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Blockchain Startups Want to Solve Cannabis' Banking Problem
Tokken's core business is providing sustainable and transparent solutions in the cannabis industry using blockchain technology. Working with companies like Blockscore and Tierion, Tokken believes blockchain technology will allow the cannabis industry ... (Sep 26, 2016, MERRY JANE)
Blockchain experts get to the point of the Ethereum hard fork
The Ethereum community was recently faced with a game-changing decision. Experts from Deloitte's Grid Blockchain Lab examine the route taken and what it means for the platform going forward. Immutability exists to ensure the preservation of truth ... (Sep 26, 2016, Siliconrepublic.com)
Swift Kicks-Off Sibos By Unveiling Blockchain Contest Winners
The hosts of Sibos kicked off the global banking conference today by announcing the winners of a blockchain challenge it launched earlier this year. Unveiled by Swift's head of innovation programs, Kevin Johnson, the news set a tone that was fitting ... (Sep 26, 2016, CoinDesk)
BNP Paribas Announces Multiple Blockchain Pilots For Transaction Banking
Everyone in the cryptocurrency world is well aware of how BNP Paribas is actively working on blockchain technology. Things have taken an interesting turn, as the financial institution is going into co-development mode. Various clients will be invited ... (Sep 26, 2016, newsBTC)
Blockchain in Capital Markets
While Bitcoin by no means eclipses all other delivered proofs of concept, it continues to provide the single highest profile instance of blockchain enabling a secure, decentralised ledger currency. Bitcoin bestows confidence in blockchain. This ... (Sep 26, 2016, Finextra (blog))
Gavin Andresen Causes A Stir With Controversial Ethereum Nodes Comments
The world of cryptocurrency remains one of competition, even though various ecosystems can coexist without any issues. The Bitcoin and Ethereum ecosystems often seem to be at war with one another, even though they could not be more different. A new ... (Sep 26, 2016, The Merkle)
Bitcoin Advocate Roger Ver on OKEX Case: “They Forged My Signature”
Coin Telegraph: How can you explain the genesis of the case? Roger Ver: They signed a contract to rent Bitcoin.com, and then violated that contract. They then produced a fake contract that they forged my signature on to, and violated the forged ... (Sep 26, 2016, CoinTelegraph)
Utility venture to promote cheaper electricity payments via bitcoin
A bitcoin startup plans to join Japan's growing ranks of power utilities and accept the cryptocurrency as payment for electricity charges, promising bills four to six percent cheaper than the competition. ResuPress Inc., a Tokyo-based startup that runs ... (Sep 26, 2016, The Japan Times)
Hyperledger Adds to Blockchain Group in Time for Sibos
The new Hyperledger members are verification firm Aesthetic Integration, enterprise blockchain foundation BLOCKO Inc, research exchange firm Hangzhou Fuzamei Technology, decentralized platform provider PDX Technologies and data storage firm ... (Sep 26, 2016, CoinDesk)
Ethereum eSports Rewards Platform FirstBlood Raises $6m in Crowdsale
Were you planning on taking part in FirstBlood's crowdsale today? Too late, the funding round was completed just moments after it began. Within seconds the decentralized eSports platform raised just over $6 million in Ethereum (ETH 465,312.999), in ... (Sep 26, 2016, Finance Magnates)
Bitcoin Price Watch; Monday Morning's Targets
It's Monday morning, and time to take a look at the bitcoin price for the first time this week. Action was nice and volatile last week, and price gave us plenty of opportunities to get in and out of the markets according to the rules of our standard ... (Sep 26, 2016, newsBTC)
Ethereum Classic Price Technical Analysis – ETC Lacking Momentum
Ethereum classic price recovered a few points against Bitcoin recently, but failed to hold gains. There is a bearish trend line formed on the hourly chart of ETC/BTC (data feed via Simplefx), acting as a downside move catalyst. The price is also below ... (Sep 26, 2016, newsBTC)
Ethereum-based eSports Platform FirstBlood Raises US$5.5m in Mere Minutes
Crowdfunding campaigns in the cryptocurrency world are nothing new under the sun. Despite best efforts by developers and marketers to create promising products, not every round of funding is a big success. For FirstBlood, an autonomous and ... (Sep 26, 2016, The Merkle)
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Reaches All-time High, Hashrate More Than Doubled Since End of 2015
The Bitcoin mining difficulty has set a new all-time high, indicating a growing demand by individuals and enterprises to mine cryptocurrency. The most recent change saw a slight increase in difficulty and another 5.9% increase is scheduled to take ... (Sep 26, 2016, The Merkle)
Ripple signs deal with banks to enable blockchain-based global ...
