2017 will likely be remembered as the Year of the Blockchain. There’s no doubt in my mind that blockchain technology is here to stay and will alter the way we organize and distribute capital within the global society. But, at the same time, as I look around (admittedly within my own myopia) I see the explosion…

Don’t miss out on the first crypto event of the year in the Bay Area The WCEF, being held January 15 & 16th, 2018 in the South San Francisco Conference Center, will bring together entrepreneurs, crypto enthusiasts, and thought leaders to discuss the ever changing landscape of this fast evolving blockchain economy. Just announced, Nick Szabo --…

Thursday, 28 December 2017, Zug, Switzerland - trade.io, a next generation blockchain based financial exchange, continues to add to its impressive list of partnerships by announcing plans to integrate Bancor Protocol, a standard for autonomously convertible blockchain cryptocurrencies called Smart Tokens. The integration allows the trade.io ERC20 token known as Trade Token or “TIO", to be…

The soaring values of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has led to millions of new investors around the world. Of the estimated twenty-one million active Bitcoin wallets, one-third have been created since August. Although celebrated by crypto advocates, this boost in crypto activity has placed tremendous strains on exchanges and related networks. Several of the largest,…

After hundreds of years of keeping records by hand, Santa’s workshop at the North Pole has adopted blockchain technology for logistics, list keeping, and delivery management. According to Santa’s spokesperson, this year the entire operation was moved to a distributed ledger system to better handle the increased traffic caused by the world’s growing population of…

Blockchain technology is gaining market exposure at a higher pace than ever before. Industries including banking, public sectors, merchants, real estate and now specifically rental market are adopting the distributed ledger system. According to US Census Bureau report of October 31, 2017, the vacant rental units have been booming since 1995. One reason could be the increasing…

The U.S. has truly woken up to the phenomenon of cryptocurrencies. And because of our need for having the best securities laws in the world (slight sarcasm), it is fiendishly difficult for Americans to get any kind of service by the industry. For months now, I’ve been holding the hands of my subscribers get started…

Information about the revival of the project has been updated on the site dedicated to Bitcoin Segwit2X! The Segwit2X hard fork was planned to be carried out in mid-November. However, futures trading is still conducted at a number of crypto-exchange markets at a price near 0.01 BTC (HitBTC). In addition to implementing Segregated Witness, our team…

Earlier this week BarterDEX demonstrated an atomic swap between Bitcoin Cash and Komodo via its decentralized platform. This move represents one of the most significant steps yet in the development of systems that could very well revolutionize all aspects of cryptocurrency use and adoption. Once active, atomic swaps will create networks of cryptos that can…

Cryptocurrency’s bold march toward mainstream adoption is well underway, evidenced by skyrocketing market caps, and media saturation. It is now clear to all but the most stubborn of critics that cryptocurrency has a permanent place in global economics, and thus the race is now on to determine which platforms will emerge as the most popular.…