Blockchain

Blockchain is dead, long live the blockchain Despite the discussions surrounding blockchain’s demise, it’s too early to rule out the potential for blockchain adoption, writes Chris Skinner for The Finanser blog. “We saw this with the internet (a boom and bust and boom); mobile (it’s only for yuppies but now I can’t live without one); and the PC (who needs a computer in the … [Read more...] about BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 12/18/16

Think outside the blocks Now that the banking community has woken up to bitcoin and blockchain technology, BCG Perspectives outlines what blockchain is (for anyone who still isn’t sure) and examines the different cryptocurrencies available. BOJ, ECB to jointly study digital currency technology The two agencies will team up to examine blockchain, the distributed ledger … [Read more...] about BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 12/11/16

FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 12/11/2016 FinTech's insurance sector came to the fore this week. This Google Trends chart and series of tweets tell the story of InsureTech's growth in 2016. We found in our @burnmark report that #insurtech focused on disrupting legacy systems and processes are seeing more interest than apps Download report. — Devie Mohan … [Read more...] about InsureTech Rules

How Trump became bitcoin’s unlikely savior President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to block remittances hasn’t been fulfilled, but the notion has helped bring new attention to bitcoin, which allowed it to fill gaps left behind if popular money transfer firms were to stop their cross-border payments operations, writes Bailey Reutzel for Paymentssource. A similar situation occurred … [Read more...] about BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 12/04/16

6 takeaways from CoinDesk’s Q3 State of Blockchain blockchain proof-of-concepts. And though bitcoin is the largest cryptocurrency, its market share is declining. Pete Rizzo breaks down these trends and more in a post for CoinDesk. Ethereum survives hack but it’s still behind bitcoin Hackers used a flaw in the code to steal $60 million from other investors, but the Ethereum … [Read more...] about BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 11/27/16

How blockchain will change your life Much like the internet in the 1990s, the underlying technology beneath digital currencies like bitcoin and Ethereum, might be the “next big trinket for computer geeks,” writes IBM CEO Ginni Rometty for The Wall Street Journal. Singapore to test digital currency in latest FinTech initiative The Monetary Authority of Singapore is the … [Read more...] about BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 11/20/16