Tag: blockchaintechnology
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Blockchain Expo launches ICO track
As firms increasingly develop their own cryptocurrencies, Blockchain Expo brings their first ICOs & Cryptofinance conference track to Silicon Valley this fall. Following major ICOs in recent years, such as Bitcoin and Ether, many start-ups are entering the space with their own token sales. While they currently experience little regulation, many predict that this is to change…
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Blockchain top business disrupter in 2018 – Dimension Data
Blockchain is the technology with the greatest potential to disrupt and reshape digital business in 2018, according to Dimension Data. The global technology company named distributed ledgers as top disrupter, ahead of AI, machine learning, robotics and VR/AR, and said that businesses that have not started the digital investment cycle are at “high risk of…
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California to Offer Blockchain-Linked EV Charging Stations
Blockchain technology is all the rage these days, as applications for the secure distributed ledger system proliferate. Recent reports include applications in agriculture, finance, and now, electronic vehicles according to a recent report. Most systems for charging electric vehicles are located in individual users’ homes. This means that after the user has left for work, the charger is sitting idle…
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Much Ado About Blockchain
Companies invested about $1.4 billion in blockchain initiatives last year, officially making distributed ledger technology the sexiest piece of back-office plumbing since the modem first arrived on the scene. Simultaneously touted as a game-changer with the power to disrupt every industry and a goldmine for the innovators who develop the right commercial applications of the technology, blockchain…
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How Blockchain-Powered Platforms Promote Financial Inclusion in Developed Countries
Achieving financial inclusion or inclusive financing has been a daunting task in major parts of the world. The World Bank Group, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI), with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, recently launched a program that will accelerate digital financial inclusion in developing countries.…
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Hong Kong Stock Exchange to Launch Blockchain-Powered Market in 2018
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) is planning to launch a blockchain-powered private market aimed at helping smaller firms obtain financing. HKEX chief executive Charles Li detailed the plan, which would play out through a separate venture dubbed HKEX Private Market, in an August 1 note. The disclosure came in response to a question about tapping local technology…
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Study Reveals 6 out of 10 Major Corporations Are Looking into Blockchain Technology Integration
According to a recent study published by analyst firm Juniper Research, 6 out of 10 large corporations (57%) are either actively considering using blockchain technology, or are already in the process of deploying it. The study defines a large corporation as one with over 20,000 employees. Juniper Research surveyed almost 400 IT professionals, company founders, executives,…
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Chinese Central Bank Hiring Blockchain Experts
However, China is seeking fresh Blockchain experts to manage and create internal currency and ledger programs. The Peoples Bank of China (PBOC) is currently offering six open positions for digital currency related fields. They require candidates to hold a Master’s degree in computer science, information security and cryptography. Candidates with Big Data and Blockchain experience will have…
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Elad Gil and Silicon Valley’s bright future in cryptocurrency, genetics and health tech
Elad Gil is running around the Color Genomics office when I come to meet him for a little sit-down. The place is full for a Friday afternoon. There’s a worker taking calls on the couch in the front and plenty of others pacing about in the background. The office is tucked away in an unassuming industrial area…
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Droplex Offers a Solution to the ‘Quantum Revolution’ by Using a Bulletproof Blockchain
As previously covered by CCN, quantum computers are moving closer to realityand along with them, the possibility of those behind them breaking bitcoin’s encryption systems. Various organizations, including Google, the CIA, NSA, and IBM are currently working on this type of technology, which may be closer than we think. U.K. cybersecurity firm Post Quantum co-founder Andersen Cheng has in…