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Overstock Founder Says Blockchain Can Radically Transform Government Services

February 14, 2019 by Priyeshu Garg at Blockchain, News

The founder and CEO of Overstock.com and the chairman of tZero, a subsidiary of Medici Ventures, Patrick Byrne, is going all-in on blockchain technology, saying it has the potential to "radically" transform government services worldwide, Market Watch reported on February 12, 2019. Patrick Byrne Pitches Radical Transformation of Govt Services...

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The University of Bahrain to Start Issuing Certificates on Blockchain

February 14, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at Adoption, Blockchain, News

The University of Bahrain will begin giving out their certificates to students on blockchains, according to a February 11, 2019 report, which states that this new initiative will solve the problem of transparency while helping to address the skill gap. Blockchain in Bahrain Blockchain being used to issue educational certificates...

Mitsubishi UFJ Bank to Launch Blockchain-Powered Payments Platform in 2020

February 14, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain, Business, Finance, News

Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), the fifth largest bank in the world with more than $2 trillion in assets, is collaborating with Akamai Technologies Inc., to launch a distributed ledger technology (DLT) based payments system called Global Open Network, according to a press release on February 13, 2019. MUFG...

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Finablr Foreign Exchange Firm Integrates RippleNet for Cross-Border Payments

February 14, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, News

Finablr, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) based fintech, and foreign exchange platform has announced that its network brands, UAE Exchange and Unimoni, have joined the blockchain technology bandwagon via Ripple’s RippleNet DLT network for cross-border payments, according to a press release on February 10, 2019. RippleNet Adoption for Cross-Border Payments In...

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Elevated Returns and Securitize Partner to Launch Tokenized Real Estate on Tezos

February 14, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Altcoins, Blockchain, News, Regulation

Elevated Returns (ER ), an asset management company has announced its partnership with Securitize, a digital securities issuance company, to offer investors compliant tokenized real estate assets worth $1 billion using the Tezos blockchain, reports PR Newswire on February 11, 2019. Tokenizing Real Estate via Blockchain Technology Per the report,...

American Wholesaler H&M Distributors Now Accepts Crypto

February 14, 2019 by Neil at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, News

Thanks to a new partnership with Chimpion, respected lampholder wholesaler H&M Distributors will accept major cryptocurrencies, and hopes to pass on these savings to its network of retailers. The announcement was made on February 8, 2019. Bullish in the Face of the Bear One of the ways that cryptocurrency investors...

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Blockchain Detective Startup Chainalysis Collects $30 Million Funding

February 14, 2019 by Tom Nyarunda at Blockchain, Business, Finance, News

Chainanalysis has gathered $30 million to open a new and research lab in London to spread its presence in the United Kingdom. Chainalysis unveiled real-time Anti-money laundering software Chainalysis KYT (Know Your Transaction) last year and is now expanding towards cryptocurrencies and Stablecoins according to a February 12, 2019 blog post....

Will Blockchain Protocols Create More Value Than HTTP Protocols?

February 13, 2019 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Commentary, Cryptocyclopedia, Development, Ethereum

The HTTP boom only benefitted the projects that developers built on top of the application layer of the network (sites like Amazon and Facebook), but blockchain technology may offer a more balanced growth for other layers. Blockchain Is Right Now The past two years have seen cryptocurrencies through a...

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Oracle Introduces DevOps Features to its Blockchain Platform

February 13, 2019 by Nuno Menezes at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, Development, Platform

Oracle, the leading global software and hardware producer, announced on February 12, 2019, it would be introducing new and innovative capabilities to its blockchain platform. Easing the use of the platform Oracle's suite of developer-facing tools will allow blockchain builders to construct their own applications. The new features will essentially turn Oracle’s...

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The Aragon Project Aims to Make Businesses “Unstoppable”

February 13, 2019 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, Development, Finance, News, Platform

Back in 2017, the Aragon Association, a Swiss non-profit, launched Aragon, an Ethereum-based distributed ledger technology (DLT) project that claims to make it easier for users to build and manage decentralized organizations. In the following, BTCManager dig deeper into what makes this project so appealing. Introducing Aragon: Unstoppable Companies (Source:...

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Cosmos Mainnett Launch Closer Than Ever

February 13, 2019 by Neil at Blockchain, Development, News, Tech

We are edging closer to the launch of Cosmos Hub, which is good news for ATOM holders eager to see whether investing in the blockchain project, focused on interoperability, will pay off. This according to a blog entry on Medium, February 8, 2019. Cosmos Thanks to the bearish price action...

IBM Opens New Blockhain Center in Melbourne

February 13, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, News

IBM has taken another major step by opening a new physical blockchain center in Melbourne where customers may launch their applications directly, with plans of a second center to open in March 2019. This was reported by ZDNet on February 11, 2019. IBM Breaks New Ground The IBM data center...

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TRON Lends a Helping Hand to Fight ALS

February 13, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at Blockchain, Business, Finance, News

The ALS Association is getting some help from the blockchain community as TRON has announced on February 11, 2019, that they will be taking part in the Association’s new campaign by donating funds and the use of their platform. Relief Efforts Previous years have seen a number of blockchain firms...

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Morgan Creek Digital Makes History with First-Ever Pension Fund Investment in Bitcoin

February 13, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at Adoption, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Finance, News

Morgan Creek Digital has attracted investments from two pension funds for their new venture capital fund, marking the first of its kind in the crypto industry, reported February 12, 2019. New Money Pension funds are one of the most heavily pursued classes of investors. This is because a single pension...

The Blockchain Industry’s New Faces: Former Civil Servants

February 13, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, News

One of the latest trends in the blockchain world is former government workers taking up positions in blockchain firms after their public service careers come to an end, reported by Barron’s on February 11, 2019. The Latest Development The world of politics is famous for being very volatile with a...

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