Thai ‘big four’ banking institution Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) is adding euros and sterling to its Ripple-powered blockchain remittance platform. The SCB, one of Thailand’s biggest banks, is adding the euro and the sterling pound to its retail remittance offering powered by San Francisco-based blockchain giant Ripple, the Bangkok Post reports. SCB strategy chief Arak […]

Digital Asset Trade Association (DATA) Names Steering Committee & Launches Search for Executive Director SAN FRANCISCO, and CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Several leading companies in the crypto/blockchain ecosystem have come together to establish the Digital Asset Trade Association (DATA), a global, non-profit organization focused on lobbying behalf of the industry within all levels of governments, corporations, and communities. The news […]

Proponents of blockchain technology say that it is set to revolutionise the world with wide-reaching applications in finance, academia, and international trade. Blockchain – known as distributed shared ledgers – is a technology that records and verifies transactions based on cryptography. “Blockchain technology is not only be connected with money, is more about economy’s structure,” […]

Uncovering Quality Projects around the World and Connecting the Global Blockchain Communities SILICON VALLEY, Calif., March 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The blockchain technologies and their applications are developing very fast, and a technological and financial wave revolving on blockchain is overwhelming the entire world. How to get first-hand information about real blockchain technologies and how to […]

BOSTON, March 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — In 2018, China’s official media organ People’s Daily published a full-page report entitled “Leveraging Blockchain to Become a Leader in the Digital Economy”, again emphasizing that blockchain ushers in a new era as the catalyst of a next-generation technology revolution. In the capital market, prices of blockchain concept stocks have fluctuated wildly. The […]

Blockchain and a New World of Digital Marketing HOUSTON, March 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — With the blockchain decentralized ledger promising faster, cheaper and efficient infrastructures for real-world applications, billions of dollars are flowing into pilot projects and start-ups from entrepreneurs around the world. Currently, Bitcoin and the Altcoin markets are worth $400 Billion and growing. Blockchain’s […]

College students can feel the burning holes in their pockets throughout their time at a university. Sometimes it can seem like there are no means to accrue spending money, as what is earned quickly goes out the window to pay tuition, bills and living expenses. However, one avenue that has quickly gained popularity over the […]

VeganNation, a community connecting vegans across the globe, has announced the launch of the first global vegan-friendly decentralized community platform. Based on blockchain technology, a designated cryptocurrency and a sharing economy, VeganNation will create a fully functioning ecosystem that will support every aspect of life for vegans, providing a platform for exchange of products and […]

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently hailed blockchain’s transformative potential and emphasized the need for “rapid adaptation,” a rare instance of a head of state publicly praising the technology. Blockchain’s grand promise is to do for transparency what the Internet did for communication. It increases trust between two parties — a particularly big deal in economies with low […]

The voluntary upgrade appears to be becoming widespread for the first time since its implementation in August 2017. As we reported, the SegWit update of Bitcoin was adopted by the world’s two largest exchanges, Coinbase and Bitfinex, at the end of last month. Learn how to buy Bitcoin and Ethereum safely with our simple guide! Now […]