Mark Zuckerberg is literally under fire these days, after it became known that Facebook has been misusing users' data in multiple ways. Cambridge Analytica was accused of using data provided by Facebook to get insight into people's voting "habits", preferences etc. After Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of the US Congress, the scandal seems to…
Read moreThe city of Austin, Texas, is among the first ones in the world to be putting blockchain to a very useful task: helping the homeless. While the problem exists around the world to different extents, a universal solution to identifying homeless people and taking care of them has not been found. And while investors disagree…
Read moreMany speculations are made when it comes to Bitcoin. The cryptocurrency is going up and down all the time, fluctuating around the $8,000 level these days. However, with the blockchain infrastructure getting improved constantly, the value of Bitcoin may be going up in the future. One investor who believes in that is Tim Draper, one…
Read moreBitcoin has definitely seen better days in the last couple of months. The cryptocurrency has recently been trading at around $7,500, while fluctuating up and down along the way. Today, however, the cryptocurrency jumped with almost 17%, now trading at around $8,000. Source: Coinbase, 2018 Many are wondering why the currency jumped with such…
Read moreAfrica is the poorest populated continent in the world as of 2018, and foreign direct investments have been of primary importance to the African population for many decades now. Because of the high level of corruption, especially in Northern Africa, the idea of a domestic cryptocurrency has long been in discussion. Now, according to media,…
Read moreThe very first blockchain ETF has been launched by First Trust Global Portfolios. According to press release, the First Trust Indxx Innovative Transaction and Process ETF is going to physically track what is called the Indxx Blockchain index. The Blockchain Index is currently investing in a variety of companies whose major investments come from the…
Read moreAs the heat from the cryptocurrency market is sweeping across industries, sectors and countries, it is not really surprising that there are a lot of coin that do not manage to "fulfil" their roles for several reasons. Among the many thriving ICOs and coin-related offerings, there are quite a few that are now called "dead…
Read morePiracy and movie rights are two of the most critical issues for Hollywood yet to be resolved. Pirate website such as PirateBay and others are constantly “abusing” the producers’ rights when it comes to movies. Now, to the rescue comes blockchain. According to recent news, the first ever blockchain-based movie is called “No Postage Necessary”.…
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There are many applications of blockchain as of 2018. The industry has literally exploded with over 2000% over the last two years and this growth seems to be unstoppable, especially when it comes to newer blockchain applications. The latest example comes from Chile. A habanero grower is currently raising money through what is called an…
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Facebook recently got under fire for security issues. The social media giant was accused that leakage of information of users is misused by companies and especially by data analytics companies. The most recent example comes from Cambridge Analytica, a data analytics company that gained access to personal data of almost 50 million users. There were…
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