Image of The Week, May, 13 — 17: Coinspeaker, Mashable and Others
A cheaper option on blockchain phone market, emerging need in proper crypto management and other news of the digital world in our weekly digest
17 May 2019 14:35, UTC
Ian Marchewski
Amazon Files Patent With Proof of Work Inclusion
The document describes a system in which the “first party” performs computational work to gain access to a resource; also hash trees are mentioned
17 May 2019 08:20, UTC
Regtech And Suptech: Laws Are New Gold
The application of IT in finance became possible due to fintech. Regtech and suptech are even more specialized IT areas in the area of monitoring of compliance with laws and regulations
17 May 2019 06:45, UTC
Aleksandre B
Pomp: $1k Bitcoin Investment Would Be Worth $2.6 Billion Today
The pioneering cryptocurrency has excellent potential in the future redistribution of global wealth
16 May 2019 13:17, UTC
Blockstream Announces Security Token Platform Launch
The new platform is a solution for businesses to issue security tokens on the Liquid Network
16 May 2019 09:53, UTC
Blockchain Technology Could Be Horse Racing’s Future
The ledger can tell if a horse has been fed steroids, the performance of every horse will be fed into the blockchain and every member of the network will have access to it
15 May 2019 14:33, UTC
Thyagarajan Gopalakrishnan
Bank Of France Is Interested In Stablecoins, Governor Claims
He stated that the bank is “observing with great interest” the development of the technology, which allows network members to exchange stablecoins for securities, goods and services
15 May 2019 09:02, UTC
Cryptopia Exchange Announces Bankruptcy, Liquidators Are Appointed
Today, on May 15, Cryptopia officially confirmed the bankruptcy of the company in a twitter post. It is not clear whether the clients of the exchange can withdraw their funds
15 May 2019 07:35, UTC
ICOs are in free-fall. But all hope is not lost
Once among the most popular fundraising mechanisms, Initial Coin Offerings or ICOs, is going through a rough patch right now. Still, it is not over yet, and here is why
14 May 2019 12:41, UTC
Gregory S. Mathew
A Quick Guide For Bitcoin ATMs: How, Where, What’s Next
Bitcoin ATMs are some of the easiest ways to buy bitcoin. Their numbers and locations are growing as BTC starts to get accepted more around the world. Learn more about them
14 May 2019 11:09, UTC
Iggi Vargas
Robots To Blame: 3 Mln Workers Are Under Threat In Italy
The robots and artificial intelligence are infesting the labour market and they will displace unskilled or low-skilled workers with a low level of education
14 May 2019 09:50, UTC
Vsevolod Gnetii
Bitcoin Surpasses $8,000. XRP Shows The Best Growth In TOP-100
At the time of writing the price of Bitcoin (BTC) is 8,112 dollars, but XRP is a high-gainer as well: it is traded at 0.40 dollars per coin on Kraken exchange
14 May 2019 09:03, UTC
How Blockchain is Changing Digital Marketing
Consumers and marketers are yearning for private and confidential transactions — that’s where blockchain comes in. It could revolutionize the system by acting as a regulator
13 May 2019 13:17, UTC
Karoline Gore
Will We See The Reveal of Bitcoin's Biggest Mystery?
A website called GotSatoshi appeared recently. There is the question “Where in the world is Satoshi?” and the countdown till the May 14th when his identity should be revealed
13 May 2019 11:10, UTC
Konstantin Rabin
IOST Foundation To Join Singapore Blockchain Incubator Initiatives
It is known that Enterprise Singapore will provide grants to founders who launch innovative blockchain solutions. IOST will act as an appraiser and mentor of projects
13 May 2019 09:15, UTC
Bitcoin Miners Earn $580,000 Per Day On Transaction Fees
Messari.io claimed that miners of the first cryptocurrency earn more than 8 times of the combined transaction fees of all altcoins listed on their website
13 May 2019 07:55, UTC
Cisco: 10% of Global GDP Will Be Stored In Blockchains By 2027
The International technology conglomerate has published a report on the development of the blockchain technology and on how it is transforming the business, and the future of the industry
10 May 2019 16:31, UTC
Denis Goncharenko
Affirm, Kabbage, Tala — The Big Three of Online Loans
Bitnewstoday monitors everything that happens in the world of modern technologies, and FinTech is an area where big money and the most advanced tech are combined
08 May 2019 12:42, UTC
Aleksandre B
Grin Cryptocurrency Developers Receive Anonymous 50 BTC Donation
The Grin project is notable for the fact that it entered the market, developing according to a model that was called “fair launch”
08 May 2019 09:50, UTC
Hash Rate Of Bitmain Has Significantly Declined Over The Last Month
According to the analysis of the hashrate of all equipment owned by Bitmain, the SHA256 hashing algorithm used in the Bitcoin network has fallen noticeably
08 May 2019 08:29, UTC