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Stay safe! Blockchain cybersecurity arms race to intensify in 2018

Threats from cryptocurrency-related ransomware will increase Blockchain could be more beneficial to cybersecurity than it will be harmfulBlockchain villains are coming for you and your computer, while defenders are working hard to protect you, say cybersecurity experts. The battle will get hotter...

, by Simon Chandler

Morning News: More Coincheck Fallout; Are S Korean Exchanges Next?

Japanese Promise Tighter Self-regulation Experts: “South Korean Exchanges Woefully Exposed to Hacking Risks” Coincheck Pulls Plug on Popular Advertising Campaign IBL: Vietnamese Government “Very Excited” about BlockchainCatch up on the most essential cryptocurrency and...

, by Tim Alper

First European Blockchain Centre launches in Vilnius

Europe’s first Blockchain Centre launched its operations in Lithuania’s capital Vilnius on 27 January, attracting entrepreneurs, investors, decision-makers and experts from around the world to the first facility of this kind on the continent. Blockchain Centre Vilnius is placed minutes...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

CIS Week: Siberians Running Auto Engine Mines, Belarus’ Crypto March

Catch up on essential blockchain and cryptocurrency news stories from CIS this week. Public Record Shows How Keen Ukrainian Government Officials Are on Bitcoin Opendatabot, a website that gathers data from Ukraine’s public and court records, has published the names of 57 government officials...

, by Tim Alper

3,000 Metric Tons of Wheat Traded for Bitcoin

Last month, Bitcoin was used in a freight deal sent from Rostov, Russia to Samsun, Turkey, according to a firm called Prime Shipping Foundation (PSF). Possibly, this is the first freight deal done in a cryptocurrency, per Bloomberg.PSF is trying to develop “a cross-border payment system...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Morning News: Giant’s OK to Crypto, Blockchain stars, Mining Fire Sale

Giant to Start Accept Crypto Payments Pension Service “Indirectly” Invests in Crypto “Blockchain Stars of 2018” List Robinhood to Start Bitcoin, Ethereum Trading Former Chinese Miners “Flooding” North American Market with Used HardwareCatch up on the most...

, by Tim Alper

Cryptocurrencies Could Let You Sell Access to Your DNA Data

Caitlin Curtis, The University of Queensland and James Hereward, The University of QueenslandDid you know that when you take certain genetic tests, the company can make money by on-selling your data to other businesses?Now new blockchain-based marketplaces could give individuals control over access...

, by Caitlin Curtis

Canada Uses Blockchain to Show Transparency Example

A pilot project based on the blockchain platform Ethereum will track and publish Canadian government research grant and funding data with blockchain technology, Canada’s National Research Council Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) announced in a blog post.The NRC IRAP is...

, by Julia Travers

How People Are Using Bitcoin in Africa

People just want access to Bitcoin Remittance companies are main customers Bitcoin for businesses operating across AfricaOn a recent episode of Epicenter, BitPesa CEO Elizabeth Rossiello discussed how her company uses bitcoin to enable new payment flows in and around Africa.BitPesa is an online...

, by Kyle Torpey

Your Morning News Update

South Korea Asks to Report “Suspicious” Crypto Transactions Stripe to Phase out Bitcoin Payments Huobi Global Resurfaces with its Own Cryptocurrency South Korea’s New Crypto Guidelines Could Be Hard to Implement Paxful Completes Bitcoin-funded SchoolCatch up on the most...

, by Tim Alper

Blockchain consortium mulls move to speed up insurance claims

The technology could be extended to the subscription markets Evidence suggests blockchain can benefit the captive insurance marketPeople who claim on their insurance could be paid substantially faster if plans to launch a blockchain platform into the market get the go-ahead.The Blockchain...

, by Emily Perryman

How blockchain Helps To Combat Illegal Fishing

Candice Visser, University of Wollongong and Quentin Hanich, University of WollongongIn a significant development for global fisheries, blockchain technology is now being used to improve tuna traceability to help stop illegal and unsustainable fishing practices in the Pacific Islands tuna...

, by Candice Visser

Your Morning News Update

Experts Warn NVIDIA and Others of Crypto Stock Danger South Korean Exchanges to Face Massive Tax Bill Sports Betting Suffers as Cryptocurrency Thrives 236 Japanese Stores Now Accept Cryptocurrencies Crypto Exchanges Advertising Drive Paying DividendsCatch up on the most essential...

, by Tim Alper

Meet Leon and Marcus, Owners of Half Bitcoin ATMs in Malta

Leon Siegmund (left) and Marcus Westhagen. Photo by Daiva RepečkaitėWhen Ivaja, a bitcoin startup in Malta, which promises “happy bitcoin ATMs”, started fundraising for their first machine, they were faced with bad press bitcoin was getting after the earlier failed bitcoin...

, by Daiva Repečkaitė

How Blockchain Might Give the Homeless a Comeback

Nonprofit uses blockchain in order to help the homeless It wants to raise 3,334 ETHAs someone who has experienced chronic homelessness, Latricia Mercer does not take spending time with her grandchildren or having a steady job for granted. Her life went through a dramatic change when she...

, by Julia Travers

Help People Buy Bitcoin – Lesson From a Small Bank

How a bank can profit from bitcoin by using its existing banking infrastructure? Just let your clients to buy bitcoin on your ATMs. This a profitable lesson from the second smallest bank in Slovenia Hranilnica LON and its partners. In two months after the new service was launched in the end of...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

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