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blockchain platform, Quorom, and has been testing
it with a handful of lenders since October 2017.
2-Sep-18 Japan’s Largest Bank Experiments Using
Own Crypto at Convenience Store
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, one of
the world’s largest financial groups,
has been experimenting with using its
own cryptocurrency, the Mufg coin,
for payments at a convenience store for employees.
This week, a local publication reported on the
progress of the experiment.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (Mufg) has been
experimenting with its digital currency, the Mufg
coin. A convenience store for employees only,
located at the group’s headquarters in Tokyo, has
been allowing Mufg employees to pay with these
coins. The Sankei Shimbun visited the store and
reported this week that the experiment “is quietly
advancing.”
16-Jul-18 Hong Kong Monetary Authority to
Launch Multi-Bank Blockchain Trade Finance
Platform
Hong Kong’s de facto central
bank will launch its own blockchain
trade finance solution with 21 banks in
August, Financial Times (FT) reported
Sunday, July 15.
The joint venture between the Hong Kong
Monetary Authority and Chinese company Ping An
Group’s fintech subsidiary OneConnect aims to
substantially reduce paperwork, costs security risks
for participants, FT reports.
18-Jul-18 Japanese Internet Giant GMO’s New
Web Bank Will Use Blockchain for Payments
Multi-billion-dollar Japanese
tech conglomerate GMO has
launched a new internet banking
business that will use blockchain
technology for faster and cheaper
payments and financial services.
In an announcement [PDF] on Tuesday,
the GMO Internet Group confirmed the launch of
the GMO Aozora Net Bank in partnership with
Aozora Bank Group, a joint-initiative that has been
in preparation since July 2016 that will leverage the
use of blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI) and
Internet of Things (IoT) to provide new financial
services through financial technologies.
The advent of a cashless society amid a
proliferation of smartphones and rapid
advancements of financial technologies in society
has led to new financial services like ‘convenient
[and instant] settlements’ coming to the fore, a
press release from GMO Aozora Net Bank added,
heralding itself as an “everything for customers,
aiming [to become] the #1 technology bank” in a
roughly translated motto.
18-Jul-18 Bank of America Reveals Blockchain
Patent for External Data Validation
Bank of America (BoA) has filed a patent
for a blockchain-based system allowing
the external validation of data,
according to a United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) patent filing released
July 17. BoA’s patent filing proposes using
blockchain for tracking resource information and
confirming resource transfers, noting that
“A need currently exists for providing a
more accurate indication of a user's financial
standing by allowing external validation of data in a
process data network.”](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/rb3-top100-compressed-190130200843/85/Rising-Blockchain-Magazine-Results-of-2018-67-320.jpg)
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6-Dec-18 Swiss Post & Swisscom Launch ‘100%
Swiss’ Blockchain Infrastructure
Switzerland’s national postal
service Swiss Post and state-owned
telecoms provider Swisscom are
partnering on a “100 percent Swiss”
blockchain infrastructure,
according to a press release Dec. 6.
14-Nov-18 Xerox Wins Patent for Blockchain
System That Tracks Revisions to Electronic
Documents
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO) has awarded Xerox a patent
for a blockchain-driven auditing
system for electronic files, according
to a patent filing published Nov. 13.
Xerox — known for its eponymous printing and
digital copying appliances — first filed the patent in
August 2017. The patent describes a blockchain-
based system for the secure recording of revisions
made to electronic documents.
13-Nov-18 Amex Files Patent for Blockchain
System to Match Images of Receipts With Stored
Records
Financial services giant American
Express (Amex) has filed a patent for a
blockchain-based system to capture
and transmit the image of a receipt,
according to a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO) patent filing published Nov. 13.
The patent applicant is listed as American Express
Travel Related Services Co., Inc., the company’s
travel subsidiary. The new filing, titled “Linking
digital images with related records,” includes a new
method for receiving, recording and transmitting
the image of a receipt.
13-Nov-18 Amazon Wins Patents for
Cryptography and Distributed Data
Storage Solutions
E-commerce giant Amazon has won
two patents related to methods for
protecting the integrity of digital signatures and
improving distributed data storage. The two
patents were published by by the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) today, Nov. 13.
The first patent document, first filed in April of this
year, outlines a “signature delegation” method for
“protecting the integrity of digital signatures and
encrypted communications,” by allowing for the
generation, distribution, validation, and revocation
of one-time-use cryptographic keys..
8-Nov-18 Salesforce Patents Blockchain Method
For Sorting Email
"Have you checked your spam
folder?" You've probably said
those words, or had them said to
you, countless times, always in the
same smiling and reassuring voice
that carries with it an implied how-did-you-not-
think-to-check-your-spam-folder-already
judgmental undertone. Working to dispel this case
of daily jargon ennui, cloud-based customer
relationship management platform Salesforce
recently received a patent to use blockchain-based
technology to prevent legitimate emails from being
sent to spam folders – and spam from mucking up
users' inboxes.
20-Sep-18 Poland’s Top Bank to Launch Blockchain
Platform for Document Management Within
‘Days’
Poland’s largest bank will launch a
blockchain solution for its
customer documents via a
partnership with UK-based
Coinfirm “in the coming days,” the parties
confirmed in a press release Thursday, September
20.
Part of a drive to enhance security of customer
data, PKO Bank Polski will use Coinfirm’s Trudatum
to provide blockchain-issued paperwork to its some
five million account holders.
24-Jul-18 Google to Offer Distributed Ledger
Solutions in Cloud Platform Marketplace
Google is joining the list of tech giants
to deploy blockchain technology to
offer customers fintech and cloud
service solutions, according to an
official statement Monday, July 23.
Google announced that the company has
partnered with two blockchain-focused firms,
Digital Asset and BlockApps, to offer new
distributed ledger technology (DLT) solutions on
Google's Cloud Platform (GCP), which would allow
users to "explore ways [customers] might use
distributed ledger technology frameworks](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/rb3-top100-compressed-190130200843/85/Rising-Blockchain-Magazine-Results-of-2018-77-320.jpg)
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video, shot by a concerned citizen, appears to show
election officials driving up in their personal
vehicles and putting provisional paper ballots into a
rented box truck. Each of the alleged election
officials who delivered the votes to the truck
arrived alone, without a second person to watch
the process, as required by law.
9-Nov-18 Cities in China are Using Blockchain to
Track Parolees
At least two Chinese cities are using
blockchain technology to track
offenders on parole, CCN has
learned. In the city of Foshan, a
report from May indicates that
officials would like to deck their system out with
bracelets similar to those issued in western
countries. In the city of Zhongshan, which is in the
same province as Foshan (Guangdong), the system
will reportedly transcend boundaries previously in
place for community corrections officials, such as
when data regarding parolees was available to
them. Both cities are essentially using the same
hardware, but Foshan is apparently the first to
make official use of it.
23-Aug-18 Kenya’s Electoral Commission to Adopt
Blockchain for Enhanced Vote Integrity
The Independent Electoral and
Boundaries Commission of Kenya
(IEBC) has announced plans to
utilize blockchain technology to
offer real-time polling results and
thus improve vote integrity and trust in the
voting process.
Speaking in a statement, IEBC
chairperson Wafula Chebukati said that the
technology will be used to give presidential
candidates secure access to live results as the
country struggles to shake off the legacy of the
violent 2007 and 2017 elections which saw
hundreds killed and hundreds of thousands
displaced across the country.
17-Aug-18 The “Fapiao” Case: How China Is
Fighting Corruption With Blockchain
China has been on the
verge of blockchain adoption as of
late. The technology, in fact, has
become part of the country’s
national, president-signed program.
The latest advancement in the field relates to
the country’s old corruption staple — fake
invoices used to embezzle corporate and state
funds.
Tax authorities of the city of Shenzhen
and a state-owned aerospace firm have
recently turned to blockchain for immutable and
transparent record-keeping, steadily putting an
end to paperback corruption.
To understand the nature of the latest
blockchain solutions for China’s invoicing
system, its general context should be explained
first. Essentially, it revolves around the concept
of the so-called ‘fapiaos’ (the Chinese word for
an official invoice), which is a legal receipt that
serves as proof of purchase for goods and
services.
17-Aug-18 Russian Independent
Electoral Watchdog to Pilot Blockchain
for Voting System
A Russian independent
electoral watchdog is trialing a
blockchain-based electronic voting system,
local news platform Tass reports August 17.
The non-profit Association of
Independent Public Observers, dubbed
"National Public Monitoring" (NOM),
announced the pilot at a press conference in
Moscow on Friday. NOM federal coordinator
Roman Kolomystev, told reporters: “As part of
our congress, we are launching a pilot
electronic voting system built on a blockchain
system." The inaugural Russian Congress of
Public Observers was held on the initiative of
NOM, alongside the Russian Fund for Free
Elections and the Association of Lawyers of the
Russian Federation, Tass reports.
08-Aug-18 Ukraine Electoral Commission Uses
NEM Blockchain for Voting Trial
A member of Ukraine’s
Electoral Commission revealed in an
Aug. 7 Facebook post that they are
working with NEM on a blockchain
voting pilot.
Oleksandr Stelmakh, head of the State Register
at the Central Electoral Commission of Ukraine,
appeared pleased with the ongoing tests,
writing in the post that they are “continu[ing] a
series of experiments applying blockchain
technology within electoral voting.”
Stelmakh noted that they created a test vote
using 28 nodes with the NEM blockchain
“several weeks ago,” adding that “voting is still
open and anyone can take part it in”.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/rb3-top100-compressed-190130200843/85/Rising-Blockchain-Magazine-Results-of-2018-84-320.jpg)
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01-Aug-18 Overstock Subsidiary Partners With
Zambian Gov’t on Blockchain Land Registry
Zambia has signed a
Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with the blockchain land registry
subsidiary of American retail giant
Overstock, the company revealed in a
press release July 31.
Under the agreement, Overstock’s Medici
Land Governance (MLG) will work with the Zambian
government on overhauling land ownership,
allowing rural landowners to legitimize their estates
and gain access to the financial world.
01-Aug-18 Dubai Looks to Disrupt its Entire Legal
System with ‘Court of the Blockchain’
The Dubai court system
tasked to oversee all civil and
commercial disputes involving
financial transactions both
domestically and internationally is turning to
blockchain technology to “create the world’s first
disruptive court”.
The Dubai International Financial Center
(DIFC) Courts has announced its plan “to create the
world’s first Court of the Blockchain” in a
partnership with the government’s Smart Dubai
initiative that it says will fundamentally reshape the
judicial process in the future. The pivot to a
“blockchain-powered future” will bring “greater
efficiencies across the entire legal ecosystem,” the
authority said in a statement.
The two bodies will form a joint-
taskforce to specifically develop a network built
on blockchain technology and smart contracts
to explore verification of court judgments and
sharing of documents in real-time for efficient
cross-border law enforcement. Beyond the
initial step, other ‘far-reaching benefits’ include
removing document duplication and
streamlining the broader judicial process the
release added.
25-Jul-18 Catalonian Government to Develop Plan
for Blockchain Technology Integration
The Generalitat de Catalunya
(Government of Catalonia) has revealed a
plan for blockchain tech implementation
in its public administrative activity, according to the
official press release July 24.
The Generalitat de Catalunya, an official
governmental institution of the Spanish
autonomous community of Catalonia, will promote
blockchain technology “with the aim of improving
digital services to the public and promoting the
potential of this technology between the
Administration, companies and the citizen[s].”
According to the press release, Catalonia’s
Department of Digital Policies must develop a plan
for incorporating blockchain tech in all areas of the
public administration’s activities by the end of
December 2018. "
01-Aug-18 Japanese City Tsukuba Trials
Blockchain-Based Voting System
The Japanese city of
Tsukuba, north of Tokyo, has recently
tested a voting system based on
blockchain technology, local
newspaper The Japan Times wrote
Sunday, September 2.
The city, which The Japan Times described
as a “center for scientific research,” held the voting
trial in late August. As Cointelegraph Japan
reported earlier, in order to vote the participants
had to have My Number Card — a 12-digit ID
number issued to all citizens of Japan including
foreign residents, introduced in 2015.
According to the city of Tsukuba’s official
website, the election was dedicated to several
social programs. Residents could choose which of
13 proposed initiatives they would like to support,
including developing a new cancer diagnostic
technology, constructing objects for outdoor
sports, and creating sound navigation in the city.
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27-Dec-18 UN Partnership to Roll Out Blockchain-
Based Telemedicine, Telepsychology in East Africa
The United Nations Office on Drugs
and Crime (UNODC) will reportedly
partner with blockchain-based
telemedicine and telepsychology firm
doc.com to expand free basic healthcare services
across Eastern Africa. News of the partnership was
shared with Cointelegraph in an email on Dec. 26.
In an officially sealed letter signed on Dec. 20 by
Amado Philip de Andres, Regional Representative
for UNODC’s Regional Office for Eastern Africa
(ROEA), de Andres wrote that the organization is
“willing to cooperate [...] in a new partnership.”
Doc.com is a tech firm that offers blockchain-based
24/7 telemedicine and telepsychology platforms,
allowing users to tokenize their personal data and
sell it in return for access to the services.
15-Dec-18 Nigerian Start-up Announces
Revolutionary Global Decentralized Health
Platform With A Distributed Blockchain
Cura Network, a Nigeria-based
healthcare technology start-up, has
announced the launch of its
revolutionary Global Decentralised
Health System. The platform
decentralizes storage of health
data, by means of entities collaborating and sharing
data with each other to promote, restore or
maintain health. These entities are patients,
specialists, providers, and third-party app
developers.
13-Nov-18 Major South Korean Hospital to Use
Blockchain Tech for Medical Information Services
One of the South Korea's largest
hospitals has partnered with a local
tech company to develop a medical
services platform based on
blockchain technology, according to
the hospital’s official press release Nov. 12. Myongji
Hospital, located in the city of Goyang, South Korea,
has signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with Korean IT company BICube, which
markets itself as a machine learning platform.
12-Nov-18 Austrian Government Supports
Blockchain Cancer Research, Screening Tool
The government of Austria is
supporting a U.K. cancer research
company using blockchain to detect
the disease. The government’s
support comes as part of its drive to promote the
technology, a press release shared with
Cointelegraph confirms Nov. 10. Lancor Scientific,
which has developed a device to detect multiple
cancer types and record screening results with
smart contracts on blockchain, plans to open a
research laboratory in the city of Graz.
9-Nov-18 Blockchain Healthcare Platform
MediBloc Partners with Massachusetts General
Hospital
Blockchain startup MediBloc has
announced a three-year project
with Massachusetts General
Hospital (MGH), the original and
largest teaching hospital of Harvard
Medical School, to help it become one of the first
healthcare institutions in the world to leverage
blockchain technology for secure and accessible
data storage.
5-Oct-18 BlackBerry Unveils Blockchain
Partnership to Support Medical Research
BlackBerry, the software company
and former maker of an eponymous
line of mobile phones, announced
Thursday its plans for a new
blockchain platform aimed at storing
and sharing medical data.
The firm said in a press release that it would use its
"carrier-grade network operation center" (NOC) to
support the digital ledger, which would be
developed by biotech incubator ONEBIO. It would
specifically be used to securely store data from
patients, labs and monitors
3-Sep-18 Life’s Code: Blockchain and the Future of
Genomics
In an era of hotly contested debates
surrounding data ownership, privacy
and monetization, one particular piece
of data could be said to be the most
personal of all: the human genome.
While we are 99.9 percent identical in our genetic
makeup across the species, the remaining 0.1
percent contains unique variations in code that are
thought to influence our predisposition toward
certain diseases and even our temperamental
biases — a blueprint for how susceptible we are to
everything from heart disease and Alzheimer’s to
jealousy, recklessness and anxiety.
2018 offered ample examples of how bad actors
can wreak havoc with nefarious use of even
relatively trivial data. For those concerned to](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/rb3-top100-compressed-190130200843/85/Rising-Blockchain-Magazine-Results-of-2018-87-320.jpg)
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systems: the CPB’s legacy application and a
blockchain-powered platform developed by the
agency’s parent body — and the country’s primary
border control organization — the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS).
22-Aug-18 CASE STUDY: How ScanTrust Brought
Transparency to the Supply Chain with
Hyperledger Sawtooth
ScanTrust wanted to enhance its
offering in supply chain traceability
and help their client, Cambio Coffee,
bring more transparency to their
ethical trade business.
ScanTrust used Hyperledger Sawtooth to build a
blockchain-enabled traceability function for their
existing application
16-Aug-18 110-Year-Old UPS Eyes Blockchain to
Streamline Delivery Logistics
Century-old delivery giant United Parcel
Service (UPS) believes that blockchain technology
could help streamline package delivery logistics
across a global supply chain.
According to documents published by the
US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) on
Thursday, the Georgia-based UPS has applied for a
patent that utilizes blockchain and distributed
ledger technology (DLT) to route packages
throughout an international supply chain that may
include multiple carriers.
9-Aug-18 Maersk, IBM Launch Blockchain Shipping
Supply Chain Platform
IBM and Danish transport and
logistics giant Maersk have launched
their global blockchain-enabled
shipping solution, according to an
official press release today, August 9.
The new jointly developed blockchain
solution revealed 94 organizations involved and
154 million shipping events already captured. The
global supply chain platform has been dubbed
‘TradeLens,’ and its dataset is reportedly growing at
a rate of close to one million shipping events a day.
According to the press release, the
platform is able to track critical data about each
shipment in a supply chain in real time, generating
a distributed, immutable record on the fly.
27-Jul-18 Consulting Giant
Accenture’s New Patent Reveals
Plans for Blockchain Logistics
Innovation
Consulting giant Accenture has plans to
use blockchain to upgrade its logistics network, a
patent application published July 26 reveals.
According to the document published by the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
11-Jul-18 Major Korean Logistics Firm Lotte Joins
Blockchain in Transport Alliance
South Korea’s Lotte Global Logistics,
a major Seoul-headquartered
logistics and shipping firm, has joined
the Blockchain in Transport Alliance
(BiTA), FreightWaves reported
Monday, July 9.
The BiTA trade association was
formed in 2017 to popularize and
develop blockchain applications in the
transport and logistics industries, as
well as to establish industry standards
for adoption of the technology. The alliance uses
OriginTrail, a purpose-built protocol for supply
chains based on blockchain, and counts around 400
participants as members.
Lotte Global, for its part, is a full-service
logistics provider, overseeing warehouse
management, intermodal import/export terminals
and customs clearance, parcel delivery, and moving
freight by air, rail, and truckload. According to the
company site, its transportation resources for
parcel delivery form “the largest network in [South]
Korea.”
9-Jul-18 Open Mineral plans blockchain
consortium for minerals trading
South Online metal concentrates
exchange Open Mineral is seeking to
build a consortium of mining
companies and financial institutions to
create a blockchain system for minerals trading and
logistics.
Swiss-based Open Mineral said in a
statement on Monday it was joining forces with U.S.
blockchain start-up ConsenSys to establish
Minerac, aiming to make mineral trading and
supply chains more efficient.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/rb3-top100-compressed-190130200843/85/Rising-Blockchain-Magazine-Results-of-2018-114-320.jpg)
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TOP ETHEREUM (ETH) NEWS – NOV-DEC 18
136,65$
*ETHEREUM (ETH/USD) price at Coinbase
(on 31 December 18)
$14,2B
Market Cap
+22,39%
Change in 1 month
-35,1%
Change in 1 year
-73,43%
Change since the beginning of the
year
Useful links:
https://twitter.com/ethereum
https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereu
m/
TOP NEW CONTENT:
11-NOV-18 UNITY AND ETHEREUM:
WHY AND HOW - GUIDES
13-NOV-18 PIPELINE - START WITH
1-NOV-18 BTC.COM RELEASES NEW ETHEREUM
BLOCK EXPLORER TO SUPPORT ETHEREUM
COMMUNITY
Building on the experience of developing and managing
one of the famous Bitcoin Block Explorers, BTC.com starts
to embrace Ethereum community by supporting
foundation capabilities. BTC.com looks to transfer its
industry-leading experience to help Ethereum scale its
underlying infrastructure. By typing any of the following
information: address, transaction hash, block, or token,
users can get all the details of a transaction. By clicking
bottom “Tokens,” users can check related information of
any ERC-20 token.
5-NOV-18 BANCOR BEGINS CROSS-BLOCKCHAIN TOKEN
TRADING BETWEEN ETHEREUM AND EOS
Originally announced in September, Bancor has now
expanded to the EOS blockchain, using its decentralized
application (DApp) BancorX to allow users to convert
between Ethereum and EOS-based tokens, without
exchanges.
21-NOV POA NETWORK ANNOUNCES ERC20-TO-ERC20
TOKENBRIDGE
"Back in May, POA Network launched its POA Bridge,
allowing users to convert POA tokens on the POA Network
to POA20 tokens on Ethereum. The team noted that ""this
was the first milestone in [its] long-term vision for
blockchain interoperability.""
POA is an Ethereum sidechain with an open-source EDCC
(aka smart contract) framework. It aims to make the
execution of smart contracts easier, cheaper, and faster.
The network is a bit different than other chains in that it
uses a proof of authority consensus mechanism, which is a
variant of proof of stake. The network's POA tokens are
essentially represented on Ethereum as POA20 coins."
23-NOV-18 ETHEREUM DEVELOPERS ARE QUIETLY
PLANNING AN ACCELERATED TECH ROADMAP
Ethereum developers are quietly discussing a previously
undisclosed upgrade that could boost the capabilities of
the technology more aggressively in the short-term.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/rb3-top100-compressed-190130200843/85/Rising-Blockchain-Magazine-Results-of-2018-140-320.jpg)
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TOP LITECOIN (LTC) NEWS – NOV-DEC 18
30,5$
*Litecoin (LTC/USD) price at Coinbase (on
31 December 18)
$1,824B
Market Cap
-1,95%
Change in 1 month
+141,3%
Change in 1 year
-86,25%
Change since the beginning of the
year
Useful links:
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reddit.com/r/litecoin/
TOP NEW CONTENT:
16-NOV-18 LITECOIN FOUNDATION
RELEASES NEW IOS VERSION OF
LOAFWALLET FEATURING SIMPLEX
SUPPORT- ARTICLE
4-NOV-18 LITECOIN EXCEEDS $50 MARK, BOBBED UP BY
2.8% & CONTINUES TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT RESISTANCE
LTC was able to marginally rise up by $2.78% that
made it to exchange hands at $51.72, at press time, a
reassuring increase that may have made
cryptocurrencies traders believing the coin would defy
and reject the bearish market until it dropped slightly
near to the $50 level again, though this time keeping
its new position somewhat above its previous trading
price for the past 4 days to stand at $50.10.
10-NOV-18 LITECOIN [LTC] NETWORK SEES HUMONGOUS
DEPOSIT OF 1.15 MILLION LTC, MAKING IT THE RICHEST
ADDRESS
The Litecoin [LTC] network, last week, processed one
of the biggest and largest transactions till date,
according to a blog by the network. A whopping 1.15
million LTC transaction, worth a total of $61 million,
was completed with a transaction cost of $0.5
[Ł0.00922].
13-NOV-18 VERGE (XVG) DEV UPDATE AHEAD OF
TOKENPAY (TPAY) AND LITECOIN (LTC) COLLABORATION
BENEFITS
The secure privacy focused Verge (XVG) team takes
time to update the community on the latest
developments as the networks anxiously awaits the
collaboration with Litecoin (LTC) and Tokenpay
(TPAY) to become a reality.
26-DEC-18 LITECOIN BECOMES THE FIRST
CRYPTOCURRENCY TO SPONSOR THE UFC
According to a blog post by the Litecoin Foundation,
Litecoin (LTC) will be the “Official Cryptocurrency
Partner of UFC 232″. The event will take place this
Saturday evening in California and the headline bout
on the card will see Jon Jones and Alexander
Gustafsson dispute the UFC light heavyweight belt.
It remains unclear how a partnership between the two
entities will work in practice. After all, Litecoin is not a
company in the same way that Bud Light, Reebok, or
Harley Davidson is.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/rb3-top100-compressed-190130200843/85/Rising-Blockchain-Magazine-Results-of-2018-148-320.jpg)
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TOP QTUM (QTUM) NEWS – NOV-DEC 18
2,2945$
*QTUM (QTUM/USD) price at Binance (on
31 December 18)
$204,5M
Market Cap
+13,71%
Change in 1 month
-62,2%
Change in 1 year
-92,69%
Change since the beginning of the
year
Useful links:
twitter.com/QtumOfficial
reddit.com/r/Qtum/
TOP NEW CONTENT:
9-NOV-18 QTUM USE CASE: THIRD
PARTY PAYING TRANSACTION FEES
– GUIDES
24-DEC-18 HOW TO: BUILD A DAPP
BASED ON QTUM AND IPFS –
ARTICLE
8-NOV-18 A FULLY FUNCTIONING SPACE-BASED
QTUM NODE HAS TAKEN ORBIT
Singapore's’ SpaceChain has launched another
blockchain node into space! This is the first fully
functioning space-based Qtum blockchain node that
can perform multi-signature transactions & run smart
contracts in space.
27-NOV-18 QTUM AMBASSADOR PROGRAM
It’s with great honor the Qtum Foundation is
announcing the official Qtum Ambassador Program.
The primary objective of this program is to raise
awareness and expand Qtum’s offline communities.
The Qtum Foundation aims to empower the grassroots
efforts by democratizing in-person activities, effectively
giving power to users of the platform.
19-DEC-18 QTUM AWARDS $400K GRANT TO
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH TEAM FOR
SMART CONTRACTS R&D
Open source blockchain project Qtum has awarded a
$400,000 grant to academics at Columbia University to
fund the development of a new programming language
for Ethereum (ETH)-style smart contracts.
The R&D will reportedly focus on the design and
implementation of a new language named “DeepSEA”
and its integration with Ethereum-style smart contracts.
An earlier outline of DeepSEA states that the language
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Rising Blockchain Magazine - Results of 2018
- 1. Issue03November-December2018 RISINGBLOCKCHAINMAGAZINE IS A MONTHLY MAGAZINE WHERE WE CHOOSE THE MOST INTERESTING NEWS IN THE BLOCKCHAIN AND CRYPTOCURRENCY WORLD.RB risingblockchain.com Year 2018 BLOCKCHAINS PROTOCOLS p.9 CORPORATIONS ADOPTERS p.14 INVESTORS & VC p.18 FINANCIAL GIANTS p.22 TRADING PLATFORMS p.25 LAW COMPANIES p.33 BLOCKCHAIN PIONEERS100 BUSINESS & FINTECH STARTUPS p.37 SOCIAL STARTUPS p.41 BUSINESS MEDIAS - BLOCKCHAIN PROMOTERS p.47 BLOCKCHAIN NEWS WEB-SITES p.51 TOP BLOCKCHAIN CASES, p.55 TOP CRYPTO NEWS, p.130 TOP
- 2. Issue03November-December2018 Detailed explanation + Illustrations RB BLOCKCHAIN CASES Blockchain In Auto 59 Blockchain and Education 78 Blockchain in Insurance 93 Blockchain In Media & Advertising 99 Blockchain in Charity 69 Blockchain in Social Media 107 Blockchain in Banking 63 TOP 100 blockchain pioneers 04 Blockchain In Copyrights 71 Blockchain in Gaming 80 Blockchain In Governments 82 Blockchain in Agriculture 55 Blockchain In IoT 95 Blockchain In Loyalty System 97 Blockchain in Money Transfers 101 Blockchain In Aircraft 57 Blockchain In eCommerce 74 Blockchain in Real Estate & Construction 105 Blockchain Art 61 risingblockchain.com Blockchain in Telecommunication 116 Blockchain in eDocuments 76 Interesting content about Blockchain technology 125 Blockchain in Supply Chain & Logistics 109 Blockchain in Utilities 119 Other blockchain cases 121 TOP100 Detailed explanation + IllustrationsBlockchain in Healthcare 86 Blockchain In HR 89 Blockchain In Identity 91
- 3. Issue03November-December2018 TOP PROTOCOL NEWS Bitcoin News 130 Bitshares News 132 Cardano News 133 Dash News 134 Emercoin News 136 EOS News 138 Ethereum News 140 Ethereum Classic News 142 Hyperledger News 144 IOTA News 145 Lisk News 147 Litecoin News 148 Monero News 149 NEM News 150 NEO News 152 QTUM News 154 Ripple News 155 R3 Corda News 157 Stellar News 159 Tron News 160 Waves News 161 ZCash News 162 risingblockchain.com RB
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- 5. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 5 Hello Dear Readers! The third issue of our magazine summarises the results of 2018 in the blockchain technology field. The first part of the New Year's issue discloses a rating of TOP100 companies and projects divided into 10 nominations, which actively showed themselves in 2018 and will be no less active in changing the blockchain-industry in 2019. This assessment is a subjective opinion, and we apologize in advance if someone is not included in this rating who really deserves it. Below are the main nominations where we have identified the TOP-10 projects: 1.TOP10 BLOCKCHAIN PROTOCOLS They’d been evaluated by contribution to the development of the blockchain industry (this list included primarily protocols with business-logic programming, and did not include Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dash, Ripple, Zcash protocols, which were originally created as means of payment). 2.TOP10 CORPORATIONS - BLOCKCHAIN ADOPTERS Here we described the largest classic businesses that implement the blockchain and this will affect millions of millions of their customers in 2019. 3.TOP10 INVESTORS We described the largest venture capital funds and companies that invest in the blockchain sphere, especially in infrastructure projects that move the industry to new heights. 4.TOP10 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, PROMOTING CRYPTO In this part you will see the TOP10 of the largest financial corporations that promote the idea of the blockchain technology and based on it a new tool for the classical financial world - cryptocurrency. 5.TOP10 TRADING PLATFORMS THAT WILL SECURITIZE BLOCKCHAIN MARKET The outgoing year was the year of tokenization and the transfer of physical assets to the digital world, hence in this nomination we identified the main platforms that help tokenize assets by creating digital shares (Security Tokens) and then create a secondary market for them. Not all of these platforms are still actively working, but all have invested a lot of money in this business and will actively begin trading in tokenized assets in 2019. 6.TOP10 LAW COMPANIES THAT WILL ACCELERATE BLOCKCHAIN INDUSTRY IN 2019 In this nomination we have identified the TOP law firms that, in our opinion, will accelerate the development of laws and create new ideas for the development of blockchain companies and cryptocurrency projects. 7.TOP-10 BUSINESS & FINTECH BLOCKCHAIN STARTUPS In this nomination we identified promising start-ups from the blockchain industry which make a great contribution to the introduction
- 6. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 6 of blockchain technology into the classic world of business and finance. 8.TOP-10 SOCIAL BLOCKCHAIN STARTUPS Here we identified promising start-ups from the blockchain sphere which largely contribute to the development of social life. 9.TOP10 BUSINESS MEDIAS WRITING ABOUT BLOCKCHAIN In this nomination we’ve gathered the largest business publications that regularly write about blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. 10.TOP10 BLOCKCHAIN AND CRYPTO NEWS WEB-SITES In this category you will find the largest specialized news websites writing about the blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies with an attendance of more than 1 million people per month. Why the blockchain technology will also continue to change the world in 2019? Every great invention should be based on the values that make human life better. 5 core values on which the blockchain technology is based: Honesty - due to the fact that in a public blockchain all transactions are visible and the story is unchanged, in systems built on blockchain there is no place for deception and data manipulation. An excellent example is the voting on blockchain technology, when the results can’t be falsified, and many countries are already implementing blockchain-based voting systems - the examples of such countries are Japan, Switzerland, the United States, and Ukraine. We hope that next year the fair voting based on the blockchain technology will become more and more widely used in all countries and areas. Justice- thanks to the automation of the accrual of remuneration through smart contracts, now you shouldn’t worry that someone will underpay their partners, or that the money sent to charity will not reach the recipients. The distribution of remuneration will occur automatically as soon as the money comes from the client. Examples of fair distribution of funds are being tested by the Red Cross organization in Ireland for charity, blockchain platforms are also launched for journalists who receive rewards from readers directly, and with the help of Brave browser with which we searched for information for this issue, you can directly reward sites that you like Speed — thanks to a paradigm shift and the transfer of values from the physical to the digital world through the tokenization process, it has now become possible to move any resources over enormous distances in seconds. From recent examples of 2018, we can single out a new solution from the Singapore Stock Exchange (Singapore Exchange Limited, SGX), which, together with the Securities Commission of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), tokenizes supply of resources during exchange trading. Efficiency and convenience With a help of smart contracts, millions of operations in all areas can now be simplified and made automatic without involving manual work and, accordingly, eliminating the human factor and reducing the risk of error to a minimum. One of the clearest examples of the project is Smart Dubai, according to which by 2020 it is planned to transfer all document flow systems to the blockchain and introduce the
- 7. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 7 blockchain into the Internet of Things (IoT) to create a smart city of the future. Security- it is impossible to change the history retroactively in blockchain systems (unless this system completely belongs to you), and decentralized networks cannot be hacked, since there is no single point where data is stored. Therefore, you can safely store the most important registries and databases in the blockchain and not worry that someone will be able to hack and forge this information. One of the examples is that the land cadastre of Georgia is transferred to the blockchain, which means that now nobody can fake data there and deposit it backdating, and Ukraine is also testing the transfer of the land cadastre to the blockchain. The list with examples of how blockchain technology changes human life can still be continued for a very long time, but better read our section Blockchain Cases, where we collect examples of the blockchain technology implementation in various industries. We sincerely hope that in 2019, the implementation of the blockchain technology will become even bigger and the world will be a little but better and fairer. This is one of the goals of our magazine. We wish our readers efficiency and prosperity in the new year, thank you for being with us!
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- 9. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 9 This article reveals 10 blockchain protocols chosen by our editors which in our opinion would bring the change to the world in 2019 faster than other protocols. The blockchain protocols were selected based on the following essential criteria: a) the feasibility of business logic programming (the programming language and functionality of smart contracts and/or smart assets); b) the presence of existing projects and applications on this blockchain (therefore, Telegram, Tezos and Binance blockchains were not included in the review since are still under development or have just launched); c) global scale. The review didn’t include the blockchains which were originally created as a means of payment (such as Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dash, Monero, Ripple, ZCash, etc.). These criteria were formed by our editors and therefore are subjective. The protocols below are sorted alphabetically: Graphene Protocol http://graphene.community Graphene is a technology that allows creating blockchain protocols with high transaction speed. The most famous projects built on the basis of Graphene are EOS, Bitshares, Steem. EOS (http://eos.io) - is an open-source blockchain protocol for creating and storing decentralized applications (dApps), with high transactions speed and smart contracts functionality. The EOS team attracted investments of $4 billion as the result of the ICO, that finished at June 2018 EOS has the concept of the Arbitration Court - in case of fraud, one can apply to a third party at different levels (application level, global network level).
