Blockchain

The report highlighted three repetitive themes that occurred throughout the roundtables, namely, the need for leadership and vision from the U.S. government, the need for collaboration between the industry and the government, and increased support for research and testbed deployments of blockchain technology.

“Using blockchain and other technologies, Medici Land Governance (MLG) will create systems to collect and easily secure property ownership information,” a press release had stated.

The bills focus on fostering government support for the blockchain space, clarifying money transmitter regulations and devising a tax scheme for hard forked assets.

Chaum believes that Elixxir could eventually grow into much more than just a cryptocurrency by becoming a fixture in online security frameworks.

A new venture involving institutional heavy hitters from across banking, trading and energy sectors is tapping into the Ethereum blockchain to settle commodity trades.

Japanese Fintech heavyweight SBI Holdings plans to launch a Ripple-powered mobile payment application called MoneyTap.

Spark is a web-based GUI wallet with built-in Electrum software designed for speed, safety and simplicity that utilizes Blockstream’s Lightning implementation c-lightning as its backend.

Origin’s latest offering is positioning itself to challenge encrypted messaging giant Telegram, which, while not decentralized, is widely used within the cryptocurrency community.

Crypto is making its entrance into the world’s academic scene, and students are lining up to learn.

In perhaps its most salient insight, a new PwC survey found that 84 percent of executives questioned say “their organizations have at least some involvement with blockchain technology.”