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As Central Banks Go Digital, Crypto Competition Looms

Michael J. Casey is the chairman of CoinDesk's advisory board and a senior advisor for blockchain research at MIT's Digital Currency Initiative. The following article originally appeared in CoinDesk Weekly, a custom-curated newsletter delivered every Sunday exclusively to our subscribers. With blockchain platforms being tested for various business processes, prospective enterprise users that are unwilling to…

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Crypto Isn’t Just Money – It’s a Defense Against Discrimination

Sonya Mann works in communications and marketing at the Zcash Foundation, a financial privacy non-profit. She is a former technology journalist. For Americans, it can be easy to discount the social relevance of censorship-resistant digital assets like bitcoin. Unlike people living under authoritarian regimes, we are free to enter into commercial transactions how and when…

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Bitcoin Price Analysis August 28

Yesterday $50 worth of Tether USDT was dispatched to BitFinex. This might explain the pump up during the night to test the $7000 zone, as expected on our previous price analysis. As seen on the chart below, Bitcoin broke up a bullish triangle pattern and is now testing major resistance level of $7000 combined with…

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World Exchanges Will Debate About Hacking, ICO listing and Regulations at Futurama Summit in Spain

During early September Futurama Blockchain Innovators is hosting another ‘exclusive’ retreat, which starts right after its partner’s event Blockchain Cruise Mediterranean by Coinsbank. That time Ibiza island will bring together over 300 representatives affiliated in the crypto exchanges industry focusing on three aspects – hacking, privacy and regulation. The crypto exchange market landscape has arguably…

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Crypto Exchange Huobi Seeks to Acquire Public Firm in $77 Million Deal

Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi is quietly seeking to become the largest shareholder of a public firm listed in Hong Kong – a move that, if completed, could open the door for Huobi to go public via a reverse takeover. According to shareholding disclosures filed by Pantronics Holdings on Aug. 21 to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the…

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Deloitte: Tech and Telecom Execs Plan to Invest Millions in Blockchain

NEWS Aug 28, 2018 at 04:00 UTC A new survey from Deloitte found that 40 percent of executives from the telecom, media and technology (TMT) space want to invest millions in blockchain research during the next year. Published Tuesday morning, the findings – included in a report from the Deloitte Center for Technology, Media & Telecommunications…

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JP Morgan CIO: Blockchain Will Replace Existing Technology

JP Morgan CIO Lori Beer said at a press conference in Buenos Aires that blockchain will “replace existing technology” in a few years, according to Argentinian website Cripto247 August 23. “We will see a greater and wider use of blockchain [...] In a few years blockchain will replace the existing technology, today it only coexists…

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Samsung IT Arm Unveils Blockchain Certification Tool for Banks

Samsung SDS, the IT arm of tech giant Samsung, has developed BankSign, a blockchain-based certification tool for banks, according to an official announcement August 27. The development by Samsung SDS is a joint project with the Korea Federation of Banks (KFB). BankSign aims to provide a simple transaction method within various banking systems by requiring…

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PwC: Regulatory Uncertainty and Lack of User Trust Inhibit Blockchain Adoption

Regulatory uncertainty and trust are major barriers to blockchain adoption among businesses, according to a study released August 27 by ‘Big Four’ auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). A new study entitled “Blockchain is here. What’s your next move?” conducted by PwC examined 600 executives in 15 countries on their development of blockchain and opinions about its…

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Randi Zuckerberg Joins Huobi’s Public Blockchain Advisory Committee

Randi Zuckerberg, the elder sister of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, has joined the advisory board of cryptocurrency exchange Huobi to develop Huobi’s new public blockchain, according to a recent press release. Zuckerberg, who worked at Facebook for over six years, is also the founder and CEO of Zuckerberg Media. Per the announcement, Zuckerberg, along with…