Singapore’s Central Bank Finalizes Regulatory Framework for Crypto Payment Services

One big obstacle that prevents cryptocurrencies from going mainstream has to do with how governments and traditional financial institutions accept them. This trend has been changing for a while now as many governments and central banks set to welcome cryptocurrencies. The new one in the room is the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the country’s…

December 2, 20180Comments

ByBaba Saibu

Ethereum Technology

Blockchain Startup ConsenSys Acquires Space Company Planetary Resources

Blockchain started laying its name as a technology of choice when institutional money started coming. But beyond this, blockchain-based companies are now investing in and acquiring mainstream companies and giving these companies a touch of the decentralized world. The new one on the block to be acquired by a blockchain company is Planetary Resources, a…

November 8, 20180Comments

ByBaba Saibu

Ethereum

ERC-20 Co-Author Out to Tackle Fraudulent Tokens with Secure ICO Model

Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) started with a boom – helping finance many blockchain and cryptocurrency startups, bringing investors to decentralized applications, but also attracting many fraudulent actors. One of the first and most common standards for ICO tokens is the Ethereum based ERC-20 token format, and to clean scams and other fraudulent activities from the…

November 6, 20180Comments

ByBaba Saibu

Technology

OECD Organizes International Conference on the impact of Blockchain Technology

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development will hold an international blockchain technology conference next month to discuss the potential impact of the distributed ledger technology. The conference, dubbed OECD Blockchain Policy Forum, will look at how the blockchain technology will impact the public and private sectors. In attendance will be the State Secretary of Slovenia,…

October 13, 20180Comments

ByBaba Saibu

Technology

World Economic Forum: Blockchains improve Global Economy

Beginning as a technology for financial ledgers only, blockchains have grown to become the corporate hype word around the globe. It’s touted as the invention that will change business processes, disrupt governance as we know it, change international businesses for the better, and create a world where the user is in control – call it…

October 7, 20180Comments

ByBaba Saibu

Ethereum Technology

EOS Maintains its Spot as the Best Blockchain Project in the New Rankings Released by Two Chinese Research Bodies

EOS maintains its spot as the number one blockchain project in the most recent ranking by two Chinese institutions. The second, third, and fourth places go to Ethereum, Komodo, and Nebulas, respectively. And Bitcoin has entered the top ten list for the first time since the rankings began in may this year, rising from 16th…

August 22, 20180Comments

ByBaba Saibu