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Standard Chartered, Siemens Partner on Blockchain Pilot to ‘Fully Digitize’ Bank Guarantees

UK multinational banking and financial services company Standard Chartered (SC) disclosed it is working on a blockchain pilot for bank guarantees using R3 Corda blockchain technology in a press release Thursday, August 30.In partnership with Siemens’ financing arm Siemens Financial Services (SFS) and trade finance platform TradeIX, the pilot began operating in March and aims…

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Dump Ahead? Almost $1 Billion Worth Of Bitcoin On The Move From Cold Wallets

A recent post on Reddit has revealed that the owner(s) of a crypto wallet containing 111,114.62 $BTC / $BCH (a current estimate of $844M) have been actively transferring the funds over the last three days. The owners of the wallet transferred the funds to different subwallets, with each receiving 100 coins. Data from Blocktrail shows…

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Bitcoin’s Price Pullback Risks Bear Revival Below $6.9K

Bitcoin (BTC) bulls need to defend key support at $6,905, else the short-term bullish outlook would be invalidated. At press time, the leading cryptocurrency is trading at $6,920 on Bitfinex – down 2 percent on a 24-hour basis. The pullback from the previous day's high of $7,139 does not come as a surprise, as the…

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Dump Ahead? Almost $1 Billion Worth Of Bitcoin On The Move!

A recent post on Reddit has revealed that the owner(s) of a crypto wallet containing 111,114.62 $BTC / $BCH (a current estimate of $844M) have been actively transferring the funds over the last three days. The owners of the wallet transferred the funds to different subwallets, with each receiving 100 coins. Data from Blocktrail shows…

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Andreessen Horowitz, Polychain Capital Lead Blockchain Startup’s New $105 Million Funding Round

Swiss and US-based blockchain cloud computing startup DFINITY has closed a new funding round worth over $100 million from repeat backers including Andreessen Horowitz, it confirmed August 29. DFINITY, which aims to build what it describes as an “Internet Computer,” raised a total of $102 million Swiss francs ($105 million) from partners that also featured…

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Korea’s Jeju Island Appeals to President in Push for ICO Hub Status

NEWS Aug 30, 2018 at 09:30 UTC The governor of South Korea's Jeju island is maintaining his push to turn the autonomous region into a blockchain and initial coin offering (ICO) free zone. On Thursday, South Korean provincial governors hosted a meeting with President Moon Jae-in to discuss job creation in the country. In his remarks,…

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Ethereum’s Next Upgrade Could Be the $29 Billion Blockchain’s Biggest Test Yet

Hard forks are never easy. By definition, such system-wide upgrades require every software user to upgrade to new rules near-simultaneously, meaning there's coordination difficulties that need to be overcome to ensure the code continues to operate as designed. Still, in a upcoming October upgrade named Constantinople, ethereum is faced with a unique challenge — how…

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OECD Event to Examine the Potential Impact of Blockchain

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) announced Wednesday that it plans to host an international conference on blockchain technology next month. Specifically, the conference will examine blockchain's impact on government activities, and will feature OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría, the prime ministers of Serbia, Bermuda and the Republic of Mauritius and the State Secretary of Slovenia…

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Market Watch August 30

Bitcoin and Ethereum For the first time in 20 days, BTC made its way past the $7,000 resistance but has failed short of recording massive gains beyond $7,100. At the time of writing, the price for the cryptocurrency is $6,989 while Ethereum (ETH) pegged at $286. The total market cap is $226 billion Bitcoin’s market…

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Blockchain Expo North America Exhibition announces expert speakers

[SANTA CLARA] Blockchain Expo North America, will be returning to Santa Clara, CA 28-29 November 2018. An opportunity to hear from thought provoking content within Blockchain for Enterprises, Blockchain Platforms & Strategies, Cryptocurrency and Financial Services, Blockchain Technical Workshops, Blockchain for Business, Blockchain Technologies, Developing Blockchain Applications and Innovations & Investors Zone. Blockchain Expo has…