Category: BlockChain

mCig, Inc. Provides Update on Obitx Spin-Off and other corporate developments.

Jacksonville, FL, Feb. 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — mCig, Inc. (OTCQB: MCIG)(www.mciggroup.com) subsidiary OBITX, Inc. (OBITX) (www.obitx.com), a technology company providing advertising and marketing products and services using digital technologies across the Internet, mobile devices, displays, and other digital mediums, utilizing a proprietary cloud-based social media platform filed its S-1 Registration Statement with the Securities […]

Blockchain Startup Cypherium Partners with IC3 for Scaling Research

Blockchain infrastructure platform Cypherium is partnering with the Initiative for Cryptocurrencies and Contracts (IC3) research group to develop new blockchain scaling solutions. The partnership was announced today, alongside the news that Cypherium will launch an initial coin offering (ICO) early in 2018 and that the two entities hope their joint work will lead to mainstream adoption of blockchain-based […]

UNICEF Wants to Fund Early Stage Blockchain Startups

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is seeking to invest in early stage blockchain startups with the potential to help children across the globe. In an announcement today, the U.N. program said it is offering equity-free investments of $50,000–90,000 to seed-stage startups developing solutions on open blockchains in areas including smart contracts, tokens, mining and data analysis. The […]

Blockchain: Making Data Cleaner, More Secure

Probably most professionals who deal with business data have at least heard the term “blockchain” bantered about as potentially the “next big thing” for a wide range of industries, agriculture included. But what is it? One could imagine a Jerry Seinfeld comedy routine: “What is the deal with blockchain? Is it a block, is it […]

Orioncoin Further Unveils Loyalty Program Blockchain Platform

Cointelegraph is bringing continuous updates about the companies that made significant input to the recent BlockShow Asia conference in Singapore. This time it is a company called Orioncoin and its CEO – Woanjen Tang. His main goal of participating at the Blockshow was to achieve market awareness and educate people about what Orioncoin (ORC) will bring to […]

Decentralized Car Sharing Platform Aims to Lead the Blockchain-based Rental Market

Looking around at the world, trust is probably the thing that is most lacking in our current business environment. Technology is at a strange middling capability, where it can do a lot more, but we never have any strong way of verifying who is on the other end of a transaction. The emergence of companies […]

Redefining Sports Betting Industry With Blockchain

The development and expansion of Blockchain technology has triggered new opportunities in the betting on the sports industry. A new company founded by Baikov Artyom, a developer of several B2C web applications for consumer services & platforms, aims to streamline the process. By leveraging smart contracts on the Ethereum Blockchain, it allows avid players to […]

Blockchain and the Rise of Transaction Technology

Magda Borowik is the special envoy for fintech to the Ministry of Digital Affairs of the Republic of Poland and the director of technology research at FinTech Poland. The following article is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2017 in Review. The last couple of years were owned by the ‘fintech’ buzzword. From startups to investors to […]

Crypto Exchange OKex lists Viuly’s VIU token for trading

Bitcoin Press Release: Blockchain-based video sharing platform Viuly continues to see its native currency VIU tokens gain widespread recognition, with its latest listing on the OKex cryptocurrency platform. January 12, 2018 Talinn, Estonia – Video sharing platform Viuly is making steady progress in its mission to disrupt the multi-billion dollar industry of online videos, as more and more exchanges […]

Blockchain Platform ARK Forms Partnership with Decentralized Exchange Blockport

Bitcoin Press Release: Blockchain Platform ARK has announced that it is currently engaged in a strategic relationship with Blockport, a decentralized trading platform designed for beginners and advanced level users alike. hello January 12th, 2018, Lons-le-Saunier, France: ARK has unveiled a strategic partnership with a new promising decentralized crypto trading platform; Blockport. The move comes after ARK announced a worldwide mass contact […]