- 10. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 10 IMPORTANT! In EOS everything can be reversed! when proving your innocence, you can safely return your funds (16 out of 21 block- producer should vote to cancel the transaction). Bitshares (https://bitshares.org)- is an open- source blockchain financial platform. Bitshares is also a platform for the tokenization financial assets and businesses and a decentralized exchange. Steemit (https://steemit.com) is a blogging and social networking website owned by Steemit Inc that uses the Steem blockchain to reward publishers and curators. The platform is based on the blockchain technology which makes content data storage protected from cracking. Steem has its own STEEM cryptocurrency whose capitalization at different times was more than $ 100 million. Ethereum Protocol https://www.ethereum.org Ethereum is a blockchain protocol that allows developers to create decentralized applications (DApps) and smart contracts whilst users around the world can use them, and to do that they need Ether. The idea of Ethereum was proposed by the founder of Bitcoin Magazine, Vitalik Buterin, at the end of 2013, while in April, 2014, Ethereum’s co-founder, Gavin Wood, published Yellow Paper - a detailed specification of Ethereum network) where he disclosed in details the essence of Ethereum Virtual Machine. There is a whole marketplace where decentralized applications are offered (DApps) created on the Ethereum blockchain: https://www.stateoftheDApps.com There are thousands of them and each performs their functions (from online games to decentralized cryptoexchanges). The most famous DApps created on Ethereum blockchain is (sorted alphabetically): - 0x - The protocol for trading tokens on Ethereum blockchain (ERC-20 tokens) - Bancor - Built-in price discovery and a liquidity mechanism for tokens - ForkDelta - exchange for tokens based on Ethereum blockchain (ERC20 tokens) - IDEX - Distributed exchange made of smart contracts - OmiseGO - Project that helps unbank population to use the bank services - SONM - Fog computing platform where users can rent computing power - Storj - Cloud storage The main drivers of the Ethereum’s protocol it’s: - Ethereum Alliance, the main task of which is to research and implement Ethereum blockchain in the largest banks and financial corporations (for example, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and British Petroleum (BP), a full list of the participants is updating on this page. - Consensys is an organization that unites developers, start-ups and investors into Ethereum projects Hyperledger https://www.hyperledger.org Hyperledger is an organization created by the Linux Foundation, which includes IT companies, banks, corporations. Hyperledger has several types of open source blockchain protocols (frameworks) designed for the corporate sector. Today, Hyperledger unites more than 100 industry leaders, the most famous of which are:
- 11. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 11 Airbus, Daimler, IBM, Fujitsu, SAP, Huawei, Nokia, Intel, Samsung, Deutsche Börse, American Express, J.P. Morgan, BBVA, BNP Paribas, Well Fargo IOTA (IOT) https://www.iota.org/ IOTA (IOT) is a public blockchain protocol designed for use on the Internet of Things (IoT) using a large number of micro-transactions. Blockchain protocol IOTA is based on the new technology Tangle (DAG / Directed Acyclic Graph), which connects various data chains. In order to participate in this network, a participant simply needs to perform a small amount of computational work that verifies two previous transactions. IOTA Foundation was established in Germany in 2017 as a formal, non-profit organisation. The IOTA Foundation’s primary goals are: • Research and secure the foundational protocol layer, and create new knowledge to benefit the ecosystem behind the economy of things. • Develop production-ready software for the community, partners and ecosystem to use and expand upon. • Educate and promote technologies and use cases for new generations to understand and to ensure the Foundation’s success. Microsoft Azure https://azure.microsoft.com An open source blockchain protocol that positions as a blockchain for small and medium businesses. The main advantages positioned by the company: • Simplified development consisting of modular applications; • Quick setup and deployment on cloud servers from Microsoft; • Transfer of data from your business to the blockchain network via the REST-API protocol. The most famous examples of implementing Microsoft Azure are: • Use the Azure blockchain to reward game developers for XBox; • Using the Azure blockchain for clearing and supplying securities with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS); • Buhler corp. implement Azure for the grain supply chain tracking. NEM (XEM) https://nem.io NEM is a blockchain that is written from scratch and has some unique features that make it universal and applicable in various areas of the real economy. NEM is also a community of people around the world (NEM community), which is interested in the development of this project and the implementation of its technologies in various sectors of the economy. NEM features: • a unique consensus mechanism, Proof of Importance (advanced analog of the Proof of Stake, which takes into account the node’s reputation, the balance on the wallet and the time the node is in the network); • participants’ reputation system in the Eigentrust ++ network;
- 12. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 12 • public blockchain and Mijin private blockchain, which can interact with each other (exchange information); • namespaces - a model similar to the ICANN domain name system on the Internet, where there are domains and subdomains (for example, one person can create the main domain for a business, whilst projects already use subdomains); • mosaics - user assets on the blockchain. NEM is an open-source project, as well as a public blockchain platform. There is also a software product - Mijin - a private blockchain, which was developed by three main NEM developers along with the Tech Bureau. With the release of Catapult, the mosaics have a smart assets property with a built-in smart contract mechanism; - multisign accounts and a more advanced protection mechanism: multi-signature for a multi-subscription account; - NEM Wallet - a wallet to store mosaics, where you can create your own tokens with unique characteristics in a couple of clicks, and there is absolutely no need to know programming to do this: - apostile function; - voting function. NEO https://neo.org NEO is a non-profit community-driven blockchain project. It utilizes blockchain technology and digital identity to digitize assets and automate the management of digital assets using smart contracts. Using a distributed network, it aims to create a "Smart Economy". NEO believes that community development is its top priority. NEO has a huge developer community around the world, such as CoZ, NEL and NeoResearch, who continuously contribute to NEO development. Millions of community members are active on Reddit, Discord, Github and Twitter. Here is a list o blockchain Apps developed on NEO blockchain: http://ndapp.org R3 Corda https://www.corda.net Corda is an active open source project. It is free to use and available with an Apache 2 license. The Corda platform is a cutting-edge blockchain platform that removes costly friction in business transactions by enabling businesses to transact directly. Select a version of Corda, open source or enterprise, that fits your unique needs – regardless of industry, size, and stage of development. ThisCorda was developed by R3 (R3 CEV LLC, New York). She leads a consortium of 70 large financial companies in the development of blockchain technology in the financial system. The company was founded in 2014. The consortium was established on September 15, 2015 by nine financial companies: Barclays, BBVA, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan & Co., Royal Bank of Scotland, State Street Corporation, UBS. A complete list of more than 200 organizations on this page: www.corda.net/participate/index.html Stellar (XLM) https://www.stellar.org Stellar (XLM) - is an open platform for building financial products that connect people across the world. Bitcoin is focused more on the currency aspect of things, whereas Stellar’s focused more on how to make a common language of the protocol between different financial institutions. Also,
- 13. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 13 Stellar implemented the function of programming smart contracts, and in 2018 the official decentralized exchange StellarX (https://www.stellarx.com) was launched. And now you can exchange any type of financial assets issued on the Stellar blockchain. Partners and investors of the project: - Stripe - being one of the first investors of the project was the company, Stripe develops solutions for receiving and processing electronic payments. - The Praekelt Fund - a non-profit fund, was the first to integrate Stellar protocol into the Vumi application for open source messages. - Oradian - a company that develops banking software based on cloud technologies, it became one of the first partners of Stellar in 2016. - Deloitte - since 2016 it’s one of the largest networks of consulting firms, it works with Stellar to develop a mobile application for international payments. - IBM - the cooperation of one of the world's largest manufacturers and suppliers of hardware and software and Stellar became known in October 2017. IBM uses the Stellar network to create a new bank payment system. VeChain https://www.vechain.org VeChain Platform is an open source blockchain platform that aims to implement blockchain technologies in real sectors of the economy. The main spheres, where VeChain positioned: Cold-chain Logistics VeChain’s cold-chain logistics solution uses proprietary IoT devices to track key metrics throughout the entire journey. VeChain embeds data management and sharing in every process, making cold-chain logistics transparent, regulated, secure and reliable. Automobile VeChain creates a digital passport of a vehicle recording all data including repair history, insurance, registration and even driver behaviour throughout its lifecycle. VeChain puts data into the hands of owners, making data management comprehensive, accessible and transparent Medical&Healthcare VeChain’s blockchain solution can track end-to- end production processes and use of medical device. With the patient’s authorization, VeChain can enable patients to securely share their biometric data with their doctors to enable realtime monitoring. VeChain makes the production and use of medical devices safer, better regulated, efficient. Luxury&Fashion VeChain embeds smartchips within luxury goods, so brands can monitor their sales channels in realtime to prevent illegal overstock trading. Meanwhile, consumers can verify the authenticity of the luxury products. VeChain puts control back into the hands of brands, making luxury trail transparent.
- 14. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 14 This article reveals 10 blockchain corporations chosen by our editors which in our opinion would developing blockchain sector faster than another in 2019. These criteria were formed by our editors and therefore are subjective. The corporations below are sorted alphabetically (market cap quotes from Bloomberg.com at 12 Dec 2018): Microsoft Capitalization: $868,3B https://www.microsoft.com/ Microsoft integrates its Microsoft Azure Blockchain blockchain technology into stock exchange Nasdaq Inc. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/microsoft-to- integrate-blockchain-offering-into-nasdaq- services-following-new-partnership Microsoft has partnered with Adents, a supply tracking solutions provider, to develop a new product tracking platform using blockchain technology and artificial intelligence (AI). Source: https://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/ 97592-adents-microsoft-collaborate-on- blockchain-fraud-detection-system Amazon Capitalization: $838,1B https://www.amazon.com Amazon introduced a platform for creating and deploying corporate blockchain networks. The service allows you to create platforms based on Hyperledger Fabric. Developers are also planning to add support for Ethereum. Activity in the corporate blockchain is stored in the Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB), which allows you to protect information from hacking and loss. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/amazon- announces-blockchain-builder-service
- 15. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 15 Walmart Capitalization: $277,3B https://www.walmart.com/ Walmart, the largest American retailer, filled a patent application for a new blockchain-based system for automatic delivery of parcels by drones. Source: http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph- Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetah tml%2FPTO%2Fsearch- adv.html&r=10&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&S1=bl ockchain&OS=blockchain&RS=blockchain The American trading network Walmart has patented the technology of the energy network based on the technology of the distributed register, which will be able to limit the supply of electricity and pay for it with cryptocurrency. The patent application, which was filed in December 2017, is published on the website of the us patent and trademark Office (USPTO). Source: http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph- Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p= 1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r= 1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220180165660%22.PGNR.& OS=DN/20180165660&RS=DN/20180165660 Newly published patent filings from retail giant Walmart hint at a plan to store payments data using blockchain tech. The two applications – published on Thursday by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) – both reference using a blockchain-powered platform to secure the payment data, ensuring that private information can’t be access by unauthorized parties. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/walmart- wants-store-payment-data-blockchain Walmart has filed a patent application for a "smart package" that will enable the company to track products sold more efficiently and also better authenticate customers. Source: http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph- Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetah tml%2FPTO%2Fsearch- adv.html&r=1&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&S1=201 80061162.PGNR.&OS=dn/20180061162&RS=DN/ 20180061162 Walmart has yet another delivery-focused blockchain patent in the works. The application is entitled “Delivery Reservation Apparatus and Method,” and as suggested, it outlines a way for managing package reservations in the context of the purchaser not being available to actually receive it. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/walmart- looks-to-blockchain-for-better-package-tracking Samsung Capitalization: $230B https://www.samsung.com SamsungSDS, a subsidiary of the Korean tech giant Samsung, has developed a blockchain- based certification platform for Korean banks called BankSign. The platform will ensure unhindered interactions between the mobile systems of various banks. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/samsung- looks-to-streamline-banking-with-blockchain- tool Mastercard Capitalization: $210,1B https://www.mastercard.us/ Payment services giant Mastercard is looking at the use of blockchain for keeping track of consumer payments, newly published patent filings suggest. In a series of largely similar patent applications published last week by the U.S. Patent and
- 16. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 16 Trademark Office, Mastercard outlines how a distributed ledger can be used to record “point- to-point transactions” as they are processed. This information can then be used by organizations or members of those organizations to create a log of items procured during the course of business. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/mastercard- patent-filings-tout-blockchain-for-immutable- data-records/ Oracle Capitalization: $178,6B https://www.oracle.com California-based software giant Oracle announced the launch of its own blockchain platform, which is designed to improve the efficiency of transaction executions and the authentication process in the supply chain. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/oracle-to- launch-its-blockchain-platform-this-month Maersk Capitalization: $210,1B https://www.maersk.com Maersk and IBM launch digital joint venture A new joint venture company which Maersk and IBM intend to create, is the first open platform of significant scale for sharing information and developing digital products related to trade. Source: https://www.maersk.com/news/2018/06/29/ma ersk-and-ibm-launch-digital-joint-venture Fujitsu Capitalization: $163,2B http://www.fujitsu.com Fujitsu, a Japanese IT corporation, has launched a blockchain-based data storage system. The system will allow tokenization of traditional promotional tools, such as coupons and reward points, in the field of trade and commerce. According to the company, by tokenizing such promotional tools, the system can process and store consumers’ transaction information in a decentralized database, thereby reducing the workload on data centers and simplifying data analysis. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/fujitsu-rolls- out-system-that-turns-reward-points-into- blockchain-tokens Fujitsu has launched a fast-track consulting blockchain service that will help create minimal viable blockchain solutions for businesses in just five days. Source: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/11/fujit su_offers_fiveday_blockchain_prototyping_for_t ime_resource_poor_biz/ IBM Capitalization: $114,1B https://www.ibm.com IBM has brought its Blockchain World Wire (BWW) payment network out of beta. BWW, which uses digital currency on Stellar’s blockchain to facilitate international settlements between banks in “near real-time,” is the latest step forward for IBM and Stellar, which have been eyeing blockchain payment options since October last year. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/ibm- reveals-stellar-based-near-real-time-blockchain- payment-network
- 17. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 17 IBM has commercially launched the IBM Food Trust blockchain platform to track and trace supply chains in the food industry. The network was built using the Hyperledger Fabric blockchain protocol. The European retail giant Carrefour, which operates 12,000 stores in 33 countries, has successfully joined the network. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/ibm-food- supply-chain-blockchain-carrefour-live- production Porsche Capitalization: EUR 17,04B https://www.porsche.com/ In collaboration with the Berlin-based start-up XAIN, Porsche is currently testing blockchain applications directly in vehicles. This makes the Zuffenhausen-based company the first automobile manufacturer to implement and successfully test blockchain in a car Source: https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/porsche- digital/porsche-blockchain-panamera-xain- technology-app-bitcoin-ethereum-data-smart- contracts-porsche-innovation-contest- 14906.html
- 18. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 18 This article reveals 10 venture capital chosen by our editors which in our opinion would developing blockchain sector faster than another in 2019. These criteria were formed by our editors and therefore are subjective. The corporations below are sorted alphabetically (sources of data: crunchbase.com, index.co, cryptofundresearch.com): Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Total Blockchain Company Investments: 14 Top Blockchain Investments in 2018: Axoni, Coinbase, DFINITY, Harbor Exclusively Invests in Blockchain/Digital Assets: No (but recently launched fund focused on digital assets) Blockchain Investments, Last 12 Months: 9 Andreessen Horowitzs’ largest investment rounds in 2018: • DFINITY: raised $61,000,000 on Feb 7, 2018 • Harbor: raised $28,000,000 on Apr 17, 2018 • Axoni: raised $32,000,000 on Aug 14, 2018 • DFINITY: raised $102,000,000 on Aug 28, 2018 • MakerDAO: raised $15,000,000 on Sep 24, 2018 • Coinbase: raised $300,000,000 on Oct 30, 2018 Andreessen Horowitzs’ portfolio - https://a16z.com/portfolio/ Blockchain Capital Total Blockchain Company Investments: 37 Top Blockchain Investments in 2018: Circle, Orchid Labs, High Fidelity, Nervos Network Exclusively Invests in Blockchain/Digital Assets: Yes Blockchain Investments, Last 12 Months: 12 Blockchain Capitals’ largest investment rounds in 2018: • Orchid Labs: raised $36,100,000 on Apr 20, 2018
- 19. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 19 • Circle: raised $110,000,000 on May 15, 2018 • High Fidelity: raised $35,000,000 on Jun 28, 2018 • Nervos Network: raised $28,000,000 on Jul 18, 2018 • SFOX: raised $23,000,000 on Aug 16, 2018 • Buxx: raised $20,000,000 on Aug 31, 2018 • Securitize: raised $12,800,000 on Nov 26, 2018 Blockchain Capitals’ portfolio - https://blockchain.capital/portfolio/ DHVC (Danhua Capital) Total Blockchain Company Investments: 21 Top Blockchain Investments in 2018: MoonX, SFOX, Origin Protocol Exclusively Invests in Blockchain/Digital Assets: No Blockchain Investments, Last 12 Months: 19 DHVCs’ largest investment rounds in 2018: • Origin Protocol: raised $28,500,000 on Apr 25, 2018 • TrustToken: raised $20,000,000 on Jun 18, 2018 • MoonX: raised $27,000,000 on Jul 26, 2018 • Ultrain: raised $20,000,000 on Jul 30, 2018 • SFOX: raised $23,000,000 on Aug 16, 2018 • Blockfolio: raised $11,500,000 on Oct 10, 2018 • Cobo: raised $13,000,000 on Oct 17, 2018 DHVCs’ portfolio - https://app.dealroom.co/investors/dhvc_danhua _capital_/portfolio Digital Currency Group Total Blockchain Company Investments: 58 Top Blockchain Investments in 2018: Hedera Hashgraph, Ledger, Circle, Figure Exclusively Invests in Blockchain/Digital Assets: Yes Blockchain Investments, Last 12 Months: 15 DCGs’ largest investment rounds in 2018: • Ledger: raised $75,000,000 on Jan 18, 2018 • Figure: raised $50,000,000 on Apr 30, 2018 • Circle: raised $110,000,000 on May 15, 2018 • Hedera Hashgraph: raised $100,000,000 on Aug 1, 2018 • Axoni: raised $32,000,000 on Aug 14, 2018 • TradeBlock: raised $32,700,000 on Aug 16, 2018 • SFOX: raised $23,000,000 on Aug 16, 2018 • Veem: raised $25,000,000 on Sep 26, 2018 • ErisX: raised $27,500,000 on Dec 4, 2018 Digital Currency Groups’ portfolio - https://dcg.co/portfolio/ FBG Capital Total Blockchain Company Investments: 14 Top Blockchain Investments in 2018: Terra, Origin Protocol, Republic Protocol, AERGO Exclusively Invests in Blockchain/Digital Assets: Yes Blockchain Investments, Last 12 Months: 14 FBG Capitals’ largest investment rounds in 2018: • Lino: raised $20,000,000 on Feb 5, 2018 • Republic Protocol: raised $34,000,000 on Feb 22, 2018
- 20. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 20 • Eximchain: raised $20,000,000 on Mar 16, 2018 • Origin Protocol: raised $28,500,000 on Apr 17, 2018 • Libra Credit Network: raised $16,000,000 on Apr 26, 2018 • Nervos Network: raised $28,000,000 on Jul 18, 2018 • Ultrain: raised $20,000,000 on Jul 30, 2018 • Terra: raised $32,000,000 on Aug 29, 2018 • AERGO: raised $30,000,000 on Nov 16, 2018 FBGs’ Capital portfolio - https://index.co/company/fbg-capital/portfolio INBlockchain Total Blockchain Company Investments: 8 Top Blockchain Investments in 2018: Eximchain, Lino, ONO Social, Trip.io Exclusively Invests in Blockchain/Digital Assets: Yes Blockchain Investments, Last 12 Months: 8 INBlockchains’ largest investment rounds in 2018: • Lino: raised $20,000,000 on Feb 5, 2018 • Eximchain: raised $20,000,000 on Mar 16, 2018 • Trip.io: raised $16,000,000 on Feb 28, 2018 • ONO Social: raised $16,000,000 on Jun 8, 2018 INBlockchains’ portfolio - http://www.inblockchain.com/ Node Capital Total Blockchain Company Investments: 22 Top Blockchain Investments in 2018: Hub, Bhex, MoonX, Rate Exclusively Invests in Blockchain/Digital Assets: Yes Blockchain Investments, Last 12 Months: 21 Node Capitals’ largest investment rounds in 2018: • Hub: raised $20,000,000 on Jun 2, 2018 • Bhex: raised $15,000,000 on Jul 12, 2018 • BiUP: raised $10,000,000 on Jul 26, 2018 • MoonX: raised $29,000,000 on Jul 26, 2018 • Rate: raised $15,000,000 on Aug 7, 2018 Node Capitals’ portfolio - https://www.crunchbase.com/hub/node-capital- portfolio-companies#section-leaderboard Pantera Capital Total Blockchain Company Investments: 31 Top Blockchain Investments in 2018: ODX Pte. Ltd, Circle, Harbor, StarkWare Exclusively Invests in Blockchain/Digital Assets: Yes Blockchain Investments, Last 12 Months: 13 Pantera Capitals’ largest investment rounds in 2018: • Harbor: raised $28,000,000 on Apr 17, 2018 • Circle: raised $110,000,000 on May 15, 2018 • Oasis Labs: raised $45,000,000 on Jul 9, 2018 • ODX Pte. Ltd: raised $60,000,000 on Jul 26, 2018 • Buxx: raised $20,000,000 on Aug 31, 2018 • Veem: raised $25,000,000 on Sep 26, 2018 • Blockfolio: raised $11,500,000 on Oct 10, 2018 • StarkWare Industries Ltd: raised $30,000,000 on Oct 28, 2018 • ErisX: raised $27,500,000 on Dec 4, 2018 Pantera Capitals’ portfolio - https://www.panteracapital.com/portfolio/
- 21. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 21 Polychain Capital Total Blockchain Company Investments: 8 Top Blockchain Investments in 2018: Coinbase, DFINITY, Oasis Labs, Basis Exclusively Invests in Blockchain/Digital Assets: Yes Blockchain Investments, Last 12 Months: 8 Polychain Capitals’ largest investment rounds in 2018: • DFINITY: raised $61,000,000 on Feb 7, 2018 • Republic Protocol: raised $34,000,000 on Feb 22, 2018 • Basis: raised $133,000,000 on Apr 18, 2018 • Oasis Labs: raised $45,000,000 on Jul 9, 2018 • Nervos Network: raised $28,000,000 on Jul 18, 2018 • DFINITY: raised $102,000,000 on Aug 28, 2018 • Terra: raised $32,000,000 on Aug 29, 2018 • Coinbase: raised $300,000,000 on Oct 30, 2018 Polychain Capitals’ portfolio - https://index.co/company/polychain- capital/portfolio ZhenFund Total Blockchain Company Investments: 10 Top Blockchain Investments in 2018: Basis, TrustToken, Oh My Green Exclusively Invests in Blockchain/Digital Assets: Yes Blockchain Investments, Last 12 Months: 7 ZhenFunds’ largest investment rounds in 2018: • Republic: raised $12,000,000 on Jun 8, 2018 • TrustToken: raised $20,000,000 on Jun 18, 2018 • Basis: raised $133,000,000 on Apr 18, 2018 • Oh My Green: raised $20,000,000 on Oct 17, 2018 ZhenFunds’ portfolio - https://www.crunchbase.com/hub/zhenfund- portfolio-companies#section-leaderboard
- 22. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 22 TOP financial institutions promotion blockchain technology JP Morgan Capitalization: $339,9B https://www.jpmorgan.com/ A blockchain-based payment project led by JPMorgan has now signed up 75 banks to help testing. Source: https://www.ft.com/content/41bb140e- bc53-11e8-94b2-17176fbf93f5 Bank of America Capitalization: $240.15B https://www.bankofamerica.com/ A patent awarded to the Bank of America outlines how enterprise-level institutions may be able to store cryptocurrencies owned by their customers. In a patent award issued late last month, Bank of America hinted at a means for storing cryptographic keys – including those tied to crypto assets – on a hardware device. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/bank-of- america-wins-patent-describing-crypto-storage- method Bank of America wins patent for crypto exchange system. The patent describes a potential three-part system, where the first part would be a customer’s account and the other two would be accounts owned by the business running the system. The user would store their chosen cryptocurrency through the customer account. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/bank-of- america-outlines-cryptocurrency-exchange- system-in-patent-award
- 23. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 23 Commonwealth Bank of Australia Capitalization: $89.132B https://www.commbank.com.au The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) and government-run digital innovation center Data61 have released the results of their trial for a blockchain-powered “smart money” system for Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Data61 is a digital innovation hub that forms part of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) — an Australian government corporate entity that undertakes scientific research to advance diverse local industries. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/australias- biggest-bank-trials-blockchain-based-smart- money-for-disability-insurance Itau Unibanco Capitalization: $80.765B https://www.itau.com.br Brazil’s largest private bank has partnered with United Kingdom bank Standard Chartered to create a blockchain-based platform for small loans. The two entities have successfully conducted a proof-of-concept (PoC) for the mentioned platform, based on Corda Connect developed by New York-based blockchain startup R3. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/major-latin- american-bank-conglomerate-itau-to-create- blockchain-platform-for-small-loans Allianz SE Capitalization: $84.226B http://www.allianz.com Insurance giant Allianz has been testing an internal token to move money around between its global affiliates without having to deal with currency conversions and other costs and inefficiencies. Development of the so-called “Allianz token” is being helped along by blockchain startup Adjoint, which created a proprietary blockchain for the project. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/insurance- giant-allianz-testing-token-move-money- internally SoftBank Capitalization: $80.25B https://www.softbank.jp/en/ SoftBank To Develop Blockchain-Powered Payment System "Japan-based tech company SoftBank announced the development of a new blockchain-powered cross-carrier mobile payment service in a press release published on the company's website on September 12. The new payment service proof of concept was reportedly developed in collaboration with Synchronoss Technologies and TBCASoft. Synchronoss is the creator of a multi-channel communications platform covering SMS, email, and RCS." Source: https://www.ethnews.com/softbank-to- develop-blockchain-powered-payment-system
- 24. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 24 Goldman Sachs Capitalization: $67,4B http://www.goldmansachs.com Goldman Sachs, a financial conglomerate, is set to launch a platform for trading digital currencies, such as Bitcoin. With the financial institutions’ clients growing interest in cryptocurrency, it was decided to create a trading platform for digital currencies. Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/201 7-12-21/goldman-is-said-to-be-building-a- cryptocurrency-trading-desk PNC Financial Services Capitalization: $54.371B https://www.pnc.com PNC, which is ranked among the top ten U.S. banks, will use RippleNet to process international payments for its customers. A particular PNC unit — Treasury Management — will use Ripple’s blockchain solution xCurrent to speed up overseas transactions held by U.S. commercial clients. Ripple emphasises that xCurrent will allow PNC business clients to receive payments against their invoices instantly, changing their approach to managing both accounts and their working capital. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/us- financial-giant-pnc-to-use-ripple-technology-for- international-payments ING Group Capitalization: $43.158B https://www.ing.com Dutch multinational banking and financial services corporation ING confirmed the release of its open source blockchain tool Zero- Knowledge Set Membership (ZKSM) in a press release Monday, Oct. 21. ZKSM, which functions as a privacy “improvement” to distributed ledger technology (DLT), such as blockchain, aims to provide validation of certain alphanumeric data without compromising that data’s overall security. According to ING, the tool allows a blockchain to confirm a piece of data belongs to a specified set, while not revealing its full characteristics. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/ing- bank-launches-open-source-privacy- improvement-add-on-for-blockchains Shinhan Bank Capitalization: $17.228B https://www.shinhan.com South Korea’s second-largest commercial bank, Shinhan Bank, has embarked on a project to implement blockchain in internal processes to decrease human error. Shinhan Bank, which has sought integration with both the blockchain and cryptocurrency spheres over the past eighteen months, also completed a staff training program to increase knowledge of blockchain for various applications. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/south- koreas-second-largest-bank-begins-blockchain- record-keeping-to-reduce-human-error
- 25. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 25 TOP-10 trading platforms securitize assets market and creates secondary market for it Bittrex, USA https://bittrex.coml 29 October 2018, Bittrex Launches Malta-Based ‘International’ Trading Platform, Minus US Customers Bittrex International is launching a digital trading platform that will feature a “streamlined” token approval process and focus on international customers. As per the release, new tokens will be approved and listed on the platform “within weeks instead of months.” Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bittrex- launches-malta-based-international-trading- platform-minus-us-customers 23 August 2018, Bittrex Partners With Trading Firm on Crypto Securities Offering U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex is partnering with a regulated alternative trading system (ATS) with the aim of ultimately launching trading in crypto securities. Bitrex said it is working with Rialto Trading, which currently offers fixed-income products for traders, to gain regulatory approval to support “blockchain-based securities,” according to a press release. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/bittrex- partners-with-trading-firm-on-crypto-securities- offering 5 July 2018, Bittrex and Invest.com Partner on New Crypto Trading Platform Bittrex, a U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange platform, and invest.com, a fintech startup based in London, are set to launch a new EU-focused crypto trading platform. The collaboration aims to provide cryptocurrency investors with “the ultimate platform to trade cryptocurrency in a safe and secure environment,” according to a press release. The firms will leverage Bittrex’s exchange technology and invest.com’s portfolio management experience to develop the new platform, the two companies said. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/bittrex- partners-with-invest-com-to-launch-new-crypto- trading-platform
- 26. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 26 31 May 2018, US Crypto Exchange Signs Agreement to Offer Fiat-Crypto Trading to Corporate Clients Seattle-based crypto exchange Bittrex has signed a banking agreement that will allow corporate investors to trade selected cryptocurrencies for fiat. Bittrex, which supports over 200 cryptocurrencies and reportedly has over 3 mln customers worldwide, will cooperate with New- York based Signature Bank to launch fiat trading for Bitcoin(BTC), Tether and TrueUSD. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/us- crypto-exchange-signs-agreement-to-offer-fiat- crypto-trading-to-corporate-clients Биржа Bittrex объявила о партнерстве с платформой цифровых ценных бумаг Rialto Trading | ForkLog https://forklog.com/birzha-bittrex-obyavila-o- partnerstve-s-platformoj-tsifrovyh-tsennyh- bumag-rialto-trading/ Blackmoon Crypto, Cyprus https://blackmoonplatform.com 7 November 2018, Blackmoon Enters US Market with Private Crypto Offering Blackmoon, a blockchain fintech company, has revealed that it has taken its first steps into the United States market. Now, accredited US-based investors can participate in a private offering of the firm’s cryptocurrency strategies. Through its platform – the Blackmoon Platform – investors in the United States now have access to six cryptocurrency strategies which are managed by proprietary-designed algorithms. Each strategy offers investors different levels of risk and returns so investors can choose a strategy based on their investment goals. Source: https://www.financemagnates.com/fintech/inve sting/exclusive-blackmoon-enters-into-us- market-with-private-crypto-offering/ 11 September 2018, Blackmoon launches Prime Meridian Capital Token Blockchain FinTech company Blackmoon has announced the release of its Prime Meridian Capital token (BMxPMR). The BMxPMR token aims to bridge the gap between traditional and crypto investments through the inclusion of high portfolio transparency, flexible monthly liquidity, and audited fund structure. Available on the Blackmoon Platform Showcase, the BMxPMR token is an asset token tracking the performance of the Prime Meridian Real Estate Lending Fund (the Fund). The Fund is managed by Prime Meridian Capital Management – an alternative lending SEC-registered Investment Advisor with $700 million in assets under management and more than 6 years of track record. Source: https://www.leaprate.com/cryptocurrency/toke ns/blackmoon-launches-prime-meridian-capital- token/ 2 July 2018, Cypriot Firm Offers Smartphone Producer Xiaomi to Tokenize Its Forthcoming IPO Blackmoon, a company based in Cyprus, has offered the world’s fourth-largest smartphone producer Xiaomi to tokenize its initial public offering (IPO). Blackmoon, which is a blockchain fintech company that establishes and runs tokenized funds, has reportedly offered Xiaomi to sell digitized tokens for its stock on a dollar-for-dollar basis. The payment options could include Ethereum (ETH), Bitcoin (BTC) or Litecoin (LTC).
- 27. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 27 Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/russian-firm- offers-smartphone-producer-xiaomi-to-tokenize- its-forthcoming-ipo Blocktrade, Liechtenstein https://blocktrade.com/ 14 November 2018, Blocktrade.com and GoSecurity announce strategic partnership Blocktrade.com, the first to be fully MiFID II regulated crypto asset exchange and GoSecurity, the end-to-end platform for issuing and managing security tokens have recognised their common vision of the future of financial markets and signed an agreement on mutual cooperation. The agreement represents the foundation for an ecosystem where GoSecurity will help perform the primary issuance of tokenized securities with its partners for its customers and offer them listing on Blocktrade’s trading facility. Blocktrade will provide GoSecurity, its partners and customers the access to a multilateral trading facility/platform, which will offer listing and trading of blockchain security tokens and other financial instruments. Both companies give great emphasis on regulation and compliance and will therefore build the ecosystem accordingly — restoring trust and confidence in the financial markets of the future. Source: https://medium.com/blocktrade- com/blocktrade-com-and-gosecurity-announce- strategic-partnership-f7d011ec752b 25 October 2018, Tokeny partners with Blocktrade.com to form STO Ecosystem Both enterprises offer clients various benefits for security tokens, which they hope to combine in an effort to provide compliant issuance and secondary market trading throughout the industry. The recent partnership between Tokeny and Blocktrade.com, will provide big benefits for security tokens, and will combine in efforts to provide compliant issuance and secondary market trading throughout the industry. Source: https://thetokenist.io/tokeny-partners- with-blocktrade-com-to-form-sto-ecosystem/ 2 August 2018, Liechtenstein-based Blocktrade.com to Become First Fully Compliant Crypto Exchange, to Support Security Tokens and Tokenized Assets A new crypto exchange based in Liechtenstein wants to become the first fully compliant exchange when it opens shop later this year. Its CEO says that it will be the perfect trading platform, especially for institutional investors, as regulation can help lower potential risks. Source: https://blokt.com/news/liechtenstein- based-blocktrade-com-to-become-first-fully- compliant-crypto-exchange-to-support-security- tokens-and-tokenized-assets Coinbase, USA https://www.coinbase.com 17 December 2018, Coinbase adds crypto-to- crypto trading for retail customers Coinbase users can begin trading cryptocurrencies directly with other cryptocurrencies. The company is adding support for crypto-to- crypto trading for its retail customers, adding a feature that has long been available to professional cryptocurrency trading services, said
- 28. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 28 product manager Anna Marie Clifton. Users on Coinbase.com, as well as the Android and iOS apps, will be able to begin trading bitcoin pairs in the coming days through the new feature, called Coinbase Convert. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase- adds-crypto-crypto-trading-pairs-for-retail- customers 18 October 2018, Crypto Exchange Coinbase Open-Sources Its Security Scaling Tool U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is making a recently developed automated security scaling tool available to the public. Called Salus, after the Roman the goddess of safety and well-being, the program can automatically choose to run and configure different security scanners and issue a report on the results. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase- makes-new-security-scaling-tool-open-source 7 September 2018, Coinbase plots to become the New York Stock Exchange of crypto securities The future of Coinbase looks something like the New York Stock Exchange. That’s according a vision laid out by CEO Brian Amstrong who was interviewed on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco Source: https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/07/coinbase- plots-to-become-the-new-york-stock-exchange- of-crypto-securities/ 17 July 2018, Coinbase Says It Now Has Regulatory Approval to List Security Tokens U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has received regulatory approval to acquire several securities firms – a move that could eventually see it supporting trading in tokens deemed as securities. A spokesperson for the exchange said in an email response to CoinDesk on Tuesday that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has approved recently revealed acquisition deals for currently regulated firms. Last month, the exchange announced that it intends to purchase three companies – Keystone Capital Corp., Venovate Marketplace and Digital Wealth LLC – as a means to becoming a regulated platform for offering trading in security tokens, as well as to tokenize traditional financial assets. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase- claims-it-now-has-regulatory-approval-to-list- security-tokens GBX, Gibraltar https://gbx.gi 11 December 2018, Crypto Assets on Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange Can Now Be Insured The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX), a subsidiary of the Gibraltar Stock Exchange, is now providing insurance coverage for crypto assets listed on its platform. The firm announced that it has partnered with a local provider called Callaghan Insurance to provide the policy to cover both hot (online) and cold (offline) wallets listed on the GBX Digital Asset Exchange. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/crypto- assets-on-gibraltar-blockchain-exchange-can- now-be-insured 22 November 2018, Gibraltar's Regulator Grants Full License to the Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange "The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX) has been granted a license from the Gibraltar
- 29. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 29 Financial Services Commission (GFSC) required to operate a regulated blockchain exchange. The exchange was granted the Distributed Ledger Technology License Category 3, which represents the ""highest category that can be awarded"" within the DLT regulatory framework by the GFSC.” Source: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/gi braltars-regulator-grants-full-license-gibraltar- blockchain-exchange/ 23 July 2018, Gibraltar Stock Exchange’s Blockchain Platform Opens to Public Trading The UK Overseas Territory of Gibraltar launched its Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX) July 23, a press release confirmed, opening up cryptocurrency trading. The GBX was first announced by the Gibraltar Stock Exchange at BlockShow Asia conference in November 2017 GBX, which will ultimately function as a multifaceted ICO and trading ecosystem, currently offers three crypto-to-fiat pairs: Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and its own Rock (RKT) token to USD. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/gibraltar-stock- exchange-s-blockchain-platform-opens-to- public-trading Indiegogo, USA → Templum Markts LLC https://www.indiegogo.com 9 October 2018, Indiegogo’s First Security Token ICO Listing Raised $18 Million The owner-operator of the St. Regis Aspen Resort has concluded its security token offering (STO), raising $18 million in the first equity ICO hosted on the Indiegogo platform. Asset management firm Elevated Returns, the owner of St. Regis Aspen, on Tuesday announced that accredited investors had purchased all $18 million worth of Aspen Coins made available through the sale, bringing Indiegogo’s first security token ICO to a successful conclusion. Source: https://www.ccn.com/indiegogos-first- security-token-ico-raised-18-million/ 23 August 2018, Crowdfunding Firm Indiegogo to Sell Real Estate-Backed Security Tokens The international crowdfunding firm Indiegogo will promote a new real-estate-backed token. The asset-backed cryptocurrency will enable accredited investors to buy shares of the St. Regis Aspen hotel in the form of digital tokens. According a report from The Verge, the upcoming digital token Aspen Coin is registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and will be available for purchase with U.S. dollars, as well as major cryptocurrencies Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/crowdfunding- firm-indiegogo-to-sell-real-estate-backed- security-tokens
- 30. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 30 Malta Stock Exchange, Malta https://www.borzamalta.com.mt 11 September 2018, Malta Stock Exchange Signs MOU with Binance to Launch Security Tokens Trading Platform The Malta Stock Exchange’s fintech and digital asset subsidiary, MSX PLC, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with crypto exchange Binance to jointly launch a new security token digital exchange. The press release pitches the forthcoming trading platform as being poised to benefit from the Malta Stock Exchange’s “26-year track record of operating as a regulated stock exchange,” with the dynamism and international scope of Binance’s business model. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/malta- stock-exchange-signs-mou-with-binance-to- launch-security-tokens-trading-platform 19 July 2018, Malta Stock Exchange Inks Deals to Build Security Token Exchanges MSX, the newly launched fintech arm of the Malta Stock Exchange, has inked several new deals aimed at creating new marketplaces for tokenized securities. The newly inked deal sees MSX team up with Neufund, a platform for securities tokenization and issuance, to build a “regulated and decentralized, global stock exchange for listing and trading tokenized securities alongside crypto-assets,” according to a press release. In related news, crypto exchange OKEx has also partnered with MSX to launch a new exchange – called OKMSX – for the trading of “institutional grade” security tokens. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/malta-stock- exchange-partners-to-build-global-token- exchange OpenFinance, USA http://openfinance.io 13 December 2018, OpenFinance Network First to Launch Security Token Trading OpenFinance Network (OFN) is moving from beta to full trading functionality, becoming the first to launch a live, regulated security token trading platform in the United States. An experienced and trusted player in the alternative assets space since 2014, OFN developed its regulated and efficient trading platform to make security token trading more liquid and accessible. The OFN platform is available to accredited and non-accredited investors both in the U.S. and abroad. Its Investor Passport application serves as a one-time verification process allowing participants to invest based on their eligibility. Source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/201 81213005915/en/OpenFinance-Network- Launch-Security-Token-Trading 28 August 2018, OpenFinance Launches Regulated Trading Platform for Security Tokens Trading platform OpenFinance has launched a regulated alternative trading system (ATS) for security tokens. Accredited investors in the U.S. can now purchase or trade the digital assets on OpenFinance’s platform. Retail investors who cannot receive accreditation may also be able to
- 31. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 31 trade certain assets, though after a 12-month holding period. The platform soft-launched several weeks ago, to allow buyers and sellers to register and complete their anti-money laundering and know-your- customer procedures, with today’s announcement marking the start of actual trading. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/openfinance- launches-regulated-trading-platform-for- security-tokens tZERO, USA https://www.tzero.com 17 December 2018, Overstock Subsidiary tZERO to Develop Smart Contract Token for Rare Metals Sale Private equity firm GSR Capital has contracted Overstock.com Inc.’s subsidiary tZERO Group Inc. to develop a smart contract token for a sale of cobalt. tZERO and Hong Kong-based GRS Capital’s partnership is focused on developing an ecosystem in Asia for tokenized commodity purchase contracts that would purportedly improve the supply chain process of rare metals. Additionally, the parties are looking to launch a security token platform in the region, following compliance with relevant regulatory requirements. Per the release, the token will be used for a sale of cobalt, and is expected to launch in 2019. The “first-of-its-kind cobalt offering” will include recurring tranches of electric vehicle battery- grade cobalt, with up to $200 million of the material to be available for sale. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/overstock- subsidiary-tzero-to-develop-smart-contract- token-for-rare-metals-sale 18 May 2018, tZERO and BOX Digital Markets Announce Joint Venture to Launch Industry’s First Security Token Exchange On May 18, 2018, the two companies entered into a letter of intent to form an exchange to list and publicly trade security tokens for companies that issue, or convert existing stock to, security tokens. The proposed joint venture would be equally owned by tZERO and BOX Digital, with each having equal representation on the Board of Directors, together with one mutually agreed upon independent director. Lisa Fall, who currently serves as CEO of BOX Digital and as president of BOX Options Exchange LLC, would be the CEO of the joint venture. Source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/201 80522005689/en/tZERO-BOX-Digital-Markets- Announce-Joint-Venture 9 April 2018, Overstock's tZERO Reveals Prototype Of Security Token Trading Platform Retail giant Overstock’s Blockchain subsidiary tZERO has introduced the prototype of its upcoming security token trading platform. According to Overstock’s CEO Patrick Byrne, the released prototype of the platform intends to "get an idea of the breadth” of what tZERO is planning to offer. According to the release, the developers aim to introduce a means of trading security tokens “in an easy, compliant, and user- friendly manner” that would be integrated with such features as risk management software, order management system, matching engine, and others. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/overstocks- tzero-reveals-prototype-of-security-token- trading-platform
- 32. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 32 SIX, Switzerland http://six-group.com 17 November 2018, Crypto Exchange-Traded Product to Launch on Swiss Stock Exchange Switzerland is to see the launch of the first ever exchange-traded product (ETP) tracking multiple cryptocurrencies. The country’s principle stock exchange, SIX, has given the go ahead for the ETP, which is called the Amun Crypto ETP and will go by the ticker symbol “HODL.” Trading will start on the Zurich- based stock exchange next week, the FT says. According to the website of London-based Amun, the ETP will track an index “the top 5 crypto assets in terms of market cap and liquidity” which are currently allocated as: bitcoin (48.69 percent), XRP (25.72 percent), ethereum (17.6 percent), bitcoin cash (5.11 percent) and litecoin (2.88 percent). Source: https://www.coindesk.com/crypto- exchange-traded-product-to-launch-on-swiss- stock-exchange 6 July 2018, Swiss Stock Exchange to Tokenize Securities With New DLT Platform Switzerland’s principal stock exchange has announced that it is developing a blockchain- based platform to tokenize traditional securities. SIX Swiss Exchange said it will build the new initiative – dubbed SIX Digital Exchange (SDX) – on a distributed ledger, utilizing its technical expertise in operating a large-scale financial infrastructure. As a regulated stock trading platform, Swiss Exchange further said the SDX will have the “same standard of oversight and regulation” upon completion and will be supervised by Swiss financial regulators. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/swiss-stock- exchange-to-tokenize-securities-in-new-dlt- platform
- 33. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 33 TOP-10 law companies that will accelerate blockchain industry in 2019 Anguk Law Offices http://anguklaw.com A South Korean law firm has reportedly filed a constitutional appeal over upcoming regulations restricting digital currency trading. Seoul-based Anguk Law Offices filed the appeal on Saturday through the Constitutional Court’s online appeal system, stating that the government’s new regulations on digital currency trading without legal laws to support them is a breach of property rights. https://www.coindesk.com/korean-law-firm- files-appeal-over-new-cryptocurrency-trading- rules Baker McKenzie https://www.bakermckenzie.com/en/expertise/ areasofpractice/fintech#about Blockchain Alliance R3 Launches Training Consortium For Lawyers The R3 Blockchain consortium has announced their creation of a Legal Center of Excellence (LCoE) today, Feb. 20 — a team consisting of ten law firms that will educate lawyers globally about new Blockchain technologies, according to a press release published on FinExtra. The ten firms that make up the LCoE are Ashurst, Baker McKenzie, Clifford Chance, Crowell & Moring, Fasken, Holland & Knight, Perkins Coie, Shearman & Sterling, and Stroock. According to the press release, these law firms will be able to participate in Corda training workshops for attorneys, have access to R3’s Blockchain research, and receive project demos of real world Blockchain use every month. https://cointelegraph.com/news/blockchain- alliance-r3-launches-training-consortium-for-
- 34. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 34 lawyers Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner https://www.bryancave.com/en/practices/financ ial-technology.html Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Launches Own Contracting Tool – Swiftagree Recently merged global law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has created its own legal contracting tool, called Swiftagree. It will begin by addressing NDAs in the UK market. https://www.artificiallawyer.com/2018/05/16/br yan-cave-leighton-paisner-launches-own- contracting-tool-swiftagree/ Clifford Chance https://www.cliffordchance.com The Swiss-based Credit Suisse and Dutch-based ING financial service groups have successfully completed the first live transaction of 25 mln euros (around $30 mln) in securities on R3’s Corda Blockchain platform, according to Credit Suisse’s March 1 press release. Credit Suisse’s press release mentions that law firm Clifford Chance was also involved by developing a legal framework for a DCR-based transfer of the ownership of securities. https://cointelegraph.com/news/european- banks-complete-first-live-securities-transfer-on- r3s-blockchain-platform The R3 Blockchain consortium has announced their creation of a Legal Center of Excellence (LCoE) today, Feb. 20 — a team consisting of ten law firms that will educate lawyers globally about new Blockchain technologies, according to a press release published on FinExtra. The ten firms that make up the LCoE are Ashurst, Baker McKenzie, Clifford Chance, Crowell & Moring, Fasken, Holland & Knight, Perkins Coie, Shearman & Sterling, and Stroock. https://cointelegraph.com/news/blockchain- alliance-r3-launches-training-consortium-for- lawyers Paying for a listing could be perfectly legal, given that traditional markets charge such fees, said Jesse Overall, an attorney at Clifford Chance. But things could get complicated if a digital token were later deemed to be an unregistered security, he said. In such a case, both the exchange and issuer could face penalties, he said. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/201 8-04-04/ripple-is-said-to-struggle-to-buy-u-s- listing-for-popular-coin Cooley LLP https://www.cooley.com/services/industry/finte ch Fortune Names Cooley #1 Law Firm for Diversity Palo Alto – December 7, 2018 – Fortune has again recognized Cooley on its Best Workplaces for Diversity list, ranking Cooley the #1 law firm for the second year in a row. The elite list highlights companies with a demonstrated commitment to diversity and inclusion.
