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ConsenSys confirms ‘Vast expansion’ of blockchain industry
The developers at ConsenSys, a Brooklyn, New York-based organization focused on Ethereum-related development, have published a blog post in which they revealed that the nascent blockchain ecosystem “continues to see vast expansion all over the world.” According to...
Facebook could fix the news industry with micropayments
Big web platforms like Facebook and Kik are building technology that could mean a new revenue stream for news outlets and an alternative to consumers having to hand over their credit card information to read a single story.
How can blockchain transform the education system?
When it comes to the professional front, the graduate, as well as undergraduate students, tend to lie on their resumes with their skill sets. This can be extremely misleading for all potential employers. Blockchain proves to be a good and efficient remedy for the...
Facebook will launch its cryptocurrency in 2020, but it will tested this year
There are new rumors on the cryptocurrency lauched by Facebook. The currency, maybe called GlobalCoin, should be tested by the end of the year in order to enter the marketplace in 2020. Szu Ping Chan (BBC) explains that the currency should be launched in about 12...
The “coopetiton paradox”: the new blockchain business models
CB Insights’s 2019 blockchain trends reports, “Fostering cooperation between competing organizations remains as challenging as ever...in practice, distributed ledgers are collaborative, and competitors don’t generally collaborate.” A McKinsey analysis of 90 use cases...
Alibaba’s intellectual property will be protected by the blockchain
Alibaba director of intellectual property protection Ali Xizhi said that the firm will upgrade the filing of intellectual property rights by utilizing blockchain in September. Ana Alexandre (Cointelegraph) explains that the technology will be extended to digital...
Sales of cryptocurrencies increase through Square, Twitter is moving towards full integration of bitcoin & Co.
Chief executive of Twitter Jack Dorsey is taking further steps toward incorporating bitcoin and cryptocurrencies into his payments business, Square, that reported strong growth in bitcoin sales through its Cash app in its first-quarter earnings. Billy Bambrough...
JD.com applies for over 200 blockchain patents, but Alibaba is still the first in the world
Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has applied for over 200 blockchain-based patents. JD.com is the third largest internet company in the world after Amazon and Google and is the second largest firm according to the number of patents (the first is the other Chinese giant...
Thanks to Firefox you are protected against cryptojacking
Firefox Quantum, the latest version of open-source internet browser Firefox, has a new tool to protect against cryptojacking (websites can deploy scripts that launch a crypto miner on a user’s machine without them being aware). Max Boddy (Cointelegraph) explains that...
Cryptocurrency, a new regulation is coming in Japan
Japan has just approved a new law about crypto assets. Giorgi Mikhelidze (Cryptopolitan) explains that the regulation will be implemented in the next two months for better controlling the cryptocurrency trading market. Cryptocurrencies will no longer be called...
The guidelines that will make the Bahama a crypto hub
A company is going to promote crypto and token sales guidelines to allow the Bahama to become a global hub in cryptocurrency and blockchain. Aroosa Nadeem (Cryptopolitan) explains that the regulation will be valid on all token providers, crypto exchange platforms,...
#dropgold, cryptocurrencies are alternatives to gold
Barry Silbert, CEO of digital investment house Grayscale, has been pushing the #dropgold campaign. At the heart of this is a drive to promote digital currencies as a viable alternative to investing in gold. Samuel Wan (News BTC) explains that Silbert’s response...