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Gartner Inc., the world’s leading research and advisory company, predicts that by 2023, organizations using blockchain smart contracts will increase overall data quality by 50 percent, and trim data availability by 30 percent. The net impact is a positive result for data and analytics (D&A) Return on Investment (ROI). The impact of blockchain
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Asiff Hirji, the former president and chief operating officer of Coinbase, is the new president of Figure Technologies, the blockchain-based lending firm backed by Morgan Creek Digital.Figure announced Hirji's addition Wednesday, saying the longtime financial executive will oversee the company's growth. Figure CEO Mike Cagney said in a statement that
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The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) is to launch a Blockchain-based, peer-to-peer payment and money transfer platform in the next few months, according to the NBC Director-General Chea Serey yesterday. Also known as a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) or some might even coin it a national cryptocurrency.“We are very
Read MoreGlobal commodities Blockchain trading company VAKT has been backed by Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures (SAEV) with a $5m investment in new shares and Aramco Trading Company as a future platform user. Richard James, VAKT CFO, commented: “It is a proud moment to be able to count SAEV as one of our shareholders. This
Read MoreThe US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged former Stevie Award winner and SEO champion Sergii “Sergey” Grybniak and his company Opporty International, Inc. – a blockchain marketplace company with conducting a fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO) of unregistered digital asset securities. As alleged in the SEC’s complaint, it raised
Read MoreThe Blockchain Advocacy Group The US Chamber of Digital Commerce (CDC) is filing an amicus brief advocating for a predictable legal environment for the blockchain industry in an attempt to counter the SEC’s motion for a summary judgment against Telegram Group Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary TON Issuer Inc. The Blockchain
Read MoreSelf-proclaimed ‘Father’ of E-Sports, Ted Owen, is apparently planning to relaunch Clanbase in 2021 with Version Two of his new Blockchain-fueled gaming platform called PlayAPI. “PlayAPI is the culmination of a life spent in the epicenter of the video game revolution. It is a dream to organize a gamer’s life in
Read MoreSheila Warren is the Head of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology at the World Economic Forum. Sumedha Deshmukh is a Project Specialist on the Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology team at the World Economic Forum. The opinions expressed here are their own.If the last few years have taught us one
Read MoreAbout Richard KasteleinFounder 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
Read MorePeople should not attend a North Korean Blockchain and Cryptocurrency event to be held in February 2020, according to United Nations sanctions experts, In a confidential report due to be submitted to the U.N. Security Council later this month, they flagged it as a likely sanctions violation. The exclusive news, broken
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