- 35. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 35 https://www.cooley.com/news/coverage/2018/ 2018-12-07-fortune-names-cooley-1-law-firm- for-diversity Covington https://www.cov.com/en Bitcoin Price Grows As Trump Takes Office, Blockchain Council Created in Davos The Bitfury Group that develops Bitcoin mining hardware and operates mining farms has launched the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) in collaboration with the international law firm Covington. https://cointelegraph.com/news/the-blockchain- council-announced-in-davos-that-bitcoin-price- will-grow-as-trump-takes-office Dentons https://www.dentons.com/en How Dentons Canada’s Tracy Molino is Modernizing Finance with Blockchain Blockchain technology continues to receive praise and interest from financial institutions looking to better their services and improve global remittance. While the technology is not yet the global standard, Canadian champions like Tracy Molino are building the framework for a world where that may soon be the case. https://news.coinsquare.com/fr/business/dento ns-canada-tracy-molino-blockchain-growth/ Hogan Lovells https://www.hoganlovells.com Hogan Lovells financial institutions technology partner John Salmon said during the meeting that “there is an emergency to act” to create such a standard, explaining that “the market wants legitimization … from every jurisdiction. In the UK it’s particularly bad, none of the banks will bank you if you have crypto.” https://www.coindesk.com/the-european- parliament-wants-to-make-icos-more-accessible Lewis Cohen is a partner at Hogan Lovells, Caitlin Long is a co-founder of the Wyoming Blockchain Coalition, Rich Slater is an attorney and registered agent in Cheyenne, and Andrea Tinianow is the chief innovation officer for Global Kompass Strategies. https://www.coindesk.com/ray-hope-utility- tokens Morrison Cohen LLP https://www.morrisoncohen.com New York-based law firm Morrison Cohen LLP has introduced a special tracker that aims to provide updates and information on all active legal proceedings in the United States involving cryptocurrency companies. https://blocktribune.com/cryptocurrency- litigation-tracker-launched-by-law-firm- morrison-cohen/
- 36. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 36 Perkins Coie https://www.perkinscoie.com U.S. international law firm Perkins Coie (PC) announced it had hired a former counsel for the country’s commodities regulator to work in its blockchain practice in a release Nov. 6. https://cointelegraph.com/news/law-firm- perkins-coie-adds-ex-cftc-counsel-to-dedicated- crypto-blockchain-group The R3 Blockchain consortium has announced their creation of a Legal Center of Excellence (LCoE) today, Feb. 20 — a team consisting of ten law firms that will educate lawyers globally about new Blockchain technologies, according to a press release published on FinExtra. The ten firms that make up the LCoE are Ashurst, Baker McKenzie, Clifford Chance, Crowell & Moring, Fasken, Holland & Knight, Perkins Coie, Shearman & Sterling, and Stroock. https://cointelegraph.com/news/blockchain- alliance-r3-launches-training-consortium-for- lawyers While the startup worked with the law firm Perkins Coie prior to launch to ensure the tokens would not be considered securities, the plaintiffs are claiming that tokens issued for a pre- functioning network are, by their very nature, securities that must be registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or granted an exemption before they can be sold. https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-miner-sued- securities-fraud-ico
- 37. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 37 TOP-10 Business & Fintech blockchain companies. Startups sorted alphabetically: Abra https://www.abra.com/ At Abra, we’re making cryptocurrency investing simple. Abra operates an easy to use app — with 30 cryptocurrencies, 50 fiat currencies, and the BIT10 crypto index available. Users can buy, sell, store, and invest in cryptocurrencies, plus manage all crypto investments, in one place. Our vision is an open, global financial system that is easily accessible to everyone. LOCATION: Mountain View, California DATE FOUNDED: 2014 FOUNDERS: Bill Barhydt, James D. Robinson INVESTORS: American Express, Arbor Ventures Boost, CMT Digital Ventures LLC, Digital Currency Group, FBS Capital, First Round, Foxconn Technology Group, Ignia, Jungle Ventures Lerer Huppeau Liberty City Ventures Operative Capital RRE Ventures Silicon Badia Silver8 Capital Blockchain https://www.blockchain.com/ Blockchain.com (formerly Blockchain.info) is a bitcoin block explorer service, as well as a cryptocurrency wallet supporting bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Ethereum. They also provide Bitcoin data charts, stats, and market information. LOCATION: Luxembourg DATE FOUNDED: 2011 FOUNDERS: Bill Barhydt, James D. Robinson
- 38. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 38 INVESTORS: Digital Currency Group Future Perfect Ventures GV Lakestar Lightspeed Venture Partners Mosaic Ventures NJF Capital Prudence Holdings Virgin Group Blockstream Corp. https://blockstream.com/ Creating ways to handle bitcoin micropayments and a technology called sidechain that offers firms more flexibility handling bitcoin transfers. Blockstream is one of a number of institutions that provide funding for the development of Bitcoin Core, the predominant network client software Working with Intercontinental Exchange on a cryptocurrency data feed for traders. LOCATION: Montreal DATE FOUNDED: 2014 FOUNDERS: Dr. Adam Back, Matt Corallo, Alexander Fowler, Mark Friedenbach, Francesca Hall, Austin Hill, Greg Maxwell, Erik Svenson, Jorge Timon, Jonathan Wilkins, Dr. Pieter Wuille INVESTORS: AME Cloud Ventures, AXA Strategic Ventures, Blockchain Capital LLC, FuturePerfect Ventures, Horizons Ventures Ltd., Innovation Endeavors, Khosla Ventures, Mosaic Ventures, Real Ventures, Reid Hoffman, Seven Seas Venture Partners Brave Software Inc. https://brave.com Offers a web browser designed to improve privacy and includes a blockchain-based ad platform through which revenue is split with publishers. Note: Has a partnership with Dow Jones, publisher of The Wall Street Journal. LOCATION: San Francisco DATE FOUNDED: 2015 FOUNDERS: Brian Bondy, Brendan Eich INVESTORS: Digital Currency Group Inc. Foundation Capital Founders Fund LLС, Pantera Capital Management, Propel Venture Partners Chain https://chain.com Chain builds cryptographic ledger systems that make financial services smarter, more secure, and more connected Offers blockchain technology for financial institutions, as well as ledger balance software for fintech and ecommerce companies. Building blockchain initiatives with Nasdaq and Citigroup Chain has been acquired by Lightyear, a Stellar- focused company formed last year with the support of the Stellar Development Foundation.
- 39. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 39 The Chain and Lightyear brands will be retired and the combined company will be re-named to Interstellar. LOCATION: San Francisco DATE FOUNDED: 2014 FOUNDERS: Adam Ludwin, Devon Gundry INVESTORS: BlockChain Capital, Citi Ventures, Draft Ventures, Fiserv, Khosla Ventures, NASDAQ, Orange Digital Ventures, Pantera Capital, RRE Ventures, VISA Chainalysis http://chainalysis.com Chainalysis builds trust in blockchains between people, businesses, and governments. Our Blockchain Intelligence Platform powers our compliance and investigation software for the world’s top institutions. Customers include the Internal Revenue Service, Federal Bureau of Investigations, Drug Enforcement Administration and Europol. LOCATION: New York, USA DATE FOUNDED: 2014 FOUNDERS: Jan Moller, Jonathan Levin, Michael Gronager INVESTORS: Barclays Accelerator, Benchmark, CVP, Digital Currency Group, FundersClub, Point Nine Capital, Techstars Digital Asset Holdings LLC https://www.digitalasset.com Digital Asset is a financial technology company that builds products based on distributed ledger technology for regulated financial institutions, such as financial market infrastructure providers, CCPs, CSDs, exchanges, banks, custodians and their market participants.Working on financial “infrastructure,” such as trade clearing and settlement for Australias main stock exchange. LOCATION: New York DATE FOUNDED: 2014 FOUNDERS: Sunil Hirani, Don R. Wilson INVESTORS: ABN AMRO Bank NV, Accenture LLP, ASX Ltd., BNP Paribas SА, Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc., Citi, CME Ventures LLC, DB1 Ventures GmbH, Depository Trust & Clearing Corp., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., ICAP PLC, International Business Machines Corp., J.P., Morgan Securities LLC, Jefferson River Capital, PNC Financial Services Group, Santander InnoVentures Shapeshift http://shapeshift.io ShapeShift is a web and API platform formed in August of 2014 to provide instant Bitcoin and altcoin conversion with the maximum level of consumer protection and efficiency.
- 40. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 40 Users do not have to create accounts, deposit funds, or provide private personal information. This keeps the users safe from identity or financial theft – a critical improvement in exchange technology. LOCATION: Zug, Switzerland DATE FOUNDED: 2014 FOUNDERS: Erik Voorhees INVESTORS: Access Venture Partners, Blockchain Capital, Digital Currency Group, Earlybird Ventures, FundersClub, Hard Yaka, Lakestar, Pantera Symbiont https://symbiont.io/ LOCATION: Symbiont is a blockchain technology company based in New York City, developing products in smart contracts and distributed ledgers for use in capital markets. Their product provides a simple interface for specifying the terms and conditions when issuing smart securities, as well as integration with market data feeds. Industry leaders such as Vanguard and the State of Delaware have chosen to partner with Symbiont. LOCATION: New York, USA DATE FOUNDED: 2015 FOUNDERS: Adam Krellenstein, Robby Dermody, Evan Wagner, Mark Smith INVESTORS: Atlantic Merchant Capital, Celeridem Capital Management, DHVC (Digital Horizon Capital) Fenbushi Capital, Hundsun Technologies, Kayon Partners, Medici Ventures, SenaHill Partners, Wicklow Capital Xapo https://xapo.com Provides secure offline storage for investors and family offices who want to hold Bitcoin as a form of digital gold (as opposed to actively trading it). Also offers Bitcoin wallets for consumers, mainly in developing world. By offering two distinct products – an easy access wallet and a locked-down vault – they’re marrying the convenience bitcoin users want for everyday needs with the security they require for confident bitcoin saving. It’s the most secure, the reliable, and the most convenient. LOCATION: Palo Alto, USA DATE FOUNDED: 2012 FOUNDERS: Federico Murrone, Wensceslao Casares INVESTORS: AME Cloud Ventures, Benchmark Capital, Digital Currency Group, Emergence Capital Partners, Endeavor Catalyst, Fortress Investment Group LLC , Greylock Partners, Index Ventures, Pantera Capital, Ribbit Capital
- 41. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 41 TOP-10 Social blockchain startups. Startups sorted alphabetically: Amply http://www.amply.tech/ Amply is a mobile application for Early Childhood Development service providers to use to track their students’ attendance. The app leverages blockchain technology to ensure accurate and secure data capture and storage. Amply has helped ECD centers upgrade their previously paper-based system. For service providers, the app saves them the time and money spent filling out paper logs, leaving more time for what really matters – teaching. LOCATION: Cape Town, South Africa DATE FOUNDED: 2016 FOUNDERS: Shaun Conway Lohan Spies INVESTORS/PARTNERS: Innovation Edge, UNICEF Innovation Fund, Social Alpha Foundation, Western Cape Government Civic https://www.civic.com/ Civic's blockchain based ecosystem gives businesses and individuals the tools to control and protect identities. Identification information such as passport information, social security number, birth certificate, banking information, and so, can be securely stored on Civics blockchain. The blockchain ensures that the information is trusted, secured and unique to the individual. By utilizing the blockchain in this social enterprise, storing, managing and accessing your identity becomes efficient, honest and secure. LOCATION: San Francisco, California, USA DATE FOUNDED: 2016
- 42. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 42 FOUNDERS: Vinny Lingham Jonathan Smith INVESTORS/PARTNERS: BlockChain Capital Tally Capital zk Capital Genesis One Capital Plug and Play Dalma Capital Civil https://civil.co/ Civil is a self-governing marketplace where citizens directly sponsor newsrooms and journalists collaboratively run their own publications. Their mission is to help power sustainable journalism throughout the world. To do so, they're employing a decentralized model based on blockchain and cryptoeconomics. LOCATION: Brooklyn, New York, USA DATE FOUNDED: 2017 FOUNDERS: Matthew Iles Lillian Ruiz Matt Coolidge Christine Mohan INVESTORS/PARTNERS: ConsenSys, Token Foundry, Old Town Media, Splice 100 Electron http://www.electron.org.uk/ Electron is a UK-based startup that aims to help UK households cut their energy usage by using blockchain technology. The vision of this blockchain startup is “to capitalise on the opportunities presented by the rapid changes in the energy market being driven by decarbonisation, decentralisation, digitisation, and democratisation. LOCATION: London, England, UK DATE FOUNDED: 2015 FOUNDERS: Paul Ellis Joanna Hubbard INVESTORS/PARTNERS: SYSTEMIQ, Tokyo Electric Power, Innovate UK, Pivigo Embleema https://www.embleema.com/ Embleema is a patient-driven healthcare blockchain network for secure sharing of medical records. Embleema’s distributed ledgers allow healthcare data to be managed securely, not by a central authority, but by a group of healthcare stakeholders. Their decentralized networks include patients, advocacy groups, life sciences companies, payers and care centers. Embleema was founded with the vision that decentralized networks could restore trust in the Internet. This, in turn, would allow patients to feel safe about their most critical data. LOCATION: Metuchen, New Jersey, USA DATE FOUNDED: 2017
- 43. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 43 FOUNDERS: Robert Chu INVESTORS/PARTNERS: Pierre Fabre Pharmaceuticals Servier Pharmaceuticals Giveth https://giveth.io/ Giveth is an entirely free, open-source platform for building Decentralized Altruistic Communities. What Giveth does, is it allows people to give to causes they believe in, in an effective and transparent way using the blockchain. All donations are stored on the immutable Ethereum blockchain so that you can follow, in real-time, who receives your donations and why. LOCATION: Barcelona, Spain DATE FOUNDED: 2016 FOUNDERS: Griff Green Jordi Baylina INVESTORS/PARTNERS: ODEM, MyCrypto, SALT Lending, Aragon Kora Network https://kora.network/ Kora Network provides the tools needed to build a self-sustaining, community-owned ecosystem for circulating and accumulating capital. Kora Network is making the blockchain immediately accessible to populations in need of financial services by finding ways to integrate it with technologies they already use, such as mobile phones. Kora has been working directly with a range of groups — from farmers in Nigeria to coffee producers in Peru to a cooperative in Bangladesh — to make financial products that are accessible and work for groups that may otherwise go without them. The blockchain allows these groups to access financial services at a lower cost, increase transparency around where their funds are and how they get used, and allow projects to scale up more easily. LOCATION: Lagos, Nigeria DATE FOUNDED: 2016 FOUNDERS: Dickson Nsofor Bryan Uyanwune INVESTORS/PARTNERS: FBG Capital, ConsenSys, Stellar Nano Vision https://nanovision.com/ Nano Vision is empowering global citizens to step up and lend their efforts to furthering disease-prevention research and development. Through blockchain's inherently decentralized solution, anyone, whether they are scientists, doctors or simply engaged civilians, will have access to the data that has been collected and the research that has been recorded on Nano Vision's platform. The initiative anticipates that this will fuel new steps in the research process, thus sparking faster innovation. LOCATION: Austin, Texas, USA DATE FOUNDED:
- 44. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 44 2017 FOUNDERS: Steve Papermaster INVESTORS/PARTNERS: ARM, Baylor College of Medicine, The George Washington University Nuggets http://www.nuggets.life/ Nuggets is an e-commerce payments and ID platform that stores personal and payment data securely in the blockchain. Nuggets offers security, anonymity, and control when making purchases online. The blockchain e-commerce platform uses biometrics, so you have no passwords to remember or to be stolen. Your ID, payment information, and purchase history are encrypted and stored in the blockchain. Even Nugget can’t get at your data, unless you choose to share it. LOCATION: London, England, UK DATE FOUNDED: 2016 FOUNDERS: Alastair Johnson Seema Khinda Johnson INVESTORS/PARTNERS: Momentum London, QFPay, Storiqa, Credits ODEM https://odem.io/ ODEM is the world's first decentralized on- demand education marketplace. Using the power of blockchain technology and its smart contract-based payment platform, ODEM will enable students and professors to interact directly and participate in the exchange of education and learning, without the involvement of intermediaries. This means greater access to quality education at a lower cost, helping bridge the educational gap for millions of students globally. LOCATION: Zug, Switzerland DATE FOUNDED: 2017 FOUNDERS: Richard Maaghul J. William Bayrd INVESTORS/PARTNERS: James Sowers, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Zesty, Giveth, SKALE Labs, Altrean Origin Protocol https://www.originprotocol.com/ Origin is a protocol for creating sharing economy marketplaces using the Ethereum blockchain and IPFS. Origin is working to reduce the cost, difficulty, and barriers to entry for building marketplaces, enabling people to build truly peer-to-peer marketplaces on the blockchain. In creating this kind of decentralized underpinning, blockchains offer communities alternatives to one-size-fits all solutions and economies of scale. LOCATION: San Francisco, California, USA DATE FOUNDED: 2017 FOUNDERS: Josh Fraser
- 45. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 45 Matthew Liu INVESTORS/PARTNERS: Chain Capital, KBW Ventures DHVC, Cypher Capital Project Provenance https://www.provenance.org/ Project Provenance operates an online data platform that enables users to gather and share stories of products and their makers. Provenance is one of the blockchain startups that built the traceability system for materials and products. It gives consumers information about suppliers by tracing the origins and histories of products. LOCATION: London, England, UK DATE FOUNDED: 2014 FOUNDERS: Jessi Baker INVESTORS/PARTNERS: Digital Currency Group, Merian Ventures Working Capital Fund, Humanity United SafeChain https://www.safechain.io/ SafeChain believes real estate transactions should be fast and secure. By verifying buyers’ credentials nearly instantly, SafeChain reduces the growing fraud problem faced by the real estate industry. The company’s first product, SafeWire, helps title agents handle transfers using distributed ledger technology. LOCATION: Columbus, Ohio, USA DATE FOUNDED: 2017 FOUNDERS: Tony Franco Robert Zwink INVESTORS/PARTNERS: LOUD Capital, NCT Ventures, Aspect Ventures, Fintech71. Social Capital Shivom https://shivom.io/ Shivom combines blockchain, A.I., DNA sequencing & cryptography to enable secure and personalized medicine. The Shivom platform works on principles of collaboration & integrity, allowing people to own, manage and monetize their data. By creating a web-marketplace, a network of genomic counselors, and a not-for- profit drug research unit, Shivom will build a global healthcare ecosystem, reaching even low- income countries where such services have not been previously available. LOCATION: Munich, Bayern, Germany DATE FOUNDED: 2017 FOUNDERS: Dr Axel Schumacher Gourish Singla INVESTORS/PARTNERS: Collinstar Capital, Discovery Capital, Hoperidge Capital, DigitalX Investments
- 46. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 46 Thrive Labs https://thrivelabs.io/ Thrive is a Blockchain-based marketplace to buy and sell advertising at very low fees. People get paid for data sharing and for reviewing the quality of each website in the ecosystem. Using the blockchain to create a safe, rewarding platform where users can buy and sell advertisement space, all the while also rewarding real-life consumers and reviewers who help make the system work, this is digital marketing taken to the very next level. LOCATION: Lija, Mailta DATE FOUNDED: 2017 FOUNDERS: Cataldo Franzone Giuseppe Calabrò INVESTORS/PARTNERS: Teju-Finance, Origin, Flazio, Blocktrust Capital
- 47. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 47 The number of visitors is estimated using the service similarweb.com . Sorted alphabetically: Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/ ~79.2 million visitors monthly Bloomberg is a major global provider of 24-hour financial news and information, including real- time and historic price data, financials data, trading news, and analyst coverage, as well as general news and sports. Its services, which span its own platform, television, radio, and magazines, offer professional analysis tools for financial professionals. One of Bloomberg's key revenue earners, and what it is well known for, is the Bloomberg Terminal, which is an integrated platform that streams together price data, financials, news, and trading data to more than 300,000 customers worldwide. Top Bloomberg writers on crypto and blockchain: Vildana Hajric, Olga Kharif, Annie Massa Eddie van der Walt, Alastair Marsh Business Insider https://www.businessinsider.com/ ~104 mil visitors monthly Business Insider is an online platform that offers the latest business, celebrity, and technology news across America. The platform also covers technology, finance, politics, strategy, life, sports, and more. The site also provides and analyzes business news and acts as an aggregator of top news stories from around the web. Business Insider also hosts industry conferences, such as IGNITION, which explores the emerging business models of digital media. Top Business Insider writers on crypto and blockchain: Paige Leskin, Chris Pash, Oscar Williams-Grut, Rob Price
- 48. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 48 Entrepreneur www.entrepreneur.com/topic/blockchain ~14.5 mil visitors monthly Entrepreneur is an American magazine and website that carries news stories about entrepreneurship, small business management, and business. The magazine publishes 10 issues annually, available through subscription and on newsstands. For nearly 30 years, Entrepreneur has been the definitive guide to all the diverse challenges of business ownership. Top Entrepreneur writers on crypto and blockchain: AJ Agrawal Chidike Samuelson Scott McGovern Andrew Medal Nikolai Kuznetsov Ed Cowle John Monarch Craig Mc Gregor Forbes https://www.forbes.com/ ~112.6 mil visitors monthly Forbes provides daily news coverage on business, technology, financial markets, personal finance, sports and a wide array of other topics. Forbes is also widely known for its lists of the world's richest people, the world's leading companies and the richest celebrities, among others. The magazine is published on a biweekly basis and features original articles on finance, industry, investing, technology, communications, science, law, and marketing. The company also manages an up-to-date website that allows advertisers to publish blog posts alongside regular editorial content. Top Forbes writers on crypto and blockchain: Laura Shin Michael del Castillo Jeff Kauflin Gerald Fenech Jefferson Nunn Billy Bambrough Inc. https://www.inc.com/ ~18.3 mil visitors monthly Inc. is an American weekly magazine which publishes about small businesses and startups. The magazine publishes annual lists of the 500 and 5000 fastest-growing privately held small companies in the U.S., called the "Inc. 500" and "Inc. 5000". Inc. hosts several Inc. Events, including the annual Inc. 500|5000 Conference & Awards Ceremony, which celebrates the Inc. 500|5000 and allows honorees, alumni, and other growth-minded entrepreneurs to learn and network. Top Inc. writers on crypto and blockchain: Joel Comm Tracy Leigh Hazzard Kenny Kline Andrew Thomas Reuters https://www.reuters.com/ ~60.7 mil visitors monthly Reuters is an international multimedia news agency providing international and national news coverage related to business, investment, technology, and more. The core strength of Thomson Reuters is in providing content, analytics, trading and messaging capabilities
- 49. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 49 needed by financial professionals via its Thomson Reuters Eikon system. The Reuters news agency offers text, graphics, video and pictures to subscribers around the world, including general interest and business news. The company also offers both general and business news via its proprietary news website, reuters.com. Reuters is part of the Thomson Reuters Corporation. It is both a global news agency and a major provider of financial markets trading and analytical software. Top Reuters writers on crypto and blockchain: Alun John Anna Irrera Tom Wilson Julia Payne The Economist https://www.economist.com/ ~15.9 mil visitors monthly The Economist is an English-language weekly magazine-format newspaper owned by the Economist Group. The Economist offers authoritative insight and opinion on international news, politics, business, finance, science and technology. The Economist takes an editorial stance of classical and economic liberalism that supports free trade, globalisation, free immigration, and cultural liberalism. It targets highly educated, cultured readers and claims an audience containing many influential executives and policy-makers. Top The Economist writers on crypto and blockchain: Tim Cross Ludwig Siegele Techcrunch https://techcrunch.com/ ~24.4 mil visitors monthly TechCrunch is an American online publisher of technology industry news. It reports on the business of tech, tech news, analysis of emerging trends in tech, and profiling of new tech businesses and products. TechCrunch is dedicated to profiling and reviewing new Internet products and companies. In addition to covering new companies, TechCrunch profiles existing companies that are making an impact (commercial and/or cultural) on the new web space. Top Techcrunch writers on crypto and blockchain: Romain Dillet Mike Butcher Fitz Tepper Jon Russell Wired https://www.wired.com/ ~31.1 mil visitors monthly Wired Magazine is a monthly magazine that provides an in-depth coverage of current and future trends in technology. It also has an online website which delivers a daily glimpse into the world of business, culture, innovation, and science. The Wired conversation illuminates how technology is changing every aspect of our lives—from culture to business, science to design. Top Wired writers on crypto and blockchain: Klint Finley Brian Barrett
- 50. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 50 Erin Griffith Gregory Barber WSJ https://www.wsj.com/ ~67.5 mil visitors monthly The Wall Street Journal is an American English language daily newspaper and website that features news from the U.S. and worldwide. The website features top stories, photos, videos, detailed analysis, and in-depth information in categories such as Asia, China, India, business, markets, life and style, real estate, management, and more. The newspaper is published in the broadsheet format and online. WSJ is one of the largest newspapers in the United States by circulation. The Wall Street Journal has been a trusted name since 1889 for unparalleled analysis and unique reporting informing decisions that drive the world forward. Top WSJ writers on crypto and blockchain: Tom Loftus Steven Rosenbush Paul Vigna Tomio Geron Steven Russolillo
- 51. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 51 TOP-10 Blockchain & Cryptocurrency news sites. The number of visitors is estimated using the service similarweb.com . Sorted alphabetically: AMB Crypto https://ambcrypto.com/ ~ 1М visitors per month AMBCrypto is an independent cryptocurrency news publishing platform with a comprehensive ICO listing page, a dedicated real-time live cryptocurrency price ticker page and a blog section with a reach of over a million users worldwide. Conceptualized and brought to life in 2018,AMB Crypto is a young and vibrant start-up on an upward climb to the top. Top AMB Crypto writers on crypto and Blockchain: Anirudh VK Priyamvada Singh Akash Anand Sthuthie Murthy News.Bitcoin.c om https://news.bitcoin.com/ ~ 1,8М visitors per month Bitcoin.com is a company that provides Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash services, such as purchasing and selling these cryptocurrencies, and choosing a wallet for both. It features a range of services such as news, various tools, widgets and charts. Bitcoin.com stands firmly in support of financial freedom and the liberty that Bitcoin provides globally for anyone to voluntarily participate in a permissionless and decentralized network which empowers people to not be marginalized by governments and financial institutions. Top News.Bitcoin.com writers on crypto and Blockchain: Lubomir Tassev
- 52. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 52 Avi Mizrahi Kai Sedgwick Sam Haig Jamie Redman Bitcoinist https://bitcoinist.com/ ~ 1,7М visitors per month Bitcoinist was founded in 2013. Despite of its name, Bitcoinist not only covers Bitcoin, but also provides news and sources about other cryptocurrencies and the blockchain technology in general. Bitcoinist publishes several articles and news per day, covering a range of topics in crypto and blockchain. Top Bitcoinist writers on crypto and Blockchain: Adam James Georgi Georgiev Christina Comben CCN https://www.ccn.com/ ~ 7,6М visitors per month CCN is part of a media company registered in Norway. CCN’s website provides news and articles on cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethetreum, as well as industrial news in the blockchain fields. In addition to blockchain and crypto news, CCN also provides information such as crypto market cap, cryptocurrency news, ICO calendar, event calendar and other types of resources. Top CCN writers on crypto and Blockchain: Yashu Gola Tom Clancy Pedro Febrero Coindesk https://www.coindesk.com/ ~ 7,4М visitors per month CoinDesk is one of the top media websites for blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. This site started publishing in 2003 and since then has been growing fast with popularity. CoinDesk features up-to-date news on bitcoin and other crptocurrencies, as well as updates on the recent development of the blockchain technology. CoinDesk also maintains the Bitcoin Price Index, which is an average of bitcoin prices across bitcoin exchanges. Top Coindesk writers on crypto and Blockchain: Bailey Reutzel John Oates Michael del Castillo Coinsutra https://coinsutra.com ~ 1М visitors per month CoinSutra is a cryptocurrency publication for beginners and advanced users to stay updated with the growing digital currency industry. CoinSutra was started with the aim to bridge the information gap between the general public and current users of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. Top Coinsutra writers on crypto and Blockchain: Sudhir Khatwani Harsh Agrawal
- 53. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 53 Cointelegraph https://cointelegraph.com/ ~ 6,4М visitors per month CoinTelegraph provides new about Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies, as well as analysis and reviews about blockchain technology and the crypto market. It’s a very active sites that publishes many news and articles per day. Also, CoinTelegraph is available in multiple languages, including Engish, Spanish, Brazilian, Serbian and Japanese etc. Top Cointelegraph writers on crypto and Blockchain: Adrian Zmudzinski, Ana Alexandre Marie Huillet, William Suberg EWN https://ethereumworldnews.com/ ~ 1,7М visitors per month Ethereum World News is a website dedicated to providing the most up-to-date and relevant news in the world of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies. EWN delivers the best news for crypto aficionados covered by people who know first-hand the needs and characteristics of this type of audience. Top EWN writers on crypto and Blockchain: Oliver Wood Nick Chong Adrian Mathieu Hackernoon https://hackernoon.com ~ 13,8М visitors per month Hackernoon is how hackers should start their afternoons. It provides the latest news in crypto along with educational articles regarding Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies. Top Hackernoon writers on crypto and Blockchain: Kristoffer Andreasen Christian Heilmann Colin McCormick News BTC https://www.newsbtc.com/ ~ 1,7М visitors per month NewsBTC is a news and resource platform on blockchain and crypto, operating since 2013. NewsBTC offers news, reviews, technical analysis and other information to the blockchain and cryptocurrency community. NewsBTC publishes many articles and news per day and also provides additional resources such as educational articles, blockchain company directory, ICO listings adn event calendar etc. Top News BTC writers on crypto and Blockchain: David Babayan , Aayush Jindal Sarah Jenn, Andrew Wagner
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- 55. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 55 Blockchain In Agriculture http://risingblockchain.com/cases-agriculture/
- 56. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 56 8-Nov-18 Crypto POS Maker Pundi X Partners with HARA to Bring Blockchain to Farmers Pundi Labs (Pundi X), a point-of-sale (POS) terminal maker, has announced a partnership with blockchain startup HARA to bring its blockchain-based POS devices to farmers. The company said the partnership will seek to facilitate data collection and financial inclusion across Indonesia’s rural areas and agricultural sector. 6-Nov-18 Blockchain used to empower African smallholder farmers to enter the global food market Block Commodities, a leading Agri- Tech company in Africa, is building Farmer 3.0, a new agricultural ecosystem based on three main pillars: empowering smallholder farmers, creating a tokenised system, and developing smart agriculture. Block Commodities is bringing African farming to a whole new level. Based on disruptive technologies such as blockchain, AI, smartphones, cryptocurrencies and data sharing, the company is building an ecosystem to enhance agricultural activity and production using a blockchain-powered platform that is integrated with machine learning, predictive behavioral analytics and data-driven marketing. 26-Oct-18 World’s 4 Largest Agribusinesses Partner To Put Grain Trades On Blockchain Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), Bunge Ltd, Cargill Incorporation, and Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), known as the ABCDs of global grain trading, are investigating blockchain to improve efficiency and transparency for customers. The four global agricultural leaders will create an industry-wide initiative and seek participation from agricultural stakeholders. ADM, Bunge, Cargill, and LDC are looking to both "standardize and digitize" global agricultural shipping transactions. 4-Oct-18 Report: Blockchain in Agriculture and Food Supply Will Be Worth $430 Million The blockchain in agriculture and food supply chains market will be worth over $400 million in the next five years, according to a new report. 28-Aug-18 China: Alibaba’s Alipay Reveals Government Partnership to Track Rice With Blockchain Alipay and its parent company Ant Financial announced a partnership with local Chinese authorities to use blockchain for ensuring the authenticity of rice, local media report August 28. A major player in the Chinese market, Alipay boasted 400 million users in August 2017. The company is owned by Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial. 14-Aug-18 Major Players Use Blockchain to Streamline Agribusiness’ Creaking Supply Chain Agriculture is proving to be one of the most promising sectors for the growth and implementation of blockchain technologies. The mammoth industry suffers from a number of endemic issues. Agricultural trade relies on complex relationships between farmers and retailers, as well as convoluted supply chain procedures which can complicate payments and product providence. As demand for agricultural trade becomes increasingly international, suppliers and innovators alike are looking to bring the trade into the twenty first century by capitalising on blockchain’s distributed ledger technology. According to Global Times, the deal with the municipal government in Wuchang in Heilongjiang Province aims to stop counterfeit versions of the well-known Wuchang rice making it into the market. Authored by Reportlinker, a report released this week “Blockchain: Agriculture Market Forecast until 2023” foresees the sector growing from its current worth of $60.8 million to $429.7 million at a compound annual growth rate of 47.8 percent. “Blockchain technology is revolutionizing the food and agriculture sectors by enhancing the decision-making capabilities of organizations,” a summary press release reads.
