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Casey, the chairman of CoinDesk’s advisory board and a senior advisor for blockchain research at MIT’s…bchainjournal (39)in #life • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneHOW A CENTRAL BANKER ENVISIONS BITCOIN, DLT AND BANK LEDGER IN THE FUTUREYao Qian, the director-general of the Institute of Digital Money of the People’s Bank of China, explains how he…bchainjournal (39)in #life • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneBLOCKCHAIN IS ‘DEFINITELY AN OPPORTUNITY’ IN THE LONG TERM, SAYS UBS CEOUBS CEO, Sergio Ermotti, said that blockchain is “definitely an opportunity” in the long term to help businesses…bchainjournal (39)in #life • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneWHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LITECOIN AND BITCOIN?Alok Yadav, a cryptoanalyst and researcher at Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research, answers the…bchainjournal (39)in #life • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneTHE WORLD’S LARGEST BLOCKCHAIN INSURANCE GROUP WILL USE R3’S CORDA PLATFORMThe world’s largest blockchain insurance group will use R3’s Corda platform in order to develop new products, reported…bchainjournal (39)in #life • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneSQUARE IS GRANTED A BITLICENSEThe payment firm Square is granted a BitLicense from New York regulators, according to a press release published on…bchainjournal (39)in #life • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneA TRANSITION THAT WILL BRING BLOCKCHAIN FROM NICHE USE CASES TO GENERAL-PURPOSE TRANSACTIONSPaul Brody, a principal and the Global Blockchain Leader at EY, explains a transition that will bring blockchain from…bchainjournal (39)in #life • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneFACTOM BLOCKCHAIN INITIATIVE IS GRANTED THE TASK TO SECURE U.S. BORDER PATROL DATAFactom Blockchain Company is granted the task to secure the U.S. border patrol data recorded with cameras and sensors…bchainjournal (39)in #life • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneTWO MAJOR RUSSIAN BANKS ARE TESTING CRYPTOCURRENCY PORTFOLIOSTwo major Russian banks, Sberbank and Alfa-Bank, are testing cryptocurrency portfolios for private clients, according…bchainjournal (39)in #life • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneWHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ETH AND EOS CRYPTOCURRENCIES?Knut Andre, cryptocurrency investors with years of experience and a graduate student that studied business and…bchainjournal (39)in #life • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneJD.COM PLANS TO ISSUE ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES ON THE BLOCKCHAINE-commerce giant JD.com plans to issue asset-backed securities (ABSs) on the blockchain, reported Cointelegraph on…bchainjournal (39)in #life • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneWHAT IS THE BITCOIN LIGHTNING NETWORK AND ITS BENEFITS?Abhishek Singh, the Program Director at Blockchain Semantics answers the question on Quora: What is the Bitcoin…bchainjournal (39)in #life • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneBITCOIN’S PRICE INCREASED ABNORMALLY DURING THE RECENT BOOM DUE TO TETHER MANIPULATION, A STUDY SAYSBitcoin’s price increased abnormally during the recent boom due to the manipulation of the U.S. dollar-pegged tether…bchainjournal (39)in #life • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneGERMANY’S FINANCE REGULATOR CHIEF: BLOCKCHAIN CAN TURN THE ENTIRE FINANCIAL SECTOR ‘UPSIDE DOWN’Germany’s finance regulator chief, Felix Hufeld mentioned that blockchain can turn the entire financial sector “upside…bchainjournal (39)in #life • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS HAVE RAISED THEIR BLOCKCHAIN BUDGET OF 67% IN 2017, ACCORDING TO A RESEARCHFinancial institutions have raised their blockchain budget of 67% individually in 2017 with a combined total of $1.7…bchainjournal (39)in #life • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneSOUTH KOREAN BANKS WILL ROLL OUT A BLOCKCHAIN-BASED ID VERIFICATION SYSTEM IN JULYA group of South Korean will roll out a blockchain-based ID verification system in July, reported Coindesk on June…
