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Shaun Thomas Product Manager at Namescan
With the rise of cryptocurrencies and ALT coins, fuelled by the retail madness of Initial Coin Offerings (ICO’s) in late 2016 and all of 2017, we have seen an increase in the number of trading exchanges that have come to fruition. Everything seemed to be fine and the crypto industry was making more millionaires overnight than any other form of in
04 December 2018 /regulation
Enrico Camerinelli Supply Chain Blockchain Personal Coach at Aite Group
A growing number of posts and articles describe how blockchain impacts supply chain operations. This is all but good news for a technology that was doomed to be the exclusive domain of cryptocurrencies. I note, however, that the overarching message that blockchain serves supply chain management operations to avoid counterfeiting or food sophisticat...
01 December 2018
Richard Miller Product Owner at RegDefy (MV37)
In the last article, “Crossing the trust boundary with DLT pt1: Consortiums”, I looked at some fairly well understood topics on the trust model of consortiums. In this article I will explore how Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) can be exploited in a single organisation. There are not too many obvious use cases for the single organisation due to...
26 November 2018
<<Do we really need this blockchain? From what we see from current projects it looks like we could do the same with the technologies already in use.>> I get these and other objections from entrepreneurs and managers (either from companies or banks) in my daily work of Blockchain Management Outsourcing. The questions are legitimate and t...
25 November 2018
Retired Member
We’re now into the second decade of Bitcoin – the cryptocurrency still aiming to take the world by storm. Passing the 10-year mark for any technology is impressive, given the nature of the business, so it’s worth considering if Bitcoin is now established enough to say it’s going to stick around, or will it eventually run out of steam? Back in 20
23 November 2018 /payments
Earlier this year I wrote about the main reasons for using Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) to solve your use case. In summary these were: Trust Boundary Extension: does your use case need trust between parties who would not normally trust each other? Does an agreement or consensus need to be reached? Disintermediation: is there a middleman th...
16 November 2018
E-wallet developer will distribute about 484 million Stellar tokens between its customers. Cryptocurrency wallet developer Blockchain and startup Stellar are going to carry out the largest distribution of cryptocurrency in history. About 484 million tokens with a total value of $ 125 million will be distributed among the company's customers. Acco...
09 November 2018 /startups
With the creation of blockchain technology, many traditional systems have become outdated and are due for an upgrade. Blockchain has demonstrated its capabilities with the conception of virtual currencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, which have completely revolutionised the global currency system. By linking blockchain-based applications, Dapps (...
06 November 2018 /regulation
Carlo R.W. De Meijer Owner and Economist at MIFSA
Recently Ripple launched its “Blockchain in Payments Report 2018”. Main finding of this Report was that global payments based on this technology is reaching critical mass this year. And on top of that organisations are already ‘looking to incorporate digital assets into payments flows’. I was wondering where these findings were based on, so this ...
23 October 2018
Romal Almazo Emerging Technology and Digital Asset, Adviser at Former Crypto and blockchain leas at CAPCO
Arguably the technology of the decade, blockchain continues to be met with hype and cynicism in equal measure. Indeed, New York University recently offered its students the opportunity to major in blockchain technology, however many industry experts say we are yet to see blockchain’s widespread adoption for some time yet. But when it does, I be
13 October 2018
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