- 57. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 57 Blockchain In Aircraft http://risingblockchain.com/cases-aircraft
- 58. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 58 16-Aug-18 Chinese Aerospace Firm Looks To Blockchain To Improve Electronic Invoice Management The new blockchain platform may help with the tracking of billions of financial documents. China's state-owned Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Ltd. has created a blockchain-based platform to improve its electronic invoice system, according to an official announcement dated August 13. The announcement, which was also posted in China's official state newspaper, People's Daily, describes how blockchain technology can improve the nation's electronic invoice system, specifically for taxes. 16-Aug-18 Chinese Aerospace Firm Looks To Blockchain To Improve Electronic Invoice Management The new blockchain platform may help with the tracking of billions of financial documents. China's state-owned Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Ltd. has created a blockchain-based platform to improve its electronic invoice system, according to an official announcement dated August 13. The announcement, which was also posted in China's official state newspaper, People's Daily, describes how blockchain technology can improve the nation's electronic invoice system, specifically for taxes. 24-Jul-18 Singapore Airlines Launches Blockchain-Based Loyalty Wallet, Co-Developed by Microsoft Singapore Airlines (SIA) has launched its own airline loyalty digital wallet that uses blockchain technology, it announced July 24. The software has been co-developed by Microsoft and KPMG Digital Village, according to the press release. The new wallet -- dubbed ‘KrisPay’ after SIA’s ‘KrisFlyer’ loyalty programme -- converts frequent flyer miles into digitized ‘KrisPay miles’ that can be used to pay for retail purchases via a mobile app. As minimum expenditure, users of the wallet can spend 15 KrisPay miles (equivalent to about S$0.10, or US$0.73) to make or offset purchases at point-of-sale for food and drink, petrol, beauty treatments, and other products from selected retailers. 20-Jul-18 Lufthansa Announces Global Blockchain Challenge for the Aviation Industry Singapore Lufthansa Innovation Hub (LIH) and the SAP.iO Berlin Foundry have teamed up to launch the first ever Aviation Blockchain Challenge worldwide. Announced in a blog recently, the challenge seeks to explore potential opportunities and drive adoption of Blockchain technology in the airline industry. 17-Jul-18 Boeing to Develop Blockchain-Enabled Unmanned Vehicles in New Partnership Singapore Boeing is partnering with an artificial intelligence (AI) company to develop pilotless vehicles and other products using blockchain, it announced in a press release July 17. Texas-based SparkCognition, a company which Boeing invested in in a $32 million funding round last month, will work with the aviation giant on a platform which will track unmanned air vehicles and allocate flight corridors. As a byproduct of this development, the partnership “will also provide a standardized programming interface to support package delivery, industrial inspection and other commercial applications,” the press release explains. A buoyant SparkCognition CEO Amir Husain said the aerospace industry will go towards the creation of a giant new market worth upwards of $3 trillion.
- 59. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 59 Blockchain In Auto http://risingblockchain.com/cases-auto/
- 60. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 60 16-Oct-18 Lucidity's Blockchain Pilot with Toyota Results in 21% Lift in Campaign Performance Lucidity, the blockchain advertising analytics company, today announced its partnership with Toyota and agency Saatchi & Saatchi to introduce transparency into Toyota's digital ad campaign buy and eliminate wasted spend. Through the Lucidity-optimized campaign, Toyota saw a 21% lift in performance - even after optimizations from industry leading fraud and viewability solutions. 26-Sep-18 Porsche Increases Investments in New Technologies With Focus on Blockchain and AI Startups German automobile manufacturer Porsche AG will increase in its investments in startups — with a focus on blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) — by around $176 million over the next five years, according to a company press release published September 25. The increase in Porsche’s total investment in venture capital activities for next five years was prompted by the need to “gain access to trends, new technologies and business models,” the press release notes. The investments will be aimed at “early and growth” stage businesses that relate to “customer experience, mobility and digital lifestyle,” as well as future technologies including blockchain, AI, and virtual and augmented reality. 8-Sep-18 BMW Works with Blockchain Startup Bloom to Streamline Lending German automobiles and motorcycles manufacturer BMW is working with blockchain startup Bloom on a solution to streamline customers’ journey and lending experience, Bloom said in a blog post on Tuesday. Bloom uses public-private key encryption underpinning blockchain technology to allow individuals to secure their data on their local device and easily apply for credit. It claims its blockchain- based mobile app streamlines customers’ lending experience and facilitates the onboarding process. 21-Aug-18 Research: Global Automotive Blockchain Market Set to Reach $1.6 Billion by 2026 The volume of the global automotive blockchain market is set to reach $1.6 billion by 2026. This estimation comes from a PR Newswire article published August 21, citing a report by Business Intelligence and Strategy Research (BIS Research). The BIS Research report forecasts that during the period from 2018 to 2026, the automotive blockchain market will grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 65.80%, reaching $1,575 million by 2026. The research was based on a financial analysis of the key market players: Ethereum (ETH), Ripple Labs Inc., IBM Corporation, BigChain DB, R3, and some others
- 61. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 61 Blockchain In Art http://risingblockchain.com/cases-art/
- 62. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 62 31-Dec-18 Art and Blockchain: Revolution in Art Collecting The art market is on the threshold of big changes that can be brought with Blockchain technologies. Blockchain suggests the decision for the key stumbling blocks of art market such as questions of provenance, transparency, copyright, ownership, valuation and authenticity of art. The actuality is provided by growing online art sales – $3.75 bln in 2016, which was an 8.5 percent share of the overall market (up 15 percent from the year before). Seeing the potential, art startups are already building real- world applications based on Blockchain. 30-Dec-18 New art registry will use blockchain technology The blockchain technology that powers cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin has been much discussed for its potential to record copyright and provenance for works of art. Codex, a company co- founded by Mark Lurie, Jess Houlgrave and John Forrest, aims to launch a provenance-based protocol this year, creating a decentralised, blockchain-backed title registry for the art market 21-Dec-18 Tiny Artwork Sold In A Tiny Auction Via Tiny Lightning Network Payments Crypto artist cryptograffiti, who is known for his street art throughout the Bay Area and the Pacific Northwest, recently sold an artwork titled "Black Swan" for 1 millisatoshi (an infinitesimal amount). The "micro auction," as cryptograffiti calls it, took place over an implementation of the Lightning Network (LN), a web of payment channels built on top of the Bitcoin blockchain that enables off-chain transactions. 23-Nov-18 Snark.art Launches Blockchain Laboratory for Tokenizing Artworks Brooklyn-based startup Snark.art has launched its blockchain laboratory to tokenize creative artworks of artists. The startup is kicking off with a partnership with acclaimed artist Eve Sussman whose project 89 seconds Atomized will be tokenized on the blockchain network and distributed to art lovers in pieces of digital blocks, which the company calls “atoms.” 12-Oct-18 Auction House Christie’s Trials Blockchain Data Recording in New Partnership Christie’s, the auction house with a history going back over 250 years, has announced a pilot scheme to use blockchain for auction data. The result of a partnership with blockchain art startup Artory that was revealed Thursday, Oct. 11, the Christie’s will use the technology to provide details and certificates of purchases to buyers. The plans, it says, were “timed to coincide” with the upcoming $300 million sale of U.S. modernist art in London and Los Angeles this month. .
- 63. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 63 Blockchain In Banking http://risingblockchain.com/cases-banking/
- 64. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 64 25-Dec-18 Bank of America Reveals New Blockchain Patent Targeting Cash Handling Bank of America (BoA) wants to patent a system using blockchain technology to improve cash handling, a new application published Dec. 25 confirms. Originally submitted in June 2017, the patent references “banking systems controlled by data bearing records.” “Aspects of the disclosure relate to deploying, configuring, and utilizing cash handling devices to provide dynamic and adaptable operating functions,” its abstract reads. 18-Dec-18 German Bank Tests Blockchain For Development In Africa KfW Bankengruppe, Germany's publicly owned development bank is testing an application of blockchain for public finance management in Burkina Faso. It's all part of a program to improve economic development cooperation when giving money to other countries for development projects. 17-Dec-18 Porsche Uses Blockchain Platform to Close $170 Million Loan with BBVA One of the planet’s largest vehicle distributors has just finalised a $170 million loan using blockchain technology. Porsche completed the deal with the Spanish bank Banco Bilboa Vizcaya Argentaria’s (BBVA) blockchain platform. The news makes Porsche the first non-Spanish company to use the distributed ledger platform to borrow funds from BBVA. It is thought that the use of blockchain technology in the negotiation and closing of loans will increase efficiency and transparency in the financial sector. 17-Dec-18 Advisory Council of UAE Banks Federation Considers Adoption of Blockchain in Banks The Advisory Council of the United Arab Emirates Banks Federation (UBF) discussed applying blockchain in its member banks, according to the Dubai-based English language newspaper Gulf News on Dec. 17. The Advisory Council of UBF, a non-profit organization representing 50 member banks in the country, considered using blockchain to improve Know Your Customer (KYC) processes at entrant banks. UBF’s chairman, Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair, claimed that the discussed initiative represents an effort to create and maintain a “thriving banking ecosystem.” 10-Dec-18 South Korea’s Second Largest Bank Begins Blockchain Record-Keeping to Reduce Human Error South Korea’s second-largest commercial bank, Shinhan Bank, has embarked on a project to implement blockchain in internal processes to decrease human error. The initiative was reported by English- language daily news outlet The Korea Times on Dec. 10. Shinhan, which has sought integration with both the blockchain and cryptocurrency spheres over the past eighteen months, also completed a staff training program to increase knowledge of blockchain for various applications. 4-Dec-18 New York Financial Regulators Approve Blockchain Payments System The Department of Financial Services of New York (NYDFS) has authorized a blockchain-based digital platform offered by a local bank, an official NYDFS press release states Dec. 4. NYDFS superintendent Maria T. Vullo announced today that the department authorized New York-based Signature Bank to offer its digital payment platform Signet in the state. The approved system reportedly uses blockchain technology to allow the bank clients to “transfer ‘Signets’ to make payments with no transaction fees, at any time of the day, year- round.” 4-Dec-18 Major Latin American Bank Conglomerate Itau to Create Blockchain Platform for Small Loans Brazil’s largest private bank has partnered with United Kingdom bank Standard Chartered to create a blockchain-based platform for small loans, according to a press release published by Itau Tuesday, Dec. 4. Itau Unibanco, also a major Latin American banking group, and Standard Chartered both offer
- 65. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 65 international banking services. The two entities have successfully conducted a proof-of-concept (PoC) for the mentioned platform, based on Corda Connect developed by New York-based blockchain startup R3. 14-Nov-18 Bank of America Wins Patent for Storing Clients’ Crypto Holdings in Enterprise Accounts The Bank of America (BoA) has won a patent for a system for enterprises to store customers’ crypto deposits, published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) yesterday, Nov. 13. The patent, first filed in mid- June 2014, outlines the background to the invention by stating that “as technology advances, financial transactions involving cryptocurrency have become more common,” and noting: “For some enterprises, it may be desirable to aggregate cryptocurrency deposited by customers in an enterprise account.” 13-Nov-18 Russia: Raiffeisen Bank, Gazprom Partner to Issue Bank Guarantee on Blockchain The Russian subsidiary of Raiffeisen Bank International has partnered with local state-owned oil giant Gazprom Neft to issue a bank guarantee on blockchain, Russian business newspaper Kommersant reported Nov. 12. According to Kommersant, the bank guarantee was issued to conduct a trade finance transaction involving four parties, Raiffeisen, Gazprom Neft, Belarusian firm Mozyr Oil Refinery, Priorbank of Belarus. Raiffeisen acted as an advising bank for the Russian oil company, while Priorbank of Belarus, which is part of Raiffeisen bank group, issued a bank guarantee for the deal via blockchain. 13-Nov-18 Australia’s Biggest Bank Trials Blockchain-Based 'Smart Money' for Disability Insurance The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) and government-run digital innovation center Data61 have released the results of their trial for a blockchain-powered “smart money” system for Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The development was reported by local financial and business news platform Business Insider Australia today, Nov. 13. Data61 is a digital innovation hub that forms part of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) — an Australian government corporate entity that undertakes scientific research to advance diverse local industries. The $93.5 billion market cap CBA is the country’s largest bank, as well as the 71st largest public company in the world. 9-Nov-18 Canadian Bank Set to Launch Uncheckable ‘Deposit Box’ for Cryptocurrency A subsidiary of Canadian financial institution VersaBank confirmed it had finished beta testing of a “digital vault” for storing cryptocurrency in a press release Nov. 8. VersaVault, which announced its so-called “digital safety deposit box” in February, is aiming to attract crypto exchanges and funds as clients for the new tool. The product provides cryptocurrency storage on servers dotted throughout the world, the deposit box element lying in the fact the bank itself can neither brute force the digital ‘boxes’ nor know their contents. 7-Nov-18 Post-Trade Financial Services Giant, 15 Major Banks Test DLT Project for Credit Derivatives Global post-trade market infrastructure giant The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is entering the testing phase of its replatformed Trade Information Warehouse (TIW) based on distributed ledger technology (DLT), according to a press release published Nov. 6. DTCC’s warehouse provides event processing services for around 98 percent of all credit derivatives transactions in the global marketplace. The infrastructure provider is now reportedly working with fifteen of the world’s leading banks to test its new DLT-based restructuring of the warehouse. 24-Oct-18 CGI and National Bank of Canada pilot a blockchain guarantee and standby negotiation platform MONTRÉAL, Oct. 21 2018 /CNW Telbec/ - CGI (NYSE: GIB) (TSX: GIB.A) announced the successful collaboration with National Bank of Canada and Skuchain on a pilot program that will improve and streamline the process for negotiating standby letters of credit and guarantees, the complex conditional agreements used by banks for securing financial transactions. These agreements, used across many industries to secure contracts, are currently conducted via email, making them prone to errors and delays in a process that lacks
- 66. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 66 transparency for beneficiaries regarding terms and approval status. 22-Oct-18 Sberbank reports back on ICO financing trial Sberbank and the National Settlement Depository (NSD) have summed up the results of a test deal to attract financing through an initial coin offering (ICO) using the Bank of Russia’s sandbox. 18-Oct-18 UK Bank NatWest Adopts Blockchain for Syndicated Loans Market National Westminster Bank (NatWest), a UK bank part of the the Royal Bank of Scotland, has announced its integration with a new blockchain-based platform to streamline communication between agent banks and lenders in the syndicated loans market. NatWest will be leveraging Finastra’s Fusion LenderCoom, a platform underpinned by Corda, R3’s distributed ledger technology. The new system is set to go live in November 2018. 9-Oct-18 Unconfirmed: IBM, Azeri Central Bank Cooperate on Blockchain Development, Local Media Report MIBM and the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) will reportedly collaborate on implementing blockchain technology in the country’s economy, Central Asian-focused Trend News Agency reports October 9. Trend News Agency is an established news service provider spanning the Caucasus, Caspian region and Central Asia, with dedicated news platforms in Azerbaijani, Russian, Turkish and Persian, alongside an English-language platform The agency states that the director of the Information Technology Department at the CBA, Farid Osmanov, revealed news of the five-year program for the digital transformation of the economy at the Azerbaijan-Germany Business Forum on Energy and ICT in Baku earlier today. 2-Oct-18 Italian Banking Association Completes First Test of Blockchain-Based Interbank System On September 25th, Facebook reported a security issue that affected almost 50 million users. Hopefully, this security breach will drive Facebook management to accelerate its efforts to improve data privacy by incorporating blockchain technology. 2-Oct-18 14 European Banks Complete First Phase Of Blockchain Trial A group of European banks led by the Associazione Bancaria Italiana (ABI) have completed the first tests in a blockchain trial for interbank reconciliations. In one of a number of inter- and intra-bank blockchain pilots and projects happening around the world, Italy is ready to take the next step in their interbank blockchain reconciliation project. Since first revealing the project a few months ago, 14 European banks have loaded two months of "real data" onto a Corda-based blockchain network. 18-Sep-18 UN, Sierra Leone Launch Blockchain- Based ‘Credit Bureau of the Future’ Sierra Leone’s president Julius Mada Bio announced a new initiative to create a national, blockchain-based credit bureau. The announcement took place at the 73rd Session of the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) Thursday, September 27. The president presented the project as being poised to “radically transform” the country’s financial inclusion landscape. The initiative is reportedly the result of a partnership between technology non-profit Kiva, the U.N. Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), and the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP). 27-Sep-18 Chinese State Bank Uses Blockchain to Issue Digital Mortgages Worth $1.3 Billion The Chinese state-owned Bank of Communications (BoCom) has successfully issued $1.3 billion of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) using blockchain technology, national securities outlet China Securities Times writes Wednesday, September 27. BoCom — the fifth largest bank in China according to S&P Global recent stats — used an independently developed platform called Juicai Chain to issue 9.3 billion yuan worth of RMBS, which is approximately $1.3 billion. 25-Sep-18 75 banks have joined JPMorgan's blockchain payments 'party' Lenders including Santander and Societe Generale are testing the Interbank Information Network (IIN). JPMorgan built the information sharing programme on its own proprietary
- 67. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 67 blockchain platform, Quorom, and has been testing it with a handful of lenders since October 2017. 2-Sep-18 Japan’s Largest Bank Experiments Using Own Crypto at Convenience Store Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, one of the world’s largest financial groups, has been experimenting with using its own cryptocurrency, the Mufg coin, for payments at a convenience store for employees. This week, a local publication reported on the progress of the experiment. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (Mufg) has been experimenting with its digital currency, the Mufg coin. A convenience store for employees only, located at the group’s headquarters in Tokyo, has been allowing Mufg employees to pay with these coins. The Sankei Shimbun visited the store and reported this week that the experiment “is quietly advancing.” 16-Jul-18 Hong Kong Monetary Authority to Launch Multi-Bank Blockchain Trade Finance Platform Hong Kong’s de facto central bank will launch its own blockchain trade finance solution with 21 banks in August, Financial Times (FT) reported Sunday, July 15. The joint venture between the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and Chinese company Ping An Group’s fintech subsidiary OneConnect aims to substantially reduce paperwork, costs security risks for participants, FT reports. 18-Jul-18 Japanese Internet Giant GMO’s New Web Bank Will Use Blockchain for Payments Multi-billion-dollar Japanese tech conglomerate GMO has launched a new internet banking business that will use blockchain technology for faster and cheaper payments and financial services. In an announcement [PDF] on Tuesday, the GMO Internet Group confirmed the launch of the GMO Aozora Net Bank in partnership with Aozora Bank Group, a joint-initiative that has been in preparation since July 2016 that will leverage the use of blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) to provide new financial services through financial technologies. The advent of a cashless society amid a proliferation of smartphones and rapid advancements of financial technologies in society has led to new financial services like ‘convenient [and instant] settlements’ coming to the fore, a press release from GMO Aozora Net Bank added, heralding itself as an “everything for customers, aiming [to become] the #1 technology bank” in a roughly translated motto. 18-Jul-18 Bank of America Reveals Blockchain Patent for External Data Validation Bank of America (BoA) has filed a patent for a blockchain-based system allowing the external validation of data, according to a United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) patent filing released July 17. BoA’s patent filing proposes using blockchain for tracking resource information and confirming resource transfers, noting that “A need currently exists for providing a more accurate indication of a user's financial standing by allowing external validation of data in a process data network.”
- 68. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 68 3-Jul-18 IBM-Powered Blockchain Platform Completes First Live Trades Via Five Major Banks European blockchain trading platform We.Trade confirmed it had completed its first live operations today, July 3, involving twenty companies and five major banks. The blockchain platform, which claims to provide a “more efficient and cost effective way” for banks and businesses to trade worldwide, uses IBM’s Blockchain Platform, powered by Hyperledger Fabric. Part of various blockchain solutions currently under appraisal by the banking sector, the platform counts Deutsche Bank, HSBC, KBC, Natixis, Nordea, Rabobank, Santander, Société Générale and UniCredit as its founding members. 9-Jul-18 One Of The World’s Largest Banks Seeking Blockchain Patent The Chinese bank is looking to blockchain technology to increase efficiency and improve customer service for financial asset exchange. A patent application from the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) outlining a blockchain platform intended to improve financial asset exchange has been published. The institution is one of the world's largest in terms of assets. The application was submitted in January and published on July 6. The patent describes a system whereby once a participant has requested a transaction, an EDCC (or smart contract) will cause it to be validated by every node in the network, based on information such as "the ID of the buyer and seller, the commodity ID, the user balance, the transaction amount, the number of transactions, and one or several of the transaction times." Transaction is considered complete upon validation of preset number of nodes.
- 69. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 69 Blockchain In Charity http://risingblockchain.com/cases-charity/
- 70. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 70 21-Dec-18 Irish Red Cross Partners on Blockchain- Powered App to Bring Transparency to Donations A Dublin-headquartered startup has teamed up with the Irish Red Cross to use blockchain technology in a new app that improves transparency for charitable donations. The partnership was reported by local daily broadsheet The Irish Times on Dec. 19. The startup, dubbed AID:Tech, is partnering with the Red Cross for use of its consumer-oriented mobile app “TraceDonate,” which has been designed so that donors know exactly how their contributions to charitable causes are being spent. 15-Dec-18 Blockchain-Based Startup Creates New Opportunities for Charity CharityStars is an online fundraising auction platform for the nonprofit sector that launched a series of auctions with prominent leaders in the Blockchain space. The auctions which will be closed on Dec. 18, include meetings with Dr. Julian Hosp, co-founder and President of TenX, Ryan Taylor, CEO of Dash, Brock Pierce, chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation, Erik Voorhees, CEO of ShapeShift, and more. 5-Dec-18 Crypto Donations | 4 Ways Where Blockchain And Charities Meet We are approaching the end of 2018, and thus here we are at the most charitable time of the year. Only in 2017 $410 billion U.S. dollars were given to noble causes around the globe. Like many industries today, philanthropy also shows signs of change thanks to cryptocurrencies and blockchain, allowing them to give more and better. We have collected for you the four ways charities upgraded with blockchain.
- 71. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 71 Blockchain In Copyrights http://risingblockchain.com/cases-copyright/
- 72. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 72 4-Dec-18 Russian Intellectual Property Court Trials Blockchain to Store Copyright Data A Russian court dedicated to intellectual property cases has successfully tested a blockchain network for storing copyright data. The technology was reportedly used for the first time in the judicial area in Russia, major Russian news agency TASS writes Monday, Dec. 3. According to TASS, the court recorded a change in a group of right holders, using a blockchain solution provided by Russian intellectual property startup IPChain. IPChain’s president Andrey Krichevsky claims this is a precedent for the Russian judicial system, calling the use of the tech “a definite breakthrough.” 19-Dec-18 Chinese Internet Court Uses Blockchain To Combat Online Plagiarism An Internet Court launched in Eastern Chinese City Hangzhou will now use blockchain to fight plagiarism for online writers, local Chinese news outlet China.org.cn reported. China launched its first internet court in the city of Hangzhou to deal with internet related cases, save time and reduce overhead costs of getting justice out of the system. At the time of the launch, the court was expected to accept court filings and cases electronically and given the mandate to rule online cases via live stream. Plaintiffs may verify their identity with a government-issued ID or through their Alipay account. 9-Oct-18 Thai Ministry of Commerce Explores Blockchain Solutions for Copyright, Agriculture, Finance The Thai Ministry of Commerce has begun to conduct feasibility studies on the use of blockchain in copyright, agriculture, and trade finance, English-language Thai newspaper Bangkok Post reports Tuesday, Oct. 9. A Thai official from Thailand’s Trade Policy and Strategy Office (TPSO), Pimchanok Vonkorpon, told the Bangkok Post that the study is being conducted with the help of the British embassy in Bangkok. As per the article, the ministry wants to find out whether decentralized solutions can boost the country’s competitiveness and credibility, especially in relation to small business. Vonkorpon added that blockchain feasibility studies will also refer to processing digital IDs, IP registration management, and security, along with smart contracts. 20-Sep-18 X Motion Pictures Partners With CopyrightBank To Register Films On The NEM Blockchain Filmmaking management platform, X Motion Pictures (XMP), has today announced a partnership with CopyrightBank, a copyright registration and verification solution, to enable filmmakers and videographers to register and record the copyright of their original works on the blockchain 19-Sep-18 Copyright on Blockchain, Explained Can someone post one of my photos or illustrations on blockchain without permission? Not right now… but this could change in the future. The reason why it isn’t possible at the moment is merely technical. Scaling problems (something we’ve reported extensively on at Cointelegraph) mean there’s a limit to the amount of data that can be processed in a single block. As a result, blockchain isn’t incredibly compatible with images in its current form. 29-AUG-18 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARTNERS WITH BLOCKCHAIN-BASED JOURNALISM FIRM The Associated Press (AP) news agency has inked a content licensing partnership with blockchain- based startup Civil, according to an official announcement Tuesday, August 28. AP is reportedly interested in exploring ways to secure intellectual property rights, support ethical journalism, and track content usage with blockchain technology. As part of the project, AP will deliver its content, including national and international news to Civil, so that news agencies can access it on the platform. Any newsroom wishing to access AP content will be licensed directly by AP. 2-AUG-18 FACTOM FILES PATENT FOR VALIDATING DOCUMENTS ON THE BLOCKCHAIN Factom (FCT) has filed a new patent today with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office that allows verification of documents on a blockchain with multiple digital signatures
- 73. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 73 The patent comes during a frenzy of blockchain patent applications from other incumbents, including IBM, Mastercard, and Walmart. 6-JUL-18 TWO MAJOR SPANISH PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS TO RESEARCH BLOCKCHAIN FOR COPYRIGHT MANAGEMENT The Spanish Society of Authors and Publishers (SGAE) and the Madrid School of Telecommunications Engineering (ETSIT-UPM) announced July 26 a research partnership into implementing blockchain for copyright management in the digital era. The two institutions have reportedly signed a one- year agreement to carry out collaborative research into building a digital processing platform for copyright management that would use blockchain alongside BigData, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI). 6-JUL-18 COPYRIGHTBANK LAUNCHES NEM- POWERED COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION PLATFORM Creators and owners of original digital content anywhere in the world can now register their work on a new blockchain-powered platform called CopyrightBank. The platform, developed in Melbourne, enables books, music, photographs, artworks, films, computer programs, databases and other creative works to be digitally fingerprinted on the blockchain as a way to verify ownership — with a launch price of only US$1 per work.
- 75. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 75 30-Oct-18 Chinese Retail Giant JD.com Launches Blockchain Research Lab Chinese retail giant JD.com is further gaining a foothold in blockchain technology by launching a research lab for blockchain in partnership with two technology institutes, according to an announcement published Oct. 30. 14-Sep-18 Overstock To Sell Bitcoin Through Its Website In 2019 With Bitsy Wallet Crypto-friendly online retailer Overstock.com expects to formally begin selling bitcoin through its website in the first half of 2019, the company has revealed. Such functionality will be offered through Bitsy, a crypto wallet and portfolio company of Medici Ventures, Overstock’s blockhain-focused subsidiary which currently has investments deployed in 18 separate ventures. 6-Sep-18 Blockchain-Based E-Commerce Platform to Help Merchants Open Shops Without Startup Capital A startup e-commerce ecosystem is turning to blockchain to help businesses become more operationally efficient, while enabling billions of users on social media “to generate income with ease.” TIPO says it has identified three major problems facing the e-commerce market today. According to the company, many of the platforms currently dominating the industry are too focused on buying and selling when there are many other services that can benefit merchants and their loyal customers. 10-Aug-18 5,000 Merchants Can Now Accept Cryptocurrency Payments in Chile Chilean cryptocurrency exchange Crypto MKT has recently announced that the country’s citizens can now buy products and services with cryptocurrency from over 5,000 merchants through a new integration with a crypto payment processor. According to the announcement, a partnership between Crypto MKT and online payments platform Flow.cl allowed the merchants to add cryptocurrency payment options through a platform called CryptoCompra.com. 20-Jul-18 Indonesian Crypto POS Maker Pundi X Labs Eyes S Korean Market with New Partnership Google Indonesian point-of-sale (POS) terminal maker Pundi X Labs (Pundi X) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with South Korean smart cards maker Ubivelox on Thursday to support the deployment and development of its devices in South Korea, Pundi X said in a statement. Pundi X’s innovative POS terminal, called Pundi XPOS, supports cryptocurrency payments as well as transactions through mobile wallets including Alipay and WeChat Pay and payment cards. All Pundi X devices are connected to the Ethereum and NEM blockchain. The company’s latest model supports 13 cryptocurrencies. Pundi X also offers the XPASS cards, a smart card that allows users to buy, sell and trade cryptocurrencies, as well as purchase daily items. 6-Jul-18 Tradeshift Pilots Stablecoin to Speed Up Business Payments Stablecoin startup MakerDAO announced Friday that it has launched a pilot program with supply chain management startup Tradeshift aimed at speeding up payments for small businesses. In its announcement, MakerDAO – the company behind the stablecoin DAI – said its stablecoin is now being tested with the Tradeshift Cash solution in a bid to tokenize unpaid invoices of small businesses. The idea is that the coin could be sold at a discount to crypto investors so that small businesses can receive their payments upfront. Launched in December 2017, MakerDAO's DAI token is one of a growing number of stablecoins. It was designed to adjust its supply as the market shifts in order to maintain a price pegged to the U.S. dollar.
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- 77. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 77 6-Dec-18 Swiss Post & Swisscom Launch ‘100% Swiss’ Blockchain Infrastructure Switzerland’s national postal service Swiss Post and state-owned telecoms provider Swisscom are partnering on a “100 percent Swiss” blockchain infrastructure, according to a press release Dec. 6. 14-Nov-18 Xerox Wins Patent for Blockchain System That Tracks Revisions to Electronic Documents The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has awarded Xerox a patent for a blockchain-driven auditing system for electronic files, according to a patent filing published Nov. 13. Xerox — known for its eponymous printing and digital copying appliances — first filed the patent in August 2017. The patent describes a blockchain- based system for the secure recording of revisions made to electronic documents. 13-Nov-18 Amex Files Patent for Blockchain System to Match Images of Receipts With Stored Records Financial services giant American Express (Amex) has filed a patent for a blockchain-based system to capture and transmit the image of a receipt, according to a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) patent filing published Nov. 13. The patent applicant is listed as American Express Travel Related Services Co., Inc., the company’s travel subsidiary. The new filing, titled “Linking digital images with related records,” includes a new method for receiving, recording and transmitting the image of a receipt. 13-Nov-18 Amazon Wins Patents for Cryptography and Distributed Data Storage Solutions E-commerce giant Amazon has won two patents related to methods for protecting the integrity of digital signatures and improving distributed data storage. The two patents were published by by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today, Nov. 13. The first patent document, first filed in April of this year, outlines a “signature delegation” method for “protecting the integrity of digital signatures and encrypted communications,” by allowing for the generation, distribution, validation, and revocation of one-time-use cryptographic keys.. 8-Nov-18 Salesforce Patents Blockchain Method For Sorting Email "Have you checked your spam folder?" You've probably said those words, or had them said to you, countless times, always in the same smiling and reassuring voice that carries with it an implied how-did-you-not- think-to-check-your-spam-folder-already judgmental undertone. Working to dispel this case of daily jargon ennui, cloud-based customer relationship management platform Salesforce recently received a patent to use blockchain-based technology to prevent legitimate emails from being sent to spam folders – and spam from mucking up users' inboxes. 20-Sep-18 Poland’s Top Bank to Launch Blockchain Platform for Document Management Within ‘Days’ Poland’s largest bank will launch a blockchain solution for its customer documents via a partnership with UK-based Coinfirm “in the coming days,” the parties confirmed in a press release Thursday, September 20. Part of a drive to enhance security of customer data, PKO Bank Polski will use Coinfirm’s Trudatum to provide blockchain-issued paperwork to its some five million account holders. 24-Jul-18 Google to Offer Distributed Ledger Solutions in Cloud Platform Marketplace Google is joining the list of tech giants to deploy blockchain technology to offer customers fintech and cloud service solutions, according to an official statement Monday, July 23. Google announced that the company has partnered with two blockchain-focused firms, Digital Asset and BlockApps, to offer new distributed ledger technology (DLT) solutions on Google's Cloud Platform (GCP), which would allow users to "explore ways [customers] might use distributed ledger technology frameworks
- 78. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 78 Blockchain In Education http://risingblockchain.com/cases-education/
- 79. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 79 21-Nov-18 TrustED Launches Blockchain-Based Platform for Educational Background Checks Australia-based startup TrustED has launched a blockchain-based academic credential verification service. The platform leverages blockchain technology to enable educational institutions and graduates to both store and authenticate grades, credentials, or certificates for employers, simplifying the process of how academic credentials are verified all the while ensuring legitimacy. 4-Dec-18 Major Indian Business School Issues Blockchain Certs to Combat Fake Degrees India’s top ten business school, SP Jain School of Global Management, has issued 1,189 blockchain-based certificates to graduands who recently obtained degrees and professional certifications. The certificates which are now live on the Ethereum blockchain will allow prospective employers and other parties to verify the authenticity of a job seeker’s educational qualifications without having to contact the business school. The validation process is intuitive and technical know-how will not be necessary, according to Business World. 25-Aug-18 The Bahamas Establishes a Blockchain Credentials System in Latin America/Caribbean First Bahamian job seekers will now be able to share and verify their educational certificates from anywhere, thus reducing bureaucracy and enhancing convenience. This is after the Commonwealth of the Bahamas became the first country in Latin America and the Caribbean region to implement a blockchain-based nation-wide credentialing system known as Bahamas Blockcerts, according to The Nassau Guardian. Through these nationally-accredited digital certificates, the government of the Caribbean country aims to enhance how national educational qualifications including certificates, academic degrees and diplomas are created, issued, viewed and verified. 20-Aug-18 20 Ways Blockchain Will Transform (Okay, May Improve) Education Blockchain is a public ledger that automatically records and verifies transactions. The distributed ledger technology (DLT) powers Bitcoin, Ethereum and other virtual currencies (which have taken a beating this month). Less publicized are all the ways DLT could transform many industries. Use cases for a transparent, verifiable register of transaction data are numerous because DLT operates through a decentralized platform making it fraud resistant. With assistance from Educause and CB Insights, we’ve identified 26 ways that DLT could be deployed by school districts, networks, postsecondary institutions and community-based organizations to improve learning opportunities.
