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Researchers Take a Beating on Social Media after Suggesting Bitcoin Could Destroy the Climate

October 31, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Bitcoin, Commentary, Mining, News

Bitcoin mining could spell the doom for the environment by emitting enough CO2 to raise the average global temperature more than two degree Celsius in as little as 15 years, predicts a group of researchers. Expectedly, their take on the cryptocurrency’s environmental footprint has stirred a hot debate in the...

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October 31, 2018 by Guest Post at Press Releases

Cryptocurrencies have changed the face of the modern economy. With rapid expansion of the crypto industry the trading volumes of the cryptocurrencies have also been on an exponential rise. The boom in the crypto industry seemed to have generated considerable interest in the centralised industries as well with many of...

A Company Focusing on Real Adoption: Humaniq Releases Annual Report

October 30, 2018 by Guest Post at Altcoins, Business, Platform

In the past 12 months, long-term crypto enthusiasts could witness first hand the rise and fall of the cryptocurrency market. Driven by speculation, greed, and largely unjustified hype, the valuations of many coins and tokens skyrocketed in December-January 2017, falling more-or-less gradually since. Gone is the hype for quick gains:...

UK Energy Supplier Centrica to Trial Blockchain Technology

WePower (WPR) Collaborates with Elering to Transform Estonia’s Green Energy Ecosystem Via DLT

October 30, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, News, Platform

WePower (WPR), a blockchain-based green energy trading platform, has collaborated with Elering, Estonia's energy transmission firm, to tokenize a year's worth of the nation's grid data, in a first of its kind operation for the country's energy sector, according to a Green Tech Media report on October 29, 2018. WePower...

German Multi-Millionaire, Marvin Steinberg, believes Security Tokens are Blockchain’s most Desirable use case

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Tech Firm Run by Doctors Turns to Blockchain to Fight Healthcare Fraud

October 29, 2018 by Guest Post at Press Releases

Data safety in healthcare is extremely important. Fraud in this industry not only creates financial losses for healthcare providers, insurers, and governments, it also directly harms patients. iAM, an established healthcare company, is launching a blockchain-based platform designed to give patients access to universal and comprehensive medical records. When a...

Thailand Warns Public from Investing in 9 Unregistered ICOs

October 29, 2018 by contributor at Altcoins, Business, Exchange, Finance, News, Regulation

Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has forbidden the general public from investing in nine unregistered initial coin offerings (ICOs) and cryptocurrencies. The companies in question failed to duly register their business, despite the introduction of a framework to facilitate cryptocurrency investing, reported Bangkok Post on October 27, 2018. Nine...

BitGo Launches Ethereum-based “Wrapped Bitcoin” for Providing Liquidity to dApps and DEXs

October 29, 2018 by contributor at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Ethereum, Finance, News

On October 26, 2018, crypto-finance company BitGo announced the launch of Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC), an ERC20-compliant token built on the Ethereum blockchain and collateralized on a one-to-one basis with bitcoin. “Power of Bitcoin” Described as the “Power of Bitcoin and the Flexibility of ERC20,” the token’s website notes a majority...

Visa's Latest Blockchain Solution Protects Permissioned Ledgers Against Malicious Actors

Visa Says Cryptocurrencies Are not a Threat, Might Adopt Crypto Assets in the Future

October 27, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Adoption, Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Commentary, Finance, News

Visa CEO Al Kelly doesn't see cryptocurrencies posing a threat to Visa in the near future, and said that the financial services giant won't get into the cryptocurrency business until they become more traditional payment instruments, CNBC reported on October 25, 2018. Visa Not Keen on Crypto Investments Just yet...

Nasscom Urges Indian Startups to Shy away from Cryptocurrency

October 27, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Finance, News, Regulation

Debjani Ghosh, the president of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), a nonprofit body focused on handling India's information technology sector, has said that bitcoin and other digital assets are illegal in India. As such, businesses are required to desist from engaging in crypto-related activities, reported the...

Canada Urges Caution as no Cryptocurrency Exchange Guarantees User Security

Air Canada and Winding Tree to Participate in DLT-Based Travel Distribution Project

October 26, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, News

Air Canada, the largest domestic and international airline in Canada, has partnered Winding Tree, a decentralized, open source travel distribution platform, to enable it to participate in the latter’s blockchain solution aimed at revolutionizing the existing travel distribution landscape, according to a press release on October 24, 2018. Air Canada...

NEO Mainnet Gets Much Awaited Updates, Votes in KPN as a Consensus Node

October 25, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, News

The NEO “MainNet” has seen two significant updates in a single week, launching a new consensus node and update 2.9.0, the company announced in a Medium post published on October 22, 2018. NEO MainNet Upgraded to 2.9.0 (Source: Medium) The last few weeks of October have seen a slew of...

China’s People Capital VC Firm Partner Xunlei to Launch DLT Laboratory

October 25, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, News, Platform

People Capital, the investment and venture capital arm of China's leading newspaper, People's Daily Online, has formed a strategic alliance with Xunlei Limited, a Chinese multinational technology company and online service provider, to develop a distributed ledger technology (DLT) laboratory to explore the groundbreaking technology in various scenarios, reported Business...

Hollywood Actor Johnny Depp Pens Development Deal with $500 Million ICO TaTaTu

October 24, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Adoption, Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, Entertainment, News

Pirates of the Caribbean superstar Johnny Depp has signed a development deal with TaTaTu, a tokenized social entertainment platform founded by Andrea Iervolino, co-founder of AMBI Media Group. Reporting on October 22, 2018, Hollywood Reporter revealed that the deal commits both parties to produce film and digital content together. Partnership...

Ethereum Marketplace LocalEthereum now Enables External Wallets

October 23, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Blockchain, Ethereum, Exchange, News, wallet

LocalEthereum, one of the largest decentralized peer-to-peer Ethereum marketplaces, now enables users to connect external wallets to their account instead of using a username and password combination, the company announced in a press release on October 22, 2018. LocalEthereum Integrates with Popular Ethereum Wallets Cryptocurrency marketplace LocalEthereum has added support...

Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology Related Jobs Are on a Rise, Study Finds

October 22, 2018 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Altcoins, Business, Ethereum, Exchange, News, Platform, Tech

Despite the prolonged bearish market and regulatory uncertainty surrounding Bitcoin – the demand for talent related to Bitcoin and the blockchain technology has seen a steep rise in the year 2018, according to a report published by Glassdoor on October 18, 2018. Blockchain Technology Emerges as a Popular Hot Skill...

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