April 19, 2019 Official Chinese Currency Renminbi to Become Cryptocurrency, Expert Says Donald Tapscott, executive chairman of the Blockchain Research Institute, has said that Chinese renminbi will become a crypto.…
April 18, 2019 National University of Columbia Joins Blockchain Global Consortium for Science The National University of Columbia is joining the Bloxberg global scientific blockchain consortium. The National University of Columbia is joining the global blockchain consortium for science dubbed Bloxberg, Mauricio Tovar Gutiérrez, co-director of the research group at inTIColombia told Cointelegraph en Español on April 15.Bloxberg is a blockchain initiative formed by 12 research organizations from 10 countries and led by the Max Planck Society, with the National University of Colombia to be the only institution from Latin America.…
April 18, 2019 French Gov’t Minister Open to Enabling Crypto Donations for Notre Dame France’s Minister of State for the Digital Sector says he is open to cooperating with crypto exchanges to enable crypto donations for the reconstruction of the Notre Dame cathedral.…
April 18, 2019 US Gov’t Blockchain Spending Expected to Increase 1,000% Between 2017-2022: Study The U.S. federal government is expected to raise its blockchain spending to $123.5 million by 2022 — an over 1,000% increase from 2017.…
April 17, 2019 Demand for Legal Experts With Blockchain Tech Knowledge is High, Report Law firms are reportedly having trouble keeping up with cryptocurrency and blockchain industry demands for lawyers.…
April 17, 2019 Pakistani Prime Minister Addresses Digitization of Gov’t Administration The Pakistani prime minister has conducted a meeting dedicated to digitization of government operations. The prime minister of Pakistan has conducted a meeting dedicated to the digitization of government administration, local Egnlish language news outlet The News reported on April 17.At the meeting, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan reportedly addressed such issues as digitization of government processes and blockchain technology’s impact on ensuring efficiency and transparency in its operations.…
April 17, 2019 New $50 Million Blockchain VC Fund Partners With HTC Proof of Capital, a new blockchain VC fund backed by an HTC exec, is held in fiat currency, as opposed to token-based investments.…
April 17, 2019 Cambridge Study: Lack Of Standard Terms for Crypto Hampers Global Regulatory Response A new report states that a variety of terms in the crypto industry are often used interchangeably and without a clear definition, which hampers regulatory response.…
April 17, 2019 Ethereum Consortium Launches Token Initiative With Microsoft, JPMorgan Chase, Others The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance has launched a blockchain-neutral Token Taxonomy Initiative that will seek to define tokens in non-technical and cross-industry terms.…
April 17, 2019 Forbes Releases List of Billion Dollar Companies Using Blockchain Finance publication Forbes has released a list of 50 $1 billion firms that are implementing blockchain technology.…