Big Four and Blockchain: Are Auditing Giants Adopting Yet?

The Big Four firms continue their expansion into blockchain. Learn if they are able to trigger crypto adoption in our analysis

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BIG Blockchain Intelligence Group Acquires Netcoins Bitcoin Payment Company To Expand Offerings

Blockchain Intelligence Group (BIG) Acquires BTC Payment Company, Netcoins On the 27th of May 2019, BIG Blockchain Intelligence Group (BIG), cryptocurrency solutions and blockchain development company, in a statement announced that they had entered a definitive share purchase agreement with Netcoins Holding Inc.

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Demand for Blockchain Skills Exceeding Supply, Big Companies Hiring Big Time

Blockchain developers are now the most sought-after commodity in the job marketplace, with the number of job openings requiring the skill doubling since the beginning of the year. As the demand for experts in the field exceeds the supply, big companies are looking to implement the new transaction technology offer salaries well above $100k per year.

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Losing the Lambos: It's Time to Get Serious About Crypto's Big Questions

The crypto community should use this moment to forget about price fluctuations and engage the world in a discussion about blockchain tech's potential.

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Two Blockchain Companies up the Ante This Quarter

Regardless of the price movement in cryptocurrencies, blockchain companies are showing promise. With government and institutional interest rising, several up and coming firms are buckling up for big changes.

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Google Play promised to ban cryptocurrency mining apps, but we found tons

Google recently announced its plan to curtail the distribution of cryptocurrency mining apps on the Play Store, but it appears some are still slipping through the net. “We don’t allow apps that mine cryptocurrency on devices,” the Big G wrote in its updated developer policies last month.

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TRON TRX Will Fly When China Open Up To Cryptocurrencies

What happens now with TRON? The past few months have seen some big developments within the TRON project, namely their movement from the Ethereum blockchain onto a TRON mainnet, yet even since this, and even with a few new exchange listings behind them, TRX remains stagnant, undervalued and a little deflated.

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South Korea Budgets Nearly $4.5B for Blockchain, Emerging Tech

South Korea is planning to invest nearly $900 million next year to accelerate the development of blockchain, artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.

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Stellar Lumens Announces Big Changes With Stellar Core 10.0.0

On August 13, Stellar Lumens released the official migration schedule for the upcoming Stellar Core version 10. 0. 0, which will bring integral changes to the Stellar Lumens network. Stellar Lumens Releases Migration Schedule for Stellar Core 10.

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There's a Huge Opportunity for Everyone in Crypto, It's Called KYC/AML

If our goal is mass adoption, blockchain and crypto firms should work closely with regulators and come up with new ways to solve big thorny problems.

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TRON приобрел доменное имя Blockchain.org

Блокчейн-проект TRON объявил о том, что приобрел доменное имя Blockchain. org. В его планах превратить сайт в поисковую платформу, с помощью которой участники блокчейн-индустрии смогут анализировать big data и оценивать криптопроекты, а также получать другую необходимую информационную помощь в работе над развитием инноваций.

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John McAfee Officially Confirms Becoming the CEO of LUXCORE Blockchain

John McAfee announced that he has accepted the position of CEO of LUXCORE as part of a big shakeup of staff within the company. They described the new move as a drive toward further business growth.

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6 Blockchain Companies That Are Taking Down Big Brother

Ever since George Orwell’s seminal work 1984 coined the term “Big Brother,” even people who live in the most… The post 6 Blockchain Companies That Are Taking Down Big Brother appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.

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John McAfee Starts a Rant on Twitter, Asks to Look Into Returns After 18 Months

John McAfee recently went into rant mode on Twitter, defending his investments and advice. He told his followers that his crypto investments made him a very rich man and gave him a very big car and yacht.

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Ripple Are One Step Closer To Decentralising XRP

One of the big issues surrounding XRP is decentralisation. This is because Ripple, as a company own an awful lot of XRP, and also, until recently, operated the majority of the validator nodes on the XRP blockchain.

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Required Reading In China: The Big Book Of Blockchain?

China’s leaders are brushing up on blockchain technology. The People’s Daily Publishing House, which produces primers and educational materials on Marxism-Leninism and related political subjects, has recently announced a textbook “…to help cadres at all levels understand the blockchain.

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Chinese Governmental Body Makes Dedicated Blockchain Lab a Key Focus for 2018

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has stated in a report published August 13th that it will be including the development of a blockchain-dedicated laboratory as one of its key labs for 2018.

