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Rebecca Campbell (Forbes) reports a KPMG survey of 740 tech managers from 12 countries. According to the figures, 41% indicated that it's "very likely/likely" that they will implement the blockchain into their company within the next three years.

Nathaniel Popper and Mike Isaac (The New York Times) express considerations and indicate possible scenarios regarding cryptocurrencies launched by Facebook, owner of WhatsApp, and Telegram. These digital coins would allow instant money transfers between users.

The US House Financial Services Committee and Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell met in Washington, DC. They have also talked about cryptocurrency and digital asset regulation. Tim Fries (The Tokenist) reports the debate.

Fred Bazzoli, Editor in Chief of Health Data Management, has published a report produced by "Blockchain in Healthcare Today". The document contains ten forecasts by as many experts about the application of the blockchain in healthcare in the short term.

The city council of Moscow has submitted a bill to use blockchain technology for an electronic voting system in the upcoming elections to avoid fraud. Max Yakubowski (Cointelegraph) writes that in Russia a similar experiment had already been done in a regional...

The Swiss private bank Julius Baer intends to offer crypto services to its clients thanks to a leadership with the Swiss start-up SEBA Crypto. Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi (Reuters) writes that in this way it will be possible to store, exchange and invest in digital...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has forced the government to adopt the cryptocurrency regulation by July 2019. Helen Partz (Cointelegraph) emphasizes that the legislation would attract greater financial resources.

Mark Hartley (CryptoCoinSpy) quotes a DataLight infographic, 50 percent of all Bitcoin nodes are distributed between only three countries: United States, Germany and France. A considerable concentration of bitcoin nodes is also in the Netherlands and China.

In Saudi Arabia, the largest automated teller machine provider has developed a blockchain-based biometric ATM prototype. Stephen Mayhew (Biometric Update) writes that consumers can withdraw money using a blockchain-based app and their face instead of a PIN. The...

In 2018, for the second time bitcoin surpassed online payment giant PayPal in annual transactional volume with $ 1.3 trillion against $ 578.65 billion. News BTC website reports it.

With plenty of room for development in the future, new opportunities on the immediate horizon, and increasing pressure from other investment types (i.e., stocks), this could prove to be a valuable time to enter the crypto market. Nasdaq website reports this...

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has invested in a start-up that lets companies issue debt on blockchain. Tom Wilson (Reuters) emphasizes that the preferred platform can slash the time from issuance to market for financial instruments by up to 80 percent.