These days, you hear about blockchain and cryptocurrency ad infinitum. Despite the hype, blockchain could have a notable impact on education and schools.…
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The Crypto Community Needs to Work on its Sales Pitch
Owen Davis of Dealbreaker—a self-described Wall Street Insiders’ publication—recently attended the inaugural ICO Forward summit in Manhattan. Davis’ take away has been making its way across the web over the last week, popping up in Bloomberg and a handful of other high-profile fintech publications. The gist of Davis’…
Japan Embraces the Cryptocurrency Movement due to China's Suppression of Digital Currencies
A year ago, China had 90 percent of the bitcoin trade. However, Beijing banned initial coin offerings or ICOs and regulators cracked down on bitcoin exchanges. In September, the bitcoin trade was taken over by another Asian dynamo. Japan realized bitcoin was a legal form of payment and now bitcoin…
American Express and Ripple work Together for Instant Blockchain Payments
NOTE: Ripple’ same day increase was over 10% recently due to their partnering with American Express. Instant blockchain-based based payments have been instigated by American Express. They are using Ripple, a fintech startup, to help U.S. commercial customers pay funds to U.K.-based businesses that bank with Santander…
KPMG Accounting Giant Promotes Blockchain Advocacy Group
KPMG one of the four largest accounting giants has joined the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA). KPMG has joined the non-profit trade Association, WSBA, as a corporate member. KPMG will take a seat on the board of directors, according to a recent press release. Eamonn Maguire, global leader for KPMG’…
Bitcoin Gold Had a Shaky Start, Stabilizes
Bitcoin gold has two goals. Changing mining so ASICs or the most powerful mining computers, are no longer used. Second, BCG was developed to gain more people to bitcoin gold and free the bitcoin network from large companies with undue influence on the market. The start of bitcoin gold was…