Singapore and Hong Kong have become two of the world’s greatest fintech hubs, boasting numerous fintech startups and loose regulations on cryptocurrencies and financial technologies. Thus, The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) signed an agreement to further increase the collaboration between the two cities in a joint effort…
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Decentralized energy platform company, ImpactPPA today announced the launch of its blockchain technology to disrupt renewable energy finance and accelerate global clean energy production. ImpactPPA’s platform and tokenization model allows users of the software, the “SmartPPA,” to rapidly fund and deploy clean energy solutions, including wind and solar, by using the crowd and the blockchain…
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"Blockchain goes green with revolutionary water technology" reads the Genesis Research and Technology Group website. Blockchain has disrupted many industries and sectors, but the WaterToken is the world's first chemical-free plasma technology platform based on blockchain. The Genesis RTG water recycling systems treat 500 bbl/per hour using its patented and proven process known as "pulsed…
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MasterCard is one of the corporations that is big on digitalization and innovation. Currently, with around 90 of the biggest corporate giants in the world, like Google and Goldman Sachs, who are heavily investing in blockchain, MasterCard is to roll out blockchain API. According to Finextra, MasterCard has already filed for 35 blockchain patents and…
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After jumping up with 700% in the last year, with little fluctuations here and there, bitcoin turns out to be the hottest investment for a portfolio over the past two years. Now, as the technology behind bitcoin, blockchain, finds application in a series of industries, it is no wonder that some of the biggest and…
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BNP PARIBAS ALM Treasury and EY today announced they successfully completed a pilot demonstrating the feasibility of using blockchain to optimize the global internal treasury operations of the bank. The ALM Treasury department, which manages the bank’s internal treasury, at the service of all three operating divisions of the Group, carried out a blockchain pilot,…
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BNP Paribas Securities Services announced that it teams up with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to deliver an innovative blockchain-based platform, called Corporate Event Connect, which will provide fast, accurate and secure corporate event announcements to clients around the world. Corporate actions processing is one of the most complex areas of asset servicing. Information on the…
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In September 2017, a house was sold on the blockchain technology for the first time. The property is a flat with a price of $60,000 in Kiev, Ukraine, reported New Scientist. The transaction was facilitated entirely through Ethereum using cryptocurrency. Instead of paper contracts and fiat money exchanged, the founder of tech news site TechCrunch, Michael Arrington,…
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The president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, is currently calling for stricter cryptocurrency regulations, as he shared his beliefs about the danger and risks that digital currencies may pose to the world, according to International Business Times. Putin, during a meeting in Sochi on October 10th, said: "Cryptocurrencies are issued by an unlimited number of anonymous…
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Cofound.it, the leading platform for training the world’s most promising blockchain startups, and Ethfinex, the community-focused ERC20 token exchange and information hub spun out of Bitfinex, have today announced a collaboration aimed at strengthening trust between crowdsale supporters and blockchain startups. Based on a shared long-term vision to provide services that support the entire blockchain…
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