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Australian Bank Completes Blockchain-Based Logistics Trial to Send Almond Shipment to Germany

Australia: Opposition Labor Party Commits $2.1 Million to Blockchain Academy

May 2, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Adoption, Blockchain, Investment, News

In a major push for the development of blockchain skills among the working populace, the Australia Labor Party has announced that it will commit $2.1 million towards the creation of Australia’s first Blockchain Academy in Perth, ZDNet reports, May 1, 2019. Blockchain Academy to Open in Perth Australia’s opposition party,...

Tencent-backed Waterdrop Gains Unicorn Status

May 1, 2019 by Neil at Blockchain, Business, News, Tech

There are many companies that are looking to dominate the health care market of China, the most populous country in the world. However, it appears as though there are two behemoths that will be fighting for market share - Ant Financial, an affiliate company of one of the largest Chinese...

Amazon Managed Blockchain Now Available for Enterprise Use

May 1, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, News, Tech

On April 30, 2019, Amazon announced that its cloud computing platform subsidiary Amazon Web Services (AWS) has made its Amazon Managed Blockchain (AMB) offering generally available. Amazon Managed Blockchain Enters the Market Amazon’s latest offering to the budding blockchain space, AMB, provides a whole host of enterprise-grade services to simplify...

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Truffle Raises $3 Million to Expand Operations; Spins-off from ConsenSys

May 1, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Blockchain, Business, Development, News

In an exclusive reveal to Forbes, April 29, 2019, Truffle announced it is spinning off from ConsenSys and has raised money to expand into enterprise-grade solutions. Following the spin-off, Joseph Lubin will join as a board member. Bringing Blockchain to the Corporate World When the Truffle Suite first launched, it...

Blockchain Capital Survey: Younger Generations Bullish on Bitcoin Adoption

May 1, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Adoption, Bitcoin, Blockchain

Results from the second survey conducted by Blockchain Capital shows people between the ages of 18 and 44 believe Bitcoin adoption will grow in the next 10 years. 88% of people across all age groups have heard of Bitcoin. Results of the Survey Blockchain Capital conducted a demographic survey for...

Canada: Quebec Allocates Additional Electricity Towards Local Blockchain Ecosystem

May 1, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Blockchain, Mining, News, Tech

On April 29, 2019, Quebec’s energy regulator Regie de l’energie announced that it will move forward with the proposal to allocate an additional 300 MW block of electricity to the local blockchain ecosystem. With this, the Canadian province’s blockchain industry has a total of 668 MW of electricity at its...

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State of Cryptocurencies and Blockchain Technology in India

April 30, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Adoption, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Business, Cryptocyclopedia, Regulation

After the recent announcement of a bill that will potentially ban virtual currency in India, BTCManager has summarized reports from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the litigation surrounding the current blanket ban. Gaining Legitimacy Until early 2017, cryptocurrency was merely an intriguing technology for a handful of engineers...

Ex-Facebook Employees Launch a Non-Fungible Instagram on Ethereum

April 30, 2019 by Liam J Kelly at Adoption, Blockchain, Ethereum, Investment

On April 30, 2019, ex-Facebook employees announced the launch of an Ethereum-based social media platform, Editional. The use of blockchain technology in this instance renders all images unique and non-replicable and hopes to return power to creators. A press release shared with BTCManager also pointed out that the startup had...

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Moody’s Report: Blockchain Disruption of Finance Markets Poses Systemic Risk

April 30, 2019 by Anthonia Isichei at Adoption, Blockchain, Finance, News

Mainstream financial institutions are increasingly adopting blockchain technology within their organization, according to a recent report from Moody’s. The Credit Ratings Agency, however, believes that the onboarding of decentralized technology protocols by these institutions could have profound ramifications for the global finance industry. Blockchain Can Disrupt the Global Financial Process...

Zilliqa’s Mainnet Token Swap is Finally Here

April 30, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Altcoins, Blockchain, News, Platform

After the mainnet launch in January 2019, Zilliqa (ZIL) is finally swapping ERC-20 tokens for its native blockchain token. Exchange support is live and phase one is complete with the likes of Binance and Upbit having successfully migrated tokens. All token swaps are being done on exchanges and the Moonlet...

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