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The popular US-based crypto-exchange Poloniex posted an announcement on its blog informing it was delisting eight assets and that the users had to either withdraw or sell their balance before September 25, 2018.  Delisting the Redundancies The company move is part of its strategy to increase the quality of the exchange’s service as well to present a better service to…

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Airbus’ Silicon Valley outpost, A-Cubed has kick-started an open source, public DLT based project to foster a sustainable ecosystem for charities and non-profits that are making use of cryptocurrencies and smart contracts for social purposes. Per a September 18, 2018, report by ZDNet, the France-headquartered aerospace giant’s philanthropic arm, The Airbus Foundation, is the first entity to utilize the ethereum…

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Cryptocurrency trading advisory and digital assets management firm, Altonomy has officially launched its sell-side Over-the-Counter (OTC) cryptocurrency trading desk, and its blockchain-based virtual currency index fund called the Altonomy Taurus Index Fund to make it easier for institutional investors to own cryptocurrencies, according to a Finance Magnates report on September 18, 2018. Introducing Cryptos to Institutional Investors Per sources close…

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Digital asset crowdfunding platform TokenMarket announced the launch of its new Security Token Offering (STO) service aimed at assisting issuers and investment banks with all the technical aspects of the token issuance, the company announced in a September 17 press release. Focused on Tokenization TokenMarket, a strategic and technology advisory firm with offices in London, Gibraltar, and Helsinki, announced that…

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Ethereum is the second most valuable cryptocurrency project in the market today. The blockchain computing platform is widely heralded as the beginning of the blockchain 2.0 phase. This is about the fact that its creator Vitalik Buterin further built on the original iteration of the blockchain, the Bitcoin network. Buterin created a new blockchain network, which was able to support…

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Maps and addressing systems have been the foundation of our lives that have had a significant contribution to shaping the way one commutes. Maps have been an integral part in setting up global business and commerce from pre-colonial days and continued to do today. With the introduction of technology, these location addressing tools have moved from ancient large maps used…

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Horizen is a privacy-oriented blockchain network for borderless, decentralized communications and transactions. The platform provides a secure framework which is designed to support a range of applications that prioritize privacy. Horizen is built on the core belief that individuals should have the right to control which information about them is accessible as well as who can access said data. The…

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The rise of blockchain in the past few years has led to the introduction of some rather novel use cases. In that vein, Dmunity is a decentralized social media website that is built on top of the Ethereum blockchain. The development team categorizes it as a social curation market, which essentially means that users can earn crypto for their contributions…

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British lawmakers mentioned on September 19, 2018, that the cryptocurrency market needs urgent regulations. The Government should take action to protect retail investors from volatile prices, technical vulnerabilities, and position U.K. to become a global leader in the cryptocurrency industry, given its position as a financial hub. Lack of Comprehensive Rules for the Crypto industry According to the Parliament’s Treasury…

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