Government-registered cryptocurrency exchanges in Japan are setting up a self-regulation body in the region. The move, Reuters reports, is an effort to legitimize and establish trust in the area following the $530 million Coincheck theft in January. There isn’t a name for the body yet and similarly, there’s no word for when all the paperwork will be finalized. It […]

What are the biggest obstacles to creating blockchain companies? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Samantha Radocchia, Co-Founder at Chronicled, on Quora: When we first started Chronicled, it was a very unique time for blockchain-based businesses. No one really knew about blockchain, so […]

We’ve been giving tech giants free rein over our data for far too long. It is genius on their part. They’ve created services that are so ubiquitous that we now use them without even really thinking about the consequences and trade-offs. Companies like Facebook and Google have done such fine jobs creating online experiences that […]

In a world based on contracts, online networks using blockchain technology have the potential to revolutionise the way we make those transactions, whether it is exchanging money, buying goods, assets, data or anything that has value, including labour. Whether it is job placement, headhunting, or securing part-time or full-time work, blockchain offers opportunities as well […]

JD.com, one of China’s largest e-commerce platforms, is launching an accelerator program to foster the development of blockchain-focused startups. According to an announcement Tuesday, the program, starting in March and dubbed “AI Catapult,” aims to incubate young blockchain firms – helping them scale their applications through integrations with JD.com’s various businesses in China, including e-commerce and logistics. […]

People’s Daily, an official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is calling for domestic regulation as part of an effort to foster the development of blockchain technology. In a full-page feature entitled “Three Questions to Blockchain” published Monday, the CCP’s official media doubled down on the government’s commitment to supporting the use of the technology, while […]

During a meeting with Herman Gref, the president of Russia’s largest bank Sberbank, RussianPresident Vladimir Putin spoke about the importance of not falling behind in Blockchaindevelopment. Sberbank already introduced Blockchain in their document transfer and storage systems by partnering with Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) in December of last year. The bank is also reportedly soon opening a cryptocurrency exchange in Switzerland. […]

The Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS), based in Dresden, Germany, intends to use Blockchain concepts for the development of wireless radio-frequency identification (RFID) sensor systems in the logistics sector, according to a Feb. 22 press release. The use of Blockchain solutions for the decentralized storage of data generated by RFID sensors could be made […]

Bank of China, one of the four largest state-owned commercial banks in the country, has filed a patent application for a process it says is better able to scale blockchain systems. According to a document released on Feb. 23 by China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO), the application was first submitted on Sept. 28 last year […]

How will blockchain change the economy? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Samantha Radocchia, Co-Founder at Chronicled, on Quora: Think of how the sharing economy has exploded in the past decade. If you’ve taken an Uber to the airport or rented an Airbnb, […]