Blockchain

Single trades can lead to huge changes to the price of bitcoin. Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images There are around 1,000 individuals, known as whales, who own 40% of the market.  Whales have the potential to manipulate the currency valuations. "The big players can easily move the price," crypto-skeptic David Gerard, told…

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Warren Buffett Getty Images / Spencer Platt Warren Buffett has repeatedly criticized Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as risky and worthless."I can say almost with certainty that they will come to a bad ending," the billionaire investor and Berkshire Hathaway CEO said.Bitcoin has skyrocketed as much as 350% in the past…

Img source: unsplash.com Many say it is a development the blockchain was fueled by the 2008 global financial crisis. Dissatisfaction with governments and institutions, and especially banks, resulted in a decentralized system that was believed to replace the existing, centralized one, subject to the dictates of small groups of people…

Disruptive technologies like blockchain and artificial intelligence are powerful catalysts for change — they can change not just how a company works, but what it’s possible for it to do. Consider the case of Interac Corp., Canada’s largest digital payments company, which partnered with an energy company to change consumer…

An auction of mobile frequencies is turning a blockbuster IT MAY BE the most hyped technology since blockchain. But even sophisticated telecoms giants are now placing huge bets on 5G. In early December American regulators started the process of auctioning off radio-frequency bands needed to roll out superfast fifth-generation mobile…

With the new fund, Hashed will be making investments in blockchain and other technology startups that can promote protocol economy.Read More

FILE PHOTO: Representations of the Ripple, Bitcoin, Etherum and Litecoin virtual currencies are seen on a PC motherboard in this illustration picture, February 14, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration LONDON (Reuters) -Cryptocurrency XRP XRP=BTSP tumbled 24% on Wednesday after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged associated blockchain firm Ripple with…

The next time you apply for a mortgage, or your lender services that loan or sells it on the secondary market, you might be helping to disrupt an industry. That’s because the entire transaction, or at least parts of it, may be powered by blockchain in the not-too-distant future. Robyn…

Microsoft and the professional services network Ernst & Young (EY) have announced that they have expanded the Xbox Enterprise Blockchain Platform to provide a financial system of record for gaming rights and royalties management.The blockchain-based system will be used by the software giant to enable its Xbox gaming partners and…