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Telegram plans multi-billion dollar ICO
Encrypted messaging startup Telegram plans to launch its own blockchain platform and native cryptocurrency, powering payments on its chat app and beyond. The “Telegram Open Network” (TON) will be a new, ‘third generation’ blockchain with superior capabilities. The launch will be funded with an enormous Initial Coin Offering. It will have private pre-sales ranging into […] More
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Universal Crypto-Fiat Hybrid Bank to Use Open API
London, UK – Forty Seven Bank will use an Open API that allows businesses and partners to develop and integrate third party applications and services within Forty Seven’s banking infrastructure. This modular API architecture will enable Forty Seven to engage third-party developers, and in the process, ensure Forty Seven can evolve, develop and adopt new technologies […] More
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The UK government is launching an inquiry into digital currencies and the technology enabler, Blockchain
The British government, keen to balance regulation without limiting innovation and jeopardizing businesses, is nervously greeting the digital technology, weighing up both the risks and benefits it brings. Striking the right balance between regulating digital currencies to provide adequate protection for consumers and businesses, whilst not stifling innovation, is crucial,” Nicky Morgan, MP and chair of the treasury committee said. The UK […] More
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LG Uplus, Etisalat, KT, Telefónica and PLDT will Support the Carrier Blockchain Study Group
The Carrier Blockchain Study Group (“CBSG”), the global blockchain consortium of telecom carriers, today announced that South Korea-based LG Uplus Corp. (“LG Uplus”), UAE-based Etisalat Group (“Etisalat”), South Korea-based KT Corporation (“KT”), Spain-based Telefónica, S.A. (“Telefónica”), and Philippine-based PLDT Inc. (“PLDT”) agreed to jointly explore how to collaborate on building a next-generation global cross-carrier blockchain […] More
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Attention ICOs- Lithuania says ‘Here is a red carpet, come disrupt the market’
Vilius Šapoka, Lithuania’s Finance Minister, told a Forbes contributor: ‘Here is a red carpet, come disrupt the market.’ Countries like Gibraltar, Malta, Lithuania, Estonia and Switzerland are in a competition with each other to create the most efficient and safest framework for firms to launch ICOs. Marius Jurgilas, member of the board of the Bank […] More
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Binary
Menu Binary.com is the pioneer of online binary options trading. We grew from one simple idea: to make binary options easily accessible to retail investors worldwide. Today, we’ve established ourselves as a market leader and one of the most popular online binary options trading platforms in the world. CryptoBible is one of the largest communities […] More
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Georgia to Consider Cryptocurrency for Tax Payments
According to CoinDesk, two state senators in Georgia have proposed a bill that would allow citizens to pay their tax obligations in bitcoin, marking the second legislative effort of its kind to emerge this year. Public records show that the measure submitted on Feb. 21 by senators Michael Williams and Joshua McKoon would, if passed, tweak the rules governing the […] More
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Cannabis industry on Blockchain
While Cannabis legalization gains more traction, it is being slowed by an economic ecosystem that is still shrouded in black market practices as a fragmented industry. Paragon hopes that Blockchain can be the answer as they look to create a transparent, standardized, and regulated ecosystem for the industry to thrive on. […] More
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Telegram plans multi-billion dollar ICO
Encrypted messaging startup Telegram plans to launch its own blockchain platform and native cryptocurrency, powering payments on its chat app and beyond. The “Telegram Open Network” (TON) will be a new, ‘third generation’ blockchain with superior capabilities. The launch will be funded with an enormous Initial Coin Offering. It will have private pre-sales ranging into […] More
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Huawei will build a Blockchain Smartphone
Chinese smartphone manufacturing behemoth, Huawei is reportedly looking to build a blockchain-capable smartphone. If successful it, would be the first ever foray of a smartphone manufacturer into the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency. In the last couple of years, blockchain technology has been catapulted to a place of prominence within the global business process. Several corporations have […] More
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7,000 industry leaders to attend Dubai Blockchain summit
More than 7,000 chiefs of industry and visionary technologists from around the world will look to help accelerate blockchain application in Dubai and beyond, at the inaugural Future Blockchain Summit, to be held next month in Dubai, UAE. In line with the Dubai Blockchain Strategy, announced by HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al […] More
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China is allowing ICO’s again
Unconfirmed sources indicate that in the coming period ICO’s will be again possible on the Chinese market. According to rmbtheory.com, China is once again allowing ICO’s to make use of China’s market, under one condition however. This condition is NEO must be used as a smart assets platform when conducting the ICO. This is because […] More