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InvestFeed signs deal with BNC as preferred market data vendor
investFeed is a social networking and market access platform. Initially developed for traditional financial markets, the company has recently pivoted to focus on servicing the crypto sector and has selected BNC as its market data provider.
Gamecredits leveraging Ethereum smart contracts with MobileGo
Gamerscoin was a cryptocurrency launched in 2013, only to be abandoned by the developer six months later. The cryptocurrency was quickly revived by a small but enthusiastic community that hired new developers and changed the name to Gamecredits (GAME).
Ethbits.com developing ‘Alternative Exchange’ for cryptocurrencies
Ethbits.com is raising funds to develop a platform designed to take LocalBitcoins style trading to the next level. The UK registered company has already developed a platform called Ethbits Local, which facilitates peer to peer online trades as well as face to face trades for a range of Cryptocurrencies.
Sphre securing online services with blockchain technology
According to customer identification manager LoginRadius, four out of five people dislike the tedious process of providing personal information for website registration. The Baynard Institute, a web research company based in the UK, reports that 35 percent of online shoppers abandon their shopping carts due account creation requirements, while ITProPortal estimates that we will have over 200 digital accounts to manage by 2020.
Mybit tackles data manipulation, an ‘emerging art of war in cyberspace.’
Since the rise of the internet, big data is becoming the bedrock of the economy. Billions of decisions are being made everyday based on data. Not only is it evident that appropriate security measures are not in place, those that do attempt to secure their data pose little deterrence to cyber attackers.
The Blockchain NZ 2017 confirms Antonopoulos & Buterin as keynotes, focuses on collaboration
3months.com, BraveNewCoin, and the Blockchain Association of New Zealand (BANZ) are putting together another blockchain conference, BlockchainLabs.NZ. The conference is focused on empowering organisations to collaborate, undertaking research and development, and commercialising new disruptive blockchain business models.
Blockchain Technology disrupting the Global Casino Industry
The precise origin of gambling is unknown, but games of chance are historically evident in many societies. The first known European gambling house, was the Ridotto, established in Venice, Italy in 1638. In American history, early gambling establishments were known as saloons, where like minded people could gather for drinks and cards.
No app is an island
Smartphones have quickly become an integral part of everyday life, for communication to remotely managing our finances and consuming online media. Statista estimates that more than two billion people, a quarter of the world’s population, are smartphone users, and predicts that number will rise to 2.8b by 2020.
Equibit: building a decentalised securities platform
In the days before computerised trading and centralised electronic stock systems Wall Street depended heavily upon messengers delivering paper certificates by hand. In 1968, the New York Stock Exchange facilitated 12 million trades in one day. Wall Street back offices attempting to settle and clear these trades were overwhelmed, and the messengers could not keep up with the demand.
Cannabis Revolution targets growing legal market
The legal marijuana market is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. According to the 2016 report released by New Frontier and ArcView Market Research, “2015 was a watershed year.” Legal sales of the coveted plant were US$5 billion in 2015, and they will grow 25% this year to reach $6.7b. The report projects that the legal market will be worth a whopping US $22b by the year 2020.