- 80. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 80 Blockchain In Gaming http://risingblockchain.com/cases-gaming/
- 81. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 81 23-Dec-18 Op-Ed: Does the Video Game Industry Really Need Blockchain? No. You may have expected a different answer to come from a blockchain video game developer, but that’s the truth. Gaming does not need blockchain. In fact, there are a lot of great features that gaming doesn’t need. Games did just fine before online multiplayer was available, or before the quicksave option became popular – do games need those things to be successful? Not necessarily. Different features suit different games, and the industry is constantly evolving to create the best, most innovative, most immersive gaming experience possible. 18-Dec-18 Atari Partners With Startup to Make Blockchain Versions of Popular Titles like Roller Coaster Tycoon Renowned game maker Atari Inc. announced a license agreement with Animoca Brands Limited, a subsidiary of Animoca Brands Corporation Limited, giving it the rights to produce and publish blockchain versions of the famed Atari mobile game titles Roller Coaster Tycoon Touch and Goon Squad in most territories around the world – excluding Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and Macau. Under the terms of the agreement which extends through to March 31, 2022, Animoca Brands will pay Atari a minimum guarantee against future revenues of US$250,000, payable in shares of the Company’s stock. This serves as consideration for the license to develop and publish the said games. A revenue share will also be payable to Atari after gross revenues generated by the Games exceed a total of US$500,000. 11-Dec-18 Walt Disney Company Cuts Deal with Blockchain-fueled PlayGame.com to Bring Games to Southeast Asian Fans PlayGame and The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia have cut a one-year deal to bring a wide collection of games to Southeast Asia fans. The games will feature staple characters from the Disney franchise and will be available on the direct-to-play, Blockchain-fueled gaming platform, www.PlayGame.com starting December 2018. 11-Dec-18 5 Ways Blockchain Will Transform the Gaming Industry In the last decade, we have seen the gaming industry being rapidly transformed by the introduction of new technologies which allow for immersive experiences, such as AI, VR, and AR. However, one of the latest of these emerging technologies — blockchain — is set to redefine the future of gaming by turning what has been seen as a leisure activity into a potentially economic endeavour.
- 82. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 82 Blockchain In Governments http://risingblockchain.com/cases-governments/
- 83. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 83 27-Dec-18 US Defense Dept. Wants to Use Blockchain to Improve Disaster Relief Blockchain could make its way into disaster relief operations from the United States Department of Defense, the organization revealed in a press release Dec. 21. During a presentation hosted by the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) office in Philadelphia earlier this month, officials reviewed how blockchain technology could help emergencies responses. Efforts to provide aid following Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico were used as a case study. 18-Dec-18 Russian Region Conducts Blockchain Election With 40K Participants Saratov Oblast, a region in Southern Russia, has conducted a reportedly successful blockchain election with 40,000 participants, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph Dec. 18. On Dec. 12, participants voted to elect members of the local Youth Parliament via the blockchain- driven electronic polling system Polys, developed by Kaspersky Lab in 2017. 12-Dec-18 China: Shenzhen Special Economic Zone to Use Blockchain for Electronic Tax Invoices Shenzhen, a major city in the Guangdong Province and the first economic special zone in China, will use blockchain technology for electronic tax invoices. This development was reported by the China Economic Net, а domestic news website focusing on economics, on Dec. 12. The Shenzhen Municipal Taxation Bureau and Chinese tech giant Tencent have “successfully connected the blockchain invoice system with the WeChat payment platform.” The article reports that WeChat, the 1 billion user social media platform operated by Tencent, has opened its payment platform for the blockchain invoice function. 4-Dec-18 South Korea Is Trialing Blockchain Voting — Here’s What That Means South Korea will test out a new blockchain voting system this month, sources close to the developments have confirmed to Bitcoin Magazine. Developed by the country’s National Election Commission (NEC) and its Ministry of Science and ICT, the distributed ledger system is based on IBM’s Hyperledger Fabric and will be used to authenticate voters and save voting results in real time. 23-Nov-18 German Federal Economic Ministry Wants to Combat Tax Fraud with Blockchain The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) is planning to fight tax evasion schemes by using blockchain, German business news outlet WirtschaftsWoche reported Nov. 22. Following the major European tax fraud scheme CumEx-Files, the BMWi has suggested that distributed ledger technology (DLT) is capable of making the tax system more efficient in terms of fraud prevention. 20-Nov-18 Blockchain New Foundation of Democracy? Blockchain Based Voting app VOATZ could Lead the Way Blockchain may soon become the new cornerstone of democracy, because of its key characteristics – safety, security, transparency and inalterability of recorded data. The distributed ledger technology could ensure the integrity of election systems at all levels, claim the experts of the ICOBox’s International Blockchain Research Center (IBRC). Last week, voting through blockchain was piloted in the US. US citizens located in 29 countries were able to vote in midterm elections using mobile app Voatz. 13-Nov-18 Thailand Uses Blockchain-Supported Electronic Voting System in Primaries Thailand's Democrat Party has become the first political party to use blockchain technology to elect its leaders in a primary election, which was held from November 1– 9, 2018. In a live e-voting system, more than 120,000 party faithful cast their votes in a transparent way that saw former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva winning his party nomination with 67,505 votes. 13-Nov-18 How to use a Blockchain to Prevent Election Rigging Last Wednesday, after a mid-term election that saw more voters than any previous mid-term in more than 50 years, defeated independent candidate Tim Canova posted a video to his Twitter account. The
- 84. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 84 video, shot by a concerned citizen, appears to show election officials driving up in their personal vehicles and putting provisional paper ballots into a rented box truck. Each of the alleged election officials who delivered the votes to the truck arrived alone, without a second person to watch the process, as required by law. 9-Nov-18 Cities in China are Using Blockchain to Track Parolees At least two Chinese cities are using blockchain technology to track offenders on parole, CCN has learned. In the city of Foshan, a report from May indicates that officials would like to deck their system out with bracelets similar to those issued in western countries. In the city of Zhongshan, which is in the same province as Foshan (Guangdong), the system will reportedly transcend boundaries previously in place for community corrections officials, such as when data regarding parolees was available to them. Both cities are essentially using the same hardware, but Foshan is apparently the first to make official use of it. 23-Aug-18 Kenya’s Electoral Commission to Adopt Blockchain for Enhanced Vote Integrity The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission of Kenya (IEBC) has announced plans to utilize blockchain technology to offer real-time polling results and thus improve vote integrity and trust in the voting process. Speaking in a statement, IEBC chairperson Wafula Chebukati said that the technology will be used to give presidential candidates secure access to live results as the country struggles to shake off the legacy of the violent 2007 and 2017 elections which saw hundreds killed and hundreds of thousands displaced across the country. 17-Aug-18 The “Fapiao” Case: How China Is Fighting Corruption With Blockchain China has been on the verge of blockchain adoption as of late. The technology, in fact, has become part of the country’s national, president-signed program. The latest advancement in the field relates to the country’s old corruption staple — fake invoices used to embezzle corporate and state funds. Tax authorities of the city of Shenzhen and a state-owned aerospace firm have recently turned to blockchain for immutable and transparent record-keeping, steadily putting an end to paperback corruption. To understand the nature of the latest blockchain solutions for China’s invoicing system, its general context should be explained first. Essentially, it revolves around the concept of the so-called ‘fapiaos’ (the Chinese word for an official invoice), which is a legal receipt that serves as proof of purchase for goods and services. 17-Aug-18 Russian Independent Electoral Watchdog to Pilot Blockchain for Voting System A Russian independent electoral watchdog is trialing a blockchain-based electronic voting system, local news platform Tass reports August 17. The non-profit Association of Independent Public Observers, dubbed "National Public Monitoring" (NOM), announced the pilot at a press conference in Moscow on Friday. NOM federal coordinator Roman Kolomystev, told reporters: “As part of our congress, we are launching a pilot electronic voting system built on a blockchain system." The inaugural Russian Congress of Public Observers was held on the initiative of NOM, alongside the Russian Fund for Free Elections and the Association of Lawyers of the Russian Federation, Tass reports. 08-Aug-18 Ukraine Electoral Commission Uses NEM Blockchain for Voting Trial A member of Ukraine’s Electoral Commission revealed in an Aug. 7 Facebook post that they are working with NEM on a blockchain voting pilot. Oleksandr Stelmakh, head of the State Register at the Central Electoral Commission of Ukraine, appeared pleased with the ongoing tests, writing in the post that they are “continu[ing] a series of experiments applying blockchain technology within electoral voting.” Stelmakh noted that they created a test vote using 28 nodes with the NEM blockchain “several weeks ago,” adding that “voting is still open and anyone can take part it in”.
- 85. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 85 01-Aug-18 Overstock Subsidiary Partners With Zambian Gov’t on Blockchain Land Registry Zambia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the blockchain land registry subsidiary of American retail giant Overstock, the company revealed in a press release July 31. Under the agreement, Overstock’s Medici Land Governance (MLG) will work with the Zambian government on overhauling land ownership, allowing rural landowners to legitimize their estates and gain access to the financial world. 01-Aug-18 Dubai Looks to Disrupt its Entire Legal System with ‘Court of the Blockchain’ The Dubai court system tasked to oversee all civil and commercial disputes involving financial transactions both domestically and internationally is turning to blockchain technology to “create the world’s first disruptive court”. The Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) Courts has announced its plan “to create the world’s first Court of the Blockchain” in a partnership with the government’s Smart Dubai initiative that it says will fundamentally reshape the judicial process in the future. The pivot to a “blockchain-powered future” will bring “greater efficiencies across the entire legal ecosystem,” the authority said in a statement. The two bodies will form a joint- taskforce to specifically develop a network built on blockchain technology and smart contracts to explore verification of court judgments and sharing of documents in real-time for efficient cross-border law enforcement. Beyond the initial step, other ‘far-reaching benefits’ include removing document duplication and streamlining the broader judicial process the release added. 25-Jul-18 Catalonian Government to Develop Plan for Blockchain Technology Integration The Generalitat de Catalunya (Government of Catalonia) has revealed a plan for blockchain tech implementation in its public administrative activity, according to the official press release July 24. The Generalitat de Catalunya, an official governmental institution of the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia, will promote blockchain technology “with the aim of improving digital services to the public and promoting the potential of this technology between the Administration, companies and the citizen[s].” According to the press release, Catalonia’s Department of Digital Policies must develop a plan for incorporating blockchain tech in all areas of the public administration’s activities by the end of December 2018. " 01-Aug-18 Japanese City Tsukuba Trials Blockchain-Based Voting System The Japanese city of Tsukuba, north of Tokyo, has recently tested a voting system based on blockchain technology, local newspaper The Japan Times wrote Sunday, September 2. The city, which The Japan Times described as a “center for scientific research,” held the voting trial in late August. As Cointelegraph Japan reported earlier, in order to vote the participants had to have My Number Card — a 12-digit ID number issued to all citizens of Japan including foreign residents, introduced in 2015. According to the city of Tsukuba’s official website, the election was dedicated to several social programs. Residents could choose which of 13 proposed initiatives they would like to support, including developing a new cancer diagnostic technology, constructing objects for outdoor sports, and creating sound navigation in the city. .
- 86. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 86 Blockchain In Healthcare http://risingblockchain.com/cases-healthcare/
- 87. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 87 27-Dec-18 UN Partnership to Roll Out Blockchain- Based Telemedicine, Telepsychology in East Africa The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) will reportedly partner with blockchain-based telemedicine and telepsychology firm doc.com to expand free basic healthcare services across Eastern Africa. News of the partnership was shared with Cointelegraph in an email on Dec. 26. In an officially sealed letter signed on Dec. 20 by Amado Philip de Andres, Regional Representative for UNODC’s Regional Office for Eastern Africa (ROEA), de Andres wrote that the organization is “willing to cooperate [...] in a new partnership.” Doc.com is a tech firm that offers blockchain-based 24/7 telemedicine and telepsychology platforms, allowing users to tokenize their personal data and sell it in return for access to the services. 15-Dec-18 Nigerian Start-up Announces Revolutionary Global Decentralized Health Platform With A Distributed Blockchain Cura Network, a Nigeria-based healthcare technology start-up, has announced the launch of its revolutionary Global Decentralised Health System. The platform decentralizes storage of health data, by means of entities collaborating and sharing data with each other to promote, restore or maintain health. These entities are patients, specialists, providers, and third-party app developers. 13-Nov-18 Major South Korean Hospital to Use Blockchain Tech for Medical Information Services One of the South Korea's largest hospitals has partnered with a local tech company to develop a medical services platform based on blockchain technology, according to the hospital’s official press release Nov. 12. Myongji Hospital, located in the city of Goyang, South Korea, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Korean IT company BICube, which markets itself as a machine learning platform. 12-Nov-18 Austrian Government Supports Blockchain Cancer Research, Screening Tool The government of Austria is supporting a U.K. cancer research company using blockchain to detect the disease. The government’s support comes as part of its drive to promote the technology, a press release shared with Cointelegraph confirms Nov. 10. Lancor Scientific, which has developed a device to detect multiple cancer types and record screening results with smart contracts on blockchain, plans to open a research laboratory in the city of Graz. 9-Nov-18 Blockchain Healthcare Platform MediBloc Partners with Massachusetts General Hospital Blockchain startup MediBloc has announced a three-year project with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), the original and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, to help it become one of the first healthcare institutions in the world to leverage blockchain technology for secure and accessible data storage. 5-Oct-18 BlackBerry Unveils Blockchain Partnership to Support Medical Research BlackBerry, the software company and former maker of an eponymous line of mobile phones, announced Thursday its plans for a new blockchain platform aimed at storing and sharing medical data. The firm said in a press release that it would use its "carrier-grade network operation center" (NOC) to support the digital ledger, which would be developed by biotech incubator ONEBIO. It would specifically be used to securely store data from patients, labs and monitors 3-Sep-18 Life’s Code: Blockchain and the Future of Genomics In an era of hotly contested debates surrounding data ownership, privacy and monetization, one particular piece of data could be said to be the most personal of all: the human genome. While we are 99.9 percent identical in our genetic makeup across the species, the remaining 0.1 percent contains unique variations in code that are thought to influence our predisposition toward certain diseases and even our temperamental biases — a blueprint for how susceptible we are to everything from heart disease and Alzheimer’s to jealousy, recklessness and anxiety. 2018 offered ample examples of how bad actors can wreak havoc with nefarious use of even relatively trivial data. For those concerned to
- 88. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 88 protect this most critical form of identity, blockchain has piqued considerable interest as a powerful alternative to the closed architectures and proprietary exploits of the existing genomics data market — promising in their stead a secure and open protocol for life’s code. 1-Sep-18 Taiwan Hospital Launches Blockchain Platform to Improve Medical Record-Keeping The Taipei Medical University Hospital has rolled out a blockchain- powered platform to improve medical record-keeping, Taipei Times reported August 31. The so called “Healthcare Blockchain Platform” was reportedly developed in order to support the government’s Hierarchical Medical System policy, improve patient referral services, and integrate individual healthcare networks to enable people to access their medical records in an easier way. To make a request for their records, patients can log in to a password-protected mobile app. 11-Sep-18 UK Meds Signs Deal with Stratis to Use Blockchain in Online Pharmacy Industry A major U.K.-based online pharmacy has partnered with Stratis to bring the benefits of blockchain to the industry. UK Meds believe that using the Stratis platform to track patient records will improve security and stop people claiming multiple prescriptions. The leading U.K. online pharmacy, UK Meds, has signed a deal with public blockchain and smart contract platform firm Stratis. The company is hoping to create a platform for all U.K.-based online pharmacies to share information about patients and their prescriptions. This should lead to fewer instances of individuals claiming their medication multiple times from different pharmacies. 27-Aug-18 Shaping the Healthcare Ecosystem with Blockchain Blockchain has become a hot topic of discussion these days as it has made its way into a number of industries. From banking, to finance, to infrastructure— blockchain has penetrated every sphere of work. Healthcare is another realm that has found growing demand for the technology. The collaboration of healthcare and blockchain has resulted in interoperability that changes the conventional way of sharing a patient’s healthcare data across entities in the value chain 6-Jul-18 FedEx Institute Partners With Pharmacy to Use Blockchain for Cancer Medicine Distribution The FedEx Institute of Technology has announced its partnership with pharmacy services company Good Shepherd Pharmacy to develop new blockchain-based infrastructure to help cancer patients get medications, news outlet Commercial Appeal reported July 6.
- 89. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 89 Blockchain in HR http://risingblockchain.com/cases-hr/
- 90. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 90 19-Nov-18 Humans.net Launches Blockchain- Backed Freelancer Marketplace Humans.net has officially launched its peer-to-peer, blockchain-based freelancer marketplace, following a US$10 million seed funding round and a successful trial run in the US that attracted 200,000 users. Humans.net aims to streamline and improve the process of searching for and hiring freelancers by eliminating middlemen and instead, leveraging blockchain technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to offer a freelancer platform featuring an immutable reputation-based scoring system. 12-Nov-18 Why Blockchain is the next potential disruptor of HR function In the wake of digital transformation, HR function has adopted several new technologies—cloud, virtual reality, mobile applications and AI led tools to attract and retain quality talent, foster a learning environment, embed advanced analytics and derive benefits from social media.Blockchain technology is also being explored for suitable applications in the HR domain. Blockchain technology is built around blocks of records containing an encrypted record of the most recent network-validated operations, as well as of all the operations contained in all previous blocks. This eliminates the need for creating multiple individual ledgers and having a central authority for approval as the participants in the network would have identical copies of the records that are encrypted. 3-Sep-18 Blockchain-based Machine Learning Platform to Help Businesses Predict Consumer Behavior A company says it has created the first decentralized machine learning platform on the blockchain – giving organizations of all sizes the ability to discover new patterns in their data, predict when sales are going to be made, and increase clickthrough rates from customers. According to GNY, its main motivation when it was established in 2015 was finding a way for “vast amounts of digital data left behind by people to be organized and analyzed to provide business, marketing and social impact solutions.” GNY’s founder and chief R&D officer Richard Jarritt explained: “It was one of our aims to push forward with blockchain thinking – away from thinking as a rigid structure of linear events. What could you do if you brought programing software ability on chain?” As a result, the team has produced a technology that could analyze secure data in real time and adapt to an individual’s behavior as it progresses and changes.
- 92. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 92 23-Nov-18 National Swiss Railway Operator Completes Pilot of Blockchain ID Management System The national railway company of Switzerland has completed a proof of concept (PoC) of a “self-sovereign” blockchain-based identity management system, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph. Swiss Federal Railways’ (SBB) product was developed by Linum Labs, a Switzerland-based firm focused on building decentralized systems, deploying Ethereum- based identity management protocol uPort, which was developed in part by blockchain incubator ConsenSys. 5-Nov-18 Deloitte and Attest to Bring Digital Identity Solutions to the Government Market Deloitte and Attest Inc. announced a new collaboration today to assist government clients with digital identity solutions to help solve for a host of government challenges. "In the blockchain pilots we've run with our government clients, digital identity can be a thorny issue," said Wendy Henry, managing director, Deloitte Consulting LLP, and Deloitte's government and public services blockchain leader. 22-Oct-18 ING Bank Launches Open Source Privacy Improvement Add-On for Blockchains Dutch multinational banking and financial services corporation ING confirmed the release of its open source blockchain tool Zero-Knowledge Set Membership (ZKSM) in a press release Monday, Oct. 21. ZKSM, which functions as a privacy “improvement” to distributed ledger technology (DLT), such as blockchain, aims to provide validation of certain alphanumeric data without compromising that data’s overall security. 28-Sep-18 World’s First Blockchain Identity Laboratory Launched In Scotland Europe’s first dedicated blockchain research facility and the world’s first advanced blockchain identity laboratory has been launched in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh. Known as the Blockpass Identity Lab, the pioneering blockchain research facility will focus on exploring ways in which blockchain technology can be applied in protecting personal data online according to The Scotsman. Built at the Merchiston Campus of the Edinburgh Napier University, the laboratory is part of a £600,000 collaboration between the Hong Kong- based blockchain-based identity application firm, Blockpass IDN, and the Scottish university. 18-Sep-18 Gemalto and R3 Pilot Blockchain Technology to Put Users in Control of Their Digital ID AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Who are you, and can you prove it? The new Gemalto Trust ID Network enables users to give digital service providers fully verified and secured answers to these simple yet critical questions. By creating and managing their own ‘Self-Sovereign’ Digital ID, users can enroll with a host of different digital banking, eCommerce and eGovernment services, without having to go through repeated due diligence processes for each of them. 28-Aug-18 Indian State Government Will Issue Birth Certificates on a Blockchain Two local governments in West Bengal, India are integrating the application for birth certificates on a blockchain system developed by Lynked.world, a blockchain app company based in the Netherlands 27-Jul-18 Japan: Tech Giants Hitachi, KDDI Trial Blockchain Biometrics Verification System for Retail Cloud mining — a service that enables individual users to lease hashing power from dedicated cryptocurrency mining operations — came forth as professionalization and cartelization of the mining business began to drive out smaller and insufficiently equipped players from the scene. 23-Jul-18 Stratis Announces New Blockchain Identity App Cloud The London-based blockchain company Stratis announced on Thursday that its Stratis Identity mobile application is available to download for iOS device
- 94. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 94 11-Dec-18 State Farm is Testing Blockchain to Expedite Auto Insurance Claims Insurance is one of the golden geese of the blockchain, an industry with so much paperwork, sensitive data, and manual processes that it almost seems obvious that it will eventually adopt blockchain technology to streamline its claims processes, data storage, and even — eventually — its payments. State Farm is among the first notable insurance carriers to announce that it is investigating such a move as regards the claims payment process. 2-Nov-18 PolicyBazaar To Introduce Blockchain Technology in Insurance Industry PolicyBazaar, an Indian insurance company announced that it was tying up with Accrivis Network, which is a data integration platform provider, to integrate blockchain to ensure ‘customer centricity through data security and application integration’ on Thursday. According to a report published by The Tech Panda, the company is looking to integrate blockchain in an effort to reduce data tampering and to ensure payments shared are done so in a timely manner. With the help of this technology, the company seeks to keep a close watch on executive frauds, which has affected the insurance industry in the past. The report further claimed, that presently, the Indian insurance industry has lost US$6.25 billion or nearly 10% of its revenue on grounds of various frauds, of which, 86% are attributed to the life insurance sector 9-Oct-18 Australia Trials Blockchain-Based 'Smart Money' for National Disability Insurance Scheme The Australian federal government is exploring the use of blockchain-based “smart money” for use in its National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), according to an Oct. 9 press release. The trial, dubbed “Making Money Smart,” has been jointly developed by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) and Data61. The latter is a digital innovation center that forms part of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) — an Australian government corporate entity that undertakes scientific research to advance diverse local industries. 26-Sep-18 Deloitte to Assist Insurance-Focused Blockchain Consortium to Expand Into Canada ‘Big Four’ audit and consulting firm Deloitte will help The Institutes RiskBlock Alliance blockchain consortium expand into Canada, according to an announcement published September 25. RiskBlock Alliance is a U.S.-based consortium launched in 2017, which focuses on the application of blockchain technology in the insurance industry, with more than 30 participant organizations. The alliance is reportedly looking to launch blockchain- based applications, including a proof of insurance app, which is “a first notice of loss data-sharing process and a smart contract-enabled subrogation tool.”
- 95. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 95 Blockchain in IOT http://risingblockchain.com/cases-iot/
- 96. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 96 24-Dec-18 MXC dives into blockchain and IoT to build cities of the future It should come as no surprise that the combination of blockchain and IoT can be used to enhance the delivery of data and its meaning. Aside from being an efficient way to get the most out of what these technologies offer, they can be combined to achieve quantum leaps in the way systems are run. By ‘systems’ we mean innovations like smart cities. Everyone from government to citizens and private enterprises stand to benefit from being smarter. 15-Nov-18 Top Five Use Cases of Blockchain and Internet of Things Blockchain technology is gaining attention in the areas beyond cryptocurrency. It is coming up with a new set of technologies- blockchain and finance, blockchain and IoT, blockchain and security, blockchain and logistics and so on. When combined IoT and blockchain, they simplify the process, enhance transparency and also guarantees safety. Moreover, many organizations are planning to convergence IoT and blockchain for practical reasons. 13-Nov-18 Electronics Giant Bosch Partners with IOTA to Launch New Device for IoT Data Collection Engineering and electronics manufacturer Bosch has partnered with IOTA, integrating its new data collection Internet of Things (IoT) device with the decentralized IOTA Data Marketplace, according to a tweet from Bosch Nov. 12. The IOTA Marketplace is a decentralized data marketplace where parties can buy or sell access to active data streams, using MAM (Masked Authenticated Messaging). According to a post on Bosch’s blog, MAM is a second-layer data communication protocol that allows for data to be shared peer-to-peer securely via an encrypted channel. Data subscribers can in this way “trust the source and integrity of data even though the identity of the source is masked,” as the blog post outlines. 3-Oct-18 A Blockchain Architecture for the Internet of Things Success in an Internet of Things application typically requires the connected, concerted operation and management of a large number of distributed and loosely coupled smart devices that identify and trust each other. While the IoT promises that this integration should ideally map to a decentralized hardware and software platform, current solutions are mostly based on centralized infrastructures. 1-OCT-18 - UNION OF BLOCKCHAIN AND INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) - ARTICLE Both Blockchain and IoT are among the most significant technology trends in the world nowadays. 24-Sep-18 IBM Awarded Patent for Autonomous Self-Servicing Devices Within Blockchain-Based IoT System IBM has won a patent for the autonomous self- servicing of networked devices that form part of its Autonomous Decentralized Peer-to- Peer Telemetry (ADEPT) environment. The patent, first filed in late June 2016, was awarded by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) September 18. IBM first unveiled a proof-of-concept (PoC) for ADEPT in partnership with Samsung back in March 2016. The system uses a blockchain protocol as a basis for a distributed network of devices — what Samsung has called “a sort of decentralized Internet of Things (IoT).” 5-Sep-18 Credits and Lenovo to join forces on the Internet of Things Credits and technology giant Lenovo New Vision Technology are teaming up to push the development of the Internet of Things. “The Internet of Things and Augmented Reality are already changing the way we interact with the world. We are excited to partner with AR titan Lenovo New Vision Technology I see the combination of AI/AR and IoT revolutionizing the business environment,” Credits CEO & Founder Igor Chugunov said.
- 97. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 97 Blockchain In Loyalty Systems http://risingblockchain.com/cases-loyalty-system/
- 98. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 98 14-Dec-18 Brazilian Premier League Soccer Club Launches Crypto 'Fan Tokens' Brazilian premier league soccer club Atletico Mineiro has launched a fan token dubbed “GaloCoin,” Cointelegraph Brazil reports Friday, Dec. 14. The GaloCoin is named after Atletico’s mascot, a rooster (“galo” in Portuguese). It is based on Footcoin — a platform that allows to launch utility tokens on the Ethereum blockchain. The GaloCoin is tied to the national fiat currency exchange rate and is equal to one Brazilian real. 14-Dec-18 PayPal Gets into Blockchain, But Only Internally Among Employees for Payments platform PayPal has so far avoided Bitcoin acceptance and, at least visibly, not considered blockchain for its platform. Now, it has launched an internal blockchain-based employee incentive program. A production of PayPal’s innovation lab, in San Jose, California, the platform took 25 strong team six-months to build and went live this November, according to reports by Cheddar and the lab’s director of innovation Michael Todasco. 21-Aug-18 Swiss Loyalty Ecosystem qiibee Announces Partnership with Italian Retail Association Confimprese qiibee, the Swiss loyalty token protocol which helps brands around the world run their loyalty programs on the blockchain, has announced a partnership with Italian Retail Association Confimprese. This strategic partnership allows qiibee to harness the power of Confimprese’s extensive relationships with some of the world’s most renowned brands across the homeware, electronics, entertainment, clothing, F&B, and health and wellness sectors.
- 99. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 99 Blockchain In Media & Advertising http://risingblockchain.com/cases-media-and-advertising/
- 100. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 100 25-Dec-18 Popula Stores News on Ethereum’s Blockchain Subscription-based news platform Popula has made history by providing the very first fully stored news article on a blockchain platform. Earlier this week, Maria Bustillos, the editor of journalist-owned Popula, announced the placement of an article published on the website has now been stored on the distributed ledger. 20-Dec-18 Blockchain Journalism Project Civil to Launch in February Despite Token Sale Flop Blockchain media startup Civil will launch in February, despite the fact their CVL token sale failed earlier this year, according to the company’s blog post published Dec. 19. Civil is a blockchain-based platform for journalism that focuses on building a new media ecosystem with its native CVL token, which will purportedly help participants attain financial sustainability and improve trust in journalism. 9-Oct-18 Forbes Partners With Blockchain-Based Journalism Platform to Publish Content International business media outlet Forbes has partnered with blockchain-based platform Civil to publish its content on a decentralized network, Civil’s co- founder confirmed on Medium on Tuesday, Oct. 9. According to Civil co-founder Matt Coolidge, Forbes is integrating Civil’s software into its own content management system (CMC). From the beginning of 2019, journalists will be able to upload their data to the Civil network while posting it to the Forbes website simultaneously. Forbes, a U.S. business news outlet founded in 1917, reaches more than 120 million people globally through its main and local editions. 09-Aug-18 Web Browser Brave to Add Cryptocurrency-Based Twitter and Reddit Tipping Those thousands of hours you spent crafting witty memes while you should have been doing your algebra homework may finally earn you more than retweets and Reddit karma. CNET reports that Brave, the privacy-centric web browser launched by Mozilla 02-Aug-18 Blockchain in Media: How Blockchain Can Help Advertising Advertisers and brands are increasingly losing patience with ad agencies and other players over the lack of transparency in the digital advertising space. Digital ad revenue for the first half of 2017 came in at a record $40 billion, up from $31 billion for the previous year, and it was estimated to have reached $85 billion by the end of 2017. The fight for transparency intensified in 2017 after The Times of London published a report about how the ads of big brands were appearing alongside racist videos on the giant video platform YouTube. Several brands paused their spending on YouTube advertising temporarily, until YouTube reassured them that it had taken measures to correct the issue. 28-Jul-18 Telegram Reveals Personal ID Verification Tool for Sharing Data with ‘Finance, ICOs’ The crypto and blockchain industry’s go-to encrypted messenger app Telegram has released a personal identification authorization tool, according to an official statement published July 26. The tool, dubbed Telegram Passport, reportedly encrypts a user’s personal ID information and let’s users securely share their ID data with third parties, which the Telegram post elaborates on as “finance, ICOs, etc.” According to the post, users’ ID data will currently be stored on the Telegram cloud, but “In the future, all Telegram Passport data will move to a decentralized cloud.” 28-Jul-18 Chinese Social Network Tianya is Launching a Native Cryptocurrency The Tianya Community in China, a social network of 130 million users that seeks to create the country’s most influential platform for content and knowledge creation, has announced a blockchain based initiative to rebuild its ecosystem. The new ecosystem will launch on Aug. 8 and will make use of a blockchain based token, TYT, according to a recently posted notice to the community.
- 101. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 101 Blockchain In Money Transfer http://risingblockchain.com/cases-money-transfer/
- 102. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 102 18-Dec-18 ONEROOT and BXA Announce Global Blockchain Payment Solution Hosted at ONEROOT’s office in Shanghai, the BXA (Blockchain Exchange Alliance) Press Conference was destined to delight after the partnership announcement that the two companies recently made. The announcement saw BXA become the majority shareholder of ONEROOT and ONEROOT gain shares in BXA to form a solid partnership that will provide a solid base for the two companies infrastructure development plans. 9-Dec-18 SWIFT Is Trialing a New Payment System to Take on Fintechs and Blockchain Tech The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) has announced its decision to launch a pilot Global Payment Initiative (GPI) service which aims to compete with the growing threat of competing blockchain and fintech solutions provided by institutions like Ripple, JP Morgan and Transferwise. Still in its initial stages, the ambitious pilot aims to “build the foundation of a new integrated and interactive service that will significantly improve efficiencies in the payments process and which will ultimately be made available to all 10,000 banks across the SWIFT network.” 30-Oct-18 SBI Partners With Hitachi to Build Digital Payments Platform in India Hitachi Payment Services, the Indian- based subsidiary of Hitachi, has entered a joint venture with State Bank of India for the establishment of a digital payments platform, pending regulatory approval. The announcement comes at a time when the Supreme Court asked the Indian government to state its policy towards cryptocurrency within two weeks. 10-Oct-18 Mastercard Awarded Patent for Partitioned, Multi-Currency Blockchain Mastercard has been awarded a patent for a method to partition a blockchain, making it capable of storing multiple transaction types and formats. The patent filing was published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on Oct. 9. The document explains that in current blockchain systems, the transaction records stored in the different blocks that comprise a blockchain are “often required to be of the same format and include the same types, and sometimes even sizes, of data.” This means that any entity that wants to use multiple types of blockchains — whether ones that support different cryptocurrencies, or ones with varying degrees of permissioned or open access — is forced to operate many different blockchains at once. 24-Sep-18 Smart Dubai Office Rolls Out New Payment System Powered By Blockchain The UAE is set to begin using a payment system built on blockchain technology, with the Smart Dubai Office (SDO)’s launch of their “Payment Reconciliation and Settlement” system, developed with the help of the Dubai Department of Finance (DoF). 18-Sep-18 LG Subsidiary To Test Blockchain- Powered Mobile Payment Service LG U+, the mobile subsidiary of tech giant LG, has collaborated with mobile carriers and tech companies in Japan, Taiwan, and the US to develop a blockchain-based overseas payment service, according to a September 16 article published in The Korea Times. According to the article, LG U+ has signed a memorandum of understanding with Taiwan-based Far EasTone Telecommunications and Japan-based SoftBank to develop the new blockchain platform. The technology driving the payment service will be provided by US-based TBCASoft. 13-Sep-18 SoftBank To Develop Blockchain- Powered Payment System Japan-based tech company SoftBank announced the development of a new blockchain-powered cross-carrier mobile payment service in a press release published on the company's website on September 12. The new payment service proof of concept was reportedly developed in collaboration with Synchronoss Technologies and TBCASoft. Synchronoss is the creator of a multi- channel communications platform covering SMS, email, and RCS. 12-Sep-18 UAE Central Bank, Saudi Arabia to Develop Joint Cryptocurrency for Interbank Transactions The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) central bank is collaborating with the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) to issue a cryptocurrency
- 103. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 103 accepted in cross-border transactions between the two countries. English-language Dubai-based media outlet GulfNews reported on this collaboration on Dec. 12. 12-Sep-18 Japanese Telco SoftBank Explores Use of Blockchain in Mobile Payments A proof-of-concept (PoC) project of a mobile payments service utilizing block chain technology has been successfully completed by SoftBank Corp., a Japanese telecoms and Internet firm, in partnership with tech provider Synchronoss Technologies, Inc., and US-based blockchain startup TBCASoft, Inc. The new cross-carrier mobile payments service allows users to make a range of in-store, mobile and digital purchases directly from their device. The solution is based on the Rich Communication Services (RCS) global messaging standard and TBCASoft’s cross-carrier blockchain platform. 12-Sep-18 Uber’s Largest Shareholder to Launch Cross-Carrier Mobile Payments Service Based on Blockchain and RCS Japanese tech giant SoftBank is developing a blockchain-powered cross-carrier mobile payments service, the company reported in an official press release published September 12. SoftBank’s new proof-of-concept (PoC) development was announced in partnership with telecoms-focused blockchain firm TBCASoft and Synchronoss Technologies, provider of cloud, messaging, digital, and Internet of Things (IoT) services and platforms. 1-Oct-18 Hong Kong Activates ‘Faster Payment System’ with 450,000 Public Registrations Hong Kong has become the latest nation to introduce a 24×7, instant payments system as a fintech upgrade for retail payments in the country. Aptly dubbed the Faster Payment System (FPS), the initiative was first announced by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) – the country’s defacto central bank – two weeks ago. The new platform operates in real-time, all-the- time, to connect banks and stored-valued facility (SVF) operators, the HKMA said at the time. At launch, 21 banks including the majority of retail banks and 10 SVFs were participating in the system to provide the service to customers immediately. 18-Jul-18 Mastercard Files Patent for Payment System Linking Blockchain Currency, Fiat Accounts Mastercard has filed a new patent for consumer protection and payment transactions based on blockchain technology, according to a US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) patent filing published July 17. The new patent application includes a new form of a public blockchain-based method for linking assets between blockchain and fiat currency accounts. Mastercard’s patent describes the method for “managing fractional reserves of blockchain currency” as storing fiat currency in one central account with a “blockchain currency” stored in a second. The system would include a “plurality of account profiles, each profile including a fiat currency amount, blockchain currency amount, account identifier, and address,” for identifying user accounts for transactions. 16-Jul-18 American Express Thinks Blockchains Could Help Prove Payments American Express is on the hunt for better ways of proving when transactions occur and a new patent filing suggests the financial services giant may be looking at blockchain as part of a possible solution. In a patent application released by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last week, American Express Travel Related Services describes using a "blockchain-based system" in order to receive "payment confirmation including a transaction amount and a merchant identifier." The concept is aimed at adding to what AmEx calls the "limited" number of options for generating quality evidence that payments happen between merchants and their customers "beyond a receipt or ticket. 14-Jul-18 Bank of Thailand Considers Blockchain for Cross-Border Payments, Fraud Reduction The Governor of the Bank of Thailand (BoT), said that the bank is considering blockchain technology for various applications during a speech at the the Bloomberg ASEAN Business Summit on July 12. The central bank’s governor Dr. Veerathai Santiprabhob stated that the bank was specifically reviewing blockchain applications for cross-border payments, supply chain financing, and document authentication.
