Day: September 6, 2018

Organisations must continue to improve transparency and accountability as ICO survey shows most UK citizens still don’t trust organisations with their data

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The Information Commissioner is reminding organisations to be transparent with people’s personal information, after a survey revealed trust and confidence in how organisations handle personal data is still low, despite an improvement across sectors. One year on since the original benchmark research, the ICO has conducted another round of public research and the full report can be found here. The research found that one in three people (34%) have trust and confidence in companies and organisations storing and using their personal information. This is up from one in five people…

Linux Foundation Launches New Hyperledger Blockchain Training Course

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The Linux Foundation has opened enrollment for its new advanced training course for Hyperledger Fabric blockchain technology, according a press release published September 5.   The new course, ‘Hyperledger Fabric Fundamentals,’ is a further addition to the Foundation’s enterprise-oriented blockchain education efforts, which already include an online self-paced “Blockchain for Business” course via the nonprofit online learning platform edX.org.  According to today’s press release, Linux will release Certified Hyperledger Sawtooth Administrator exams later this year, specific to the Hyperledger Sawtooth modular blockchain platform. As the Foundation’s Clyde Seepersad notes, recent…

Crypto Wallet Vows to Make Transferring Funds as Simple as ‘Sending a Text’

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The company behind “one of the world’s most secure mobile cryptocurrency wallets” says its platform offers banking-grade features to protect tokens, while ensuring that completing transactions is as simple as “sending a text.” SovereignWallet says one of its main motivations is promoting financial inclusion and enabling the unbanked to create accounts for crypto directly from their smartphones. Through its wallet, Ethereum and its own utility token can be sent to recipients easily — and users receive notifications when transactions are completed. It plans to support other cryptocurrencies in the future.…

Alliance between Fidelity & Blockchain Start-up Building Block REIT

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A strategic alliance between Fidelity National Title and Building Block REIT was announced  today.  The alliance will cooperate their respective marketing and sales efforts in the greater Chicago market and will join in pursueing client opportunities. Both companies are expected to extend their capabilities by leveraging their combined strengths to deliver greater value to their clients in the purchase and sale of multi-family, office space and mixed-use commercial real estate. “As a leading provider in the title industry, Fidelity National Title is excited to be partnering with Building Block REIT…

The Daily: Luxury Car Dealership Accepts Bitcoin, Basketballers to Earn Crypto

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In today’s edition of The Daily we cover stories about a famous American billionaire’s luxury car dealership accepting bitcoin payments, GBP trading pairs on Coinbase Pro, an additional avenue for basketball players to earn crypto, and new features added to Robinhood app. Also Read: Bitcoin ATM Maker Develops Payment Solution for Cannabis Dispensaries Luxury Car Dealership Accepts Bitcoin Tilman Fertitta, the billionaire owner of the NBA’s Houston Rockets and star of Billion Dollar Buyer on CNBC, has announced his luxury automobile dealership Post Oak Motor Cars is to accept BCH…

South Korea Post Service Seeks Crypto ‘Know-How’ From Goldman Sachs

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South Korea’s national postal service Korea Post (KP) will meet with Goldman Sachs executives to gain “know-how” about cryptocurrencies, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, September 5. The service, which oversees an investment fund of $112 billion, said a meeting about crypto had already taken place with Goldman’s incoming chief executive, David Solomon, in New York. Speaking to the Bloomberg in an interview, the post service’s president Kang Seong-ju confirmed that  KP officials would also travel to Hong Kong to meet with Goldman’s dedicated cryptocurrency team there, which the banking giant set up…

UK Meds-Stratis Partnership; to deploy blockchain solutions

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Stratis, an end-to-end blockchain applications firms, will work with UK Meds to improve the online drug prescriptions niche. Announcing on its website, the firm reveals that the UK Meds-Stratis partnership will help prevent, among other things, multiple prescriptions. UK Meds is an online pharmacy that brings together doctors and patients over the internet. Headquartered in the UK, the pharmacy has operations in Asia and the Americas. Blockchain solutions at the core of the UK Meds-Stratis partnership The new partnership promises to help the pharmacy properly handle the more than 3,000…

Bitcoin’s Double-Digit Drop Negates Long-Term Bull Market

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Bitcoin’s (BTC) double-digit drop may have sent the bulls packing, however, a long-term bearish reversal is still not confirmed, technical studies indicate. At press time, the leading cryptocurrency is changing hands at $6,422 on Bitfinex – down 13 percent from the previous day’s high of $7,404. Notably, BTC has erased gains made in the last two weeks in a single day. Further, the sharp drop has poured cold water over the optimism generated by the falling channel breakout and the bullish turn of the weekly MACD. Still, it is premature…

IBM Makes Another Blockchain Identity Play With Health Data App

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IBM’s blockchain division is widening its work in the nascent field of “self-sovereign identity” – technology designed to give individuals greater control over their personal data. Announced today, the tech giant is working with Hu-manity.co, whose #My31 app just became available on iOS and Android mobile devices. The app’s name alludes to the idea that legal ownership of one’s data should by a “31st human right” in addition to the 30 already ratified by the United Nations. It’s the latest in a series of similar projects IBM has been involved…

Crypto Exchange Kraken Denies Rumor of Office Closure, Security Breach

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U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has denied a rumor that has emerged on social media claiming the firm is shutting down operations at one of its service centers amid a security issue. Reddit user “throwaway34034324” posted a thread on Thursday claiming that the exchange is closing operations in Halifax, Canada, and has “just laid off hundreds of people in response to a security [breach].” Another user, “MysteriousPlankton,” who is apparently one of the Halifax employees, commented on the thread that they were asked to accept voluntarily resignation with eight weeks’ pay as a…