Blockchain Patents are Pointless May 19, 2020 Many technology companies – both enterprises and startups – are rushing to file new blockchain patents. Many patents are only “a little bit blockchain”. Others are not blockchain at all. And most illustrate a failure to grasp the core principles of blockchain: openness and collaboration. There have been hundreds of patents filed in the blockchain [...]
Bitcoin Halving sees Miners echo Satoshi Nakomoto May 19, 2020 | Sponsored Last week Bitcoin (BTC) began trading around the $8,600 mark following the Bitcoin Halving on Monday evening, before seeing a substantial surge upwards throughout the week to once again test the important $10,000 level. BTC is trading at the time of writing at $9,757. Ether (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, began the week [...]
GiveLIVE! Shake off the chains & hack the crisis May 19, 2020 | Sponsored We may be living in what Malcom Gladwell describes as a “Tipping Point”, serendipitous conditions that spark massive global movements. During a pandemic, what is poignant is not the crisis itself but the collective action that follows. If we perceive the pandemic as a Goliath overtaking the world, we’ve already lost. Instead, let’s turn our [...]
As digital assets ready to mainstream, Governments respond May 19, 2020 Some may still think of digital assets as largely unregulated with little government oversight. But as consumer awareness and interest in digital assets grow, so does attention from policymakers around the world. This ‘attention’ has produced both praise and punitive action. Last month, three U.S. legislative bills were proposed calling for the creation of “Digital [...]
How Telegram failed the Distributed Ledger, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency industry May 19, 2020 | Sponsored This week Telegram announced that the Telegram Open Network (TON) project would be discontinued as the SEC’s winning of a preliminary injunction barred Telegram from launching TON or distributing its Gram tokens. Pavel Durov, Founder of Telegram then explored general themes relating to US dominance of the global financial system “…the people outside the U.S.… [...]
