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Pillar Project Looks to Double its Team, Enter New Markets

Pillar Project, a cryptocurrency and token wallet developer, is expecting to increase its team twofold and enter new markets in the coming months, Tomer Sofinzon, co-founder of Pillar Project and blockchain innovation company 20|30, told Cryptonews.com."As our project is moving forward, we are...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

Blockchain Sandboxes Could Benefit Everyone, Research Shows

Businesses keen on using blockchain and governments looking to regulate it should find a middle ground such as making regulatory sandboxes to reach mutually satisfactory agreements, a research on blockchain cybersecurity by Microsoft, Chamber of Digital Commerce, and a law firm Covington and...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

EUR 5 Million Blockchain Contest Open, Details to Come

The Blockchain for Social Good contest, announced in December 2017 by the European Commission (EC) and offering a EUR 5 million top prize is open. However, details about the rules were yet to come within the next few weeks, a spokesperson for the EC told Cryptonews.com without elaborating on the...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

BMW to Use Blockchain for Finding Ethical Cobalt

A London-based start-up is working with German automaker BMW to use blockchain to make sure their electric vehicle batteries contain only cobalt that is not the result of child labor, Reuters reported, citing the start-up company’s CEO. Around two thirds of all the world’s supplies of...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

How Russia’s Billionaires Have Gone Bonkers for Bitcoin

There are few hotter issues in Russia right now than cryptocurrencies. So it may come as no surprise to hear that many of the country’s most influential, super-rich elites have a finger firmly planted in the crypto pie.In fact, it seems almost everyone wants a piece of the action – from...

, by Tim Alper

The Bank of Lithuania Starts Race for the First Digital Collector Coin

The Bank of Lithuania is planning to issue a one-of-a-kind digital collector coin already this year, thus set to make a place for themselves in the history of crypto, according to their press release.The coin is to be made using blockchain or other equivalent technologies, the bank adds, leaving...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Investment Opportunity: Blockchain ETFs

The bitcoin community has been waiting for a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) since the bitcoin billionaires Winklevoss brothers submitted their first proposal for their COIN ETF in mid-2013. Until today, no Bitcoin ETF has been approved by financial regulators. Having said that, there are...

, by Alex Lielacher

Chinese Giant Announces Tracking Meat Using Blockchain

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has announced they would be developing their own blockchain platform, to be used to track the supply chain of its beef imports from overseas.The e-commerce platform said in the announcement it has partnered with Australia's InterAgri to import the firm's Angus beef...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

China Warms Up to Blockchain Technology

An idea of a national blockchain digital asset trading platform has emerged. Local governments are also keen to implement blockchain technology.It might be hard to believe, but cryptocurrencies could make its way back into the Chinese market, although most likely in a slightly different form....

, by Fredrik Vold

Retail Giant Chooses Blockchain For Shipping

American retail giant Walmart has filed for a patent for shipping using blockchain technology. The application, released on Thursday by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), details what this so-called “smart package” would entail, such as the content of the package, tracking...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

First Live Securities Trade on Blockchain Platform

ING and Credit Suisse have successfully carried out a transaction worth USD 25 million with the use of the collateral lending application of fintech HQLAX on R3’s Corda distributed ledger platform.The two European banks performed “the first-ever live securities trade on a blockchain...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

Blockchain Challenges Traditional Thinking About Intellectual Property

Alexandra SimsCryptocurrencies are getting a lot of attention, but finance is only one of many applications of the blockchain technology behind it.Blockchain technology is poised to revolutionise almost everything from supply chains (including illegal fishing and human rights abuses), insurance and...

, by Alexandra Sims

Porsche Tests Blockchain In Vehicles

German automaker Porsche revealed their collaboration with XAIN, a startup from Berlin, aiming to test blockchain applications in vehicles, the automaker said in the press release. In their own words, “This makes the Zuffenhausen-based company the first automobile manufacturer to implement...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Morning News: Interpol Exec. on Regulation, Chinese Giant Refutes ICO

- “Consistency Key to Effective Int’l Regulation” - Chinese Bike Sharing Company Says No to ICO, Yes to Blockchain - Canadian Home Renovators to Accept Crypto Payments - South Korean Province’s Education Board Cracks Down on CryptoCatch up on the most essential...

, by Tim Alper

Next Target for Blockchain – Fake News

The so-called fake news phenomenon is putting increased pressure on both traditional media outlets and social media, but industry observers say that blockchain technologies have the potential to become a significant asset in this ongoing media battle.Brandon Kostinuk, vice president of marketing...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

A Champion for Women in Blockchain

Dr Jane Thomason, a global thought leader and trailblazer of blockchain technology applications for social impact said she does not have time to sit down and think about male domination in the tech industry. Instead, she has made it her mission to be a champion for women in blockchain. “We...

, by Samantha Yap

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