CipherTrace conference sheds light on FATF ‘Travel Rule’ for user info LeapRate

November 22, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

CipherTrace conference sheds light on FATF ‘Travel Rule’ for user info

As we have reported on several previous occasions, the regulatory establishment and government officials want to dismantle the anonymity privileges that various blockchains provide for crooks, money launderers, and those intent on funding terrorist operations. The “noose”, orchestrated by this group, is slowly tightening around the neck of the crypto community. The previous G20 meeting…

November 21, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Central Bank of Bahrain pushing country’s bid for being a blockchain hub

While a long list of counties across the globe are doing their best to attract blockchain development expertise to their domestic financial “hubs”, Bahrain, a nation comprising more than 30 islands in the Arabian Gulf, has been silently making appropriate moves in the background to pave the way for the ongoing growth of its financial…

November 18, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

The first blockchain airline ticket is now a reality: from Dusseldorf to Luxembourg

Blockchain has seen a lot of development since 2009. The technology has disrupted almost any field and every sector. Now, the very first blockchain ticket has been created. The innovative solution for the air flight industry comes from the German airline operator Hahn Air. The company is using the open-source travel distribution provider Winding Tree,…

November 18, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

France enters the blockchain ‘arms race’ with largest European incubator

With one master stroke, it seems that Paris has suddenly become a “player” in the blockchain industry in Europe. A group of like-minded startups have pooled resources and set up the largest blockchain incubator of its kind in Europe. Known as “The Garage”, this new incubator setup, per a report from NewsBTC, “aims to enhance…

November 15, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Shortage of skilled talent in blockchain arena apparent in hiring searches

In nearly every forecast of where jobs will proliferate over the next two decades, the top line performer is always IT software programming related. It makes abundant sense. We live in an electronic age that is innovating faster than ever before, and it takes raw IT talent to develop, implement, and make everything work. Within…

Shanghai and Hong Kong now added to McKay Brothers Asia services

November 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Freelancer portals experimenting with blockchain – What to know about it

The freelancing eco-system has come of age over the past decade. Originally, the users of these global contractor job sites were considered “misfits” or outcasts from the corporate mainstream, but the “digital nomad rocketship” has taken flight. In the U.S. alone, recent studies peg 36% of the U.S. workforce, some 57 million people, as freelancers,…

New BIS report cites “internalization” by large banks for 7% volume drop

November 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

ConsenSys reports Asset Management space ripe for blockchain solutions

ConsenSys, a Brooklyn-based blockhain software development company, has released a report about the potential of blockchain technology to disrupt and enhance the morass of back office processes that support the asset management business sector. While material benefits are available for all participants, the report notes “the industry itself needs to transform if its to realize…

November 12, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

JP Morgan and Singapore's MAS partner on a cross-border payments blockchain system

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has partnered with JPMorgan to create a blockchain-based prototype for multi-currency payments. The information came from an official release from MAS, where Singapore's central bank states that the most current development on the Project Ubin is that users will be able to make payments in different currencies on the very…

October 31, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

Following the recent hype - How is blockchain technology faring in China?

President Xi of China seems to have surprised the world when he so wholeheartedly endorsed the wonders of blockchain technology by demanding that his countrymen “seize the opportunity”. New blockchain-related legislation was passed 24 hours after his statement, and it appeared to all observers that China was now off and running in a blockchain “arms…

October 30, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

The world's first blockchain-based carbon trading exchange

In Singapore, blockchain is moving with lightning speed, it seems. AirCarbon Pte, based in Singapore, has just launched the world's first blockchain-based carbon trading exchange. What this will allow corporates and airlines to do is buy and sell tokens backed by carbon credits, which are all approved by ICAO (the International Civil Aviation Organisation.). According…

Category: Blockchain

CipherTrace conference sheds light on FATF ‘Travel Rule’ for user info

Central Bank of Bahrain pushing country’s bid for being a blockchain hub

The first blockchain airline ticket is now a reality: from Dusseldorf to Luxembourg

France enters the blockchain ‘arms race’ with largest European incubator

Shortage of skilled talent in blockchain arena apparent in hiring searches

Freelancer portals experimenting with blockchain – What to know about it

ConsenSys reports Asset Management space ripe for blockchain solutions

JP Morgan and Singapore's MAS partner on a cross-border payments blockchain system

Following the recent hype - How is blockchain technology faring in China?

The world's first blockchain-based carbon trading exchange

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