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HealthDex – Unleashing the Power of Health Data
The health sector is undergoing a revolution fuelled by ‘big data’. The amount of health data in the world is growing so rapidly that it is expected to double every 73 days by the year 2020. [1] Whilst the health sector has always generated huge amounts of data, this data has only relatively recently started […]
FITBLOX
FITBLOX aims to revolutionize the health and fitness industry by creating an incentive-based social experience that rewards healthy behaviour. Using distributed ledger technology, they aim to provide a safe, secure and private medium of exchange between fitness enthusiasts and strategic partners within their ecosystem. FITBLOX, unlike centralized fitness tracking applications and social media networks, gives […]
dGram: Standard Disruption, Crypto Innovation
dGram announces a 100% gold bullion-underwritten cryptocurrency which harnesses the blockchain to fuse the safe harbour of the gold standard with the convenience and investment upside potentials of cryptocurrencies. Paired with a speculative growth token, with a prescribed growth / inflation path underpinned by a token-based value-enhancing revenue shares from dGram’s mining operations. dGram is […]
Banking-the-Unbanked with Algorithmic Trading
One of the core promises of Blockchain technology is the democratization of financial markets. While the early focus in Blockchain has been on topics such as payments, banking access for the unbanked and censorship-proof digital currency, one huge elephant in the room has gone unnoticed: “In today’s equities markets, at least 65-70% of trading volumes […]
The Crypto Friendly Global Political Movement
Politicians and cryptocurrencies don’t have a history of getting along that well with each other. The world of crypto in many ways poses an existential threat to those who hold government office and the banks whose hegemony they help maintain. However, across the globe there are political movements popping up that are crypto and DAO […]
How to accelerate the adoption of blockchain technology? With online games of course!
The world currently sits on the cusp of a blockchain revolution. There is a growing desire for people around the world to free themselves from the shackles of authoritarian single points of failure and democratise and decentralize the money system. We will redefine how we perceive value. 2017 was a significant milestone for the world […]
What is EOS?
EOS stands for Ethereum Operating System. It is a blockchain based platform for the development of decentralized apps or DApps. Built on the Ethereum network it extends the functionality of the Ethereum network. It provides an operating system like range of services and functions that DApps can utilize. The concept behind EOS is to combine […]
Soluna
Crypto mining is an energy intensive business and is increasingly becoming an environmental issue. Mining operations in China are often powered by fossil fuels. But can crypto help kickstart a green energy revolution. One company believes so and have an ambitious plan to generate green energy to mine crypto in one of the windiest and […]
Incodium
The cryptocurrency market is among the most rapidly growing sectors of the global economy. Representing over $200 billion USD in value. As the cryptocurrency market expands new threats have arisen including scam projects and also hacking incidents on cryptocurrency exchanges. Hacking erodes confidence and represents the main threat to the value of cryptocurrencies. Efforts to […]
From lorry driver to crypto investor
If there’s one thing the crypto and blockchain age has made mainstream, perhaps it’s a widespread recognition of the truly fluid nature of money and the ease with which money can be created with the right mix of tools and ingredients. The public has woken up to new investing opportunities and is hungry for a […]
GameCore and the ZeroCore Network
GameCore and the ZeroCore network is an ambitious project from the team behind Gameface Labs. They have produced a VR & AR headset agnostic next-gen gaming console which also supports traditional Android content. Utilizing the latest Nvidia Tegra X2 chip, the GameCore boasts a significant, over 5-fold the power compared to the Nintendo Switch, depending […]
Verasity
By 2021, it’s estimated that 82% of all consumer internet traffic will be from video content. This is a market with an annual value of c.$312B and streaming media is set for the largest increase in video ad-spend over the next five years. It’s often said that nothing in this world is certain except for […]
Universal Reward Protocol is fixing broken loyalty programs of retailers and brands.
