AI Is Revolutionising Health Care June 16, 2020 | Sponsored The market value of AI in the health care industry is predicted to reach $6.6 billion by 2021. Artificial intelligence is increasingly growing in popularity throughout various industries. Most of us associate AI with things like robots, Alexa and self-driving cars. But AI is a lot more than that. AI experts see it as a revolutionary technology [...]
Consensus: Do You Agree? June 16, 2020 Consensus is an essential concept in blockchain and distributed ledger technology. In reading many articles, it is clear that it is also one of the most misunderstood. The definition of consensus is “general agreement”. In the context of blockchain, a consensus means that the network has agreed. The confusion arises when we ask the questions: [...]
CryptoAM: Shines its spotlight on Cygnetise June 16, 2020 | Sponsored The release of a commercially live product in 2018 saw Cygnetise gain its first paying customers. Since then, the product and technology has continually improved, driven by market demand whilst over-zealous ambitions have been prudently reined in by modest levels of investment and resource. Unlike many, Cygnetise have chosen to focus their blockchain based business [...]
From Punk Rock to the Genesis Block June 16, 2020 Some of my earliest memories are of the social unrest of the 1970’s. Richard Nixon had cut the dollar’s final ties to gold a few months after I was born in 1971 and by the time I was toddling around in front of the TV screen, it was filled with pictures of angry young men [...]
Why Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is Revolutionary June 16, 2020 | Sponsored Decentralized finance (DeFi) is one of the areas in crypto that has received notable traction. At a high level, DeFi aims to re-create the financial system that we use today but in a way that removes the need for intermediaries like banks. Bitcoin, which most readers will probably be familiar with, laid the foundation for [...]
Bitcoin Transaction Fees Plunge While Institutions Add Crypto to their Portfolios June 16, 2020 | Sponsored This week the price of Bitcoin (BTC) moved up to test the $10,000 mark before the market started once again dropping, entering a downward trend that saw the price drop below $9,000. At press time, BTC has climbed above the $9,000 mark once again to trade at $9,100. Ether (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency by market [...]