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A block chain or blockchain is a permissionless distributed database that maintains a continuously-growing list of transaction records hardened against tampering and revision. It consists of blocks, holding batches of individual transactions. Each block contains a timestamp and an information linking it to a previous block. The block chain is seen as the main technical innovation of bitcoin, where it serves as the decentralized public ledger of all bitcoin transactions. This original design has been the inspiration for other cryptocurrencies and distributed databases. In this series, we cover latest development stories related to blockchain and its applications around the world.

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Blockchain solutions company DigitalX to invest $3M in Etherparty

Sep 21, 2017 06:57 am UTC| Digital Currency

Etherparty, a smart contracts creation platform, has partnered with DigitalX, a publicly listed blockchain technology and ICO advisory company. Under this partnership, DigitalX will provide a range of technical and...

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WISeKey unveils blockchain-powered digital-ID platform 'CertifyID'

Sep 21, 2017 06:21 am UTC| Digital Currency

Leading cybersecurity and IoT company WISeKey has unveiled a new platform that integrates digital identity with blockchain technology. Dubbed CertifyID, the platform acts as a digital-ID dual factor authentication based...

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China Construction Bank (Asia) and IBM announce blockchain-based bancassurance solution

Sep 21, 2017 05:27 am UTC| Digital Currency

China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited (CCB (Asia)), the retail and commercial business platform of China Construction Bank Corporation, and tech giant IBM have announced a new blockchain-powered bancassurance...

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Environmental blockchain startup Veridium Labs appoints CNBC contributor Brian Kelly on advisory board

Sep 21, 2017 04:21 am UTC| Digital Currency

Environmental fintech startup Veridium Labs has announced that prominent investor Brian Kelly has joined its Board of Advisors. Kelly brings over 25 years of experience in financial markets to the Veridium team. He is...

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SEI, Coinfirm partner to transform asset transfer market using blockchain

Sep 21, 2017 03:40 am UTC| Digital Currency

Investment management firm SEI has partnered with London-based blockchain and regtech company Coinfirm to develop a solution that will reshape the U.K.s asset transfer market and create a new digital industry...

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AXA trials blockchain-based platform for late flight compensation

Sep 21, 2017 03:06 am UTC| Digital Currency

French multinational insurance firm AXA last week unveiled a blockchain-based insurance product that offers automatic compensation to air passengers if their flights are delayed. AXA describes fizzy as: A 100%...

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US Senate Defense Bill calls for blockchain study

Sep 20, 2017 06:53 am UTC| Digital Currency

The US Senate has passed a $700 billion defense bill this week that includes a mandate to prepare a report on cyber applications of blockchain technology. According to Reuters, the bill provides around $640 billion for...

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Economy

New Zealand bonds gain at close on loss of investor appetite despite ruling National Party’s lead at latest polls

The New Zealand bonds gained at the time of closing Thursday as investors poured into safe-haven instruments, away from riskier equities and oil, despite the ruling National Party gaining traction in the latest NZ election...

Malaysia CPI inflation surprisingly rises in August, owing to higher oil prices

Malaysias consumer price-led inflation index (CPI) for the month of August surprised on the upside after four consecutive months of decline, headline CPI inflation picked up in August to register 3.7 percent y/y, from 3.2...

JGBs remain little changed after BoJ stands pat on monetary policy decision

The Japanese government bonds remained little changed Thursday after the Bank of Japan kept monetary policy steady on Thursday and maintained its upbeat view of the economy, signaling its conviction that a solid recovery...

Australian bonds plunge following weakness in U.S. treasuries; RBA Governor Lowe's speech in focus

The Australian bonds plunged Thursday, following weakness in the U.S. counterpart after the Federal Reserve announced its policy decision yesterday, announcing that it will begin its balance sheet normalization next month....

RBA likely to adopt tightening policy by 50 bps in 2018, says ANZ Research

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is expected to adopt a tightening monetary policy in 2018 is boosted by the hawkish shift in the RBAs language. This would reverse the rate cuts of 2016 and take the real cash back to...