Ripple signs deal with banks to enable blockchain-based global ... (Sep 26, 2016, SiliconANGLE (blog))
RBS tests Ethereum blockchain for domestic payments system
RBS noted that although the Ethereum platform has not been aimed at this use case before, the results have been encouraging and called for more investigation to make this work at scale. It also said that a lot of the complexity in Ethereum is not ... (Sep 26, 2016, EconoTimes)
Ethereum Price Technical Analysis – $13.00 Is Major Hurdle
Ethereum price mostly traded in a range during the past few sessions against the US Dollar and there was no real move. The price traded as low as $12.53 where the buyers appeared and pushed it back higher. However, the upside was limited, as there is a ... (Sep 26, 2016, newsBTC)
China's risk-loving mom and pop investors have abandoned local stock markets for bitcoin
China's individual investors are known for their huge appetite for new assets. The government's strict currency controls make it difficult for them to invest overseas, so their money has traditionally had to go somewhere inside the country's borders ... (Sep 26, 2016, Quartz)
Microsoft boosts blockchain efforts with Ethereum-based Project Bletchley
According to Marley Gray, principal program manager at Microsoft Azure Blockchain Engineering, Bletchley 1.0 significantly reduces the time it takes to deploy an Ethereum network. “It reduces the estimated three-week process of setting up a globally ... (Sep 26, 2016, SiliconANGLE (blog))
Bitcoin Price Technical Analysis for 09/26/2016 - Is a Selloff Brewing?
Bitcoin price has formed lower highs recently, suggesting that a short-term drop may be in the cards. Price is making a quick pullback from its recent drop, possibly to make a retest of the broken support at the 100 SMA. Price is still hovering around ... (Sep 26, 2016, newsBTC)
Blockchain Gets a Push in Shanghai: 'A Shared Version of the Truth'
A series of packed events in Shanghai billed as International Blockchain Week focused on the technological backbone for the virtual currency bitcoin. Proponents say that whatever happens to the maligned currency, its blockchain technology could add ... (Sep 26, 2016, Wall Street Journal (blog))
Unpicking the Gordian knot around blockchain patents
Earliest mentions of the term “bitcoin” in patent titles and abstracts date back to around 2009, while the term “blockchain” begins to appear in patent titles from around 2011. As of June 22, 2016, there were 492 published patent families directed to ... (Sep 25, 2016, TechCrunch)
Bitcoin Price Slipping From $600, Downside Risk
Advertised sites are not endorsed by us. They may be unsafe, untrustworthy, or illegal in your jurisdiction. Bitcoin price looks to be slipping from $600 and 4,000 CNY in some exchanges exchanges. Failure to hold this critical level opens the ... (Sep 25, 2016, CryptoCoinsNews)
A Controversial Bitcoin Alternative is Seeking a Comeback
With such a large community, bitcoin has perhaps inevitably seen disagreement about its future development. Having launched earlier this year, Bitcoin Unlimited grew out of an active movement to quickly pick up bitcoin's userbase by increasing the ... (Sep 25, 2016, CoinDesk)
Coinkite CEO Heavily Criticizes Editable Blockchain by Accenture
Coinkite co-founder and CEO Rodolfo Novak heavily criticized the multi-billion dollar research firm Accenture's newly designed Blockchain concept “Editable ... (Sep 25, 2016, CoinTelegraph)
Ethereum is Under DDoS Attack, Miners are Alerted
Almost immediately after all geth nodes crashed due to an out of memory bug, the Ethereum development team released yet another urgent announcement to miners regarding a computational DDoS attack, which significantly delayed nodes and miners in ... (Sep 25, 2016, CoinTelegraph)
First Operational Use of Public Blockchain Technology in the Global Shipping Industry Announced
Public blockchain technology will connect the supply chain together, in a way which the industry has never seen before. Furthermore, trust and partnership is reinforced with the blockchain, in an industry where such principles can at times be ... (Sep 25, 2016, CryptoCoinsNews)
Blockchain Exchange Lykke Doubles Adoption During Initial Coin Offering
