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Blockchain

BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 3/20/17

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China bitcoin rules would require exchanges to verify clients’ identity In the continuing saga of China's complex relationship with bitcoin, the People’s Bank of China opened up investigations in January at the country's three largest bitcoin exchanges, Huobi, OkCoin and BTCC, and delivered a stern warning last month that bitcoin platforms risk being shut down if they evade … [Read more...] about BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 3/20/17

BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 3/13/17

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Blockchain “the second generation of the internet” During a Lendit USA event, Northwest Passage Ventures CEO Alex Tapscott said he was impressed that “the second generation of the internet,” adding that consumers would recreate the banking industry if they could. “The Internet of Things will be a key enabler for the proliferation of blockchain and perhaps could be a keystone … [Read more...] about BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 3/13/17

Blockchain, Baby!

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FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 3/6/2017 With the recent shift in FinTech news and hype moving toward artificial intelligence and machine learning, blockchain almost started to seem like last year's model. At the same time, predictions that 2017 would see real pilots are starting to come to fruition. I took notice again the week before last when I saw that Northern Trust had … [Read more...] about Blockchain, Baby!

BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 2/27/17

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This is The World's First Cryptocurrency Issued by a Hedge Fund Numerai, a San Francisco-based investment firm which uses encrypted crowdsource data for stock market predictions, issuing its own cryptocurrency called the Numeraire, which is the first to be issued by a hedge fund and not a nonprofit or group of developers. “Finance is totally competitive right now. There’s no … [Read more...] about BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 2/27/17

BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 2/20/17

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Blockchain Gang NPR’s Planet Money team looks at the connection between packets of mackerel used as a prison currency and blockchain’s takeover by banks and stock traders. It's the story of how Charlie Shem, who went to jail in a bitcoin-related case (aiding and abetting an unlicensed money transmission business), helped prision trade payments go digital. … [Read more...] about BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 2/20/17