Establishing Companies in the EU

The prospect of establishing and managing a company in the EU is an attractive one to many companies. As entities from Singapore, the US, Israel and other non-EU locations would all be interested in such a service, Lithuania is looking for a blockchain-based system to allow them to do exactly...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Blockchain May Hurt Swiss Banking the Most, Says Moody’s

Blockchain holds the potential that could hurt Swiss banks the most, given that its massive banking industry generates half of its revenue from fees and commissions - something blockchain could completely eliminate, according to Moody's, a credit rating, research, and risk analysis services...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

A New Era for Earning Crypto? Coinbase Buys Earn, Takes CEO on as CTO

Will Coinbase users be able to earn cryptocurrency by doing simple, mundane tasks such as sending and receiving crypto from now on? Their acquisition of Earn.com, an online service doing just that - rewarding its users for receive paid messages from people outside their networks - may be a step in...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

DNA and Samsung – Two Recent Adoption Cases in the Blockchain Family

DNAtix, a company that combines blockchain with genetic testing, has conducted the first successful proof of concept test for transferring DNA sequences on the blockchain. Not to be outdone, the tech giant Samsung seems to be considering blockchain as a way to to keep track of their global...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

What Wikipedia Can Teach Us About Blockchain Technology

Dirk Baur, University of Western Australia; Daniel Cahill, University of Western Australia, and Zhangxin (Frank) Liu, University of Western AustraliaAlmost a decade after the introduction of Bitcoin, there is a lot of hype about the blockchain technology on which cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin...

, by Daniel Cahill

Lithuanian Crypto and Banking Sectors Start Talking With Each Other

A dialog among the Lithuanian banking, crypto sectors and local financial watchdogs has been established in order to understand each other better, The Baltic Times reported, citing Jekaterina Govina, fintech strategy coordinator at the Bank of Lithuania.Officials from the Finance Ministry and the...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

Why Blockchain Adoption Is Slow, and Why That’s Nothing to Worry About

Technological limitations, ideologies and lack of standardization are to blame. It took the internet some three decades to move from ARPANET to the World Wide Web.Talk of 'the blockchain' is inescapable. It's mentioned on an almost daily basis by newspapers, by politicians, and even by comedians....

, by Simon Chandler

Say Your Prayers and Earn BTC: the Blockchain is Coming for Religion

Blockchain-based projects aim to provide religious communities with new tools and opportunities.They may be only ten years old, but many people have already described bitcoin and blockchain as ‘religions.’ It’s therefore entirely fitting that, slowly but surely, the first...

, by Simon Chandler

Small and Medium-sized Business Goes Blockchain in South Korea

A major association of South Korean small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) has signed a memorandum of understanding with a blockchain venture – potentially allowing for blockchain technology-powered peer-to-peer lending and real-time business transactions.The Federation of Professional...

, by Tim Alper

That Contract Your Computer Made Could Get You In a Legal Bind

There is a lot of hype in the business world surrounding the emerging blockchain technology and so called “smart contracts” - computer programs which execute the terms of an agreement. But like all computer programs, smart contracts can malfunction and even develop a mind of their...

, by Mark Giancaspro

These Seven EU Members Didn’t Join European Blockchain Partnership

The European Commission has announced that 22 European countries (including Norway, which is not a part of the EU) signed a Declaration on the establishment of a European Blockchain Partnership on Tuesday. Other countries, Members of the EU and of the European Economic Area are “invited to...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

A Guide to Crypto Terminology

Crypto and blockchain are relatively new things, not even a full decade old. This would imply that it is easier to become part of it now, while it is still in its formative phase, rather than later, when you have to learn all the rules of the game after everyone else. Like any community centered...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Will S Korea Turn to Blockchain to Solve Samsung Securities Crisis?

Leading figures in the world of South Korean IT have joined calls for securities firms in the country to start making use of blockchain technology solutions to avoid trading errors and irregularities.Kim Hyung-ju, head of the Korea Blockchain Industry Promotion Association, said, "Blockchain...

, by Tim Alper

Tech Giant’s E-Learning Center Strikes Blockchain Deal

MultiCampus, an e-learning center operated by the Samsung Group, has signed a deal with the Korea Blockchain Association that will see the two bodies offer a range of blockchain education courses.The organizations say they will cooperate as part of efforts to improve South Korea’s blockchain...

, by Tim Alper

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