July 3, 2019

Bittrex Acquires Tradedash – Blockchain News

July 3, 2019 boss

About Richard Kastelein Founder and publisher of industry publication Blockchain News (EST 2015), a partner at ICO services collective Token.Agency ($750m+ and 90+ ICOs and STOs), director of education company Blockchain Partners (Oracle Partner) – Vancouver native Richard Kastelein is an award-winning publisher, innovation executive and entrepreneur. He sits on the advisory boards of some two dozen Blockchain startups and has written over 1500 articles on Blockchain technology and startups at Blockchain News and has also published pioneering articles on ICOs in Harvard Business Review and Venturebeat. Irish Tech News…

Korea’s Cube Systems Rolls Out New Blockchain eCommerce Platform

July 3, 2019 boss

Korea’s Cube Systems Rolls Out New Blockchain eCommerce Platform

July 3, 2019 boss

Blockchain research and development platform Cube System is rolling out its new Cube Chain based public blockchain mainnet, WAVE 1.0 today – July 3, 2019. Kim, Dong-oh, CEO of Cube System, said: advertisement “Cube Chain is a blockchain platform. By focusing on ecommerce, Cube Chain can be applied to various industries and with our multiple security systems and fast processing speed, it can be used very widely.” Cube Chain is a unique blockchain ecosystem based on a self-developed technology that forms blocks into a cube-shaped structure using a “cubing” process and connects those cubes together.…

Clinlogix Joins ALTEN Calsoft in Launching Blockchain for Clinical Trials

July 3, 2019 boss

ALTEN Calsoft Labs, a leading Enterprise Digital Transformation solutions and Engineering R&D services company, has launched – “BioPharma Ledger”, a Blockchain clinical trial platform. Clinlogix, a leading-edge global clinical research organization (CRO), with locations in Europe, Asia, South America and the US will be the first practitioner to pilot and implement the platform in real-world clinical trials. advertisement JeanMarie Markham, the Founder and CEO of Clinlogix said: “I’m very excited to be one of the first, if not the first, CRO who is moving ahead with the rapid development and deployment of a…

Even Crypto-Friendly Japan Worries Over Threat of Facebook’s Libra

July 3, 2019 boss

The list of regulators eyeing Facebook’s cryptocurrency with apprehension keeps growing less than a month since Libra was announced. According to the Nikkei Asian Review, the Bank of Japan is worried that Libra will be a big risk to the existing financial systems as it is hard to regulate. Part of the reason for this concern is the fact that the price of Libra will be tied to a basket of currencies. Consequently, by not being pegged to one particular fiat currency, individual countries will exert little to no regulatory…

Gab Seeks $10M to Decentralize and Use ‘Free Speech Money’ Bitcoin

July 3, 2019 boss

Social media platform Gab has made a bid to seal $10 million in a Series A crowdfunding round that will enable it decentralize its infrastructure and integrate bitcoin (BTC) and Lightning Network payments. Founded in 2016, Gab has risen to notoriety due to a perception that it serves as an “echo chamber” for “extremist,” alt- or far-right views as it welcomes users who have been banned from sites like Twitter and Facebook for their alleged violations of hate speech rules. More broadly, the site targets a user base of libertarian,…

California’s Cannabis Delivery Service Now Accepts Bitcoin

July 3, 2019 boss

SpeedWeed, California’s only legal cannabis delivery platform, announced that it is now accepting Bitcoin (BTC-USD). Customers can now use the popular cryptocurrency to purchase legal marijuana products from licensed dispensaries and have them delivered directly to their door, the company said in a statement. “With banks and credit card companies shying away from the cannabis industry, customers are forced to pay in cash. That’s really inconvenient. We have a better way,” SpeedWeed Director of Operations Ken Breese stated. “By allowing members to pay with crypto, we’re able to keep our…

Bitcoin (BTC) to Hit $20,000 as Institutions Continue Crypto Sortie

July 3, 2019 boss

In Taiwan on Wednesday, Nouriel Roubini was as bearish on Bitcoin (BTC) as ever before. The career market cynic, who famously called the 2008 Great Recession, which, ironically enough, was the catalyst that spawned the first cryptocurrency, quipped that this entire industry is rife with scammers, criminals, degenerates, and so on and so forth. Related Reading: Dr. Doom Claims Central Bank Digital Currencies Could Destroy Crypto Despite these harrowing comments from “Dr. Doom” — as the economist, a long-time crypto hater, is lovingly known — investors seem to be as…

Only a Fool Would Trust Facebook’s Libra

July 3, 2019 boss

Nobel prize-winning economist, Joseph Eugene Stiglitz, claims that “every currency is based on trust, but only a fool would trust Facebook’s Libra” in an article published on July 2. Stiglitz also notes that “in just a few short years, Facebook has earned a level of distrust that took the banking sector much longer to achieve.” He appears to fear that Facebook’s cryptocurrency could be hospitable to a shadow economy: “The last thing we need is a new vehicle for nurturing illicit activities and laundering the proceeds, which another cryptocurrency will…

Nestlé Breaks from IBM Food Trust Blockchain Group for New Milk Supply Chain Trial

July 3, 2019 boss