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UK: Corporate Traveller Allies with BitPay to Accept Bitcoin Payments

April 16, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Bitcoin, Blockchain, News

Corporate Traveller, a leading UK-based business travel management firm centered on servicing enterprise clients with small to medium travel spend requirements, has joined forces with BitPay, a highly reputed bitcoin payments processor, to enable the former to start accepting Bitcoin (BTC) from clients, according to a press release on April...

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Mainnet and dApps to be Unaffected By Sun Network Deployment

April 16, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at Blockchain, Business, News

The upcoming Sun network deployment led to concern of there being a required mainnet upgrade but Justin Sun has taken to Twitter on April 15, 2019, to clarify that both the mainnet and the TRON dApps will be unaffected by the new network launch. No Upgrades Required It is safe...

Gemini Exchange Implements SegWit Protocol for Bitcoin Wallet

April 16, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Bitcoin, Blockchain, Exchange, News

According to a Medium post published April 15, 2019, Winklevoss brothers-backed Gemini cryptocurrency exchange has completed the SegWit upgrade of its Bitcoin wallet. Gemini Upgrades to SegWit Protocol The Winklevoss brothers’ affinity for cryptocurrencies is no secret. For the multi-millionaire twins, the success of digital currencies is not a question...

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Dave Hodgson of NEM Ventures interview

April 16, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at Adoption, Altcoins, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Business, Interviews, News

Just as bitcoin seems to be approaching the next bull run, we speak to Dave Hodgson, the Director and Co-Founder of NEM Ventures about their upcoming projects, what this bull run could mean and ICOs. BTCManager About two years ago, ICOs seemed to be the most popular option for a...

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SEC Cracks Down on Misleading Crypto and Data Sharing ETF Monikers

April 16, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at Blockchain, Exchange, Finance, News, Regulation

Due to the saturation of the ETF market and misleading filing monikers, the SEC has asked several firms to change their filing names, Bloomberg reports on April 12, 2019. Crack Down It is no secret that a good number of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s '(SEC) interaction with the crypto...

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Real Madrid Sign a Deal with Blockchain-Based Collectibles Platform

April 14, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, News

Spanish football club Real Madrid has signed a business deal with Fantastec SWAP, a blockchain-based football collectibles app, reports SportsPro, April 12, 2019. Hala Blockchain Blockchain-powered businesses are slowly making their presence felt on the football pitch as it was reported that one of the world’s most commercially successful football...

Bitcoin Adoption: Stack Overflow Research Shows Only Two Percent of Organizations Accept Cryptocurrency Payments

April 13, 2019 by Osato Avan-Nomayo at Adoption, Altcoins, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Tech

Bitcoin adoption among organizations remains low, according to the details contained in the recently published Stack Overflow annual developer survey, which includes findings that show a better performance for blockchain technology. Meanwhile, a Twitter poll by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) points towards greater bitcoin adoption within the next five...

Digital Asset Partners with VMware for Smart Contracts Integration

April 13, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain, Business, News

Digital Asset, a fintech firm that created the DAML smart contracts language who also claims to deliver flexible infrastructure that enables regulated financial institutions to share processes and data securely, has joined forces with VMWare Blockchain to enable the latter to integrate the former’s DAML smart contracts into its platform,...

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International Chamber of Commerce Partners with Blockchain Firm Perlin

April 12, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, News

According to a press release published April 12, 2019, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has partnered with blockchain firm Perlin to propel the adoption of the nascent technology among the 45 million member businesses it represents in more than 130 countries. A Gargantuan Push for Blockchain Adoption In one...

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The U.S. Department of Energy Using DLT to Protect Electric Grids

April 11, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Blockchain, News

In a bid to safeguard modern electric grids from cyber attacks, the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has announced Phase II of its blockchain-based electric grid security project in collaboration with Taekion, a distributed ledger technology (DLT) and cybersecurity platform, according to a press release...

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Light Client Launch: Parity Releases Desktop Wallet Beta, v0.3 Fether

April 11, 2019 by Liam J Kelly at Blockchain, Development, Ethereum, wallet

On April 9, 2019, Parity Technologies’ UX lead Thibaut Sardan announced the beta launch of the company’s light client. Instead of downloading the entire Ethereum blockchain, Fether offers users a much quicker experience by relying on full nodes rather than direct interaction with the blockchain. The desktop wallet is still...

South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program to Use Blockchain for Data Sharing

April 11, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at Adoption, Blockchain, News, Regulation

Blockchain technology will reportedly be used by South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration in the sharing of sensitive data between government organizations, a press release stated on April 10, 2019. Safe and Secure South Korea has, for the most part, not fully embraced cryptocurrency which has been evidenced in their...

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VC Firm Accomplice to Lead O(1) Labs Series A Fundraise

April 11, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Blockchain, Business, Finance, Investment, News

San Francisco-based venture capital firm Accomplice announced on April 9, 2019, that it would lead the O(1) Labs Series A fundraiser. Notably, O(1) Labs is the firm behind the highly-acclaimed blockchain protocol called Coda. Accomplice to Lead O(1) Labs Series A Fundraise The general sentiment among investors, both retail and...

PewDiePie Partners with Blockchain-based Platform DLive

April 10, 2019 by Neil at Blockchain, Business, News

Many content creators have championed cryptocurrency or blockchain in general, but there hasn’t been much traction with regards to high-profile creators moving to a blockchain-based platform rather than YouTube or Twitch, the two biggest platforms for content creators in the world. That has since changed, as one of the world’s...

Augur (REP) Protocol Incorporates New Features via V2 Upgrade

April 10, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins, Blockchain, Development, News

Augur (REP), a blockchain-based decentralized prediction marketplace that enables users to bet on a vast array of events in the real world, has announced the release of its v2 upgrade, which has now loaded the platform with new features like stablecoin integration and more, according to a blog post on...

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