- 104. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 104 According to Dr. Santiprabhob, using blockchain for cross-border payments would “improve regional financial connectivity and facilitate smoother cross-border financial services.” 13-Jul-18 American Express Files Patent for Blockchain-Powered Proof-of-Payment System Financial services giant American Express (Amex) has filed a patent for a blockchain-based proof-of- payment system, according to filing published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Thursday, July 12. The patent’s applicant is listed as American Express Travel Related Services Co., Inc., Amex’s travel arm. The proposed system would automate proof-of-payments by encrypting payment payload data with a public key on an initial node of the blockchain –– the data in question comprising the merchant’s identifying information and the transaction amount. According to the patent filing, the encrypted data could then securely be propagated to a second blockchain node. In one proposed embodiment of the system, the data could then be fetched by a connected smart device that would decrypt the payment payload data and match it with a second identifier, the customer. 5-Jul-18 Western Union Patent Eyes Cryptocurrency for Secure Transfer System A newly-published Western Union patent envisions a system that manages recurring transfer notifications and secure payments for a cryptocurrency network. According to filing documents published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday, the Englewood, CO-based firm — the largest money transfer service in the world — has sought to devise a method to increase the security of electronic payments. The firm first applied for the patent in Dec. 2016. Among other things, Western Union‘s proposed system uses biometric verification such to ensure that senders authorize all transactions. This verification may come in the form of a fingerprint scan, a user voice sample, or a retinal scan. The patent application indicates that the system has been designed as a general-purpose tool to accommodate most types of electronic network. However, the document specifically notes that “in certain embodiments” the “electronic transfer network may be a cryptocurrency network such as Bitcoin, Litecoin, or Peercoin (remember, the application was submitted in 2016).
- 105. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 105 Blockchain In Real Estate & Construction http://risingblockchain.com/cases-real-estate-and-construction/
- 106. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 106 22-Dec-18 Wyoming County To Put Land Records On Blockchain Administrators from Teton County in Wyoming have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Overstock.com subsidiary Medici Land Governance (MLG) to develop a blockchain platform to "track, record, and make available to the public certain information related to real property for management purposes," according to a December 20 press release from Overstock. 20-Dec-18 World’s First Regulated Blockchain Real Estate Crowdsale Platform Launched in Switzerland Tokenized assets are here to stay. The current race is about who can get regulated products to the market first and then who can successfully gain user adoption. While several projects have purported to tokenize real estate assets, blockimmo is the first to do it within the bounds of existing regulations in two jurisdictions. 16-Oct-18 Kenyan Government to Use Blockchain to Distribute Affordable Housing The Kenyan government plans to leverage blockchain technology for the distribution of new government- funded housing units, according to reports from local news outlet the Star. The Kenyan National Housing Fund will finance the initiative under the Finance Act 2018, and it plans to create an efficient allocation of the houses to those who need it using the distributed ledger technology. The State Housing and Urban Development Permanent Secretary Charles Hinga said the Fund expects to raise about Sh55 billion a year (around $545 million) to build “cheaper 500,000 housing unit. 6-Oct-18 Japan: Real Estate Company Ruden Turns to Bitcoin and NEM Blockchains for Cryptocurrency Settlement System A Japanese real estate company has unveiled a cryptocurrency settlement system for seamless property transactions, reported DigitFinance on September 4, 2018. Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, real estate business Ruden Holdings revealed the Bitcoin and smart contract-based settlement system produced far-better results than the currently used framework. 6-Sep-18 Alliance between Fidelity & Blockchain Start-up Building Block REIT A strategic alliance between Fidelity National Title and Building Block REIT was announced today. The alliance will cooperate their respective marketing and sales efforts in the greater Chicago market and will join in pursueing client opportunities. Both companies are expected to extend their capabilities by leveraging their combined strengths to deliver greater value to their clients in the purchase and sale of multi-family, office space and mixed-use commercial real estate.
- 107. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 107 Blockchain in Social Media http://risingblockchain.com/cases-social-media/
- 108. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 108 14-Dec-18 AT&T Wants to Create a Blockchain ‘Map’ of Your Social Media History Telecom giant AT&T has filed a blockchain-oriented patent application to “map” social media histories. Titled “Blockchain-Based Social Media History Maps,” and published on Thursday, it describes a system of tracking social media history “on behalf of” subscribers. Presumably, such a service would be most useful to employers and prospective employers. 14-Nov-18 South Korea: Messaging Giant Kakao, Stablecoin Terra Partner for Blockchain Payment System Kakao Corp, a major Internet conglomerate and service provider for popular South Korean messaging app KakaoTalk, and a new stablecoin project, dubbed Terra, have signed a partnership agreement to develop the latter's blockchain-based payment system, English-language news outlet The Korea Times reported Nov. 14. The new partnership agreement will apply the former's blockchain platform technology Klaytn, the brainchild of Kakao subsidiary Ground X, to a blockchain-based payment system. 28-Sep-18 Japan’s Messaging Giant LINE Announces New Digital Coin and 5 Decentralized Apps Japanese social messaging giant LINE has unveiled 5 new decentralized applications (DApps) and a new Japan- focused digital coin. The plans were announced in a press release shared with Cointelegraph Friday, September 28. LINE’s messaging service is reported to have over 214 million active users, with 30 million in Japan already using its mobile payment service, Line Pay. The firm has today revealed that its new series of DApps will focus on a range of service categories, including “prediction, Q&A,” as well as reviews of products, food and locations. LINE’s overseas crypto token LINK has been distributed through transactions on the firm’s own global digital assets exchange “BITBOX” as of early September, and will also be issued as part of a rewards system for dApp users and other services in the LINE ecosystem.
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- 110. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 110 18-Dec-18 Korean Gov’t Pilots Blockchain for Logistics Innovation in Country’s Largest Port Two South Korean government ministries have launched a blockchain pilot for port logistics innovation, according to a press release from the country’s Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIT), published Dec. 18. MSIT, together with the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, are reportedly testing whether the technology can make Korea’s container shipping industry more efficient. As the press release outlines, the pilot will run over a period of one year in the Port of Busan, the country’s largest port, and the fifth busiest container port worldwide. 11-Dec-18 Australian Insurer Announces Blockchain Trial For Beef Export Supply Chain Australian truck and transport insurance company National Transport Insurance (NTI) has revealed that it is partnering with BeefLedger, an Australian blockchain platform on a pilot program that will deploy blockchain technology for end-to-end tracking of Australian beef exports. Aimed at improving food safety, export security and animal welfare in Australia, the program will use a distributed ledger platform alongside cutting-edge packaging technology and Internet of Things system to create and provide constant real-time data on beef product credentials and supply chain performance. 9-Dec-18 IBM Partners with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company for Blockchain Supply Chain System The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has successfully collaborated with IBM to pilot a blockchain supply chain system, according to an ADNOC press release published on Dec. 9. The release notes that ADNOC — a state-owned oil company in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — is reportedly among the world’s leading energy and petrochemical groups, with a daily output of about 3 million barrels of oil and 10.5 cubic feet of natural gas.. 6-Dec-18 French Supermarket Chain, Auchan, Turns To Blockchain More companies are emphasizing traceability and accountability, and that certainly isn’t lost in the food sector. This simply isn’t just about fraud in the sector, but it also can help to prevent outbreaks, such as the recent E.Coli outbreak that has been linked to romaine lettuce. Auchan is a supermarket retail giant headquartered in France that is taking steps to utilize blockchain to implement TE-FOOD’s blockchain-based food traceability solution. The corporation has international branches in countries such as China, India, Italy, Iraq, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, Vietnam, and others. This follows an 18-month pilot period in its Vietnam branch, as well. 21-Nov-18 Report: Leading Japanese Shipping Line to Introduce Its Own Digital Currency Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen K.K. (NYK) is reportedly launching its own digital currency for crew members, Bloomberg reported Nov. 20. Established in 1885, Nippon Yusen is Japan’s largest shipping line in terms of sales. From April 1 to Sept. 30, 2018, NYK Group’s consolidated revenue was 915.6 billion yen ($8.1 billion). 16-Nov-18 CargoX Launches Public Blockchain For Shipping Industry CargoX, a company that provides blockchain-based solutions for the shipping and logistics industry, announced the launch of its new decentralized, cryptographically secured public CargoX blockchain platform in a November 14 press release posted on the company's website. 14-Nov-18 US Fast-Casual Salad Chain Sweetgreen to Use Blockchain in Food Supply Tracking U.S. fast-casual salad chain Sweetgreen has announced a second funding round to raise $200 million, mentioning blockchain among its key development areas, according to a press release published Tuesday, Nov. 13. Throughout the first round, closed late October, the company managed to raise $200 million, becoming valued at over $1 billion. During the second round led by major asset management company Fidelity Investments, the salad chain aims to raise an equal amount.
- 111. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 111 13-Nov-18 Commodities Firms Complete Blockchain Pilot for Black Sea Wheat Swiss-based Transoil International and Solaris Commodities have conducted a blockchain pilot transaction of Black Sea wheat, S&P Global reports Nov. 12. Both companies are involved in the trading of international agricultural commodities like milling wheat, vegetable oil and flour. The two firms completed the pilot using the blockchain-based agri-commodities trading and financing platform of Swiss startup Cerealia. 13-Nov-18 Poll: One Third of German Logistic Managers Think Blockchain Will Improve Supply Chains More than a third of German logistics managers believe that blockchain technology has the potential to significantly improve cooperation in supply chains, according to a Hermes survey published Nov. 12. The survey polled participants on which technologies they believed were important for improving cooperation within the supply chain. 35 percent of respondents recognized the importance of blockchain, while 33 percent said that big data is important. 8-Nov-18 Nine Leading Shipping Operators Launch Global Business Network Based on Blockchain Nine major terminal operators and shipping companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch an open digital platform based on distributed ledger technology (DLT), The Maritime Executive, a major industry source for maritime and marine news, reported Nov. 6. The MoU, aimed at forming a consortium to develop a shipping industry blockchain alliance dubbed the Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN), has been signed by the world’s leading shipping operators during the China International Import Expo in Shanghai on Nov. 6. 6-Nov-18 Port Authority of Valencia Joins Maersk, IBM Blockchain Project for Shipping The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV), Spain, has integrated into the TradeLens platform, a blockchain ecosystem jointly developed by IBM and shipping giant Maersk, according to an official announcement published Nov. 5. Launched in August 2018, the TradeLens platform applies blockchain technology to global supply chains. The product aims to improve trade efficiency and security, wherein all participants of the supply chain, including shipping lines, port and terminal operators, customs authorities and other parties, can interact and access shipping data and documents. 29-Oct-18 World’s Largest Diamond Producer Alrosa Joins De Beers’ Blockchain Pilot The world’s largest diamond mining firm, Russia’s Alrosa, has joined the pilot of fellow industry giant De Beers’ diamond supply chain blockchain platform “Tracr,” mining industry news outlet Mining Weekly reports Oct. 29. Alrosa is reported to be the world’s largest producer of raw diamonds in carat terms; together with De Beers, the two firms produce around half of the world’s supply. In Q3 2018, the firm’s rough diamond sales rose 12 percent year-on-year to $949 million in value, even as sales in carats declined. 25-Oct-18 Logistics Firm Completes First Truckload Shipment Using Bitcoin Smart Contracts DexFreight, a blockchain start-up that is building a freight transportation platform using Rootstock (RSK), has announced that it successfully facilitated a shipment of frozen food between Medley and Sunrise, Florida. DexFreight’s smart contracts, which rely on the Bitcoin blockchain rather than the more-often used Ethereum, enabled the successful delivery and automated the payment to the carrier, Arel Trucking. 22-Oct-18 Europe’s Largest Port To Track Shipping Containers With Samsung's Blockchain Tech The Port of Rotterdam, Europe's busiest seaport, has partnered with Dutch Bank ABN AMRO and the IT division of technology giant Samsung to launch a blockchain pilot program to track shipping containers, according to an October 22 press release. The foundation of the blockchain pilot will be the Nexledger platform, which was released by Samsung in 2017. The Nexledger platform will reportedly be linked to the R3 Corda blockchain chain used by ABN AMRO. This interoperability between different blockchains – achieved "via an
- 112. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 112 overarching 'notary' that connects entirely separate blockchains in Korea and the Netherlands" – will theoretically allow everyone involved in the pilot program to access pertinent information related to the tracking of shipping containers. 19-Oct-18 London gold association plans to approve blockchain trackers LONDON (Reuters) - The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) is planning to help modernise and improve transparency in the industry with an approval process for companies using blockchain technology to track the movement of gold. 19-Oct-18 Blockchain-enabled supply chain platform ensures legal flow of products through the Canadian cannabis market As the Canadian Government’s Cannabis Act finally legalized Cannabis on October 17, 2018, Greenstream is poised to provide a comprehensive technology solution to the Canadian Cannabis industry. This might just be a very lucrative ‘niche’ in the market now that Canada virtually sold out of weed merely one day after lifting the prohibition. Greenstream is developing and commercializing a blockchain-enabled supply chain integrity platform to ensure the safe, legal and authenticated flow of products and value through the cannabis market. It has made significant progress on the development of its technology and related infrastructure since its acquisition by BLOK Tech in January 2018. 13-Oct-18 French Grocery Chain Integrates IBM’s Food Trust Blockchain IBM has been flirting with blockchain technology for years. The former PC manufacturer has quietly built multiple blockchain technologies while more obviously innovating in spaces like artificial intelligence with its Watson technology. One area of keen interest as to what the blockchain is capable of is product information, tracking, and so forth. More specifically, food safety and supply chain transparency. Immutable ledgers and open databases are a boon to industries with often chaotic supply chains, and the food industry, from production to sales, is chief among these industries. 10-Oct-18 Blythe Masters: ‘Hundreds’ of Blockchain Benefits Will Hit Commodity Supply Chains Former JPMorgan executive Blythe Masters predicts “tens if not hundreds” of blockchain projects will soon increase the efficiency of commodity markets, Bloomberg reports Tuesday, Oct. 9. Masters, who since leaving the investment banking giant has become CEO of her own software outfit Digital Asset Holdings, said commodity supply chains would greatly benefit from the advent of distributed ledger technology. “Supply chains are notoriously complex and inefficient,” she told attendees of the invite-only London Metal Exchange (LME) annual dinner, quoted by Bloomberg. 10-Oct-18 IBM Launches Blockchain Food Tracking Network, Joined by Retail Giant Carrefour U.S. tech giant IBM has officially launched its blockchain-based food tracking network, Food Trust, after 18 months of testing, the company revealed in a press-release Monday, October 8. In the same announcement, the corporation revealed that another major food retailer Carrefour is joining their ecosystem. The France-based company that operates more than 12,000 stores in 33 countries will first test blockchain on their own stores. As IBM’s press release reports, by 2022 Carrefour is planning to expand blockchain to all of its brands around the world. 28-Sep-18 Blockchain PoC for Supply chain built on the NEM Blockchain At Cryptodus, we truly believe in the value of Blockchain. We began life as an ICO advisory and software engineering company, and having seen traditional businesses shake off their fears about this technology, we gradually shifted our mindset to blockchain for enterprise. We’ve seen the way forward for us is real world use-cases for our clients to transform their businesses. We recently became a Certified NEM Blockchain Service Partner. NEM provides easy-to-use SDKs (software development kits) and great blockchain infrastructure. Those reasons, among a number of others, were convincing enough for us to build this product on NEM. 24-Sep-18 US Tech Firm Eyes Blockchain Supply Chain Solution for Major Chinese Ports
- 113. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 113 U.S.-based technology company Ideanomics has partnered with the Asia-Pacific Model Electronic Port Network (APMEN) Trade Tech Co. to streamline supply chains with blockchain tech, a press release reports Thursday, September 20. Together with APMEN Trade Tech Co., Ideanomics aims to leverage blockchain and what it calls “super artificial intelligence” to cut out “layers of middlemen” in port clearance and shipping handling for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s (APEC) online port clearance system. The first instigation of the tools will take place in two major Chinese ports, Shanghai and Guangzhou, the former holding the title of the world’s busiest port in 2017. 21-Sep-18 Dutch Supermarket Giant Adopts Blockchain to Make Orange Juice Production Albert Heijn, Holland’s largest supermarket chain, has revealed it is using blockchain to make the production chain of its orange juice transparent, International Supermarket News reports September 21. Albert Heijn will reportedly launch the new blockchain system in partnership with its supplier, Refresco. To give customers’ maximum information about the source of Albert Heijn’s own-brand “sustainable” product, they will be able to scan a QR code on the orange juice carton that will trace the end-to-end route of its production, from Brazil to the Netherlands. The system will reportedly store data that reveals the quality and sustainability ratings held by various produce growers, as well as information about the fruits themselves — including their harvesting period and sweetness intensity. The system will further enable customers to tip, using a “Like2Farmer” option. 19-Sep-18 Leading UK Port Operator Seeks to Improve Shipping Logistics via Blockchain UK’s leading port operator, Associated British Ports (ABP), has signed an agreement with digital logistics enabler Marine Transport International to develop blockchain use for port logistics, Dry Bulk magazine reports Wednesday, September 19. Under the agreement with Marine Transport International, ABP — which operates in 21 ports and carries out 25 percent of the cargo shipments in Great Britain — will take part in pilot shipments using blockchain technology. 13-Sep-18 Hong Kong Jewelry Retailer to Use Blockchain Platform for Tracking Diamonds Hong Kong-based jewelry retailer Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group will start to use a blockchain platform to track diamonds, the South China Morning Post reported September 12. Chow Tai Fook has reportedly put some of its diamonds on a blockchain platform developed by blockchain startup Everledger and secured by the IBM Blockchain Platform. This will reportedly enable the retailer’s customers to ascertain the origin and authenticity of stones sold in its T Mark- branded stores, using a T Mark app. The T Mark was an initiative started by the company in August of last year, which assigns a series of serial numbers to certain stones so that their provenance and transaction history can be more easily authenticated. 4-Sep-18 UK-Based Maritime Society Creates Model of Blockchain-Based Ship Register Lloyd's Register (LR), a British tech and business maritime classification society, has created a model of a blockchain-powered class register of ships, according to an official press release published September 4. LR’s new class register is reportedly “the first demonstrator that can register ships into Class” by deploying blockchain technology. Originally, LR published the first “Register of Ships” in 1764 in order to provide both underwriters and merchants with information about the condition and quality of vessels they insured and chartered. In order to transform the system that was introduced in the eighteenth century, LR has partnered with London-based blockchain firm Applied Blockchain. By applying the new “Class register,” the company intends to boost the classification and registration of new ships, as well as launch a prototype blockchain-based register service. 25-Aug-18 US Customs and Border Protection to Test Blockchain Shipment Tracking System One of the largest law enforcement agencies in the U.S., Customs and Border Protection (CBP), will launch a live test of a blockchain-based shipment tracking system, tech news and media agency GSN reports August 24. In the upcoming test, the CBP will reportedly combine two separate
- 114. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 114 systems: the CPB’s legacy application and a blockchain-powered platform developed by the agency’s parent body — and the country’s primary border control organization — the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). 22-Aug-18 CASE STUDY: How ScanTrust Brought Transparency to the Supply Chain with Hyperledger Sawtooth ScanTrust wanted to enhance its offering in supply chain traceability and help their client, Cambio Coffee, bring more transparency to their ethical trade business. ScanTrust used Hyperledger Sawtooth to build a blockchain-enabled traceability function for their existing application 16-Aug-18 110-Year-Old UPS Eyes Blockchain to Streamline Delivery Logistics Century-old delivery giant United Parcel Service (UPS) believes that blockchain technology could help streamline package delivery logistics across a global supply chain. According to documents published by the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) on Thursday, the Georgia-based UPS has applied for a patent that utilizes blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) to route packages throughout an international supply chain that may include multiple carriers. 9-Aug-18 Maersk, IBM Launch Blockchain Shipping Supply Chain Platform IBM and Danish transport and logistics giant Maersk have launched their global blockchain-enabled shipping solution, according to an official press release today, August 9. The new jointly developed blockchain solution revealed 94 organizations involved and 154 million shipping events already captured. The global supply chain platform has been dubbed ‘TradeLens,’ and its dataset is reportedly growing at a rate of close to one million shipping events a day. According to the press release, the platform is able to track critical data about each shipment in a supply chain in real time, generating a distributed, immutable record on the fly. 27-Jul-18 Consulting Giant Accenture’s New Patent Reveals Plans for Blockchain Logistics Innovation Consulting giant Accenture has plans to use blockchain to upgrade its logistics network, a patent application published July 26 reveals. According to the document published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) 11-Jul-18 Major Korean Logistics Firm Lotte Joins Blockchain in Transport Alliance South Korea’s Lotte Global Logistics, a major Seoul-headquartered logistics and shipping firm, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), FreightWaves reported Monday, July 9. The BiTA trade association was formed in 2017 to popularize and develop blockchain applications in the transport and logistics industries, as well as to establish industry standards for adoption of the technology. The alliance uses OriginTrail, a purpose-built protocol for supply chains based on blockchain, and counts around 400 participants as members. Lotte Global, for its part, is a full-service logistics provider, overseeing warehouse management, intermodal import/export terminals and customs clearance, parcel delivery, and moving freight by air, rail, and truckload. According to the company site, its transportation resources for parcel delivery form “the largest network in [South] Korea.” 9-Jul-18 Open Mineral plans blockchain consortium for minerals trading South Online metal concentrates exchange Open Mineral is seeking to build a consortium of mining companies and financial institutions to create a blockchain system for minerals trading and logistics. Swiss-based Open Mineral said in a statement on Monday it was joining forces with U.S. blockchain start-up ConsenSys to establish Minerac, aiming to make mineral trading and supply chains more efficient.
- 115. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 115 “Logistics are complex, financing is difficult to acquire and the entire process is very paper heavy,” said Open Mineral Chief Executive Boris Eykher. 9-Jul-18 Walmart Looks to Blockchain for Better Package Tracking Walmart has yet another delivery-focused blockchain patent in the works. The application published on July 5 is entitled "Delivery Reservation Apparatus and Method," and as suggested, it outlines a way for managing package reservations in the context of the purchaser not being available to actually receive it. It's the latest "smart delivery" intellectual property play from the retail giant, which in the past year has submitted a number of U.S. patent applications in this area. Indeed, the company seems to be looking at the technology as a way to automate elements of the delivery process, but to date, much of the company's public-facing work with blockchain has been focused on food supply chain tracking.
- 117. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 117 14-Dec-18 Crypto and Blockchain Smartphones Will be The Next Big Thing This week the crypto-sphere has been awash with talk about Samsung and its next generation flagship phone coming loaded with crypto goodies. While the company itself has dismissed the story according to reports, rivals are shipping out products that will no doubt keep Samsung on its toes. 12-Dec-18 India’s Telecom Regulator Completes Mobile Blockchain Pilot with IBM The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has completed blockchain pilots with tech giant IBM to improve mobile data records. The trials were reported today, Dec. 12, by local English- language, Indian daily newspaper The Economic Times. The TRAI, India’s telecom regulator, along with major telecom providers, have completed tests with tech firms such as IBM in order to explore blockchain’s benefits in improving mobile network systems such as mobile number portability (MNP) and the Do Not Call Registry (DNC). 9-Oct-18 UK Telecoms Regulator Receives Grant to Deploy Blockchain for Telephone Number Management The United Kingdom (U.K.) Office of Communications (Ofcom) has received a £700,000 ($916,00) grant from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to explore blockchain technology, according to an announcement published Oct. 8. The grant will purportedly help the U.K. telecoms regulator examine how blockchain can improve the management of landline telephone numbers. Established in 2016, the BEIS is a government department supported by 46 agencies and public bodies and responsible for business, industrial strategy, science, innovation, and energy and climate change policy. 5-Oct-18 Russia: Sberbank to Consult Power Giant Rosseti on Blockchain in Tech Exchange Deal Russia’s largest majority state-owned bank Sberbank has signed a partnership agreement with state-owned power giant Rosseti to propagate new technologies, a press release confirms Friday, October 5. The latest step in Sberbank’s ongoing engagement with innovations such as blockchain, the institution and Rosseti will work together on a raft of projects, including accelerators, education, research trials and exchange of expertise. 24-Jul-18 South Korean Mobile Telecom Giant Launches 2,500 Txns/s Commercial Blockchain KT Corp may only be the second- biggest mobile carrier in South Korea, but the telecommunications firm is reportedly the first in the world to launch a blockchain-based commercial network. According to The Korea Herald, KT Corp’s blockchain network will initially have the capacity to handle 2,500 transactions per second. Before the end of 2018, however, the capacity will have been quadrupled. By the end of next year, KT Corp intends to have increased the number of transactions per second to 100,000, according to the head of Blockchain Center at the KT Institute of Convergence Technology, Seo Young-il. 23-Jul-18 China: Blockchain Group From Three Telecoms Giants Begins Exploring Use Cases China’s three major telecoms operators launched a blockchain research group, which has held its first meeting, local media outlet Fintech News reports July 23. The product of China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom, the group involves a total of twenty experts from eight companies including Huawei, Union Mobile, and Financial Technology (UMF). The aim, an unnamed China Mobile official said, is to “build a trustworthy blockchain application team to explore the blockchain area.” “It's a solution in terms of order management, contract management and creation of use cases,” the official added. 20-Jul-18 World’s Number Four Telecoms Provider Files Blockchain Contract Storage Patent
- 118. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 118 China’s The world’s fourth-largest telecoms provider, Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), has filed a patent for using blockchain tech for contract agreement, according to a U.S. Trademark and Patent Office (USPTO) release on July 19. NTT’s patent application writes that a problem with contracts on blockchain is that each transactions “contains only the electronic signature of the sender” as the “evidence of contract agreement by the receiver is not left in the transaction.” The patent suggests a “simple, possible way to solve this problem is to, for example, include the electronic signatures of all the involved parties in one transaction.” 11-Jul-18 Blockchain in Telecoms Will Become $1 Billion Industry by 2023: Report Blockchain in Telecoms Will Become $1 Billion Industry by 2023: Report China’s Blockchain will contribute almost $1 billion to the telecoms sector alone within the next five years, MarketWatch reports Wednesday, July 11. a new research forecasts this week. According to a global market research store Research and Markets, blockchain technology in telecoms will explode from a $46.6 million industry in 2018 to one worth $993.8 million in 2023. The 132-page report singles out “rising security concerns” as one of the major factors driving the spread of blockchain, which operators in the arena view as a potential safeguard despite its still-fluid regulatory status.
- 120. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 120 27-Dec-18 Zion Market Research Report Explains: Global Blockchain In Energy Market likely to grow to USD 11,899 Million By 2024 Zion Market Research has published a new report. According to the report, the global blockchain in energy market was valued at around USD 208 million in 2017 and is expected to reach approximately USD 11,899 million by 2024, growing at a CAGR of above 78.20% between 2018 and 2024. Blockchain, also know as decentralized ledger technology has no core system or a central server. The authentication of these servers is handled publicly. It helps people to trade energy among themselves. The applications of blockchain in the energy market include payment schemes, grid management, governance risk, and compliance management, energy trading, and supply chain management. 26-Nov-18 Swytch announces Launch of Secure AI- Powered Renewable Energy Platform on Blockchain Today, blockchain-based clean energy platform Swytch, announces the successful launch of its platform that offers enterprises real-time visibility into their green energy production data. The platform ensures anonymity and security and uses AI-based predictive technology to create sustainable policies. 19-Nov-18 Korea's Largest Power Provider to Use Blockchain for Eco-Friendly Micro Grid Korea’s largest power provider KEPCO says it will use blockchain and other innovative energy solutions to develop its next- generation micro grid (MG), according to an official press release Nov. 19. KEPCO is a $15.9 billion market cap corporation in which the South Korean government and state- controlled bank hold a majority stake; it has a “virtual monopoly” over power generation and distribution in the country, according to Asia- focused publication Nikkei. 29-Oct-18 Singapore: Major Utility Company Launches Blockchain-Based Solar Energy Marketplace SP Group, a major corporation providing electricity and gas transmission in Singapore, has launched a blockchain-powered renewable energy certificate (REC) marketplace, the company reveals in a press release Monday, Oct. 29. The platform was unveiled at the ASEAN Energy Business Forum held in Singapore this week. The press release notes that SP Group plans to use blockchain to help the company increase transparency and efficiency. 20-Aug-18 Energi Mine announces latest partnership with solar energy specialists Jem Energy Energi Mine, the blockchain platform that financially rewards energy-saving behaviour, today announced its partnership with Jem Energy, the renewable energy company specialising in solar energy products. The partnership will see Jem customers rewarded with EnergiTokens (ETK) for purchasing equipment for the generation and storage of renewable energy. Jem Energy is a solar power specialist that focusses on the technology surrounding photovoltaic cells, offering a range of products from solar panel systems, thermodynamic water heating systems and solar battery storage. This partnership will see Jem customers receive ETK that they can spend within the Energi Mine platform. The tokens can be put towards energy bills, claiming discounts on electric car charging or even exchanged for fiat currencies.
- 121. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 121 Other cases with Blockchain technology http://risingblockchain.com/cases-other/
- 122. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 122 20-Dec-18 Blockchain Technology and the Quest to Transform the Travel Industry The year 2018 hasn’t particularly been the best year for cryptocurrencies, as the bear market had eroded value in almost every digital asset out there. However, while cryptocurrencies aren’t having the best of times, blockchain technology has managed to stay relevant, with organizations and governments coming out with ways through which they can use blockchain as a tool for growth and advancement. One particular sector that has witnessed a tremendous use of the nascent technology has been the travel industry, where even airports have adopted the use of cryptocurrencies as a means of payment. 13-Dec-18 Pro-Crypto French MPs Want to Invest 500 Million Euros to Make France ‘Blockchain Nation’ Two pro-crypto members of the French Parliament (Parlement français) want the country to invest up to 500 million euros in blockchain programs to elevate France as a “blockchain nation.” Deputies Jean-Michel Mis and Laure de La Raudière released a report on Dec. 12 outlining 20 proposals to support the development and mainstream adoption of blockchain, according to French financial newspaper Les Echos. 11-Dec-18 UNICEF Chooses Six Blockchain Startups for Humanitarian Investment Venture Months after publishing a “blockchain call” to startups that could benefit humanity, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has invested in six blockchain startups. In January 2018, UNICEF called for early-stage technology startups that were registered in one of UNICEF’s programme countries. It received over 100 applications from 50 different countries. The organization already has 20 other technology companies in its Innovation Fund, from “data science and machine learning, to virtual reality, to drones. 11-Dec-18 XYO Network to Launch of Blockchain Satellite on SpaceX Falcon 9 XYO Network is partnering with space industry leader Spaceflight to launch XYO Networks’ “EtherX” spacecraft into orbit. This is the first step in achieving its mission of decentralizing the world’s location infrastructure, which currently revolves around the centralized Global Positioning System (“GPS”), which is owned by the U.S. Air Force. 11-Dec-18 UK Blockchain Startup Canyudo Launches Social Tasking App in Closed Beta Network"UK blockchain startup Canyudo has released its social tasking app in closed beta ahead of its forthcoming launch in January 2019, the company said on Tuesday. It plans to first launch the Canyudo app in Hong Kong before a global rollout. Canyudo is a multi-purpose app that offers four main features and services: a goods marketplace, a freelance marketplace, a task app, like Trello or Asana, and a global payments service. At product launch, Canyudo will be primarily aimed at the private sale (classifieds), temporary recruitment, and global remittance markets." 5-Dec-18 - Technology Adoption Determines True Value of Crypto Industry When Warren Buffett, a multi-billionaire investor, admitted that he was wrong about not investing in companies like Amazon and Google, it proved that not even the world’s most renowned investor can always get it right. Amazon and Google were bringing in products that the market hadn’t experienced before. Skepticisms were meant to be there. But eventually, user adoption won over anything. Cut to today, both the Buffett’s rejects are now trillion dollar companies. 25-OCT-18 PATENT: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LINKAGE OF BLOCKCHAIN-BASED ASSETS TO FIAT CURRENCY ACCOUNTS - ARTICLE A method for managing fractional reserves of blockchain currency includes: storing, in a first central account, a fiat amount associated with a fiat currency; storing, in a second central account, a blockchain amount associated with a blockchain currency; storing a plurality of account profiles, each profile including a fiat currency amount, blockchain currency amount, account identifier, and address; receiving a transaction message associated with a payment transaction, the message being formatted based on one or more standards and including a plurality of data elements, including a data element reserved for private use including a specific address and a transaction amount; identifying a specific account profile that includes the specific address included in the data element in the received transaction message; and updating the blockchain currency amount included in the identified specific account profile based on the transaction amount included in the data element in the received transaction message.
- 123. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 123 24-Aug-18 Singapore Central Bank Partners With Deloitte, Nasdaq on Blockchain Asset Settlement The de facto central bank of Singapore announced it had signed a deal with multiple big name entities to ease digital asset settlements in a press release Friday, August 24. Part of its ongoing Project Ubin blockchain integration scheme, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) partnered with Singapore Exchange (SGX), along with Anquan, Deloitte and Nasdaq to deliver the enhancements. Together, the parties will create “Delivery versus Payment (DvP)... capabilities for settlement of tokenized assets across different blockchain platforms,” with the latter three acting as technical partners. 30-Aug-18 Walmart Wants to Build an Army of Autonomous Robots Controlled by Blockchain Retail giant Walmart has a plan to build an army of autonomous robots controlled and authenticated through a blockchain network. Documents published on Thursday by the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) show that the Walmart has applied to patent a system that oversees the “in-field authenticating of autonomous robots.” The Bentonville, AR-based firm submitted the patent application in Jan. 2018. The patent title immediately conjures up visions from the Terminator franchise, but the retail empire claims it’s not building Skynet. 16-Aug-18 Union of European Football Associations Implements Blockchain-Based Ticketing System The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has successfully deployed a new ticketing system via mobile phones based on blockchain technology, according to an August 16 press release. After the “successful implementation” of the blockchain ticketing system for 50 percent of the tickets for the 2018 UEFA Europa League final in Lyon in May, the UEFA had decided to increase the technology’s reach “to all of the general public” in Estonia. The official UEFA announcement states that “100% of the match tickets” for the UEFA Super Cup soccer match between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid held in Tallinn, Estonia on August 15 were sold using a blockchain-based iOS or Android application. 13-Jul-18 For €10k, Fujitsu will tell you if your blockchain project is a load of bull Fujitsu has launched a fast-track blockchain consultancy service for companies to see whether their distributed ledger plans are pie in the sky or might actually be of some commercial benefit. The Japanese giant claims its scheme, in which concept prices start at €9,900, will propose to customers a minimum viable product in five days. The assessment involves Fujitsu and the customer jointly beavering away on ideas based on blockchain or other distributed ledger technologies to figure out if the tech can actually improve biz processes. 5-Jul-18 Chinese Search Giant Baidu to Launch Rewards on Blockchain Platform Baidu, widely dubbed as the Google of China, is going to launch rewards and announce the blockchain layout of their project “Totem” in an upcoming conference on July 18. Totem, a blockchain-based platform, was launched by Baidu in April. Totem utilizes blockchain technology to manage the intellectual property rights of images. They aim to enable more efficiency in the ownership of images and preventing infringements, according to its website. “The copyright information of the work is permanently written into the blockchain. Based on the credibility and incomprehensibility of the blockchain, combined with Baidu’s leading artificial intelligence technology, the dissemination of the work can be traceable, reprintable, monitorable, and change the copyright of traditional pictures.” (loosely translated) the website states. 5-Jul-18 Volkswagen Seeks Patent for Inter- Vehicular Blockchain Communications System Volkswagen has applied for a patent allowing vehicles to communicate with each other through a blockchain-based network aimed to increase road safety by warning of nearby vehicles and alerting the driver to potential collisions. The system could potentially be used to negotiate actions like merging lanes, overtaking, and a number of other high-risk activities on the road. “In Vehicle-to-Vehicle communication messages are exchanged between vehicles to enable novel safety-relevant use cases. Most of the currently known use cases provide warnings to alert a driver about an imminent event, such as two vehicles colliding with each other,” read an excerpt from the patent. “To this end, Vehicle-to-Vehicle communication is based on single messages, which are signed by the sending vehicle. The signature
- 124. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 124 provides integrity and non-repudiation. A natural extension to safety warnings are cooperative manoeuvres, which allow increasing both safety and efficiency of road usage.” 3-Jul-18 The Russian Military Is Building Blockchain Research Lab to Combat Hacks The Russian Ministry of Defense is launching a research laboratory that will explore how blockchain technology can be used to bolster national security by preventing hacks on military infrastructure. Russia’s military technology accelerator, called “ERA,” is overseeing the construction of the lab, which will test if blockchain can be used to detect and prevent cyber attacks and enhance the military’s cyber-security measures, according to Russian newspaper Izvestia. Alexei Malanov, an anti-virus expert at Moscow cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab, believes the technology undergirding bitcoin can be used to trace the origins of malicious hack attacks. “A hacker often clears the permission log to hide traces of unauthorized access to the device,” Malanov told Izvestia. But Malanov said if the log is distributed among several devices using blockchain, it’s harder for the hacker to cover his tracks.