Politics

Undocumented youth divided over how to fight back against Trump immigration clampdown

Young immigrants from across the US participated in the first act of civil disobedience by undocumented youth under the Trump administration on July 26 in Texas. After protesters sat in the street outside the state capitol...

India at 70: after the celebrations, single-party dominance menaces democracy

Seventy years ago, Jawaharlal Nehrus famous Tryst with Destiny speech not only marked Indias independence from British rule but also expressed the vision for a united, democratic, egalitarian and modern country. Not...

Can corporate America afford to walk away from President Trump?

After campaigning as the candidate best able to work with business, President Donald Trump has shown he is anything but. A stream of resignations from high-level business counsels hit a crescendo recently when Trump was...

Little prospect of regime change in Russia short of a popular uprising – and that's unlikely

Vladimir Putins power in Russia can often look unassailable. However much Western media might champion potential opponents, the president maintains a tight grip, and its easy to see why. Any successor to Putin who was not...

Warning signs of mass violence – in the US?

There are those who say that comparing President Donald Trumps rhetoric to that of Adolf Hitler is alarmist, unfair and counterproductive. And yet, there has been no dearth of such comparisons since the 2016...

Science

Scientists Create Robots The Size Of DNA Strands That Can Rearrange Molecules

Robots are great for a lot of things and can perform functions that humans would either have a hard time accomplishing or simply would not be able to do. Among the latter case is rearranging the molecules of a living...

China Signs Deal With Israel Over Lab-Grown Meat, Food For The Future

With the world facing the global crisis known as climate change, most countries are doing whatever they can to reduce carbon emissions. However, one of the biggest contributing factors to greenhouse gasses that is rarely...

Denmark Finally Sells Last Oil Company For $7.45 Billion

As a country committed to fighting climate change and reducing its carbon footprint, Denmark is finally selling off the last remaining oil company in the country. The oil firms were owned by A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S and the...

Trump’s Pick For NASA Head Is Not A Scientist And A Prominent Climate Change Denier

The Trump administration has proven to be incompetent in filling crucial roles with qualified people, evidenced by an anti-EPA EPA head and an anti-DOE head of DOE. Now, the president has nominated a non-scientist who is...

Scientists Can Now Bioengineer Lungs, Reducing Potential Deaths Due To Organ Shortage

At this point, its no secret that being placed on the organ transplant list is no guarantee of survival if patients are in need of a new heart, or liver, or lung. One of the ways that this problem can be solved is by...

Technology

Electric Bus Breaks World Record In Long Distance Driving In A Single Charge, 1,100 Miles

Range is the biggest problem that most people have when it comes to electric vehicles, but as one company that made an electric bus just proved, this is really not an issue. Packing some really big batteries, a bus by a...

Nintendo Finally Issues Take Down For Super Mario 64 Online

Well, it was only a matter of time and it seems Nintendo has finally noticed the Super Mario 64 Online mod. As expected, the video game giant has issued a takedown notice to the people behind the project, which it has done...

Hidden Switch NES Golf Is Apparently A Tribute To Late Video Game Legend Satoru Iwata

Recently, reports of the Nintendo Switch having a hidden NES Golf game in its codes started circulating. At the time, it was thought to be a fun little detail in a console thats simply rocking the industry with its...

Apple Intentionally Makes iPhones Vulnerable To Hacking With iOS 11

With the tech world constantly being besieged by hacking threats at every single moment of every day, users expect companies like Apple to make them safer, not more vulnerable. However, it would seem that the Cupertino...

HTC Suspends Trading Amid Google Acquisition Rumors

HTC just suspended trading of its stocks in the Taiwan Stock Exchange, which is reportedly due to the matter of Googles impending acquisition of the company. Neither company has yet to confirm if this is actually...

Digital Currency

WISeKey unveils blockchain-powered digital-ID platform 'CertifyID'

China Construction Bank (Asia) and IBM announce blockchain-based bancassurance solution

Environmental blockchain startup Veridium Labs appoints CNBC contributor Brian Kelly on advisory board

Law

Uber In Trouble With US Probe Over Alleged Bribery

Ecstasy Now FDA-Approved PTSD Treatment

DLT-based securities settlement without regulation could lead to monopolies – BoE paper

Life

Americans are confused about food and unsure where to turn for answers, survey shows

Digging for dirt in the digital age: the trouble with journalism and doxing

Think disability is a tragedy? We pity you

Nature

Is Hurricane Harvey a harbinger for Houston's future?