Nearly all U.S. consumers think retail loyalty programs are broken according to a new survey but Universal Reward Protocol finds that consumers value reward programs and feel they need to be greatly improved. This is not the end of loyalty programs but the beginning of a new rewarding system thanks to Universal Reward Protocol (URP) On […]
Tokenization — a whiff of fresh air in the economy
Just a year ago, tokenization was a novelty. Today it has already triggered certain, for now, minor changes that are believed to very soon make a shift in the economic paradigm. What’s it all about? It turns out that modern world economics has a bit of problems that are mostly related to the accounting and […]
The ICO Success Framework
Although market volatility can have a significant impact on the success or failure of an ICO, it turns out that most of the factors which impact the success rate of blockchain projects are entirely within the control of the project’s founders. I have included these controllable factors in what I call the ICO Success Framework […]
Security tokens move to centre stage in a volatile market
Security tokens on the rise following regulatory crackdown The ICO market has exploded into one of the fastest growing and most in demand innovations in capital raising, growing more than 20 times in just one year from $240 million raised by ICOs in 2016 to $5.6 billion in 2017, according to a report from Fabric […]
Sagewise Pioneers Dispute Resolution for Smart Contracts
Sagewise is the safety net for the growing world of smart contract needs, providing a first-of-its-kind toolkit for errors and disputes in smart contracts. Smart contracts are often created by a developer and audited by a security firm. However, the quality of smart contract coding and auditing varies drastically among service providers. Since the teams […]
Ponder – Referrals on the Blockchain
Each one of us can trace a major change in our lives to an introduction or referral from a friend. It might be a referral to a new job, a future spouse, or even a new tennis coach. These referrals are always highly valuable and in some instances can be life-changing. From a marketer’s perspective, […]
Naviaddress — Decentralized Addressing System
This might shock you: almost two thirds of the global population do not have an address. Naviaddress wants to use a generic string of numbers tied to a precise geolocation for providing any location with an address. This gives people a universal method of creating/writing addresses. If we look even further, it can save delivery […]
GastroAdvisor: The first global recommendation platform for restaurants and dining venues based on the Ethereum blockchain.
Have you ever been disappointed with a restaurant the internet recommended you? Have you ever been annoyed with the long list of uncountable restaurants making it hard to choose where to eat? If the answer is yes, then we have the solution for you! GastroAdvisor (GA) is a registered trademark born in Switzerland in 2016. […]
Game Protocol: Crypto Fundraising for Games
Over 65% of American households are home to someone who plays video games regularly. Video game revenue is growing fast and has grown by 10.7% in 2017. The $115 billion-dollar industry does have its flaws though. Most of the games in development are never completed & released to the public. This is something which applies […]
What’s the future of exchanges
Cryptocurrency exchanges have seen a massive growth in numbers over the past year, although, exchanges constantly evolve and improve and there are many challenges ahead. At the moment, most users join the crypto space via one of the major exchanges as they act as the main entry point. If we want to trade, we mostly […]
Crypto platform to tokenise multi-billion franchise industry
2018 is a big year for blockchain with no sector exempt from the tidal waves of the fourth revolution where technological innovation reenacts the powerful words of 20th century political economist, Joseph Schumpeter, “creative destruction is the essential fact about capitalism.” For years the multi-billion dollar franchise industry has been booming along with the upbeat […]
CVerification will be showcasing their HR platform at Bits & Pretzels
CVerification takes part in the prestigious Bits & Pretzels conference, 30th Sept — 2nd Oct 2018, Munich, Germany. Start-up pitch presentations and hands-on product demonstrations will concisely inform attendees on core product technologies and company values. Founder and CEO Milko Filipov, Cofounder and CTO James Lawton as well as Cofounder and CIO Evgeni Pirianov look forward to […]
AirXcoin empowers the Airline Business world
A paradigm shift for the Airline Industry airXcoin’s innovative vision brings a revolutionary change to the Airline industry and is a step ahead in the air travel world. What is interesting is that the airXcoin model not only embraces the new digital era with ease, it also offers a technological strategy that boosts productivity, efficiency […]
Phantasma Protocol (SOUL) ICO Analysis: Next-Gen Decentralized Content Storage and Distribution
Project Description Over the past few years, cloud storage has turned out to a highly functional technology. By allowing users store their files online and be able to access them whenever, from wherever, and with whatever device they want, cloud storage has grown very popular. To make uploaded files readily available, however, the companies that […]
NuCypher (NU) ICO Analysis: A Data Encryption Protocol for the Blockchain
Project Description There is a certain limitation when it comes to storing and maneuvering private and encrypted data on blockchains, and NuCypher seeks to remove this limitation. The NuCypher project is a decentralized KMS — key management system — that will supposedly allow users store private data on a public blockchain and secure it with encryption. The protocol will […]
Kowala (mUSD) ICO Analysis: An Autonomously Stabilized Cryptocurrency
Project Description For all the advantages that they bring as payment options, cryptocurrencies are notoriously volatile. To curb this volatility, a number of solutions have been proffered by a number of cryptocurrency projects with most of them attempting to deliver a stablecoin that has its value pegged to the US dollar. However, even the most […]
OSA DC’s Services That Renovate Retail
Supply chains are incomplete without an effective and efficient route to the customer. Environmental concerns, corporate social awareness, good product conditions, packaging, and on-shelf availability of products — these elements increase competition from the upstream through downstream supply chain, providing the ultimate economic value to customers. Control over supply chains is a determining factor for competitive performance […]
OKEYDOKEY
Opening locks via the blockchain. OkeyDokey is a platform for smart contract embedded IoT devices e.g. smart locks to autonomously rent and sell anything it controls. By creating an ecosystem for secure and autonomous transactions, OkeyDokey will transform how we rent and share things in our community OkeyDokey puts emphasis on automated IoT device controlled […]
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ICO Crowd sits down for a chat with Derek Myers, CEO of Zero Carbon
Project, an environmentally friendly Blockchain Hi Derek, before we get into the nitty gritty of things, can you tell us a bit about yourself? Sure, well I’ve been involved with financial markets working with Macquarie Bank and then I worked with Accenture where I was called in to help introduce competition into energy markets. Dot […]
Why are investment bankers worried?
