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IBM Blockchain Leader for CEE on Trends, Pitfalls and Hopes for 2019

Instead of focusing on blockchain as a technology, people should be focusing more on letting it resolve real business problems, believes Maciek Jędrzejczyk, Blockchain Leader for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) at tech giant IBM. Also, expecting blockchain to solve any and all problems you...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Blockchain in Action: Bitfury helps to Boost Ukraine’s Budget

The deployment of blockchain technology in partnership with a state-run company allowed to boost the proceeds from auctions of seized property and land leases in Ukraine.In the first year of the implementation of the technology, SETAM, a state-owned company, held 12,338 successful auctions with a...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

Ambitious Plans for Bitcoin ATMs in Argentina Postponed

Argentina, which is in the middle of an escalating financial crisis, will have to wait more to get at least 150 Bitcoin ATMs, which were promised to install by the end of this year.As reported in October, the US company Odyssey Group planned to install 150 Bitcoin ATMs in the Latin American country...

, by Benjamin Vitáris

Venezuela’s Crypto Tourism Bid, Paraguay OKs Huge Mining Project

Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro has announced beach-loving tourists to the country will now be able to settle their bills in cryptocurrencies.State media quotes Maduro as stating that the ruling applies only to certain “economic zones,” including tourist hotspots including...

, by Tim Alper

Ray of Bitcoin Hope as Ohio OKs Crypto Tax Payments

Businesses in America’s Ohio have been given the green light to pay their tax bills in cryptocurrencies, says the state’s treasurer.Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, treasurer Josh Mandel explained that as of November 26 companies throughout the state could register and pay for a...

, by Tim Alper

The Top 6-10 ICOs of 2017: Where Are They Now?

Back in September, we ran a follow-up article on the five highest-grossing initial coin offerings (ICOs) of 2017, revealing that all-but one – Tezos – had failed to provide its ICO investors with a positive return.Well, we've now done the same for the top six to ten ICOs, and given that...

, by Simon Chandler

Bitcoin Gets Closer to Clients of 24,000 French Tobacco Shops

French fintech company Keplerk has just made it possible for tobacco shop customers in France to buy bitcoins.The initiative affects 24,000 tobacco shops in the country where bitcoins will be offered as vouchers, which can be cashed in via Keplerk’s wallet. The company will take a 7% cut on...

, by Benjamin Vitáris

BitPay, CoinShares, and CryptoOracle Execs Talk Crypto

As the crypto sell-off is hitting mainstream media outlets, experts are being brought on to explain what is going on in the crypto markets, as well as share their thought on just how deep the rabbit hole is.In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Sonny Singh, chief commercial officer of the major...

, by Fredrik Vold

Sony Just Approved Ethereum-based PS4 Game

Plague Hunters, the blockchain-based video game, has reportedly been approved by Japanese tech giant Sony and it’s coming to the PlayStation 4, a video game console, soon. This is the first Ethereum blockchain-based game that has gone through Sony’s rigid process of approval. Plague Hunters,...

, by Benjamin Vitáris

TransferWise Still Not Convinced by Ripple

The UK-based money transfer service TransferWise says they’ll start looking into blockchain-based solutions when more banks start using Ripple - in spite of Ripple scoring significant victories lately by signing up PNC Bank and Santander, among others.Speaking on the latest episode of...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Ripple Increases Its Dominance in the Market

Following the “flippening” last week where Ripple’s XRP cryptocurrency dethroned Ethereum as the most valuable digital asset in terms of market capitalization, XRP has managed to strengthen its positions in the crypto market after the crash last week.Percentage of total market...

, by Fredrik Vold

20 Crypto Adoption Cases: From Limos to Airplanes

To us in the industry, it might seem like cryptocurrencies are everywhere. In the morning, we check news from the industry, check our portfolios, and see what social media is buzzing about. However, sometimes it is a bit jarring when someone asks you about that “internet money” that you...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

“Transactions in Crypto May Become Standard,” KPMG

“Big four” accounting firm KPMG says that assets like Bitcoin are not truly currencies yet, but that “a new world of finance is emerging in which transacting in cryptoassets may become standard procedure.” To drive the space towards this new world, they believe that...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

1 in 3 Mexican Firms ‘Have Crypto Pay Platforms in Place’

Over a third of Mexican businesses say they have begun implementing systems that will soon allow them to accept payment in cryptocurrencies, per a new study.PwC Mexico reported that, as part of the company’s larger Global State of information Security Survey 2018, it has discovered that 38%...

, by Tim Alper

Head of IMF: the Advantage of Crypto is Clear

Christine Lagarde, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), praised the advantages of cryptocurrencies by saying that crypto payments are “immediate, safe, cheap, and potentially semi-anonymous”. At the same time, she suggested that governments could set up their...

, by Benjamin Vitáris

Dash Sees “Mixed Signals on User Growth”, Active Adresses Jump by 36%

Dash, one of the Top 15 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, is seeing more and more adoption, especially compared to the results a year ago, but the total payment volume and number of downloaded mobile wallets has been decreasing, according to their Q3 results.“We saw mixed signals on...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

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