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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.

Blockchain Revolution Series

Coinalytics Rebrands As Skry; Hires AI And Big Data Veterans For Blockchain Push

Apr 13, 2016 04:35 am UTC| Digital Currency

In a major overhaul, Palo Alto-based company Coinalytics has rebranded itself into Skry a blockchain intelligence firm and unveiled a new logo and announced the addition of industry experts to its team. The company...

Blockchain Revolution Series

Chamber of Digital Commerce, UKDCA, ADCCA, ACCESS Launch Global Blockchain Forum

Apr 12, 2016 09:37 am UTC| Digital Currency

The growing interest in blockchain technology and related research activities has paved the way for various blockchain consortiums, conferences, symposiums and more. 2015 could be regarded as a foundation year in this...

Blockchain Revolution Series

Decentralized Blockchain Tokens Platform WAVES To Start ICO Today

Apr 12, 2016 07:47 am UTC| Digital Currency

WAVES, a decentralized blockchain platform focusing on custom blockchain tokens operations, is going to start its Initial Coin Offering (ICO) that will run from April 12, 2016 till May 31, 2016. The platform aims to...

Blockchain Revolution Series

Digital Currency Revolution

Intel Announces Highly Modular Distributed Ledger Platform ‘Sawtooth Lake’

Apr 11, 2016 10:32 am UTC| Digital Currency

Tech giant Intel recently announced a new project, called Sawtooth Lake a highly modular platform for building, deploying and running distributed ledgers. Generally, distributed ledgers consists of three basic...

Blockchain Revolution Series

Digital Currency Revolution

Big Banks To Attend European Blockchain Congress On April 27

Apr 11, 2016 09:47 am UTC| Digital Currency

Kisaco Research will be hosting European Blockchain Congress from 27-28 April at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel London - Docklands Riverside in London, which will be assessing the business and technology case for adopting...

Blockchain Revolution Series

Digital Currency Revolution

Russian Central Bank Considering Blockchain Implementation In Banks

Apr 11, 2016 07:05 am UTC| Digital Currency Central Banks

Russias interest in blockchain technology seems to be growing. The Central Bank of Russia announced in February that it has established a Working Group on the analysis of advanced technologies and innovations in the...

Blockchain Revolution Series

Digital Currency Revolution

Storj Labs Joins Microsoft's Azure Blockchain as a Service Platform

Apr 11, 2016 06:14 am UTC| Digital Currency

In a bid to make its service more easily accessible to enterprise audience, Storj Labs, the distributed object storage company, has announced that it is joining the Microsoft Azure Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS)...

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Economy

China Cuts Tariffs on U.S. Farm Goods but Excludes Soybeans

China is preparing to reduce tariffs on a wide range of U.S. agricultural products, including corn, wheat, meat and dairy, as Beijing and Washington move to ease trade tensions following last weeks summit between Chinese...

Asian Currencies Weaken as Dollar, Oil Prices Rise

Asian currencies mostly weakened on Monday, with the Japanese yen approaching recent lows as the U.S. dollar stayed near a two-month high. Elevated oil prices stemming from the U.S.-Iran standoff and expectations for...

Asian Stocks Fall as Oil Surge, Bond Yields and AI Concerns Hit Markets

Asian stock markets mostly declined on Monday as rising oil prices, elevated global bond yields and renewed uncertainty over a potential U.S.-Iran truce dampened investor sentiment. Semiconductor stocks faced additional...

BlackRock’s Rick Rieder Favors Bonds Over Stocks as Treasury Yields Surge

BlackRocks Rick Rieder is reducing his exposure to stocks as higher bond yields make fixed income increasingly attractive compared with equities. Rieder, BlackRocks chief investment officer of global fixed income, oversees...

XRP Price Targets $1.70 as Bullish Momentum Builds

XRP is showing renewed bullish momentum on September 28, with the cryptocurrency trading near $1.537 after recovering from its recent consolidation phase. The latest XRP price action keeps the $1.65$1.70 resistance zone...

Politics

California Bans Memecoins Issued by Public Officials Under New Law

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed legislation barring public officials in the state from issuing memecoins, adding new restrictions aimed at preventing officials from financially benefiting from their public...

Bitcoin Slides Below $84K as Trump Signals Possible New Iran Strikes

Bitcoin and U.S. technology stocks started the new week under pressure as renewed uncertainty over the U.S.-Iran conflict weighed on risk appetite and pushed oil prices higher. Bitcoin (BTC) fell 1.3% to around $83,324 at...

Russian Bomb Strike on Kharkiv Injures 22, Including Children

A Russian guided aerial bomb struck an apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraines second-largest city, injuring 22 people, including children, local authorities said early Monday. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported the...

China, US Extend Trade Truce Through January 10 After Trump-Xi Summit

China confirmed Monday that its trade truce with the United States will be extended by two months through January 10, giving the worlds two largest economies additional time to assess existing agreements and pursue further...

Taiwan Pushes Back on China’s World War Two Narrative After Trump-Xi Summit

Taiwan is challenging Beijings portrayal of World War Two history after Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump emphasized the wartime partnership between China and the United States during Xis state...

Science

Blue Origin New Glenn Explosion Could Delay Launch Operations Until 2028

Blue Origin is facing a significant setback after a dramatic explosion involving its New Glenn rocket severely damaged a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida. According to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, repairs to the...

Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Explodes During Launch Pad Test, Delaying Space Ambitions

Blue Origin suffered a major setback after its uncrewed New Glenn rocket exploded during a launch pad test in Florida on Thursday, raising new challenges for Jeff Bezos space company as it competes with Elon Musks SpaceX...

SpaceX Delays Starship V3 Launch Ahead of Potential Record IPO

SpaceX on Thursday postponed the highly anticipated launch of its 12th Starship rocket test from Texas after technical issues interrupted the final countdown. The company now plans to attempt the Starship V3 launch again...

Trump Administration Releases New UFO Files and Apollo Mission Records

The U.S. Defense Department has released dozens of previously classified UFO-related files following an order from President Donald Trump, sparking renewed debate over unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and government...

China vs. NASA: The New Moon Race and What's at Stake by 2030

The space race is back and this time, its a direct competition between the United States and China for dominance on the lunar surface. NASAs Artemis II mission recently made history when four astronauts flew farther into...

Technology

Vitalik Buterin Says Hegota Could Be Ethereum’s Last Conventional Fork

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin expects the Hegota upgrade planned for 2027 to become the networks final conventional hard fork before Ethereum shifts toward advanced cryptography, quantum-resistant technology and...

OpenAI Investigates Rogue AI Agents After Data Leaks and Security Incidents

OpenAI is continuing a broad investigation into unauthorized and unexpected activity by its AI agents, two months after disclosing that agents had broken containment and accessed Hugging Face systems. The ChatGPT developer...

TSMC Accelerates 2nm Expansion as AI Chip Demand Surges

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is accelerating the expansion of its advanced 2-nanometre chip production capacity as rising demand from artificial intelligence and high-performance computing customers drives...

Morgan Stanley Raises TD Synnex Price Target to $359 on Strong AI Demand

Morgan Stanley raised its price target on TD Synnex Corp (NYSE: SNX) after the technology distributor delivered stronger-than-expected fiscal third-quarter results and an upbeat outlook, supported by accelerating...

OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs Summoned to Australia AI Inquiry

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei have been asked to appear before an Australian Senate inquiry into artificial intelligence following revelations that an OpenAI agent accessed the countrys Medicare...
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