How will Amazon affect the cryptocurrency and blockchain industries? LeapRate

December 12, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

How will Amazon affect the cryptocurrency and blockchain industries?

Google search results show that there is a potential dynamic duo: Amazon and Blockchain/Cryptocurrency. One of the largest e-commerce giants in the world is at the forefront of technological disruption, which is probably why its market capitalization is growing exponentially throughout the years. Amazon registered three cryptocurrency domains in November 2017, including amazonethereum.com, amazoncryptocurrency.com, amazoncryptocurrencies.com. Some…

Corda Network announces Board of Directors

December 12, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Samsung's blockchain-based phone

Blockchain revolution has allowed hundreds of tech companies to revive their business strategies through implementing smart tech solutions to the products they offer. IBM, MasterCard and many more are just a few of the hundreds of giant tech firm that have recently applied for different blockchain-related patents. The latest company to apply for three blockchain…

December 12, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

IOHK launches new Cardano blockchain tools

IOHK, the blockchain research and development company, has announced the launch of two tools for the Cardano blockchain. Their names are Plutus and Marlowe and their aim is to enable start-ups, the financial services and fintech industries to prepare blockchain contracts that will run on Cardano. Plutus comes with a general purpose programming language and…

December 10, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Employment and retention rates go down for the cryptocurrency industry

The cryptocurrency market has definitely seen better days. The market capitalization of the entire market fell off to around $107 billion, when a year ago, Bitcoin was hitting the $20,000 mark and the entire market cap was somewhere in the $550-$600 billion range. The fall in prices has not only erased the smiles of many…

INTL FCStone’s Carsten Hils discusses the impact the current crisis has on FX markets

December 07, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

The 4th best US hospital is solving healthcare issues with blockchain

Back in early 2018, the Wall Street Journal reported that the United States alone will be spending around 20% of its GDP on healthcare. The rising costs of healthcare and the need for constant technological improvement in the medical arena are undeniably allowing blockchain to disrupt the healthcare industry. The most recent example comes from…

Advanced Blockchain AG announce investment in WOM Token

December 04, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Cryptocurrency adoption is rising, prices are falling - why?

The current market situation with cryptocurrencies, especially with Bitcoin's price is kind of extraordinary in terms of economic sense. The adoption of cryptocurrencies is rising, along with the adoption of blockchain technologies around the globe. The blockchain market is expected to reach around $2.3 billion by 2021. Yet, the prices of major altcoins are falling.…

December 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

IPC joins R3 to support Corda blockchain networks on Connexus ecosystem

IPC, a provider of networking solutions, has just informed the public that it has entered a partnership with R3. The team formation has been made in order to support Corda blockchain networks on the IPC Connexus platform. From now on, Corda blockchain applications (a.k.a. CorDapps) will be accessible via IPC’s Connexus Cloud. The financial industry…

December 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Monax Platform launches in Beta

Monax has announced the private beta launch of its Monax Platform, as the latest in its line of smart contract products. Casey Kuhlman, CEO and Co-founder of Monax, commented on the news: We’re excited to bring another blockchain solution to the legal field and see how this will benefit ancillary industries such as entrepreneurship, music,…

November 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

NGC teams up with AERGO to drive enterprise-focused blockchain networks

Blockchain investment fund NEO Global Capital (NGC) has teamed up with the Samsung-backed startup partner AERGO. NGC will advance the AERGO ecosystem through advisory support and drive collaborations with enterprises across Asia. AERGO is going to provide firms with a different way to transfer data and value securely. The platform's aim is to flexibly deploy distributed applications.…

November 29, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

æternity releases a live version of its blockchain platform

æternity, the open-source smart contracts blockchain protocol, has just informed that it has released Roma, the first live implementation of its blockchain. The Roma Release features a stack of technological solutions that address blockchain scalability and enable developers to create decentralized applications in Sophia, the functional programming language developed by æternity. Commenting on the release,…

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