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The first EOS Hackathon held in Hong Kong has concluded and the results are in. This developer venture will be ongoing throughout 2018, specifically geared toward driving the innovative development of dApps on the EOS blockchain. Thank you for attending the #EOSHackathon held at Kai Tak in Hong Kong over the past weekend and congratulations […]

The highly anticipated launch of the EOS mainnet has resulted in a chaotic stall, with less than 7% EOS tokens staked and used to vote. As the EOS block producer voting process requires 15% of all tokens to be used for voting before the launch process is complete, the launch is subject to an indefinite […]

The global cryptocurrency market continues to endure a bearish downtrend. Over the past week, the cryptocurrency market shed 19% of its total market cap, or almost $65 billion. Ethereum has fallen below $500 for the first time since March.

Ripple CEO, Brad Garlinghouse appeared in front of an audience at the 2018 Stifel Cross Sector Insight Conference to share his thoughts on the long-term impacts of Ripple’s technology and future of cryptocurrency mass adoption. Ripple CEO: “Blockchain Will Not Disrupt Banks” Interview by Tech Analyst Lee Simpson, Garlinghouse appeared at the 2018 Stifel Cross Sector Insight Conference to […]

Almost 500,000 Swiss citizens voted in favor of a financial system based on the fundamentals of Bitcoin. While the referendum was not enough to bring change, the radical campaign won about 25% of all votes in favor of overturning Switzerland’s economic system. Intended to make the financial system more robust, the Sovereign Money Initiative — or […]

Based out of Thailand, Loom Network (LOOM) is an Ethereum-based blockchain platform created for the development of decentralized games and social apps. Loom Network Releases Beta SDK Building the platform on top of the Ethereum blockchain, Loom Network utilizes the Plasma second-layer scaling solution to generate DAppChains – a sidechain to Ethereum that is attached […]

Once upon a time, people believed there would only be one blockchain. But one-blockchain maximalism soon proved to be a shortsighted belief. Without forking and new chains, experimentation was extremely limited and led to the creation of hundreds of blockchains adapted to fit a specific need. However, for the full integration of blockchain, the chains need a […]

Wells Fargo has become the latest financial giant to ban credit card purchases of cryptocurrency. Wells Fargo, the second-largest bank in the world by market capitalization, has followed in the footsteps of JP Morgan, Bank of America, Citibank, and a growing list of leading financial institutions — all of whom have prevented credit purchases of cryptocurrency […]

The emerging blockchain era promises to give “control of value” back to the people. Security pioneer, crypto evangelist and 2020 U.S. presidential candidate, John McAfee, is pushing for the bold separation of state and value control to achieve “Currency Independence.” The Declaration of Currency Independence Akin to the separation of church and state outlined in the […]

Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum are widely considered by many market participants to function as investment vehicles — real-world applications of blockchain technology take a back seat to speculation with mass adoption remaining a distant goal. While this process slowly progresses in the US and Europe, Southeast Asia has embraced the blockchain revolution. From […]