- 125. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 125 Interesting content about Blockchain technology
- 126. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 126 STATE OF BLOCKCHAIN Q3 2018 – REPORT PDF CoinDesk's Q2 2018 State of Blockchain summarizes key trends, data and events in Q3 2018 Highlights Include: – The entire market lost about 11 percent, falling from $243 bn to $215 bn. However, when analyzing MoM, we find that the negative growth is diminishing. September saw -7 percent compared to prior months this year being in the negative double digits. – Bitcoin’s (BTC) price grew by 3 percent with news of positive adoption development on the Lightning Network and Square Cash, however, the ETF rejection might have slowed growth. EOS transaction counts jettisoned 7255 percent in July. This is the result of its blockchain launching in June. It hit negative growth of 68 percent in September. – ICO funding for Q3 settled at a total of $2.3 bn, which was down 68 percent since the last quarter. – 52 percent of survey respondents agreed that we are in a bear market, but 58 percent consider prices undervalued. 29-DEC-18 NATIONAL CRYPTOCURRENCIES: AN INNOVATION NO ONE REALLY WANTS Since the advent of Bitcoin and altcoins, each year that passes brings with it a slew of rumours and leaks regarding the development of national cryptocurrencies — public blockchains designed for use in a single country, alongside or potentially even replacing the fiat currency in question. There are two ways this could theoretically happen: independent developers create a currency which becomes so popular a government adopts it, or the government in question researches and develops a currency of their own. The latter has happened already in one case, albeit without much in the way of results thus far. It is worth mentioning that although these currencies can be stablecoins — tokens pegged 1:1 with the fiat currency they are linked to — this is not a requirement. Similarly, many stablecoins exist that are not national cryptos. 5-DEC-18 7 MAJOR EU COUNTRIES TO GO BIG ON BLOCKCHAIN: WHAT IT MEANS FOR CRYPTO" On December 4, seven EU countries led by Malta and France have established a group called the “Mediterranean seven” to encourage and promote the usage of blockchain technology. In the months to come, the seven countries that include France, Italy, Spain, Malta, Cyprus, Portugal and Spain, will work to implement the blockchain in education, transport, mobility, shipping, Land Registry, customers, company registry, and healthcare." 4-DEC-18 HOW SIGNIFICANT IS BLOCKCHAIN IN INTERNET OF THINGS? The spotlight was placed back on the Internet of Things (IoT) recently when Bosch, the multinational engineering and electronics company, tweeted on Nov. 12 about their Cross Domain Development Kit (XDK), a programmable sensor device and IoT prototyping platform, in partnership with IOTA. 19-NOV-18 HOW TO FIND A MILLION DOLLAR ETHEREUM CLASSIC STARTUP IDEA How To find a million dollar Ethereum Classic (ETC) startup idea, consider introducing an ETC information management layer in industries with exceptional growth and without entrenched competitors. For some examples, see ETC Labs. 25-OCT-18 - BLOCKCHAIN CYBERSECURITY: WHY BUSINESSES CAN’T IGNORE BLOCKCHAIN AS A SECURITY SOLUTION - ARTICLE Few months ago, Lloyd’s of London estimated the global cost of a “serious” cyber-attack at more than £92bn. Since then, that warning has been amplified by news reports of troubling and costly hacks on multinational corporations such as Tesco, British Airways, Facebook and even the United Kingdom’s governing Conservative Party. 23-OCT-18 - USE OF BLOCKCHAIN IN MAJOR INDUSTRIES BY NUMBERS: RETAIL, MANUFACTURING, FINANCE, AND OTHERS - ARTICLE "Many startups, major conglomerates, supply chain operators, and distributors have attempted to integrate blockchain technology over the past two years, to increase transparency and reduce the power of central entities in data processing. With billions of dollars being invested annually by major corporations in blockchain development, the emerging technology has become the focal point of the long-term vision of many companies internationally." 23-OCT-18 - SECURITY TOKENS: THE THIRD BLOCKCHAIN REVOLUTION - ARTICLE Away from the mania of last year’s ICO gold-rush, the appeal and benefits of raising capital by issuing debt and equity on a blockchain-enabled marketplace has
- 127. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 127 struck a chord in the institutional financial services world. As momentum builds among some of the biggest names in finance, we will soon see properly regulated tokens, fit for real businesses and sovereign entities, writes R3’s Todd McDonald. 22-OCT-18 - BLOCKCHAIN 101: FROM WHITEBOARD THEORY TO REAL-LIFE APPLICATIONS - ARTICLE Now that the cat is out of the bag, and there is a clear distinction between standard databases and blockchain ledgers, I’ll base my explanatory arguments in the Linux’ foundation course Blockchain: Understanding Its Uses and Implications. For a more in-depth analysis, please complete the curriculum, as it’s free of charge and really helps developing solid knowledge on public blockchains and private ledgers. 18-OCT-18 - BLOCKCHAIN TO GENERATE MORE THAN $10.6B IN REVENUE BY 2023 – ARTICLE Blockchain has seen a real uptick in adoption as a number of companies roll out pilot tests in various industries and blockchain-as-a-service gains traction. 17-OCT-18 - THESE 5 BLOCKCHAIN SOLUTIONS COULD RESTORE YOUR OPTIMISM IN THE TECHNOLOGY - ARTICLE Blockchain promises to be a powerful tool for rooting corruption plaguing societies around the world. 13-OCT-18 HOW BLOCKCHAIN CAN MAKE PASSWORDS A THING OF THE PAST - INTERVIEW "Instead of the password/username architecture, each user device is issued an SSL certificate. The certificate data is stored on the REMME blockchain and authenticated with that technology so that fake certificates cannot be used. Hackers typically target authentication servers and password databases to carry out mass attacks, and the lack of a centralized server or password database should theoretically render common attacks of that nature almost impossible. Users are issued keys on signing out that are used just once when signing back in and then destroyed, replaced with a different key and optionally used with 2FA for added security. CEO Momot says that the project was inspired by a personal experience — the loss of an ethereum wallet key." 7-OCT-18 - THE FUTURE OF SECURITY TOKEN: 4 WAYS TO BUILD A SECURITY TOKEN SYSTEM - LONGREAD Security token offerings (STOs) have been in the news of late. The image of the ICO utility token has rapidly tarnished under regulatory scrutiny and rampant fraud, but the hunger for more democratic forms of fundraising remains. Security tokens offer a potential solution: combining the liquidity and democratic access of cryptocurrencies with the necessary regulatory controls for a token to properly represent a security (such as various forms of company stock). 25-SEP-18 - JOEL KATZ (CTO RIPPLE) - WHAT IS A BLOCKCHAIN? - ARTICLE What is a blockchain?, What is a distributed ledger?, What is a secure reference?, What does it mean for a state transition to be valid?, What’s still missing?, What does all of this get us? 25-SEP-18 - IS BLOCKCHAIN RIGHT FOR YOUR BUSINESS? - ARTICLE At times of technological change and innovation, it can be a daunting task to decide which technologies to adopt. Companies don’t want to fall behind their competitors but they also don’t want to focus resources on a technology that will fail or become irrelevant in the future. In 1995 companies rushed to implement a technology that we now know would change the world — The Internet. Today, businesses are looking at blockchain as the next generation of business solution 20-SEP-18 - HOW TO EXPLAIN BLOCKCHAIN IN PLAIN ENGLISH - ARTICLE For all of the hype around blockchain, most businesses are barely tinkering with it right now – if they’re doing anything at all. A recent Gartner survey of CIOs found that 43 percent of respondents said blockchain was on their radar but they had no concrete plans in the works, while 34 percent said they simply weren’t interested. A scant one percent of CIOs reported any kind of blockchain adoption in their organization. 20-SEP-18 - BLOCKCHAIN JOBS: 5 WAYS TO WIN THAT ROLE - ARTICLE How can you get a blockchain job – even without a ton of experience? Experts share advice on how to stand out and land a blockchain job 16-SEP-18 - TOKENIZED SECURITIES - ARTICLE "As I mentioned in the “Token Economy” article, “Tokenized Securities” are my favorite asset class, it would be interesting to understand what kind of product can be offered to investors. However, before that, we will dive into some History of Securities to understand how they have evolved.
- 128. RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 128 Then, we will study the competitive advantages of those Digital Securities. I like to call them “investment tokens”. (it’s more comprehensive for non-financial backgrounds)" 14-SEP-18 - GAME OF REGS: THE STO CONTEXT - ARTICLE Although many uncertainties exist under U.S. law with respect to initial coin offerings (ICOs), security token offerings (STOs) are, by definition, securities and must follow the same rules as traditional securities offerings. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations come into play anytime a company is selling securities to U.S. residents or the company’s shareholders are U.S. residents. We know what you are thinking. And yes, even if you domicile in Malta (or another crypto-haven), these regulations may still apply. 13-SEP-18 - FROM POS TO DBFT: A BRIEF REVIEW OF CONSENSUS PROTOCOLS – ARTICLE Although the blockchain and crypto communities remain united around the ideology of blockchain and its world-changing potential, there is still one issue which proves to be as divisive as a hard fork — consensus protocols. Although proof-of-work (PoW) is still the protocol of choice for Bitcoin and many others, the debate rages over proof-of-stake (PoS), along with other emerging consensus protocols. 12-SEP-18 - SINGLE POINTS OF FAILURE AND TRUST IN FINANCIAL MARKET - ARTICLE As a continuation of our series on distributed Financial Market Infrastructure, this article focuses on single points of failure and the less discussed single points of trust and how these are bugs, not features in systemically important infrastructure. 7-SEP-18 - WHY BLOCKCHAIN RESEARCH LABS ARE BEING BUILT BY BOTH NEW PROJECTS AND MAJOR ORGANIZATIONS - ARTICLE "There's a new trend taking place within the blockchain arena, and for once it doesn't have to do with the technology disrupting an industry. It's ""home-made"" research labs. We've seen a trend of blockchain projects focusing on developing, investing and partnering with research labs to ensure they build on top of strong fundamental foundations. Such research labs consist of developers, designers, organizational strategists and thought leaders- each of whom have a deep understanding of the blockchain paradigm."
- 130. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 130 TOP BITCOIN (BTC) NEWS – NOV-DEC 18 3754.79$ *Bitcoin (BTC) price at Coinbase (on 31 December 18) $65,54B Market Cap -5,56% Change in 1 month -2.2% Change in 1 year -54.53% Change since the beginning of the year Useful links: https://bitcoin.org/en/ Bitcoin.reddit.com TOP NEW CONTENT: 14-NOV-18 GERMANY: BITCOIN.DE CRYPTO EXCHANGE OPERATOR TO ACQUIRE 100% OF INVESTMENT BANK TREMMEL- ARTICLE 18-NOV-18 CRYPTO MARKETS SEE FLUSH OF GREEN AS BITCOIN MOVES CLOSER TO $5,600 - ARTICLE 18-DEC-18 BLOCKSTREAM 1-NOV-18 COINSOURCE RECEIVES FIRST BITLICENSE TO OPERATE BITCOIN ATMS IN NEW YORK The world’s largest bitcoin ATM company has finally received official approval to operate in New York. They had previously been operating in New York almost since the company’s inception via a provisional license. Last year, they received coverage in the New Yorker and have frequently been in the news with word of new ATMs across the country. Coinsource is creeping toward 200 machines, the majority of which are two-way ATMs — meaning that users can buy and sell bitcoin through them. Coinsource ATMs support transactions from $5 to a limit of $5,000 per day. 13-NOV-18 MAJOR US MUSEUM BECOMES COUNTRY’S THIRD TO ACCEPT BITCOIN AS PAYMENT Great Lakes Science Center, a major museum and educational center in Cleveland, Ohio, is accepting Bitcoin (BTC) as payment as of today, Nov. 13. Local business news source Crain’s Cleveland Business (CCB) reported on the development Nov. 9. According to SpendBitcoins USA – a directory of retail merchants that accept Bitcoin as payment – at least two other U.S. museums already accept the cryptocurrency from visitors – the Museum of the Coastal Bend in Texas and St. Petersburg Museum of History in Florida. 22-NOV-18 VANECK SUBSIDIARY MVIS LAUNCHES BITCOIN OTC INDEX MV Index Solutions (MVIS), a subsidiary of investment management firm VanEck, has announced the launch of MVIS Bitcoin U.S. OTC Spot Index (MVBTCO), a bitcoin-based index and the first one that monitors the performance of bitcoin across established over-the- counter (OTC) platforms in the U.S., according to a company statement. 3-DEC-18 PAXFUL’S ‘BUILT WITH BITCOIN’ CAMPAIGN COMPLETES SECOND SCHOOL IN RWANDA Paxful, a peer-to-peer crypto exchange, has completed its second school in Rwanda using entirely Bitcoin donations through the #BuiltWithBitcoin campaign. The new school is a primary school for
- 131. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 131 LAUNCHES 5TH SATELLITE STREAMING BITCOIN BLOCKCHAIN FROM SPACE - ARTICLE 18-DEC-18 PRO-BITCOIN OFFICIAL IN THE WHITE HOUSE: WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT TRUMP’S NEW CHIEF OF STAFF- ARTICLE 19-DEC-18 BITCOIN’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY HARD FORK: MYGENOMECOIN GENERATION- ARTICLE students up to age 14, with Paxful intending to provide students with smartphones and tablets, and the curriculum to be a return to the basic liberal arts notion of trivium et quadrivium or classical education. 13-DEC-18 CRYPTO TRADING APP CIRCLE INVEST LISTS BCH OFFSHOOT BITCOIN SV Circle’s Invest app now providers users the ability to buy Bitcoin SV (BSV), according to a tweet from the company this morning. CCN verified that BSV is available in the application as of its latest version. The application has over 50,000 installations on the Google Play store, making it significantly less popular than Coinbase, which has over 5 million installations on the same platform. 20-DEC-18 COINBASE LAUNCHES PROGRAM TO EDUCATE USERS ABOUT CRYPTO ‘BEYOND BITCOIN’ Major United States-based crypto wallet provider and exchange service Coinbase has launched an educational project that lets users earn cryptocurrency as they learn about it. The program, dubbed “Coinbase Earn,” was announced in an official blog post Dec. 19. 30-DEC-18 CRYPTOCURRENCY EXCHANGE KRAKEN ADDS BITCOIN CASH AND RIPPLE MARGIN TRADING Kraken has added Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Ripple (XRP) to Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Ethereum Classic (ETC), Augur (REP), Monero (XMR), and Tether (USDT) bringing its margin trading offering to a total of eight cryptocurrencies. 30-DEC-18 BITCOIN-FRIENDLY SQUARE USES APP AND ALGORITHMS TO ISSUE BUSINESS LOANS Payments company Square is moving into new markets by issuing business loans and will soon move to consumer lending. Its data collecting and analyzing algorithms are deciding creditworthiness letting borrowers arrange their loans in a few taps.After adding bitcoin-buying functionality to the Square Cash App, the app has now overtaken leading cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase to become the most used iOS app for buying bitcoin (BTC). The app is also now the top free mobile application for iOS in the U.S, showing its growing user base.
- 132. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 132 TOP BITSHARES (BTS) NEWS – NOV-DEC 18 0.0398$ *Bitshares (BTS/USD) price at Poloniex (on 31 December 18) $106,6M Market Cap -13,57% Change in 1 month +31,3% Change in 1 year -84,99% Change since the beginning of the year Useful links: https://bitshares.org Twitter.com/bitshares TOP NEW CONTENT: 6-NOV-18 BITFEST AMSTERDAM 2018 - RECAP- ARTICLE 15-NOV-18 RYAN R. FOX - DENTRALIZED LEADERSHIP - BITSHARES DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR - SPEECH - VIDEO 5-NOV-18 BITSHARES CORE RELEASE 2.0.181105 (OPTIONAL UPGRADE) The BitShares Blockchain Foundation is pleased to inform the community about the latest feature release for the BitShares main network. After many weeks of development and over two weeks testing on the bitshares testnet, this final version 2.0.181105 has been tagged in the bitshares- core repository on GitHub. 16-NOV-18 NEW BITSHARES PAPERWALLET It's a pleasure to let the BitShares community know about the new paperwallet for BitShares accounts available on paperwallet.bitshares.eu. 1-DEC-18 THE BITSHARES BLOCKCHAIN: UI RELEASE 20181121 The BitShares UI serves as secure wallet for the private keys of your BitShares account and a point of entry to interact with the BitShares Blockchain. Among many other features lies the natively built-in decentralized exchange (DEX). A new release of the BitShares UI has been published (Version 20181121) and is available.
- 133. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 133 TOP CARDANO (ADA) NEWS – NOV-DEC 18 0,04241$ *Cardano (ADAUSD) price at Banance (on 31 December 18) $1,099B Market Cap +7,03% Change in 1 month -40,8% Change in 1 year -90,13% Change since the beginning of the year Useful links: https://twitter.com/CardanoStiftung https://www.reddit.com/r/cardano/ TOP NEW CONTENT: 16-NOV-18 EPISODE 1 - WHY CARDANO? WHEN MASS ADOPTION?- VIDEO 16-NOV-18 CARDANO FOUNDATION ON SAFE GROUND The Cardano Foundation announced today that leadership has been duly transferred to Pascal Schmid and that the Foundation’s assets have been fully secured. 14-DEC-18 CARDANO FOUNDATION STRENGTHENS ITS FOUNDATION COUNCIL The Cardano Foundation has decided at its meeting today to strengthen the Foundation Council with three proven experts from the Cardano ecosystem. Newly elected members of the Cardano Foundation Council are: Nathan Kaiser, General Counsel of IOHK Manmeet Singh, CIO of Emurgo Domino Burki, Managing Partner of Du Lac Capital Ltd. 18-DEC-18 IOHK IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE RELEASE OF CARDANO 1.4, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT UPDATE FOR CARDANO YET Cardano 1.4: Daedalus 0.12.0 with Cardano SL 2.0.0 This release brings significant robustness improvements and resolves some network connection issues which were affecting a lot of users. There have also been exceptional improvements in the amount of hard drive space required to store the blockchain: optimized block storage has reduced the number of files required from 1.3 million to less then 50,000 for one year of blockchain history, with all the performance improvements that entails.
- 134. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 134 TOP DASH (DASH) NEWS – NOV-DEC 18 79,9$ *Dash (DASH/USD) price at Kraken (on 31 December 18) $682,15M Market Cap -12,18% Change in 1 month -45,5% Change in 1 year -85,18% Change since the beginning of the year Useful links: https://twitter.com/Dashpay https://www.reddit.com/r/DashCoin/ 5-NOV-18 DASH LAUNCHES TEXT-BASED CRYPTO PAYMENT SERVICE IN VENEZUELA Crypto project Dash has announced the launch of Dash Text, an SMS-based cryptocurrency transaction service for Venezuelan users, as it builds on its already strong presence in the crypto dependent country. In an announcement released this week, the company said that Dash Text eliminates the need for Venezuelan users to possess smartphones and internet access to carry out crypto transactions, which has historically been a significant barrier to adoption in the impoverished country suffering from hyperinflation. Driven by several months of hyperinflation which have rendered the bolivar practically worthless, Venezuelans have increasingly turned to cryptocurrencies as a solution, as has been illustrated by a series of well-publicised incidents. 13-NOV-18 DASH SEES "MIXED SIGNALS ON USER GROWTH", ACTIVE ADRESSES JUMP BY 36% Dash, one of the Top 15 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, is seeing more and more adoption, especially compared to the results a year ago, but the total payment volume and number of downloaded mobile wallets has been decreasing, according to their Q3 results. 15-NOV-18 DASH TEXT BECOMES EASIER TO USE AND INCREASES ACCESS WITH NEW POS INTEGRATION FEATURE Dash Text, the Venezuelan platform that allows consumers to send and receive Dash via SMS text has now incorporated a simplified POS integrated send feature to make it easier to send Dash from a non-smartphone to a merchant’s wallet. 29-NOV-18 DASH EXPANDS SERVICES TO MORE MERCHANTS WITH EPAYMINTS PARTNERSHIP Dash has partnered with ePaymints, a global merchant account and payments processing solutions provider, “to accelerate adoption of Dash cryptocurrency in high chargeback and cash based industries”. 17-DEC-18 BUYCRYPTO INCORPORATES DASH; EASES ACCESS TO ECONOMICALLY SOUND MONEY Buycrypto, a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency-fiat
- 135. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 135 TOP NEW CONTENT: 2-NOV-18 "MONEY SYSTEMS CAN BE BETTER": RYAN TAYLOR, CEO OF DASH CORE GROUP - VIDEO 2-NOV-18 DASH PODCAST 76 - FEAT. KAREN HSU & LORENZO REY (DASHTEXT.IO) - VIDEO 8-NOV-18 THE FUTURE OF CRYPTO: BREAKING NEW GROUND IN EMERGING MARKETS - VIDEO 9-NOV-18 PODCAST 77 - FEAT. BENJAMIN NITSCHKE, CEO OF DELTAENGINE, CREATOR OF MYDASHWALLET.ORG - VIDEO 12-NOV-18 MY BIG TAKEAWAYS FROM DASH CORE TEAM Q3 2018 CONFERENCE CALL - ARTICLE 7-DEC-18 DASH IS ON A MISSION TO BE THE PAYPAL OF CRYPTO: AN INTERVIEW WITH DASH CORE GROUP’S RYAN TAYLOR - INTERVIEW 10-DEC-18 DASH UPGRADES TO HANDLE THE THREAT OF 51% ATTACK- ARTICLE exchange geared towards Greeks, integrates Dash, which helps give Greeks easier access to economically sound money. The platform allows individuals to initiate and execute a trade through a three step process after matching up a buyer and seller. First, the buyer makes a fiat payment directly to the cryptocurrency seller’s bank account. Then the cryptocurrency seller confirms receipt of payment and, once confirmed, sends the buyer their cryptocurrency. 21-DEC-18 UPHOLD: DASH USERS SHOW SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER CONVICTION LEVEL A new report by Uphold shows Dash users are by far the platform’s most dedicated, show much higher buy to sell value ratios than other cryptocurrencies. According to statistics from cryptocurrency brokerage app Uphold, Dash purchase values were recorded to be much higher than those for other cryptocurrencies supported by the platform.
- 136. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 136 TOP EMERCOIN (EMC) NEWS – NOV-DEC 18 0,32813$ *Emercoin (EMC/USD) price at Bittrex (on 31 December 18) $14,1M Market Cap -14,49% Change in 1 month +84,4% Change in 1 year -66,04% Change since the beginning of the year Useful links: https://twitter.com/Dashpay https://www.reddit.com/r/DashCoi n/ TOP NEW CONTENT: 27-NOV-18 EMERCOIN IN THE CRYPTO MARKET INFOGRAPHIC “WHAT IS THE CRYPTO!?” BY BITCOINPLAY- INFOGRAPHIC 19-DEC-18 EMERCOIN 2018 15-NOV-18 EMERCOIN SIGNED A PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH ARILOT Arilot is an innovative company with six years of experience in the development and maintenance of scalable cloud systems. Since 2016, Arilot’s specialists have been developing blockchain solutions for fintech companies, startups, and medium-sized businesses. In total, the company has launched 34+ successful projects for clients from the USA, Asia, Western and Eastern Europe. Emercoin will provide its partner with expert analysis and technical consultancy in the blockchain field, as well as assist the Arilot’s specialists in the implementation of Emercoin technologies in the systems requiring the use of a public blockchain. 19-NOV-18 EMERCOIN WALLET IS UPDATED TO THE 0.7.3 VERSION Emercoin released a new update of Emercoin wallet. The version 0.7.3 contains a low-criticality vulnerability patch and code optimization. Also, GUI elements for an easy use of Trusted Diploma and Digital Proof of Ownership services were added. The wallet can be updated in the Download tab on the official Emercoin website. The update is required, first of all, for users, whose services always function – exchanges, exchangers, and other RT-users. 20-NOV-18 UNHACKABLE AND UNTRACEABLE PRIVATE BLOG Today, “freedom of speech” represents a relative concept. In the modern world, we need systems that are resistant to hacking and blocking, both by criminals and government. Emercoin dedicates a lot of time to solve the problem and develops secure blockchain-based solutions. PrivateBlog is an application that can be used to make blogs, publish articles and other data in the Emercoin blockchain. It is written on the PHP scripting language and has a WEB interface so that you can open it in a browser, just like other websites. 23-NOV-18 TRUST.ZONE LAUNCHED THE EMERCOIN CRYPTOCURRENCY PAYMENT METHOD Emercoin and Trust.Zone partnership brought the first
- 137. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 137 RESULTS- ARTICLE 30-DEC-18 EMERCOIN MONTHLY TECH DIGEST 12/2018 - ARTICLE results. VPN service provider Trust.Zone launched the support of EMC. It’s clients can now pay for the provided services with cryptocurrency and get a 10% discount. Provider does not track users’ actions, maintaining their privacy. Operating under the jurisdiction of the Seychelles, the company’s actions do not fall under the operation of the 14 Eyes intelligence alliance – the agreement between 14 countries that exchange intelligence data. Trust.Zone is also working on the EmerSSL and EmerSSH technologies integration into the infrastructure of VPN services. Emercoin blockchain- based solutions will help to provide users with exceptional security.
- 138. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 138 TOP EOS (EOS) NEWS – NOV-DEC 18 2,6287$ *EOS (EOS/USD) price at Bitfinex (on 31 December 18) $2,382B Market Cap -9,18% Change in 1 month +570,9% Change in 1 year -31,72% Change since the beginning of the year Useful links: https://twitter.com/eos_io https://www.reddit.com/r/eos/ TOP NEW CONTENT: 8-NOV-18 A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO EOS CRYPTOCURRENCY - GUIDES 18-NOV-18 HOW TO BUY EOS TOKENS ON BINANCE - GUIDES 12-NOV-18 EOS ‘REVERSES’ PREVIOUSLY-CONFIRMED TRANSACTIONS AS PUNDITS DECRY CENTRALIZATION Blockchain protocol EOS found itself at the center of fresh controversy Nov. 9 after evidence emerged on social media appearing to show a moderator reversing transactions which had already been confirmed. According to Reddit user u/auti9003, a dispute allegedly involving a phished EOS account was referred to one of the platform’s so-called “arbitrators” who decided to reverse transactions that occurred without the owner’s permission. 18-NOV-18 MYTHICAL GAMES RAISES $16 MILLION TO DEVELOP BLOCKCHAIN GAMING ON EOS Mythical Games has been quietly busy. First tweeted on November 15th and announced today, November 17th, the companys first EOS blockchain-based game will premier early in 2019. The first round of funding has been led by Mike Novogratzs Galaxy Digital EOS VC Fund. A fund targeted on EOSIO blockchain developments. Other backing has come from Javelin Venture Partners, Fenbushi, Divergence Digital Currency, and the OKCoin exchange. 19-NOV-18 EOS PRICE NOSEDIVES BY A MASSIVE 22.85% OVER THE WEEK The cryptocurrency town is painted red, with the prices of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP breaking supports and falling below their usual price range. EOS has been free falling and the prices have slipped by 9.02% in the 24-hour time frame, and is currently trading at a depreciated price of $4.19. The market cap suffered the same fate and has come down to $3.69 billion. 21-NOV-18 EOSIO VERSION 1.5.0-RC1: RELEASE CANDIDATE FOR MULTITHREADED SIGNATURE VERIFICATION, A STATE HISTORY PLUGIN, AND BLACKLIST SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS Updated as of December 5, 2018: EOSIO V1.5.0 has now been published as a Stable Release. One of the most important updates in this release is focused on an ongoing efforts to improve the performance of EOSIO, keeping it among the fastest public blockchains on the market. Multithreaded Signature Verification introduces efficiencies in key
- 139. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 139 recovery, which is now managed on separate threads via a thread pool in the controller when applying a signed block. Primary performance increases will be noticed during block propagation and when syncing a new node. 7-DEC-18 GENOMIC PROJECT GENEOS WINS GRAND PRIZE OF US$500,000 AT BLOCK.ONE EOS GLOBAL HACKATHON GRAND FINALE IN CAPE TOWN Block.one, publisher of the ground-breaking EOSIO blockchain protocol, concluded its EOS Global Hackathon series with a Grand Finale event today in Cape Town, with its EOS VC venture capital business unit awarding US$500,000 to the final winner, GeneOS. GeneOS is a blockchain-enabled data ownership, marketplace, and secure computing platform for genomic big data.
- 140. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 140 TOP ETHEREUM (ETH) NEWS – NOV-DEC 18 136,65$ *ETHEREUM (ETH/USD) price at Coinbase (on 31 December 18) $14,2B Market Cap +22,39% Change in 1 month -35,1% Change in 1 year -73,43% Change since the beginning of the year Useful links: https://twitter.com/ethereum https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereu m/ TOP NEW CONTENT: 11-NOV-18 UNITY AND ETHEREUM: WHY AND HOW - GUIDES 13-NOV-18 PIPELINE - START WITH 1-NOV-18 BTC.COM RELEASES NEW ETHEREUM BLOCK EXPLORER TO SUPPORT ETHEREUM COMMUNITY Building on the experience of developing and managing one of the famous Bitcoin Block Explorers, BTC.com starts to embrace Ethereum community by supporting foundation capabilities. BTC.com looks to transfer its industry-leading experience to help Ethereum scale its underlying infrastructure. By typing any of the following information: address, transaction hash, block, or token, users can get all the details of a transaction. By clicking bottom “Tokens,” users can check related information of any ERC-20 token. 5-NOV-18 BANCOR BEGINS CROSS-BLOCKCHAIN TOKEN TRADING BETWEEN ETHEREUM AND EOS Originally announced in September, Bancor has now expanded to the EOS blockchain, using its decentralized application (DApp) BancorX to allow users to convert between Ethereum and EOS-based tokens, without exchanges. 21-NOV POA NETWORK ANNOUNCES ERC20-TO-ERC20 TOKENBRIDGE "Back in May, POA Network launched its POA Bridge, allowing users to convert POA tokens on the POA Network to POA20 tokens on Ethereum. The team noted that ""this was the first milestone in [its] long-term vision for blockchain interoperability."" POA is an Ethereum sidechain with an open-source EDCC (aka smart contract) framework. It aims to make the execution of smart contracts easier, cheaper, and faster. The network is a bit different than other chains in that it uses a proof of authority consensus mechanism, which is a variant of proof of stake. The network's POA tokens are essentially represented on Ethereum as POA20 coins." 23-NOV-18 ETHEREUM DEVELOPERS ARE QUIETLY PLANNING AN ACCELERATED TECH ROADMAP Ethereum developers are quietly discussing a previously undisclosed upgrade that could boost the capabilities of the technology more aggressively in the short-term.
- 141. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 141 PLENTY OF ETHEREUM CONTRACTS - VIDEO 18-NOV-18 BLOCKCHAIN GAMING IS COMING TO THE PS4 - ARTICLE 19-NOV-18 WHAT IS THE ETHEREUM BEACON CHAIN? - ARTICLE 19-NOV-18 HOW TO CANCEL A PENDING TRANSACTION - GUIDES 20-NOV-18 BLOCKCHAIN COMMUNITIES AND THEIR EMERGENT GOVERNANCE - ARTICLE 19-DEC-18 ETHEREUM COMMONWEALTH REPORT FOR 2018 - ARTICLE 21-DEC-18 WEEK IN ETHEREUM - DEC 21, 2018. RAIDEN! - ARTICLE “Giving users easy access to many different kinds of digital assets on the blockchain and, particularly, tokens that are linked to assets in the real world, is crucial to seeing blockchain adoption reach the next level, and I applaud Digix Global's initiative in being the first of many such projects to successfully launch. ” Vitalik Buterin (Founder of Ethereum) “Working on Ethereum could be similar to working at a Google: lower risk with broad impact right away. Working on a token is similar to working on a startup: higher risk and lower initial impact but higher upside potential.” Fred Ehrsam (Co-founder of Coinbase) Specifically, the minutes from four private meetings that took place at the Devcon4 conference at the end of October, refer to an upgrade named “ethereum 1x,” possibly to be activated in June 2019. 3-DEC-18 ETHEREUM WHALES ACCUMULATE BILLIONS, BUT GROWTH REMAINS STAGNANT Active trading whales have accumulated more in 2018 than any period in the Ethereum's history despite the ongoing bear market. November closed with whales sitting on a whopping 80% increase versus the start of the year. The tally now for the top ethereum actively trading addresses is a cool $2.3Bn, holding nearly a fifth of Ethereum's circulating supply. But on the balance, big players have come and gone with overall whales holding as much as they did during peak. 9-DEC-18 BLOCK 7,080,000: ETHEREUM DEVS PROPOSE ACTIVATION POINT FOR NEXT HARD FORK Members of ethereum’s open-source development team have reached agreement on an activation time for Constantinople, a proposed code change designed to give users the option to update the blockchain with additional features. 13-DEC-18 A BUILT-IN ETHEREUM WALLET JUST GOT ADDED TO OPERA’S BROWSER Opera has announced the public release of its “Web 3- ready” Android web browser, which notably sports a built- in cryptocurrency wallet. Previously available in beta, Opera for Android supports ethereum’s ether and other tokens using the network’s ERC-20 standard. The app also provides support for crypto collectibles (ERC-721 standard) such as CryptoKitties, as well as ethereum-based decentralized apps, or dapps, that can be accessed from the wallet. 17-DEC-18 THIS BRAZILIAN BANK IS USING ETHEREUM TO ISSUE A STABLECOIN A state-owned bank in Brazil is about to issue a crypto token designed to maintain parity with the national currency. The Brazilian National Social Development Bank will launch a pilot in January 2019 for the BNDES token, which runs on the ethereum blockchain and is backed 1-for-1 by Brazilian real. The bank has been experimenting with the stablecoin throughout 2018 and will now use it for tax-deductible contributions to cultural institutions.
- 142. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 142 TOP ETHEREUM CLASSIC (ETC) NEWS NOV-DEC 18 5,299$ *ETHEREUM Classic (ETC/USD) price at Kraken (on 31 December 18) $567,9M Market Cap +14,60% Change in 1 month -13,7% Change in 1 year -65% Change since the beginning of the year Useful links: https://twitter.com/eth_classic reddit.com/r/EthereumClassic/ TOP NEW CONTENT: 20-NOV-18 BUILDING A BETTER, UNIFIED, TESTNET - ARTICLE 28-NOV-18 A CASE STUDY IN REBRANDING OF ETC - ARTICLE 5-DEC-18 THE HISTORY OF ETC - 14-NOV-18 ETHEREUM CLASSIC (ETC) – COINGATE AND CHANGELLY PARTNERSHIP TO DRIVE UP ETC ADOPTION One aspect of adoption that will play a role in driving up crypto values is the payments market. Cryptos that gain adoption in everyday payments stand to increase in intrinsic value going into the future. That’s why things may be looking good for Ethereum Classic (ETC) going into 2019. This is all thanks to a partnership between Coingate and Changelly that is aimed at making it easier for merchants to accept cryptocurrencies, including Ethereum Classic. Here is what Coingate said while announcing this partnership to the ETC community. 21-NOV-18 ETHEREUM CLASSIC (ETC) – GRAVITY (GRAV) AND ORBITA SIDECHAINS WILL OPEN UP THE ETC ECOSYSTEM The Ethereum Classic team presented Gravity (GRAV) to the community. As per the tweet from the team, Gravity will be the fuel the Orbita sidechains will use to connect to the Ethereum Classic (ETC) blockchain. This will open up the adoption of Ethereum Classic (ETC) blockchain. That’s because with sidechains, Ethereum Classic (ETC) can handle thousands of transactions seamlessly, without any inefficiencies. That’s because sidechains take transactions off the Ethereum Classic blockchain, allowing it to scale effectively and be useful for all kinds of applications. 27-NOV-18 COINBASE WALLET ADDS SUPPORT FOR ETHEREUM CLASSIC Coinbase Wallet, provided by major U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase, has launched support for Ethereum Classic (ETC). Users will be able to view, send and receive ETC to their addresses. For existing Coinbase Wallet users, their ETC address will be identical to their current ETH address. 4-DEC-18 CRYPTO HARDWARE WALLET TREZOR ADDS NATIVE ETHEREUM SUPPORT The Trezor Wallet development team has announced that the device’s beta firmware now offers native
- 143. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 143 ARTICLE 8-DEC-18 NOW WE CAN SEE THE WALLET ADDRESSES HOLDING HIGHEST AMOUNT OF ETHEREUM CLASSIC - ARTICLE 10-DEC-18 ETCDEV IS DEAD, LONG LIVE ETHEREUM CLASSIC! - ARTICLE 14-DEC-18 ON RECENT EVENT IN THE ETHEREUM CLASSIC - ARTICLE 19-DEC-18 ETHEREUM CLASSIC MINING - ARTICLE support for Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, and ERC20 tokens. In an announcement on the Trezor blog, the crypto hardware wallet manufacturer stated that existing third-party integrations such as MyEtherWallet, MyCrypto, and MetaMask, which currently enable Trezor to support these tokens, would continue to function parallel to the new functionality, with no plan to discontinue the integrations going forward. 19-DEC-18 INTRODUCING THE FIRST COHORT AT ETC LABS After a successful pilot program that ended in December 2018, ETC Labs, a leading ETC blockchain startup accelerator, is all set to host the first cohort at its San Francisco office starting January 14, 2019. Over 140 applications were reviewed, of which 11 promising startups have been selected. The ETC Labs program plans to grow the ETC ecosystem by offering startups building on the blockchain access to shared office space, developer support, and funding to take their ideas to the next level. The program aims to do this by making direct investments and connecting the startups to a network of collaborators, investors, and supporters.
