Blockchain Industry News Blog
Koers Bitcoin nog steeds bijzonder volatiel
De fork van Bitcoin in augustus met Bicoin Cash als addendum, in combinatie met het uitstel van de Segwit2x fork, heeft er voor gezorgd dat de populaire crypto bijna 1/3 van zijn waarde verloor in de afgelopen dagen. De koers van de Bitcoin kelderde van een record van...
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The Rise And Future Of Blockchain: Blockchain Federation founders Irina S. Zimakova & Eddy Wagenaar elaborate on their “Digital Embassy”
International Blockchain Federation founders Irina S. Zimakova and Eddy Wagenaar (picture left) were asked to write an article about Blockchain in the prestigious journal "Open Access Government". This very interesting UK-based journal provides a detailed outlook on...
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Dubai about to launch emCash: a State issued Blockchain-based Digital Currency
Dubai’s government is to launch a cryptocurrency following a partnership between Emcredit, a subsidiary of Dubai’s Department for the Economy (also known as Dubai Economy) and a UK based blockchain start-up called Object Tech Grp. The new “encrypted digital currency,”...
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Blockchain Federation’s Co-Founder Irina S. Zimakova to be speaking at RegTech Leaders Forum 2017 – Brussels
Co-Founder of the (European) Blockchain Federation, Irina S. Zimakova, wil be performing a keynote speech on 7 September 2017 at the NPF & Regtech Leaders Forum 2017: the premium gathering for senior executives responsible for compliance and payment strategies. From...
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Microsoft unveils CoCo: technology to speed up blockchain and address scalability – Intel, R3, & JP Morgan involved
Microsoft Corp is working on technology that it believes can make blockchain-based systems faster and more private, as it looks to speed up use of the distributed database software by enterprises. The company said on Thursday that it had developed a system called Coco...
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$200 Million In 60 Minutes: Filecoin ICO Rockets to Record Amid Tech Issues
An initial coin offering (ICO) for the blockchain data storage network Filecoin has raised an estimated $200 million from accredited investors despite being beset by technology issues. The figures add to the roughly $52 million in tokens sold in a pre-sale to...
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Blockchain Federation Founder Eddy Wagenaar: “very drastic changes in the way we live our lives in about 15 years from now” due to digital tech
Recently, Blockchain Federation Founder Eddy Wagenaar was asked to perform a keynote speech on 'Hybrid Blockchains' at Digital Festival 2017 in Brussels, Belgium. Afterwards Mr Wagenaar starred in a brief interview commenting on changes expected in the future:...
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IBM announces Accelerator Program to help enterprises develop Blockchain solutions
On May 18, 2017, IBM announced the launch of the IBM Blockchain Founder Accelerator (IBMBFA), a fee-based program designed to help blockchain developers go into production faster by offering technological, legal, and business consulting expertise. According to the...
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P2P money sending firm TransferWise becomes profitable six years after being founded
Peer-to-peer money sending firm TransferWise has become profitable this calendar year, six years after being founded. Its customers are now transferring more than £1bn every month, and it has 700 staff, it says. TransferWise was founded by friends Taavet Hinrikus and...
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Government-backed firm to launch Blockchain IDs in Luxembourg
A major digital identity firm backed by the government of Luxembourg is building a new platform alongside US startup Cambridge Blockchain. The initiative, unveiled today, sees the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based startup partnering with LuxTrust – a company formed in...
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Stellar now changing course – Lumens digital currency serves as a ‘security token’ and a ‘bridge currency’
Stellar, an open-source payments network that started as a splinter project from Ripple, has formed a for-profit company to help financial institutions integrate its software. Lightyear.io represents an acknowledgment that to fulfill Stellar co-founder Jed McCaleb's...
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Regulating Ethereum? EU Parliament weighs Blockchain’s big issues with Blockchain Observatory Program
"When and how should governments intervene?" With that question, MEP Jakob von Weizsäcker kicked off a session of discussion yesterday held at the European Parliament (EP) and centered on the future of blockchain regulation in the 28-nation economic bloc. The...
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IBM Watson predicts the winners Eurovision 2017 – experiment yourself with Tone Analyzer
Blog by IBM's Lynne Slowey Yodeling rappers, dancing gorillas, a horse on a step ladder, excessive key changes – that’s right ladies and gentlemen, Eurovision 2017 is here, and this Saturday we’ll see who shines and sings to steal the show. I’ll admit I’m writing this...
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Germany to become a Blockchain innovation epicenter? Deloitte’s approach to implementing Blockchain
How Do We Best Implement Blockchain: Deloitte Approach Blockchain technology has been called one of the greatest Internet and computer megatrends of the past few years. The megatrend not merely touched Germany, it is said to be booming there: numerous startups are...
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How AI will dominate the future of banking
A new report by Accenture, which surveyed nearly 600 top bankers, explores how banks are integrating AI and machine learning into their business models. Here are the takeaways. From the dawn of ATMs, banks have relied heavily on automation to increase efficiency in...
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Larry Fink’s ambitions to turn Blackrock into something more like Google utilizing its ‘Android of finance’ ALADDIN Collective Intelligence
Larry Fink Q&A: “I Don’t Identify as Powerful” Is $5.1 trillion enough? Not if you’re Larry Fink. The man who built BlackRock Inc. and helped popularize exchange-traded funds now has ambitions to turn the world’s largest asset manager into something more like Google....
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Why EU passporting is vital for UK Fintech firms
While the UK's popular press obsesses over the color of post-Brexit Britain’s personal passports, our fintech entrepreneurs are worrying about the EU passporting system for banks and financial services companies. The EU passporting system lets firms authorized in any...
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Blockchain Federation CEO Eddy Wagenaar comments on Europe’s digital future for Italian television
Amsterdam, 7 April 2017 Blockchain Federation CEO & Founder Eddy Wagenaar is convinced a digitally connected Europe can be materialized with revolutionary technologies such as Blockchain in a matter of years. [video width="854" height="480"...
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