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Project Castor
castor.my
One of the main benefits of smart contracts is that once they have been published to a public blockchain, they cannot be altered or removed. Although …
Securities Commission
SC Continues To Drive Digitisation of the Malaysian Capital MarketSecurities Commission Malaysia | Securities Commission
sc.com.my
Kuala Lumpur, 28 November 2018 SC Continues To Drive Digitisation of the Malaysian Capital Market The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) today urged …
Securities Commission
This is Project Castor, Securities Commission Malaysia's New Blockchain Blueprint
fintechnews.my - Vincent Fong is the Chief Editor for FintechNews Malaysia. He's also recently created a twitter profile, show him some love at here
This is Project Castor, Securities Commission Malaysia’s New Blockchain Blueprint One year ago , Securities Commission Malaysia embarked on their …
Bitcoin
Top 5 CPA Firm Confirms Funds in First Attestation of Circle’s USDC
bitcoinmagazine.com - Colin Harper
Circle’s USD Coin (USDC) has released an independent, third-party attestation of its bank account, and according to a top 5 public accounting firm, …
Bitcoin
Gibraltar's Regulator Grants Full License to the Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange
bitcoinmagazine.com - Jimmy Aki
The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX) has been granted a license from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) required to operate a …
Distributed Ledger Technology
Malaysian Blockchain Companies To Watch In 2018 (Part 2)
medium.com
Malaysian blockchain companies have been popping up across the nation, each with their own vision for a more decentralised future economy. With …
Bitcoin
Thomson Reuters Partners With Startup for Next Level Derivatives Exchange
bitcoinmagazine.com - Andrew Rossow
Thomson Reuters (TR) provides trusted data and information to professionals across the legal, tax and accounting, and news and media industries. …
Bitcoin
Thailand Uses Blockchain-Supported Electronic Voting System in Primaries
bitcoinmagazine.com - Jimmy Aki
Thailand's Democrat Party has become the first political party to use blockchain technology to elect its leaders in a primary election, which was …
Abu Dhabi, Belgium Ports Collaborate on Blockchain Trade Pilot
coindesk.com - Yogita Khatri
A subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Ports has partnered with Belgium's Port of Antwerp for a blockchain pilot aimed to facilitate international trade. The …
Technology (Australia)
NSW Land Registry to trial blockchain for conveyancing
ZDNet - Asha McLean
The state wants to transition completely to eConveyancing by July 1, 2019. The New South Wales government is looking to make property conveyancing …
Sony will use blockchain technology in its latest attempt to fix DRM
The Verge - Chaim Gartenberg
Surely, this will go well Sony hasn’t always had the best track record when it comes to digital rights management, or DRM. (Look no further than its massive 2005 CD copy protection scandal.) But now, company
Ticketmaster buys a blockchain company to guard against ticket fraud
Engadget - Jon Fingas
It might not reassure skeptical concert-goers. Ticketmaster will soon have another way to fight bogus ticket sales: by hopping on one of the biggest tech bandwagons of 2018. It's acquiring Upgraded, a
WTF is Hyperledger ?
hackernoon.com - Romain Tormen
Among the blockchain and cryptocurrencies world, a lot of projects have seen the light. The most famous being Bitcoin and Ethereum, propelled by a …
Deloitte Is Creating Blockchain Trust Layers Within Commerce
bitcoinist.com - Osato Avan-Nomayo
Melanie Kramer | Oct 20, 2018 | 22:00 Deloitte is working to create a deployment of blockchain technology for its global clients. The company’s first …
Fidelity Launches Institutional Platform For Bitcoin And Ethereum
Forbes - Michael del Castillo
Fidelity Investments is spinning off a stand-alone company dedicated to bringing cryptocurrencies to institutional investors. Called Fidelity Digital Assets, the limited liability corporation based in
SEC Sets Up Open Line of Communication for Fintech Projects With FinHub
bitcoinmagazine.com - Jimmy Aki
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched a new office to engage with cryptocurrency and blockchain startups. Called the …
SEC tightens the noose on ICO-funded startups
yahoo.com - Daniel Roberts
During the past few months, the Securities and Exchange Commission has significantly widened its crackdown on certain initial coin offerings, putting …
IBM/MIT Connection Science Issue Report on the Role of Blockchain in Government
bitcoinmagazine.com - Andrew Nelson
On September 24, 2018, MIT Connection Science and IBM issued a 41-page joint report on the results of three roundtable discussions on the role of …
Programmers
minecraft.net
We're opening up some of the game's code! Making games isn't easy. Sure, it's not rocket science, or brain surgery (those things are probably waaaaay …
Forbes Enters Blockchain Game, Partners With Civil
bitcoinmagazine.com - Amy Castor
Civil, an Ethereum-based platform with a heady bid to save journalism, has partnered with Forbes to help the 100-year-old publisher keep its stories …
Microsoft open-sources its patent portfolio
ZDNet - Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
UPDATED: By joining the Open Invention Network, Microsoft is offering its entire patent portfolio to all of the open-source patent consortium's …
Apps
The Myth of The Infrastructure Phase
usv.com - dani.grant@usv.com
A common narrative in the Web 3.0 community is that we are in an infrastructure phase and the right thing to be working on right now is building out …
1% of wallets hold 55% of the world’s Bitcoin, research shows
TNW - David Canellis
More than half of the entire Bitcoin circulating supply is controlled by cryptocurrency whales, and 42 percent of them didn’t sell during peak crypto-mania. Blockchain research unit Diar has put together
Walmart Tells Produce Suppliers to Use Blockchain by Next September
coindesk.com - Nikhilesh De
Walmart plans to sell leafy greens that are tracked using blockchain technology within the next year. In a press release published Monday, the world's …
Technology
FBI warns of potential ATM bank heist that could steal millions globally
The Verge - Shannon Liao
Likely to fall on a Saturday when banks are closed The FBI has warned banks that ATMs will likely face a global attack by criminals in the “coming days.” The FBI was tipped off that these cybercriminals
ATMs
One of the World’s Largest ATM Manufacturers Announces Bitcoin Support - Bitcoin News
bitcoin.com - Kai Sedgwick
News Buying bitcoin just keeps getting easier, with vendors of all kinds adding support for the cryptocurrency. Just days ago, Square revealed they …
Nicolás Maduro
Venezuela to Peg Pension, Salary Systems to Petro Cryptocurrency - CoinDesk
coindesk.com - Anna Baydakova
Venezuela is set to begin using its “petro” cryptocurrency as an official accounting unit, according to the country’s president. ABC International …
David Marcus leaves Coinbase board to focus on Facebook’s blockchain project
VentureBeat - Anna Hensel
Three months after Facebook announced that it was starting a blockchain initiative, the executive in charge of the project stepped down from his position as a board member at Coinbase, fueling more speculation
Opera has launched a 'Crypto Wallet' feature for Android browser users
TechSpot - Cohen Coberly
Why it matters: Opera is looking to become even more of a one-stop shop today with their new 'Crypto Wallet' browser feature. The function, which is …
Andreessen Horowitz Has Launched a $300M Crypto Fund
bitcoinmagazine.com - Jimmy Aki
Andreessen Horowitz has launched a $300 million crypto fund dedicated to investing in cryptocurrencies and other blockchain-related projects.The …

