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Project Inthanon: Wipro and R3 Launch Interbank Settlement Blockchain with Digital Currency

May 8, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Adoption, Blockchain, Finance, News, Tech

In a press release to the Bombay Stock Exchange on May 7, 2019, Indian IT powerhouse Wipro along with the R3 consortium announced the launch of an interbank settlement blockchain that will utilize digital currencies. While many Indian companies are researching and implementing distributed ledger, Wipro is the first Indian...

RKZ Stablecoin Fusing with Fusion in a Red Fusing Machine

Alprockz Partners with Fusion Foundation to Boost Stablecoin Adoption

May 7, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, News

Alprockz, a Switzerland based consortium of technology investors and developers, have chosen Fusion Foundation's decentralized financial protocol to boost adoption of Alprockz's Swiss Franc (CHF) backed stablecoin, ROCKZ (RKZ), as reported by Global News Wires on May 6, 2019. Integrating Finance and Blockchain The Fusion Foundation announced their partnership with...

Starbucks Partners with Microsoft to Track Coffee Beans Using Blockchain

May 7, 2019 by Mohammad Musharraf at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, News

At the Microsoft Build 2019 conference on May 6, 2019, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadela explained how they are working with Starbucks to enhance the coffee giant’s services using technologies such as IoT, Machine learning and blockchain. Connecting Customers to Farmers First announced in 2018, Starbucks’ bean-to-cup program was supposed to...

Radio Receivers Connected by Blockchains

FCC Considers Using Blockchain for Dynamic Tracking and Recording of the Wireless Spectrum

May 7, 2019 by Mohammad Musharraf at Adoption, Blockchain, Commentary, News

Owing to the rapid increase in wireless devices, the U.S. regulator Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering blockchain technology as a means to track, record, and monitor the use of radio wave spectrums, reported IT and Financing magazine ComputerWorld on May 6, 2019. Radio Wave Management Process Ripe for Disruption...

Bitcoin Walking towards a Fidelity Investments Door

Fidelity to Cater to Institutional Appetite for Bitcoin “Within a Few Weeks”

May 6, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Adoption, Bitcoin, Finance, News

Multi-trillion asset management firm Fidelity Investments could launch its cryptocurrency trading service very soon. Citing sources in the know, Bloomberg reported on May 6, 2019, that the Wall Street juggernaut could launch its bitcoin trading service “within a few weeks.” Aiming for the Big Shots Fidelity’s cryptocurrency trading service will...

Qtum Launches Blockchain Development Suite on Google Cloud

May 6, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, News

Blockchain project Qtum on May 2, 2019, announced its integration with Google’s Cloud Platform. With this, Qtum developers can now develop enterprise-grade decentralized applications and smart contracts on Google’s Cloud Platform. Developing on Qtum Blockchain Made Easy with Google Qtum, a Proof of Stake (PoS) protocol-based blockchain project, offers an...

University of Waterloo Researchers Increase Hyperledger Fabric Transaction Speeds

May 3, 2019 by Alex Lielacher at Adoption, Blockchain, News, Tech

Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada have managed to increase the speed of Hyperledger Fabric blockchain transactions almost sevenfold through a series of optimizations. Waterloo Researchers Give Hyperledger Fabric Blockchain a Boost According to a blog post on the University of Waterloo website, researchers have increased transaction...

Fidelity Sliced Cake with Bitcoins on top

Fidelity Survey: 22 Percent of Institutional Investors Have Some Exposure to Digital Assets

May 3, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Adoption, Finance, Investment, News

Asset management firm Fidelity Investments on May 2, 2019, published a Medium post which suggests that almost 22 percent of institutional investors hold digital assets in some form in their portfolios. Institutional Investors More than Ready for Digital Assets There’s no doubt that if crypto assets are to see the...

Blocks Turning Orange Coins into Yellow Ones

Bank of Canada and Singapore Financial Watchdog Exchange Digital Currency on Blockchain

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

Bloomberg reports on May 2, 2019, that the Bank of Canada and Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have successfully sent each other digital currencies using blockchain technology. This marks the first instance of such a transaction between two central banks. A Big Milestone In a bid to leverage distributed ledger...

IOHK has Finished Up its Second Cryptocurrency Course

Charles Hoskinson Launches Enterprise Blockchain with Ethiopian Government

May 2, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Adoption, Blockchain, Development, News

Forbes reported that Ethereum and Cardano co-founder, Charles Hoskinson, has announced the launch of an enterprise blockchain framework in collaboration with the government of Ethiopia. Financial Services for Africa’s Unbanked Charles Hoskinson is launching "Atala," an enterprise blockchain framework that aims to provide financial services to billions living in African countries....

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...

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...

Blast from the Past Bitcoin Price Decline Bears Strong Resemblance to the Nasdaq Crash of 2000

Nasdaq to Offer Brave New Coin’s XRP Liquid Index from May 1

May 1, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at News

New York-based stock exchange Nasdaq has declared that from May 1, 2019, it will add the real-time Ripple (XRP) Liquidity Index to the Nasdaq Global Index ServiceSM (GIDS.) Nasdaq made the announcement on April 29, 2019. XRP Index on Nasdaq Effective from May 1, traders will be able to track...

West Ham United becomes First English Club to Join Socios.com

May 1, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Business, News, Tech

In a bid to evolve its global fan engagement strategy and expand global audience, West Ham United Football Club, an English Premier League has strategically partnered with Socios.com, a blockchain-based fan engagement platform to officially launch a Fan Token which can be used by holders to influence certain club decisions,...

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk Jokingly Shills Ethereum

April 30, 2019 by Osato Avan-Nomayo at Adoption, Altcoins, Ethereum, News

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla has gotten “crypto Twitter” abuzz, this time, tweeting about Ethereum, the second-ranked cryptocurrency according to market capitalization. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin took advantage of the situation to educate the tech billionaire on the useful applications that can be built on the emerging technology. First...

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