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Crypto Startup Taps Larry King in Shared Effort to Combat Climate Change

In a message on GEAR Token’s website, iconic political talk show host Larry King says that global climate change is threatening humanity’s existence and is “a potentially catastrophic issue from the combustion of fossil fuels .

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Brief Rise for Bitcoin [BTC] Price Yesterday

On Saturday, the price of Bitcoin spiked to nearly $6500 but it has since dropped back to support around $6240. Whether price has bottomed out for Bitcoin is a big question on many traders minds as they take their next positions.

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Blockchain to Set the Stage for Alternative Data Trading

From the big league trading desks at Goldman Sachs to farmers in the fields of Nairobi, Kenya, alternative data… The post Blockchain to Set the Stage for Alternative Data Trading appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.

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Tron (TRX) Foundation Successfully Acquires BlockChain.Org

On 10th August 2018, the Tron (TRX) Foundation announced that it had successfully completed the acquisition of the Blockchain. Org domain name. Justin Sun believes that Blockchain. Org will be a one-stop aggregated data, search engine platform.

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EOS Blockchain Controversies and Struggles Continue to Pile Up, What’s Next

As Controversies Surround EOS, Telos Set to Replace It “I'm a really big believer in the potential of EOS and of EOSIO software, and I came to believe that it was on a bad path.”, said Douglas Horn who recently authored a white paper for Telos, a fork of the open-source protocol behind EOS called […]

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Could Blockchain Tech Be Moving Closer to Enterprise Adoption?

With the vast potential of blockchain, even the staunchest of its critics seem to be coming around. That is, of course, depending on whom you speak to and which research you use. Reputable Big Four multinational Deloitte reports that three in four large companies see a compelling case for blockchain. Yet British research specialists at […]

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EMI Foundation ICO

The EMI (Ecosystem of Medical Informatics) platform is aims at achieving the following three objectives. That is the system that realizes improvement of medical science by guaranteeing the safety, security & inte-operability of medical information and aggregating the data using big data analytics and artificial intelligence on the Blockchain platform.

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US DEA Says Only 10% of Bitcoin Transactions Related to Illegal Activities

Critics have always warned anyone willing to listen that cryptocurrency could be used for illegal activities. Thanks to the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) data, the public now has an idea just how much of Bitcoin’s transactions are connected to criminal activity.

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CEVA Logistics: IBM-Maersk Blockchain Platform Is ‘Big Step Forward’

Logistics firm CEVA says shipping supply chains could see new market standard in IBM-Maersk blockchain offering

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Coin Trading is Crushing Blockchain’s Progress, Big Crypto Adoption Debate Reveals

Yesterday’s crypto debate between notable industry professionals, including John Mcafee, singled out crypto trading as one of the fundamental barriers to the mainstream adoption of blockchain technology.

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The Solution To The Broken Real Estate Market – Dominium

The blockchain promises to fix pretty much everything. When we look at the implications of blockchain technology, the list for potential applications is frankly huge. One big area that needs to be addressed is the global property market.

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Big banks want to issue new blockchain bond on Ethereum, but there’s a catch

Even the goddamn World Bank isn’t immune to blockchain hype: it has mandated that the first ever bond be issued via blockchain. The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) will be issuing what’s being called “the Kangaroo bond.

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Who’s The Next Big Player In Blockchain?

The launch of the Digitex Futures commission-free exchange will eventually enable traders get the full value of their trade, instead of giving up a slice of their profits. The post Who’s The Next Big Player In Blockchain? appeared first on CoinSpeaker.

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IBM And Maersk’s TradeLens Is Blockchain Gone Big

Yesterday tech giants IBM and logistics firm AP Moller-Maersk have announced the full development of their latest blockchain collaboration, TradeLens. With this, see’s a partnership of over 90 companies and organisations, working to improve the cross-border supply chain system through ensuring clarity, transparency and efficiency.

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Is Bitcoin Mining Going To Destroy The Planet?

Is mining Bitcoin worth the threat it poses our very existence? Whilst Bitcoin offers communities and society a chance to access a new technology and a form of value that is not regulated by the government, it’s production and mining does have a detrimental impact on the planet, yet, few people seem to recognise that this is the case, especially those scholars who are big on blockchain.

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Binance Unveils Decentralized Exchange Amid Doubts Over Ethos

Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance has revealed a “rough, pre-alpha” demo version of DEX, its own decentralized exchange which could ultimately take over from its current platform. ‘A Big Step’ Introducing a video walkthrough of the exchange, CEO Changpeng Zhao said developers were “very aggressively” on getting a usable product to market.

