Archive for November 2018
4 Blockchain-Based Projects Which Solve Real-World Issues
From autonomous robots to wealth management: here are four promising startups at the end of 2018. ICO projects with no real use are just not attractive to investors anymore. According to ICODATA $150 million were raised through the month of October 2018 in token sales. That’s a substantial decline from the $1.5 billion raised in…
Read MoreTop 5 Richest Bitcoin Addresses Belong to Exchanges
The richest Bitcoin addresses are owned by cryptocurrency exchanges. Collectively, these addresses hold less than 3.5 percent of all bitcoins. Richest Bitcoin Addresses Hold $3.1 Billion Not surprisingly, the top 5 wealthiest Bitcoin addresses belong to cryptocurrency exchanges. All of them hold a total of 592,943 BTC, which is currently worth around $3,150 billion. This…
Read MoreCountries and Enterprises Can Access Green Capital Market Thanks to Blockchain Technology
Regardless of futuristic forecasts, blockchain technology doesn’t seem to have that many real-world applications, especially at a large global scale. The green capital market, however, tends to stand out, as blockchain has already been tried and tested. It opens up ecological markets for enterprises by allowing emissions trading. Emission Trading and What it Entails Emission…
Read MoreBakkt Launch Next Month May Not End Bear Market
Intercontinental Exchange’s “regulated ecosystem” for Bakkt should launch December 12, but “lingering concerns” remain, industry figures warn this week. ‘Lingering Concerns’ Over Long-Term Plans In a series of tweets, securities lawyer and regular social media commentator Jake Chervinsky summarized the gaps in public knowledge about Bakkt, which is still awaiting regulatory permission to begin operations.…
Read MoreBitcoin Technical Analysis: A Comprehensive Review of The Weekly Chart
The Cryptocurrency market closed on a high last week with all major cryptos finishing the week on a relative high. A reasonably strong close for the first week of November has many analysts once again facing the question if the bottom is in. Here we take a look specifically at the market leader, Bitcoin (BTC)…
Read MoreMillionaire Will Build Blockchain Smart City in Nevada
A crypto millionaire is moving ahead to build an enormous smart city in Nevada, in which Blockchain technology will drive all interactions. Creating a ‘New Kind of Business’ in the Desert To build this high-tech city, Jeffry Berns, CEO of Blockchains, LLC bought 67,000 acres of desert land in northern Nevada for $170 million in…
Read MoreCryptocurrency ‘Code Of Conduct’ Comes From Circle, Coinbase and Others
Circle, Coinbase and ConsenSys are among the group of “founding members” choosing to leverage crypto nonprofit Global Digital Finance to create new ethics standards. Businesses Will ‘Demonstrate Professional Standards’ In an October 1st press release, the recently-formed Global Digital Finance (GDF) announced it was releasing its Code of Conduct (also known as the GDF Code) and Taxonomy…
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