The World Economic Forum (WEF) is working with the Canadian and Dutch governments to pilot a digital identity project that focuses in part on blockchain. The Known Traveller Digital Identity initiative is aimed at using technologies like blockchain and biometrics to improve the security around international air travel. A prototype, developed in collaboration with professional services firm […]

Thanks to Bitcoin, cryptocurrency arguably hit the mainstream sometime last summer. It's no surprise, then, that by September 2017, a new platform was already hoping to “disrupt” the digital currency world. Enter Cardano, a new blockchain that claims to be the first “developed from a scientific …

The speculation around cryptocurrencies has obscured the fact that blockchain, the decentralised, open-source ledger that drives bitcoin, could radically change how ownership is verified. While the value of the main cryptocurrencies fluctuates, “blockchain” remains a lucrative buzzword that companies have found is a magnet for funding. But cutting through the hype, could blockchain technology really revolutionise the […]

An exchange-traded fund focused on companies that are working with blockchain or are eyeing applications of the tech has launched today. Innovation Shares LLC’s NextGen Protocol ETF (ticker symbol: KOIN) went live on the NYSE Arca exchange this morning. As of press time, price data via though NYSE shows that trading has begun. The information, as of 9:46 […]

Nick Colas, co-founder of DataTrek Research, has published groundbreaking research on how Google Trends on how cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and Ripple mirror price rises and falls. Speaking to CNBC, Mr Colas said that the number of Google searches on ‘bitcoin‘ mimicked the price trend of the cryptocurrency. He told the business network: “Bitcoin – because it has […]

Long considered one of the most promising code bases hosted by the Hyperledger blockchain consortium, Intel-contributed Sawtooth software is officially ready for enterprise use. Revealed today, version 1.0 of the technology provides what might be expected, features inspired by bitcoin and other public blockchains, but repositioned for enterprise. Yet, what its team of 50 contributors […]

Along with the skyrocketing value and gyrations in exchange prices of Bitcoin and other, popular digital cryptocurrencies, recent developments and events have raised serious doubts regarding much-touted claims that blockchain distributed trading and transaction systems are as secure and tamper-proof as they are made out to be. Furthermore, serious doubts are being raised regarding the […]

The ads were geared to consume 80 percent of the victim's CPU time to "mine" the Monero cryptocurrency, but didn't otherwise harm computers or steal data. "Hey @avast_antivirus seems that you are blocking crypto miners (#coinhive) in @YouTube #ads Thank you :)" tweeted Italian web designer …

BITCOIN and Switzerland are, at least on face-value, a marriage made in heaven. With countries around the world sounding the bugle for greater regulation and government control, Switzerland, with its reputation for banking secrecy, is more willing to embrace the challenge. Earlier this month economics minister Johann Schneider-Ammann, made the case to journalists for Switzerland […]

When Bitcoin broke into public consciousness in 2013, it couldn’t have been sexier: a digital currency being used to buy everything from drugs to cupcakes. Then the excitement shifted to an aspect of Bitcoin that is a bit less sexy: public online ledgers. Blockchain — the technology used for verifying and recording transactions that’s at the heart of […]