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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

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,

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 .

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

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)

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 ventur

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 la

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 candi

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 b

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

By Anthony Mandelli The IOTA Foundation has been making waves in the distributed ledger and IoT worlds, with its innovative approach to solving the scalability issues traditionally faced by blockchain-protocols. The Tangle, IOTA’s direct ac

Ether, the unit of cryptocurrency used on the Ethereum blockchain, has given investors a wild ride lately. Its value more than doubled in May, peaked in June at more than $400 an ether, and then lost more than half that value by early this