Ten years after the global financial crisis, dark clouds are threatening to descend once more. Could the global economy survive another major bank default? To prevent another financial storm, the European Union has taken action by cracking open the highly-guarded banking industry to competition. At the start of this year the banking industry as a […]
Spiking decentralizes trading with 1000 whales protocol!
The Spiking Platform will be powered by state-of-the-art tools (SPOV) the spiking proof of validation protocol where followers meet whales in a completely transparent environment, which will be built on a modern technology stack with fully audited security standards. The Spiking platform integrates machine learning and artificial intelligence, which will enable the traders to find […]
Blockchain technology can claim to be one of the best discoveries over the last decades, near to such important mankind’s inventions as the creation of the Internet
I’m not going to describe all the advantages of blockchain, but the decentralization inherent within it holds enormous potential for effective interaction between an infinite number of participants-partners-colleagues. Such terms as crowdfunding, or coworking, will change substantively soon due to decentralization. The year 2017 has already demonstrated to us a new type of crowdfunding, the […]
The Power of Peer to Peer Lending
Two billion people worldwide lack access to a bank account or financial institution and have to use alternative payment methods to conduct transactions. This signals a huge vacuum for easier access to financial transactions that, once filled, would lift huge barriers to economic growth for the marginalised across the globe. To tackle the issue, the […]
How will regulatory crackdowns impact future ICOs?
Is the world round or flat? Neither. The world is in fact an Excel spreadsheet. Really? No, but something similar. In a few short years the emergence of Blockchain technology, a continuous list of records in its simplest description, has revolutionised businesses across the globe. Thus it’s no surprise that 2018 has brought intense global […]
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Facebook appears to be delving further into blockchain and has listed five new blockchain jobs on its careers page in the last three weeks. The positions include software engineer roles a data scientist position and a data engineer and all are based at the companies headquarters in Menlo Park California. The job description for the […]
Bakkt Delays Launch
Crypto investors have been hit hard by significant losses over the last week. But people held on knowing that Bakkt was to be launching their Bitcoin futures contract. However, today Intercontinental Exchange, the owner of the New York Stock Exchange has announced that it’s launch will be delayed until at least Jan 24, 2019. Bakkt’s […]
Fundstrat’s Tom Lee Predicts Bitcoin Recovery
Tom Lee, the Wall Street analyst and cryptocurrency bull has dramatically reduced his end of year price prediction from $25,000 down to $15,000. According to Lee the key factor behind his new target is Bitcoin’s “break-even point,” which is the level at which the cost to mine Bitcoin matches its trading price. According to Fundstrat’s […]
KPMGs Crypto Report
KPMG, one of the four big auditors has published a 42 page report on the future of cryptocurrencies. Entitled “Institutionalization of Cryptoassets,” the report is very positive about crypto and explores how the crypto economy can scale and realize its full potential. KPMG chief economist Constance Hunter writes: “Cryptoassets have potential. But for them to […]
Prominent Russian Banker Is Pro Crypto
Herman Gref, the CEO of Sberbank, Russias largest bank and Europes third largest has stated that industrial-scale adoption of blockchain technology will surge within the next year or two. Gref has stated that we have now got over the hype surrounding blockchain that we will start to see many more practical uses of blockchain. He […]
Brian Armstrong Becomes Latest Crypto Billionaire.
In spite of poor market conditions, crypto is still making people very rich. The latest person to make the crypto billionaire list is Brian Armstrong. The 35-year-old graduate of Rice University is the co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States. Recently Coinbase secured $300 million US dollars in funding […]
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