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What Is Holochain?

If you go to the Holochain website, you will see that they have big and bold ambitions. It’s a…

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Building Tools to Make the Blockchain Usable for Developers & Businesses

Outside cryptocurrencies, developers have created only a handful of useful applications using the blockchain. For example, industries in artificial intelligence, big data companies and logistics, are still trying to figure out how to use blockchain to bring about improvements in their respective fields.

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DJ Who “Turned Down Wall St.” Is On a Quest to Decentralize Music Festivals

Independent DJ Justin Blau (known on stage as 3LAU) didn’t exactly stumble into the cryptocurrency industry — to say so would misrepresent how much thought he’s put into his blockchain-based event network, Our Music Festival (OMF).

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Blockchain to Drive Global Parcel Delivery Beyond DHL, UPS and FedEx

Blockchain-based delivery network PAKET is set to dethrone industry's big names by utilizing blockchain tech to achieve a transparent and accountable execution process for the global parcel delivery system.

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Prime Shipping Foundation ICO

Prime Shipping Foundation is a payment ecosystem for shipping, residing 100% in the Blockchain. An online payment system, crypto bank and exchange for business customers, small and big corporations, participating in the marine shipping market.

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BlockShow Americas 2018: Closing Social and Gender Gaps with Blockchain

The BlockShow conference will bring together big names to find solutions that make the world more equal and a better place to live.

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New Partnership Designed to Securely Track Precious Metal Trades

Financial technology firm Paxos has formed a partnership with INTL FCStone Inc’s precious metals division. The department will now be using Paxos Confirmation Service — a tool built specifically for the precious metals arena — to instantly automate daily trade confirmations and reduce human error.

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South Korean Biotech Firm to Use Blockchain for Genomic Big Data Ecosystem

Public Korean gene sequencing firm Macrogen is developing a blockchain-based ecosystem to allow for the secure exchange and storage of genomic big data

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Bitcoin [BTC] Price Records Gains After Last Week’s Bloodbath- Bull Trap?

Bitcoin is back trading above the $7000 mark today after a week of steep losses. $6850 has effectively acted as support, but with today’s rise being on low volume, the big question is whether this rise will be short-lived or whether it could be the start of the bull market for which traders and investors have […] Bitcoin [BTC] Price Records Gains After Last Week’s Bloodbath- Bull Trap? was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News.

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Blockchain Research In The UK Is Big Industry

Blockchain research in the UK is a growing industry, with a new sort of workforce dedicated to researching and investigating this new technology. Whilst the blockchain remains one universal concept, it is now apparent that it boasts many advantages for many companies and industries, therefore it seems that research within the United Kingdom is now at an all time high, a sentiment that is no doubt reflected internationally too.

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S Korea’s Macrogen to Leverage Blockchain for Genomic Data

South Korean biotech player Macrogen is partnering with Big Data company Bigster to create a blockchain platform for genomic data.

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Go Big Or Go Blockchain: How Blockchain Improves Your Chances Of Winning When Betting Online

One of the main sources of frustration for online casino players is to deal with unreliable game results. Blockchain technology has the capability to transform industries that have been begging for a change for a long time.

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Macrogen DNA Genetic Sequencing Service to Use Blockchain For Sharing Medical Data

Macrogen Works With Big Data Firm for Blockchain-Backed Medical Data Solution As per The Korea Herald, South Korea’s biotechnology firm, Macrogen has revealed its plans to work alongside big data firm, Bigster, to establish what seems like a blockchain-based platform that would support, DNA and other medical information. In particular, the efforts are done to […]

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AxiomLevel Targets Institutional Investors With Investor Onboarding Platform

The slow trickle of traditional investment into the crypto market may turn into a flood if a new platform launched by blockchain services provider AxiomLevel Technologies makes its desired impact.

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Anuvys: Decentralized Blockchain Native Operating System?

For years, users have submitted huge amounts of data to big companies globally. These companies then sell the data to marketers and others. According to a new report, the world will spend $101. 6 billion by 2020 on cybersecurity to protect data.

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Australian Teams Win Big at EOS Hackathon Sydney

The debut of EOS Global Hackathon organized by Block. one, the brain behind the EOS blockchain protocol, came to an end yesterday. The Hackathon took place in Australia at ICC Sidney, and Australian teams clinched the top three prizes and carted away more than US$120,000 in prizes.

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