The blockchain revolution in healthcare

The blockchain revolution in healthcare

Large health facilities and organizations have already included blockchain technology into their own services. According to IBM data, 90% of the healthcare companies interviewed plan to launch a pilot blockchain project by 2018.Rena Christina Tabata on Forbes explains...
Malta Blockchain Summit report

Malta Blockchain Summit report

According to Gerald Fenech (Forbes), Malta is confirmed as the “Island of the Blockchain” also thanks to two important events organized in the last month, above all the Malta Blockchain Summit. The appointment coincided with the entry into force of the...
Blockchain for cybersecurity and IoT

Blockchain for cybersecurity and IoT

Leon Hounshell on Forbes deepens the application of the blockchain for cybersecurity and Internet of Things and explains that consortiums have already been formed for this purpose. The strategy for the future is to shift away from the traditional client-server...
Dubai, a banking sandbox for fintech companies

Dubai, a banking sandbox for fintech companies

The Dubai bank Emirates NBD has launched an API (Application Programming Interface) sandbox, to meet the needs of fintech companies: more than 200 APIs and 900 endpoints in the retail, corporate and SME sectors take part. Aarti Nagraj writes that on the Gulf Business....
Canada, bitcoin as collateral in a bank loan

Canada, bitcoin as collateral in a bank loan

Georgi Georgiev on Bitcoinist writes that for the first time a Canadian bank (Ledn) has issued a loan in Canadian dollar using bitcoin as collateral. This operation could be advantageous regarding the taxation. Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, CSO of Ledn, explains: «Ledn...