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How are Digital Assets Transforming Capital Markets?
The Digital Asset ecosystem has developed significantly since the advent of Bitcoin over a decade ago. Beyond cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology is going to have a revolutionizing impact on financial services, including Capital Markets. The Global Capital Markets including equities and bonds was valued at $177.5 Trillion at the end of…
Infographic: An Overview of Compromised Bitcoin Exchange Events
This article was originally published in Bitcoin Magazine’s 2019 print issue. It is periodically updated as exchange compromises occur. Source : https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/infographic%3A-an-overview-of-compromised-bitcoin-exchange-events-2020-02-24-0 Date : February 28, 2020 at 05:45AM Tag(s) : #BLOCKCHAIN ENG Share this… Email Facebook Twitter Linkedin Whatsapp Print
KLM To Use Blockchain to Streamline Financial Processes Thanks to Amsterdam-based Unchain and R3
After months of intense cooperation and development, Dutch software services provider unchain.io has successfully delivered a strategic finance application for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines utilising R3 Corda technology. Unchain worked with the KLM Digital Studio – a 200-strong innovation lab meant to explore how new technologies like blockchain can enhance…
China Adopts Security Standards for Blockchain Applications in the Financial Sector
Keeping the focus on blockchain development, banking authorities in China have issued a set of rules pertaining to the secure application of crypto-related technologies in the financial sphere. The new standards, the first of this kind, are to guide the work of developers and service providers operating in the industry….
Scottish Blockchain Company Hypervine Signs with European Space Agency Data To Improve Efficiency And Transparency For The World’s Mining Industry
Hypervine, the Glasgow-based start-up, has announced the start of a project, co-funded by the European Space Agency (ESA), to develop services which utilise space-based data to help extractive industries. Hypervine’s CEO and Founder, Paul Duddy stated: “Working with the European Space Agency is an incredible honour at such an early…
Loyyal Signs Three Year Production Agreement with The Emirates Group for Use of Blockchain Loyalty and Rewards Platform
Loyyal, the leading blockchain solution for the loyalty and rewards industry, today announced it has signed a three-year commercial production vendor agreement with The Emirates Group. Loyyal’s blockchain-enabled loyalty and rewards platform, now in production at Emirates Skywards, brings new transparency, efficiency and cost savings to, the award-winning loyalty programme of Emirates…
Enjin Platform Enables Game Developers to Integrate Blockchain Assets Without Blockchain Coding Experience
Blockchain ecosystem developer Enjin has launched the Enjin Platform on the Ethereum Mainnet on the back of a successful ICO that raised $18.9 million in 2017. The company launched a gaming community platform called the Enjin Network in 2009 which boasts over 20 million users. The ICO allowed Enjin to…
Infographic: Who Has Funded Bitcoin Core Development?
Monetarily, free and open-source software (FOSS) has always been at a disadvantage to proprietary software. It’s easier to solicit funding for a centralized project than for a decentralized one, not least of all because companies necessitate business models. Source : https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/infographic%3A-who-has-funded-bitcoin-core-development-2020-02-18 Date : February 18, 2020 at 03:26PM Tag(s) :…
84 PBOC Digital Currency Patents Show the Extent of China’s Digital Yuan
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has reportedly filed 84 patents relating to its plans to launch a digital currency. The patents reveal the central bank’s plans which include integrating digital currency wallets into existing retail bank accounts. The potential for the Chinese central bank digital currency to achieve scale…
India’s Election Commission Developing Blockchain System for Voting
The Election Commission of India is collaborating with the Indian Institute of Technology to develop a blockchain system for voting, the Chief Election Commissioner has reportedly revealed. The new system aims to allow Indians to vote even when they are away from their hometowns. Furthermore, the commissioner has proposed to…
Mastercard and Ripple’s Xpring Join Industry Group to Promote Blockchain Education
Mastercard has joined a working group that supports blockchain education and research in universities around the world. Source : https://blockchainscotland.co.uk/mastercard-and-ripples-xpring-join-industry-group-to-promote-blockchain-education/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mastercard-and-ripples-xpring-join-industry-group-to-promote-blockchain-education Date : February 13, 2020 at 07:53PM Tag(s) : #BLOCKCHAIN ENG Share this… Email Facebook Twitter Linkedin Whatsapp Print
U.S. securities regulator unveils legal framework for digital coin offerings
Technology trading start-ups may be permitted an exemption to raise capital using digital currencies or « tokens » under the current securities law framework, a top U.S. financial regulator said on Thursday. Source : https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/u.s.-securities-regulator-unveils-legal-framework-for-digital-coin-offerings-2020-02-06 Date : February 13, 2020 at 07:16AM Tag(s) : #BLOCKCHAIN ENG Share this… Email Facebook Twitter Linkedin…
Competing for Blockchain Companies
The GBA has members in many governments in state, provincial, and national governments around the world. Many of them want to become the global leader in the emerging field of blockchain and cryptocurrency technology. For that reason, they are willing to offer significant incentives for blockchain and cryptocurrency businesses to…
Australia’s blockchain roadmap isn’t music to everyone’s ears.
