Crypto Briefs is your daily bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – keeping you up-to-date with under the radar crypto news from around the world. Adoption news As a possible solution to ticket fraud and for a better ticketing experience, Broadway has turned to blockchain technology. The Shubert Organization, the biggest theater operator on…
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Crypto Briefs is your daily bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – keeping you up-to-date with under the radar crypto news from around the world. Adoption news Major professional services firm, EY, launched EY OpsChain Public Finance Manager (PFM), a blockchain-enabled solution that aims to help governments drive transparency, provide Read more »Pay/Trade/Buy Bitcoin…
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There is another example of adoption coming to the Cryptoverse, as Samsung started testing tokenomics with Lympo in an effort to motivate Americans to be(come) healthier. Samsung Health, a free application developed by South Korean giant Samsung, partnered with the Lithuania-headquartered blockchain mobile health startup Lympo. According to the website of the startup, the Read…
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Gold held in Swiss vaults has been tokenized on Bitcoin’s blockchain with ticker DGLD by a consortium of companies. A consortium of companies launched a gold-backed token with the DGLD ticker on a Bitcoin (BTC) sidechain. Swiss financial news outlet AllNews reported on Oct. 15 that digital asset managers CoinShares and MKS, as well as…
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Some of the world’s leading carmakers will begin a pilot for a blockchain-powered vehicle identification platform. The project might let the drivers of electric vehicles pay parking fees, maintenance fees, rest stop service fees and highway tolls charges faster and more effectively, without making use of cash, smartcards or credit/debit cards. The pilot, which will…
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Software and hardware crypto wallets are about to enter the ‘Trough of Disillusionment,’ but the future seems bright, as it will bring a better alternative to private keys, according to major research and advisory company Gartner. Their recent Hype Cycle for blockchain technologies shows that both hardware, such as Ledger, Trezor, and Keepkey, and software…
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In the light of the recent report by research and advisory company Gartner, which claims it’ll take another five to ten years to see the transformational impact of blockchains, the company’s Senior Director Analyst, Fabio Chesini, said that the pattern we are now witnessing with blockchain is similar to that of the Internet’s development. In…
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Blockchain technology promised miracles for almost every sector and industry in the world. One of the most prominent industry was gaming, which had many people talking ever since the emergence of Cryptokitties, an amusing digital collectibles game which made the headlines at the end of 2017 and is known for clogging up the Ethereum network.…
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Hdac, the blockchain and cryptocurrency arm of business conglomerate Hyundai, says it will invest USD 10 million in the industry – using the money to pay for a mainnet, dapps (decentralized apps) services, fund startups and create a “cryptocurrency compensation system”-powered token ecosystem. Hdac says it wants to launch its mainnet during the first quarter…
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Blockchain and cryptocurrency investment firm Multicoin Capital hires a former Google product manager as one of its new investment Principals. Blockchain and cryptocurrency investment firm Multicoin Capital hired a former Google product manager as one of its new investment Principals. In a blog post published on Oct. 1, managing partner Kyle Samani said that Tony…
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