- 144. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 144 TOP HYPERLEDGER NEWS – NOV-DEC 18 $ $M Market Cap -% Change in 1 month -% Change in 1 year -% Change since the beginning of the year Useful links: twitter.com/CardanoStiftung reddit.com/r/cardano/ TOP NEW CONTENT: 9-NOV-18 HYPERLEDGER SAWTOOTH BLOCKCHAIN SECURITY (PART ONE) - ARTICLE 11-DEC-18 HYPERLEDGER ADDS ALIBABA CLOUD, CITI, DEUTSCHE TELEKOM, WE.TRADE AND 12 MORE NEW MEMBERS AT HYPERLEDGER GLOBAL FORUM - ARTICLE 15-NOV-18 HYPERLEDGER TAKES STEPS TOWARD BENCHMARKING ENTERPRISE BLOCKCHAIN The Hyperledger consortium has published a whitepaper that defines performance metrics for blockchains. The metrics should apply to most enterprise blockchains, not just Hyperledger solutions. Broad participation is partly the result of the recent cooperation with the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance and also Hyperledger’s large membership that includes R3 and Digital Asset. 1-DEC-18 AMAZON PRESENTS ITS QUASI-BLOCKCHAIN SOLUTION, PLATFORM FOR ETHEREUM AND HYPERLEDGER FABRIC On Nov. 28, e-commerce giant Amazon announced two blockchain-related products: Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB) and Amazon Managed Blockchain. The company hence marked its further expansion into the field of blockchain technology, which started with blockchain-related patents and collaborations that Amazon has seemingly chose over working with cryptocurrencies, per se. Amazon Managed Blockchain, which was announced along with the QLDB, “makes it easy to create and manage scalable blockchain networks using the popular open source frameworks Hyperledger Fabric and Ethereum,” but also works with QLDB itself, according to the company’s website. 5-DEC-18 HYPERLEDGER ANNOUNCES NEW ‘CRYPTOGRAPHY LIBRARY’ FOR DLT DEVELOPMENT The Hyperledger Technical Steering Committee has approved the Ursa project, a modular cryptography software library, according to an official announcement Dec. 4. According to the statement, as Hyperledger has matured, projects “have started to find a need for sophisticated cryptographic implementations.” The post describes Ursa as a shift from having each project implementing its own protocols to collaborating on a shared library.
- 145. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 145 TOP IOTA (MIOTA) NEWS – NOV-DEC 18 0,3662$ *IOTA (MIOTA/USD) price at Bitfinex (on 31 December 18) $1,017B Market Cap +27,24% Change in 1 month +19,8% Change in 1 year -86,66% Change since the beginning of the year Useful links: twitter.com/helloiconworld reddit.com/r/Iota/ TOP NEW CONTENT: 2-NOV-18 IOTA FOUNDATION TO INTEGRATE NATIVE TOKEN WITH LEDGER’S HARDWARE CRYPTO WALLETS - ARTICLE 2-NOV-18 IOTA FOUNDATION INTEGRATION WITH LEDGER HARDWARE WALLET FOR SECURE STORAGE OF IOTA TOKENS IOTA Foundation, a non-profit foundation focused on distributed ledger technology and permissionless ecosystem development, announced today a new collaboration with Ledger, the cryptocurrency and blockchain security leader, to integrate IOTA tokens with Ledger’s secure hardware wallets for cryptocurrency. 5-NOV-18 IOTA ANNOUNCES LEDGER WALLET COMPATIBILITY Cryptocurrency IOTA announced compatibility with popular hardware wallet Ledger today. IOTA coin holders will be able to store their coins (MIOTA) on the ledger Nano S device. IOTA aims for scalability and free transactions, as well as Internet of Things (IoT) application. MIOTA is also a top twenty cryptocurrency in terms of market cap, via coinmarketcap.com. 13-NOV-18 ELECTRONICS GIANT BOSCH PARTNERS WITH IOTA TO LAUNCH NEW DEVICE FOR IOT DATA COLLECTION Engineering and electronics manufacturer Bosch has partnered with IOTA, integrating its new data collection Internet of Things (IoT) device with the decentralized IOTA Data Marketplace, according to a tweet from Bosch Nov. 12. The IOTA Marketplace is a decentralized data marketplace where parties can buy or sell access to active data streams, using MAM (Masked Authenticated Messaging). According to a post on Bosch’s blog, MAM is a second-layer data communication protocol that allows for data to be shared peer-to-peer securely via an encrypted channel. 20-DEC-18 IOTA AND CYBERCRYPT ANNOUNCE NEW LIGHTWEIGHT TRINARY CRYPTOGRAPHIC HASH FUNCTION IOTA Foundation, a non-profit foundation focused on distributed ledger technology (DLT) and permissionless ecosystem development, today announced a new lightweight trinary cryptographic
- 146. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 146 20-NOV-18 COORDINATOR. PART 1: THE PATH TO COORDICIDE - ARTICLE 20-NOV-18 COORDINATOR. PART 2: IOTA IS A DAG, NOT A BLOCKCHAIN- ARTICLE 20-NOV-18 COORDINATOR. PART 3: APPROACHES TO COORDICIDE - ARTICLE 20-NOV-18 COORDINATOR. PART 4: AN OPEN SOURCE COORDINATOR- ARTICLE 20-DEC-18 THINK IOTA SECURITY IS FLAWED? DEVELOPERS WILL PAY YOU TO PROVE IT - ARTICLE hash function in collaboration with CYBERCRYPT A/S, a world leading system provider in robust cryptography and cyber security. IOTA Foundation commissioned CYBERCRYPT to develop a secure hash function for IOTA’s trinary architecture and platform. This hash function, named “Troika”, was developed by CYBERCRYPT’s expert cryptographers, and will lay a strong cryptographic foundation for the final IOTA protocol.
- 147. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 147 TOP LISK (LSK) NEWS – NOV-DEC 18 1,3847$ *Lisk (LSK/USD) price at Bittrex (on 31 December 18) $157M Market Cap -3,63% Change in 1 month -10,7% Change in 1 year -77,73% Change since the beginning of the year Useful links: https://twitter.com/LiskHQ https://www.reddit.com/r/Lisk dit.com/r/litecoin/ TOP NEW CONTENT: 22-NOV 18 EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LISK’S NEW DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP - ARTICLE 1-NOV-18 DEVELOPMENT UPDATE — NOVEMBER 1, 2018 Among key achievements, the release of Lisk Core 1.1.1 to Mainnet, a new version of Hub 1.5.0 and Mobile 0.4.0. Check out the full rundown below. 15-NOV-18 DEVELOPMENT UPDATE - NOVEMBER 15, 2018 Lisk has had a large number of releases, including Lisk Core 1.3.0-rc.0 to Testnet, Core 1.2.1, Commander 2.0.0, Elements 1.1.1, Hub 1.6.0, as well as Mobile 0.5.0. Check out the full rundown below. 29-NOV-18 DEVELOPMENT UPDATE - NOVEMBER 29, 2018 Aside from the unveiling of our Development Roadmap and the opening of the Lisk Improvement Proposal process, development work has continued uninterrupted. Lisk has released Lisk Core 1.3.0, Elements 1.1.3, Mobile 0.6.0 and Explorer 2.1.8. 13-DEC-18 DEVELOPMENT UPDATE - DECEMBER 13, 2018 The holidays are fast approaching — that doesn’t stop Lightcurve development teams from making headway across our suite of our products. Lisk has released Lisk Core 1.3.1, Elements 2.0.0 and Hub 1.7.0.
- 148. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 148 TOP LITECOIN (LTC) NEWS – NOV-DEC 18 30,5$ *Litecoin (LTC/USD) price at Coinbase (on 31 December 18) $1,824B Market Cap -1,95% Change in 1 month +141,3% Change in 1 year -86,25% Change since the beginning of the year Useful links: twitter.com/LitecoinProject reddit.com/r/litecoin/ TOP NEW CONTENT: 16-NOV-18 LITECOIN FOUNDATION RELEASES NEW IOS VERSION OF LOAFWALLET FEATURING SIMPLEX SUPPORT- ARTICLE 4-NOV-18 LITECOIN EXCEEDS $50 MARK, BOBBED UP BY 2.8% & CONTINUES TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT RESISTANCE LTC was able to marginally rise up by $2.78% that made it to exchange hands at $51.72, at press time, a reassuring increase that may have made cryptocurrencies traders believing the coin would defy and reject the bearish market until it dropped slightly near to the $50 level again, though this time keeping its new position somewhat above its previous trading price for the past 4 days to stand at $50.10. 10-NOV-18 LITECOIN [LTC] NETWORK SEES HUMONGOUS DEPOSIT OF 1.15 MILLION LTC, MAKING IT THE RICHEST ADDRESS The Litecoin [LTC] network, last week, processed one of the biggest and largest transactions till date, according to a blog by the network. A whopping 1.15 million LTC transaction, worth a total of $61 million, was completed with a transaction cost of $0.5 [Ł0.00922]. 13-NOV-18 VERGE (XVG) DEV UPDATE AHEAD OF TOKENPAY (TPAY) AND LITECOIN (LTC) COLLABORATION BENEFITS The secure privacy focused Verge (XVG) team takes time to update the community on the latest developments as the networks anxiously awaits the collaboration with Litecoin (LTC) and Tokenpay (TPAY) to become a reality. 26-DEC-18 LITECOIN BECOMES THE FIRST CRYPTOCURRENCY TO SPONSOR THE UFC According to a blog post by the Litecoin Foundation, Litecoin (LTC) will be the “Official Cryptocurrency Partner of UFC 232″. The event will take place this Saturday evening in California and the headline bout on the card will see Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson dispute the UFC light heavyweight belt. It remains unclear how a partnership between the two entities will work in practice. After all, Litecoin is not a company in the same way that Bud Light, Reebok, or Harley Davidson is.
- 149. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 149 TOP MONERO (XMR) NEWS – NOV-DEC 18 48,53$ *Monero (XMR/USD) price at Bittrex (on 31 December 18) $809,8M Market Cap -16,33% Change in 1 month +20,8% Change in 1 year -68,14% Change since the beginning of the year Useful links: https://twitter.com/monero https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/ Monero Talk - Youtube channel The Monero Moon - weekly newsletter about all news in Monero world TOP NEW CONTENT: 1-NOV-18 HOW DOES MONERO WORK? - VIDEO 6-NOV-18 GUIDE FOR THE MONERO GUI WALLET V0.13.0.4 WITH NEW FORMAT! New release of the guide for the Monero GUI wallet version 0.13.0.3 and 0.13.0.4. This release introduce loads of new features and it's now available in multiple formats and languages. 29-NOV-18 HARDWARE WALLET LEDGER NANO S ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR MONERO Cryptocurrency hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger has updated its support of altcoin Monero (XMR) for its Nano S device, the company confirmed in a press release shared with Cointelegraph Nov. 29. The French company, which along with Trezor and KeepKey is one of the oldest hardware wallet manufacturers in the industry, said the Nano S was already compatible with Monero’s latest GUI 0.13 release. 20-DEC-18 OVER 90% OF MONERO’S BLOCK REWARD HAS BEEN MINED There will be a total of 18.4 million Monero’s XMR coins in circulation by May 31, 2022. And the project has already mined more than 90% of it. Per data available at MoneroBlocks.info, a Monero blockchain explorer, the privacy-enabled cryptocurrency have emitted close 16.6 million XMR. As the emission forms parity with the total supply, the Monero project will switch to a new supply program, dubbed as tail emission. The project’s earlier announcements indicate that miners will obtain a consistent mining reward of 0.6 XMR per block that would likely maintain the overall security and integrity of Monero blockchain.
- 150. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 150 TOP NEM (XEM) NEWS – NOV-DEC 18 0,0672$ *NEM (XEM/USD) price at Poloniex (on 31 December 18) $604,3M Market Cap -11,71% Change in 1 month -51,5% Change in 1 year -91,18% Change since the beginning of the year Useful links: twitter.com/NEMofficial reddit.com/r/nem TOP NEW CONTENT: 1-NOV-18 STORAGE, EXCHANGE, ARTS AND NEM BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY - INTERVIEW 30-NOV-18 HOW TO CREATE A MOSAIC WITH THE NEM 8-NOV-18 MALAYSIA’S EDUCATION MINISTRY SETS UP UNIVERSITY DEGREE VERIFICATION SYSTEM VIA BLOCKCHAIN According to the ministry’s tweet, the system is designed to issue and verify the authenticity of university-issued degrees. The new government- backed consortium will initially be comprised of six public universities and their diploma-verifying system is set to operate using the NEM (XEM) blockchain. According to the ministry, the new system was developed by a team led by a professor from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). 13-NOV-18 JAPAN: CRYPTO EXCHANGE COINCHECK RESUMES NEM TRADING ALMOST 10 MONTHS AFTER MAJOR HACK Recently re-opened Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck has announced it has resumed NEM (XEM) crypto token trading after a restructuring of its platform by external “security experts”. In January of this year, Coincheck suffered an industry record-breaking hack when $534 million worth of NEM was stolen from its wallets. This latest development from Coincheck reveals the exchange has “joined the Japan Security Association and is “ready to renovate its image.” 5-DEC-18 RIPPLE, NEM & TWO OTHERS LAUNCH ‘BLOCKCHAIN FOR EUROPE’ ASSOCIATION Four major blockchain companies have formed a “Blockchain for Europe” Association, according to a press release Dec. 5. The association seeks to promote the understanding and proactive regulation of blockchain and other distributed ledger (DLT) technologies across the continent. The four participant companies are Ripple, the NEM Foundation, Emurgo – which supports commercial ventures based on the Cardano blockchain – and “smart ledger” development firm Fetch.AI. The firms have outlined the Association’s aim as addressing the European Union's “fragmented” policy debate around blockchain, which they claim is skewed by “inconsistent” information from those outside the emerging sector. 13-DEC-18 MAECENAS INTEGRATES NEM, 0X AND MAKERDAO FOR TOKENISED PICASSO AUCTION
- 151. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 151 BLOCKCHAIN? - GUIDES 6-DEC-18 NEM EXCHANGE INTEGRATION GUIDE - GUIDES 17-DEC-18 BLOCKCHAIN TRENDS FOR 2019 - ARTICLE 30-DEC-18 CRYPTO LAUNCHPAD | ECOSYSTEM MEMBER - ARTICLE The blockchain community built NEM, so it is definitely a blockchain of the people and for the people. NEM using a domain/subdomain naming system similar to the current internet, making it well- poised for seamless integration and easy adoption across all platforms. Three major blockchain protocols, NEM, 0x, and MakerDAO are collaborating with art investment platform Maecenas to auction a tokenised Picasso painting. 0x’s exchange functionality, as well as NEM’s XEM currency and MakerDAO’s stablecoin DAI can now be used in auctions to make investments in fine art. Both XEM and DAI will now be accepted bidding currencies in Project Phoneix -- the Picasso auction launched last month by Maecenas, in collaboration with cryptocurrency exchange Ethershift and computer security expert John McAfee. 24-DEC-18 DENARII CASH TO OFFICIALLY MOVED TO NEM BLOCKCHAIN It’s official, From 2019 we will start moving denarii.cash mobile wallet to NEM catapult in which denarii cash will utilize both private and public networks. We have made the decision to use NEM catapult not only to its powerful performance advantage but also the support that we are getting from the NEM Middle East and South Asia community.
- 152. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 152 TOP NEO (NEO) NEWS – NOV-DEC 18 7,9397$ *NEO (NEO/USD) price at Binance (on 31 December 18) $516M Market Cap +2,42% Change in 1 month -45,2% Change in 1 year -79,44% Change since the beginning of the year Useful links: twitter.com/NEO_Blockchain reddit.com/r/NEO/ TOP NEW CONTENT: 3-NOV-18 HOW TO BECOME A NEO CONSENSUS NODE - GUIDES 4-NOV-18 RECENT INTERVIEW WITH DA HONGFEI, TALKING ABOUT THE DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS, 14-NOV-18 INTRODUCING NEO-ONE, A NEW ALL- IN-ONE DAPP DEVELOPMENT SUITE NEO-ONE is a new end-to-end smart contract framework that aims to make it easy for users to create dApps on the NEO platform. It was developed by Alex DiCarlo, leader of the 5-man team behind the NEO blockchain explorer NEO Tracker, and supports smart contract development in TypeScript. In addition to the smart contract framework itself, NEO- ONE also includes documentation and course material to simplify the learning process. The team aims to walk users through the entire development process for NEO smart contracts, allowing them to learn by doing. 5-DEC-18 NEO ANNOUNCES CONSENSUS NODE SELECTION CYCLE AS PART OF ITS EFFORTS TO ACCELERATE DECENTRALIZATION In October of 2018, NEO Global Development (NGD) released a technical document titled "How to Become NEO Consensus Node", containing a detailed description of how to host and maintain a NEO consensus node. Recently, NGD updated the document to further elaborate on plans to “promote the decentralization process.” Node decentralization is the first step towards to full decentralization. Aside from maintaining current consensus nodes, NEO core development, and promoting the NEO ecosystem, the NEO Foundation will vote for consensus nodes hosted by qualified parties to support the NEO network. 18-DEC-18 NEL RELEASES NEORAY DEBUGGING TOOL FOR NEO SMART CONTRACTS China-based development group NewEconoLabs has announced the release of NeoRay, a web-based smart contract debugger for the NEO blockchain, alongside a brief tutorial for its use. NEL states that NeoRay is a “one-stop debugging tool” intended to help developers troubleshoot their smart contracts. NEL’s NeoRay is based on its previously released NeonDebug smart contract toolkit, but with various interface and usability improvements, including online community support, one-click TestNet GAS claims, and improved ease of setup.
- 153. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 153 PUBLIC BLOCKCHAIN COMPETITION, AND STABLE COIN - INTERVIEW 14-NOV-18 INTRODUCING NEO- ONE, A NEW ALL-IN-ONE DAPP DEVELOPMENT SUITE - GUIDES 19-NOV-18 DA HONGFEI’S INTERVIEW WITH WSJ’S NEANDA SALVATERRA AT WEB SUMMIT LISBON - INTERVIEW 19-NOV-18 SPLYSE DEMO HASHPUPPIES GENETIC CODE CAPABLE OF “QUADRILLIONS” OF 3D PUPPY COMBINATIONS - ARTICLE 3-DEC-18 NEO NEWS: WEEK IN REVIEW – NOVEMBER 26TH – DECEMBER 2ND - ARTICLE 17-DEC-18 WITH NEORAY, NEO SMART CONTRACT DEVELOPMENT HAS NEVER BEEN EASIER - ARTICLE 20-DEC-18 EXPLORING NEW SYNERGIES BETWEEN BLOCKCHAIN AND CRYPTOCURRENCY - NEO'S UPCOMING DEVCON FOR 2019 - INTERVIEW 19-DEC-18 NEO NAME SERVICE AND O3 WALLET INTEGRATION UNDERWAY IN DECEMBER UPDATE NEO Name Service (NNS), a domain name service developed by NewEconoLabs (NEL) for wallet addresses on the NEO blockchain, has announced increased integration with the O3 NEO wallet in its latest development update. The update covers the first half of December, 2018.
- 154. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 154 TOP QTUM (QTUM) NEWS – NOV-DEC 18 2,2945$ *QTUM (QTUM/USD) price at Binance (on 31 December 18) $204,5M Market Cap +13,71% Change in 1 month -62,2% Change in 1 year -92,69% Change since the beginning of the year Useful links: twitter.com/QtumOfficial reddit.com/r/Qtum/ TOP NEW CONTENT: 9-NOV-18 QTUM USE CASE: THIRD PARTY PAYING TRANSACTION FEES – GUIDES 24-DEC-18 HOW TO: BUILD A DAPP BASED ON QTUM AND IPFS – ARTICLE 8-NOV-18 A FULLY FUNCTIONING SPACE-BASED QTUM NODE HAS TAKEN ORBIT Singapore's’ SpaceChain has launched another blockchain node into space! This is the first fully functioning space-based Qtum blockchain node that can perform multi-signature transactions & run smart contracts in space. 27-NOV-18 QTUM AMBASSADOR PROGRAM It’s with great honor the Qtum Foundation is announcing the official Qtum Ambassador Program. The primary objective of this program is to raise awareness and expand Qtum’s offline communities. The Qtum Foundation aims to empower the grassroots efforts by democratizing in-person activities, effectively giving power to users of the platform. 19-DEC-18 QTUM AWARDS $400K GRANT TO COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH TEAM FOR SMART CONTRACTS R&D Open source blockchain project Qtum has awarded a $400,000 grant to academics at Columbia University to fund the development of a new programming language for Ethereum (ETH)-style smart contracts. The R&D will reportedly focus on the design and implementation of a new language named “DeepSEA” and its integration with Ethereum-style smart contracts. An earlier outline of DeepSEA states that the language can “tackle [an] inherent conflict” in programming.
- 155. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 155 TOP RIPPLE (XRP) NEWS – NOV-DEC 18 0,365$ *Ripple (XRP/USD) price at Bitfinex (on 31 December 18) $14,889B Market Cap -0,15% Change in 1 month +128,9% Change in 1 year -76,91% Change since the beginning of the year Useful links: twitter.com/Ripple Ripple.reddit.com TOP NEW CONTENT: 12-NOV-18 BLOCKCHAIN AND DIGITAL ASSET USE IN ASEAN: CEO BRAD GARLINGHOUSE IN CONVO WITH IMF’S ROSS LECKOW AT SINGAPORE FINTECH FESTIVAL - 13-NOV-18 JAPAN’S BANKING GIANT MUFG SIGNS MOU TO DEVELOP RIPPLE-BASED REMITTANCES TO BRAZIL "Japanese bank holding and financial services company Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG) said it will use Ripple (XRP) to create a new cross- border payments service to Brazil. MUFG, which has demonstrated an increasing interest in cryptocurrency products, will partner with Brazil’s Banco Bradesco to create the platform through its local subsidiary Banco MUFG Brasil." 15-NOV-18 CIMB GROUP JOINS RIPPLENET TO POWER INSTANT PAYMENTS ACROSS ASEAN CIMB Group (CIMB or the Group), ASEAN’s fifth largest bank, and Ripple have entered into a strategic collaboration to enable instant cross-border payments across CIMB’s markets. On the back of this partnership, CIMB will join RippleNet and connect with other Ripple customers — more than a hundred financial institutions worldwide — a move that will allow CIMB to more quickly grow its global payments business. 17-DEC-18 WESTERN UNION CONSIDERS CRYPTO, PARTNERS WITH RIPPLE TO TEST BLOCKCHAIN PAYMENTS The president of Western Union Global Money Transfer has claimed the company is “ready to adopt any kind of currency,” potentially including cryptocurrencies. According to a press-release, the firm has already partnered with Ripple to “test whether sending payments by blockchain was faster and less expensive,” adding that the “tests are ongoing.” 24-DEC-18 TOP CRYPTO EXCHANGE BINANCE ADDS RIPPLE-BASED TRADING PAIRS IN NEW EXPANSION Cryptocurrency exchange Binance will open trading of two pairs using Ripple (XRP) as the quote currency. Set to launch the same day, the TRX/XRP (Tron) and XZC/XRP (Zcoin) pairs represent the first time for Binance to use XRP as the base currency.
- 156. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 156 INTERVIEW 21-NOV-18 SWELL 2018: HOW BLOCKCHAIN CAN LEARN FROM EBAY, THE ORIGINAL DIGITAL CROSS BORDER PAYMENTS COMPANY - VIDEO 30-NOV-18 A VISION FOR THE INTERNET OF VALUE - ARTICLE 7-DEC-18 RIPPLE EXEC TALKS XRP, GLOBAL PAYMENTS, AND BLOCKCHAIN'S FUTURE - INTERVIEW 19-DEC-18 2018: THE YEAR OF BREAKTHROUGHS IN BLOCKCHAIN - ARTICLE “Thus far, Ripple has been stable since its release with over 35 million transactions processed without issue. It is able to handle 1,500 transactions per second (tps) and has been updated to be able to scale to Visa levels of 50,000 transactions per second. By comparison, Bitcoin can handle 3-6 tps and Ethereum 15 tps.” Bitcoin Magazine 27-DEC-18 NATIONAL BANK OF KUWAIT LAUNCHES RIPPLE-BASED CROSS-BORDER PAYMENTS PRODUCT The National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) has launched a cross-border remittance product based on RippleNet’s blockchain technology. The product will purportedly speed up cross-border money transfers.
- 157. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 157 TOP R3 CORDA NEWS – NOV-DEC 18 R3 is an enterprise blockchain software firm. Useful links: r3.com/the-latest/ twitter.com/inside_r3 TOP NEW CONTENT: 5-DEC-18 CORDA SETTLER - VIDEO 17-DEC-18 BLOCKCHAIN INTEROPERABILITY: TOWARDS A SIMPLER DEBATE - LONGREAD 18-DEC-18 SOME THOUGHTS ON COMPATIBILITY, INTEROPERABILITY AND INTEGRATION - ARTICLE 22-NOV-18 SINGAPORE’S STATE INVESTMENT FIRM BACKED R3 AS PART OF BLOCKCHAIN AND AI-FOCUSED STRATEGY "Singapore’s state investment firm Temasek Holdings Pte has invested in enterprise blockchain software firm and global banking consortium R3. Temasek is a Singapore government-owned investment company, which has reported its Asia-focused portfolio to be worth around S$308 billion ($235 billion) as of spring 2018." 3-DEC-18 26 FRENCH COMPANIES, FIVE BANKS COMPLETE BLOCKCHAIN-BASED KYC TRIAL BASED ON R3’S CORDA 26 French companies and five major banks have completed a Know Your Customer (KYC) test based on blockchain. R3’s Corda KYC solution test reportedly involved five French banks, including the financial conglomerate BNP Paribas and Société Générale. The trial has also featured companies specializing in various fields such as insurance, consulting, the automotive and food industries, and retail, including such firms as Allianz France Insurance Company and Natixis Insurance. 3-DEC-18 US TRADING TECHNOLOGY FIRM PARTNERS WITH R3 BLOCKCHAIN CONSORTIUM American trading-communications firm IPC Systems has partnered with enterprise blockchain software consortium R3. IPC is a trading technology service company known for producing trading turrets, which are communications systems used by financial traders on their trading desks. Through the Partnership, IPC plans to support the consortium’s Corda blockchain networks on its Connexus platform. The Corda blockchain network uses smart contracts that are triggered by price or volatility developments in markets. By partnering with R3, IPC will purportedly provide capital market data, making the sources of information used by smart contracts — dubbed “oracles” — more accurate. 5-DEC-18 R3’S NEW CORDA APP SUPPORTS PAYMENTS IN XRP CRYPTOCURRENCY Distributed ledger technology provider R3 has launched the Corda Settler, an application aimed to facilitate
- 158. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 158 The R3 ecosystem includes some of the world’s largest technology firms, solution providers, central banks, regulators, financial services firms, and trade associations overseeing the development of the Corda platform, blockchain for every business in every industry. global cryptocurrency payments within enterprise blockchains – and it’s starting with XRP. R3 said XRP is the first globally recognized cryptocurrency to be supported by Settler, bringing the Corda and XRP ecosystems into closer alignment – something of a rapprochement considering Ripple and R3 were previously locked in a legal dispute. 5-DEC-18 SBI HOLDINGS, R3 EMBARK ON ‘JOINT VENTURE’ TO BOOST CORDA BLOCKCHAIN USE IN ASIA Japanese financial services company SBI Holdings will partner with software firm R3 to expand local use of its Corda blockchain platform. Quoting local news outlet Nikkei, the report reveals that SBI, which is involved in multiple cryptocurrency and blockchain-related activities, will expand on its existing investment in R3 to create a “joint venture” aimed at promotion. The company added its R3 partnership would extend beyond Japan to cover the wider Asian space. 6-DEC-18 FOUR INTERNATIONAL BANKS COMPLETE COMMERCIAL PAPER TRANSACTION ON R3’S CORDA PLATFORM A group of international banks in partnership with enterprise blockchain software firm R3 have completed a live commercial paper transaction based on blockchain platform Corda. The transaction was implemented on the Corda-based Euro Debt Solution application developed by R3, with German banking and financial services company Commerzbank, French corporate and investment bank Natixis, and Dutch financial services firm Rabobank as the participant. 13-DEC-18 US CREDIT UNION BLOCKCHAIN CONSORTIUM JOINS R3'S GLOBAL ECOSYSTEM CULedger, a blockchain consortium and credit union service organization (CUSO), has joined enterprise software firm R3’s global blockchain ecosystem. The partnership was officially revealed in a press release published Dec. 13. As the press release notes, the consortium joins the R3 global network, which has, to date, reportedly gathered over 200 financial services companies, tech firms, central banks, regulators and trade associations to collaborate on or use its enterprise-grade blockchain platform “Corda.
- 159. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 159 TOP STELLAR (XLM) NEWS – NOV-DEC 18 0,1169$ *Stellar (XLM/USD) price at Bittrex (on 31 December 18) $2,241B Market Cap -26,66% Change in 1 month +681,4% Change in 1 year -35,17% Change since the beginning of the year Useful links: twitter.com/StellarOrg reddit.com/r/Stellar/ TOP NEW CONTENT: 1-NOV-18 TOGETHER WE CAN – A DECENTRALIZED VISION FOR FINANCIAL INCLUSION – ARTICLE 7-DEC-18 SDF ECOSYSTEM UPDATES: COMMUNITY VISION - ARTICLE 6-NOV-18 BLOCKCHAIN.COM WALLET ADDS STELLAR, ANNOUNCES $125 MLN XLM AIRDROP TO ‘DRIVE ADOPTION’ "Cryptocurrency wallet provider Blockchain.com has launched full support for altcoin Stellar (XLM), accompanied by a hefty airdrop of $125 million worth of XLM to its user base. Blockchain.com pitched the mammoth offering as “the largest airdrop in the history of crypto and likely the largest consumer giveaway ever,” suggesting that airdrops are “a great way to drive decentralization and adoption for new networks.” 6-NOV-18 BRINGING LUMENS TO MILLIONS We’re thrilled to announce SDF’s largest lumen distribution to date: an up-to-500 million XLM distribution to users of leading digital asset wallet provider, Blockchain. This airdrop will put the Stellar name and technology in front of Blockchain’s 30 million account holders, and will bring many new users into our ecosystem. Stellar will be only the fourth currency supported by Blockchain; we’re joining Ethereum, Bitcoin, and Bitcoin Cash as top-line options in one of the most popular digital wallets in the world. 5-DEC-18 BITGO LAUNCHES SUPPORT FOR STELLAR BitGo are pleased to announce support for Stellar, making BitGo the first multi-signature wallet and custodial solution on the market supporting the digital currency. Lumens (XLM) are the native asset of the Stellar network, a fully open-source distributed ledger. Until now, users of the Stellar network employed a manual process for creating a multi-signature wallet to hold their lumens. BitGo makes cryptocurrency security easier, providing a safe and secure multi-signature wallet and custody solution for XLM. Along with XLM, BitGo supports Stellar’s federated address syntax, an email-like payment address that makes it far simpler for users to share payment details. 14-DEC-18 SDF ECOSYSTEM UPDATES: LUMEN DISTRIBUTION PROGRAMS – ARTICLE 21-DEC-18 SDF ECOSYSTEM UPDATES: DEVELOPER PROGRAMS - ARTICLE
- 160. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 160 TOP TRON (TRX) NEWS – NOV-DEC 18 0,0198$ *Tron (TRX/USD) price at Binance (on 31 December 18) $1,318B Market Cap +36,07% Change in 1 month +746,6% Change in 1 year -48,95% Change since the beginning of the year Useful links: twitter.com/Tronfoundation twitter.com/justinsuntron reddit.com/r/Tronix/ TOP NEW CONTENT: 13-NOV-18 HOW TO BUILD A TRON DAPP - ARTICLE3-DEC-18 TRON LISTING ON ABCC – ARTICLE 4-DEC-18 TRON TO THE FUTURE: BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY - WHEN TRON MEETS PKU 16-NOV-18 TRON LAUNCHES ACCELERATOR PROGRAM FOR DAPP DEVELOPERS "Decentralized Internet project TRON (TRX) is launching a $1 million accelerator program to support developers building DApps and products on the TRON protocol. The initiative aims to facilitate consumer adoption of blockchain technology through TRON’s ecosystem following the recent acquisition of peer-to-peer file sharing service BitTorrent, Project Atlas, and payment service Poppy app. TRON’s protocol currently processes more than one million transactions and 600,000 wallets." 29-NOV-18 TRON UNVEILS TRON ARCADE: 100 MILLION USD GAME FUND TRON unveiled that it will establish blockchain game fund TRON Arcade, with up to $100M to be invested in the project for the next 3 years, building the foundation for a robust blockchain game ecosystem. The main goal of the fund is to empower developers to create and execute on their ideas, to introduce new games and content into an autonomous ecosystem, and to build a strong community of content and entertainment. 23-DEC-18 TRON REACHES ONE MILLION USER ADDRESSES IN SIX MONTHS SINCE LAUNCH "Blockchain protocol TRON (TRX) has passed one million user accounts, data revealed Dec. 23, as executives continue their criticism of rival Ethereum (ETH). Statistics from the TRON blockchain uploaded to social media by Misha Lederman, cofounder of the cryptocurrency’s spin-off project IAmDecentralized.org, confirmed that the network now features over one million addresses. TRON, which launched its mainnet earlier this year, seeks to become the go-to ecosystem for developers seeking to create decentralized applications (DApps)." 28-DEC-18 TRON (TRX) CONTRACT TRIGGERS SURPASSES 100 MILLION Tron (TRX), the 10th largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization has recorded a landmark of contract triggers surpassing 100 million today, according to a Twitter post by the CEO, Justin Sun.
- 161. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 161 TOP WAVES (WAVES) NEWS – NOV-DEC 18 3,1347$ *Waves (WAVES/USD) price at Bittrex (on 31 December 18) $313,5M Market Cap +157,28% Change in 1 month -43,2% Change in 1 year -85,23% Change since the beginning of the year Useful links: twitter.com/wavesplatform reddit.com/r/Wavesplatform/ TOP NEW CONTENT: 8-NOV-18 TENANT TALKS — WAVES – ARTICLE 12-NOV-18 SMART ASSETS RELEASED ON TESTNET – ARTICL 25-DEC-18 DECENTRALISED TOKEN VERIFICATION: OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE AND A FIX FOR THE PRESENT - ARTICLE 19-NOV-18 WAVES KEEPER NOW AVAILABLE IN CHROME WEB STORE Waves Keeper is now available in Chrome Web Store! It's a browser extension designed to manage your keys and enable you to confirm transactions online without exposing any sensitive information to the web. 13-DEC-18 SMART ASSETS AND SMART ACCOUNT TRADING FEATURES RELEASED ON MAINNET After a month of intensive testing, Waves team is very glad to announce that they are releasing two new and related features on MainNet: Smart Assets and Smart Account Trading. 18-DEC-18 TOKENIZATION STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OPENS FOR BUSINESS The Waves team is thrilled to announce that Waves Platform has signed a cooperation agreement with Tokenization Standards Association (TSA), operating under the brand name BetterTokens and aimed at creating standards for the crypto industry. 19-DEC-18 FOLLOWING $120 MILLION FUNDING ROUND, WAVES TOKEN PRICE JUMPS OVER 30% Global blockchain platform Waves has raised $120 million in a private funding round for its new project called Vostok. Following the funding news, the Waves (WAVES) token saw a price spike of more than 30 percent earlier today. 21-DEC-18 TOKENOMICA’S SECURITY TOKENS ISSUANCE PLATFORM LAUNCHES As the year draws to a close, the Waves team is thrilled to announce the launch of Tokenomica’s security tokens issuance platform — a fully compliant solution for token offerings on Waves. 24-DEC-18 WAVES CHRISTMAS GAME, POWERED BY SMART CONTRACTS The game is an excellent showcase of how Waves smart contracts and Waves Keeper can be used in the gaming industry. Each game session launched by a player will generate a smart contract decentralising backend operations and ensuring that everything goes exactly as intended. This is the first MainNet gaming project demonstrating the Waves smart contracts potential.
- 162. RB RISINGBLOCKCHAIN.COM 162 TOP ZCASH (ZEC) NEWS – NOV-DEC 18 59,47$ *zCash (ZEC/USD) price at Bitfinex(on 31 December 18) $331.3M Market Cap -27% Change in 1 month -50% Change in 1 year -75,62% Change since the beginning of the year Useful links: https://twitter.com/zcashco TOP NEW CONTENT: 8-NOV-18 PERSPECTIVES ON BARRIERS TO ADOPTION AND DISINTERMEDIATION FROM CARLSON - VIDEO 13-NOV-18 DEFENSE AGAINST COUNTERFEITING IN SHIELDED POOLS – ARTICLE 29-NOV-18 COINBASE PRO LAUNCHES SUPPORT FOR ZCASH Major U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has launched support for Zcash (ZEC) on its Coinbase Pro platform. Today’s announcement notes that the Coinbase Pro platform will start accepting inbound transfers of Zcash, while deposits will be accepted for at least 12 hours prior to enabling trading. Trading on the ZEC/U.S. dollar order book will begin only after sufficient liquidity is established. 4-DEC-18 NEW RELEASE: 2.0.2 This release adds further support for Sapling in the zcashd wallet RPC and mitigates an issue identified by an external auditor. 5-DEC-18 US CRYPTO EXCHANGE COINBASE ADDS SUPPORT FOR ZCASH ON RETAIL PLATFORM AND MOBILE APPS Major American cryptocurrency exchange and wallet provider Coinbase has launched support for Zcash (ZEC) at Coinbase.com and the exchange’s Android and iOS apps. Per today’s announcement, Coinbase customers can now purchase, sell, send, receive, and store ZEC. The coin will be available for customers in most jurisdictions, but initially customers from the United Kingdom and the state of New York will not be able to use the service. Coinbase further notes that additional jurisdictions may be introduced later. 17-DEC-18 REDUCING SHIELDED PROVING TIME IN SAPLING Since the successful Sapling network upgrade, we have already seen an increased adoption of shielded addresses in the Zcash ecosystem. Services like mining pools are beginning to offer shielded address payouts to customers. 15-NOV-18 ZCASH STRATEGY UPDATE, NOVEMBER 2018 – ARTICLE 17-DEC-18 REDUCING SHIELDED PROVING TIME IN SAPLING – ARTICLE 21-DEC-18 2018 ZCASH MARKETING: YEAR IN REVIEW - ARTICL
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