So far, 2020 has been a year of cryptocurrency regulation: The European Union, the United Kingdom and Singapore have officially introduced their approaches to the burgeoning industry. Now, Australia has published its national roadmap, hoping to become a global blockchain leader. Source : https://blockchainscotland.co.uk/australias-blockchain-roadmap-isnt-music-to-everyones-ears/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=australias-blockchain-roadmap-isnt-music-to-everyones-ears Date : February 12, 2020 at…
LANDac INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2020 THE NETHERLANDS CLIMATE CHANGE and BLOCKCHAIN
Monitoring, Managing and Protecting the Integrity of Land Governance Systems, Land Registration and Land Claims from Climate Change Effects Using Blockchain Technology On behalf of both GBA and FIBREE (Foundation for International Blockchain and Real Estate Expertise) — global strategic blockchain partners — I am very pleased to announce that…
Bureau of Fiscal Service sees potential for blockchain, AI in new pilot programs
Digital workforces can improve financial management and federal agencies’ customer service. Source : https://federalnewsnetwork.com/intelligent-automation-month/2020/02/bureau-of-fiscal-service-sees-potential-for-blockchain-ai-in-new-pilot-programs/ Date : February 11, 2020 at 08:09PM Tag(s) : #BLOCKCHAIN ENG Share this… Email Facebook Twitter Linkedin Whatsapp Print
How the National Blockchain Roadmap is Guiding Us Towards a Blockchain-empowered Future
Blockchain technology continues to provide new opportunities across multiple sectors, enhancing the economy through the introduction of new jobs, more streamlined processes and more ways to save money. The digital data that underpins blockchain is so powerful, that it’s predicted to generate an annual business value of more than USD$175…
Coronavirus Checks China’s Blockchain Ambitions
It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of non-reciprocal trade. American nuts are to be sold en masse to the Chinese as part of the extra $200 billion worth of extra U.S. goods that the mainland promised to purchase – $40 billion of that…
British Embassy in DC Leading Blockchain Transformation in Government
The British Embassy in Washington, DC became the first government in the world to partner with a global blockchain organization to provide certified blockchain training on financial services. On February 3, 2020, the British Government collaborated with the Government Blockchain Association (GBA) to provide Blockchain Foundations and Blockchain Financial Specialist…
US Navy Bets $9.5M on Blockchain to Keep Messaging Secret
The Naval Air Warfare Center, a California-based research group of the U.S. Navy, has given blockchain software startup Simba Chain nearly $10 million to put a secure messaging platform in play. Source : https://blockchainscotland.co.uk/us-navy-bets-9-5m-on-blockchain-to-keep-messaging-secret/ Date : February 8, 2020 at 08:01PM Tag(s) : #BLOCKCHAIN ENG Share this… Email Facebook Twitter…