How modern technology is inspired by the natural world

There may be a huge flaw in UK fracking hopes – the geology

Sports

The big money Mayweather-McGregor fight pits boxing against UFC in a battle of the brands

The English Premier League is experiencing a textbook case of hyperinflation

Nicotine in sports: high use but little evidence of effects on performance

Technical Analysis

FxWirePro: Copper breaks below 50-DMA, 38.2% Fibo at 2.90 in sight, stay short

FxWirePro: NZD/JPY bull streaks halt but still above 7-weeks’ highs, major trend retraces beyond 50% Fibos – Tunnel spreads to speculate and long hedge

FxWirePro: Gold declines on hawkish Fed statement, good to sell on rallies

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DANISH AUGUST RETAIL SALES VOLUME 0.3 PCT YR/YR - STATISTICS DENMARK

MALAYSIA INTERNATIONAL RESERVES AT $100.8 BLN ON SEPT 15 VS $100.5 BLN ON AUG 30-C.BANK

TURKEY SEP CONSUMER CONFIDENCE* DECREASE TO 68.70 VS PREV 71.1

CHINA FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS CHINA SUPPORTS AND SAFEGUARDS IRANIAN NUCLEAR DEAL-STATE MEDIA

CHINA FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS RECENT N.KOREA SITUATION SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF IRANIAN NUCLEAR DEAL -STATE MEDIA

PHILIPPINE STOCK INDEX HITS RECORD HIGH, UP 1.2 PCT AT 8316.67

SOUTH KOREAN WON UNOFFICIALLY CLOSES ONSHORE TRADE AT 1,132.7 PER DOLLAR VS 1,128.3 AT PREVIOUS CLOSE

SEOUL SHARES UNOFFICIALLY CLOSE DOWN 0.15 PCT

GERMANY'S 10-YEAR GOVERNMENT BOND YIELD HITS SEVEN-WEEK HIGH OF 0.47 PERCENT AFTER FED SIGNALS DECEMBER RATE HIKE IN U.S.

GERMAN BUND FUTURES OPEN 40 TICKS LOWER AT 160.92

VOTER SUPPORT FOR NEW ZEALAND FIRST PARTY AT 7.1 PCT, SUPPORT FOR GREEN PARTY AT 7.1 PCT - NEWSHUB-REID POLL

VOTER SUPPORT FOR NEW ZEALAND'S NATIONAL PARTY AT 45.8 PCT, SUPPORT FOR LABOUR PARTY AT 37.3 PCT- NEWSHUB-REID POLL

NEW ZEALAND'S GOVERNING NATIONAL PARTY RETAINS LEAD OVER OPPOSITION LABOUR PARTY IN NEWSHUB-REID POLL

EUROSTOXX 50 FUTURES UP 0.5 PCT, DAX FUTURES FDXc1 UP 0.4 PCT, CAC 40 FUTURES UP 0.4 PCT, FTSE FUTURES UP 0.2 PCT

UNITED STATES FED FUNDS TARGET RATE DECREASE TO 1.00-1.25 % (FCAST 1.125 %) VS PREV 1.125 %

TOKYO'S NIKKEI AVERAGE UNOFFICIALLY CLOSES UP 0.18 PCT AT 20,347.48

AUSTRALIA'S S&P/ASX 200 INDEX UNOFFICALLY CLOSES DOWN 0.83 PCT AT 5,661.90 POINTS

SWISS WATCH EXPORTS RISE 4.2 PCT IN AUG 2017 YEAR-ON-YEAR IN NOMINAL TERMS TO 1.416 BLN SFR

SWISS TRADE BALANCE 2,173 MLN SFR IN AUG 2017 VS REVISED 3,494 MLN SFR IN PREVIOUS MONTH

SWISS GOVERNMENT SEES 2018 INFLATION AT AT 0.2 PCT (JUNE FORECAST WAS 0.2PCT)

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