Lykke, a Swiss fintech company building a global marketplace using blockchain technology, has announced the results of the first 10 days of its Initial Coin Offering (ICO). 547,430 Swiss francs have been raised through the sale of almost 11 million ... (Sep 25, 2016, Finance Magnates)
Ethereum Responds to Recent DDoS Attack
Advertised sites are not endorsed by us. They may be unsafe, untrustworthy, or illegal in your jurisdiction. The Ethereum network was recently attacked by an opcode called Excodesize that slowed down the network, causing blocks to take as long as 60 ... (Sep 25, 2016, CryptoCoinsNews)
Watsi Lets Bitcoin Users Help Cover Medical Bills Of Those In Need
It is always good to see charitable organizations venture into the world of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. Watsi is an organization best known for their health care funding efforts for people around the world. According to their website, nearly 9,000 ... (Sep 25, 2016, The Merkle)
Blockchain Talent Marketplace Blockgeeks Launched in Toronto
Blockgeeks, a talent marketplace and knowledge-sharing platform that is focused on the emerging Blockchain movement, is launched in Toronto, Canada. Blockgeeks is a creation of three successful entrepreneurs, Vlad Martynov, Dmitry Buterin and Ameer ... (Sep 25, 2016, CoinTelegraph)
Six Global Banks Take Lead in Standardizing Global Payments on a Blockchain
“The creation of GPSG is significant because this represents the first time that major banks have formulated policies to govern the transfer of money across borders using blockchain,” added Donald Donahue, Chairman of GPSG and former President and CEO ... (Sep 25, 2016, Finance Magnates)
Dissent in Bitcoin Community Become Visible, NodeCounter Voices its Opinion
NodeCounter, a website that allows people to visualize Bitcoin mining statistics has made an announcement, calling for the cryptocurrency community to boycott Bitcoin. This is the second such announcement by the platform as it voices its frustration ... (Sep 25, 2016, newsBTC)
Bitcoin Price Weekly Analysis – $605-10 Is Crucial For BTC/USD?
Bitcoin price after trading in a range versus the US Dollar above the $600 level for some time found sellers and moved down. There was a sharp downside reaction, taking the price towards $580 where somehow the bulls appeared. The price traded as low as ... (Sep 25, 2016, newsBTC)
Ethereum Price Weekly Analysis – ETH Remains Supported
Ethereum price surged higher this past week against the US Dollar and made a high of $14.22. The price remains supported as there is a bullish trend line formed on the daily chart of ETH/USD (data feed via SimpleFX). The price may dip from the current ... (Sep 25, 2016, newsBTC)
Blockchain drives Wanxiang's $30B smart city project
The project is expected to develop innovations at the intersection of cars, smart cities and blockchain. One example given was how the cost of electric cars could be reduced by using blockchain to confirm and enforce property rights in urban ... (Sep 25, 2016, ReadWrite)
Synereo 2.0 Tech Stack to Compete with Ethereum Protocol?
While many functions offered by Synereo 2.0 tech stack are comparable with Ethereum's offering, Rholang stands out in comparison to Ethereum's native Solidity language. Rholang, an acronym for Reflective, Higher-Order Process Language is a native smart ... (Sep 24, 2016, newsBTC)
Winter is Coming: Bitcoin Mining for Heat (And Profit)
For a hobbyist bitcoin miner, the industry is a different place than it was a few years ago. It used to be that you could use your CPU or GPU to mine bitcoin. But then the price of bitcoin started rising and people began to realize how much money could ... (Sep 24, 2016, CoinDesk)
Blockchain Summit Day Two: End-Of-Conference Highlights From Shanghai
Financial services firms and startups looking to be the bridge to blockchain ledgers continued to dominate presentations on the second and final day of the Blockchain Summit, ending International Blockchain Week in Shanghai that also saw Devcon2 and a ... (Sep 24, 2016, Bitcoin Magazine)
Blockchain Entrepreneurs Launch Blockgeeks, Offering Expertise to Companies
Big financial institutions are investing huge sums of money in blockchain technology, recognizing the improvement it can bring to their operations. But what about the many companies that don't have access to the capital and human resources these big ... (Sep 24, 2016, CryptoCoinsNews)