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Project Castor

SC Continues To Drive Digitisation of the Malaysian Capital MarketSecurities Commission Malaysia | Securities Commission

This is Project Castor, Securities Commission Malaysia's New Blockchain Blueprint

Top 5 CPA Firm Confirms Funds in First Attestation of Circle’s USDC

Gibraltar's Regulator Grants Full License to the Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange

Malaysian Blockchain Companies To Watch In 2018 (Part 2)

Thomson Reuters Partners With Startup for Next Level Derivatives Exchange

Thailand Uses Blockchain-Supported Electronic Voting System in Primaries

Abu Dhabi, Belgium Ports Collaborate on Blockchain Trade Pilot

NSW Land Registry to trial blockchain for conveyancing

Sony will use blockchain technology in its latest attempt to fix DRM

Ticketmaster buys a blockchain company to guard against ticket fraud

WTF is Hyperledger ?

Deloitte Is Creating Blockchain Trust Layers Within Commerce

Fidelity Launches Institutional Platform For Bitcoin And Ethereum

SEC Sets Up Open Line of Communication for Fintech Projects With FinHub

SEC tightens the noose on ICO-funded startups

IBM/MIT Connection Science Issue Report on the Role of Blockchain in Government

Programmers

Forbes Enters Blockchain Game, Partners With Civil

Microsoft open-sources its patent portfolio

The Myth of The Infrastructure Phase

1% of wallets hold 55% of the world’s Bitcoin, research shows

Walmart Tells Produce Suppliers to Use Blockchain by Next September

FBI warns of potential ATM bank heist that could steal millions globally

One of the World’s Largest ATM Manufacturers Announces Bitcoin Support - Bitcoin News

Venezuela to Peg Pension, Salary Systems to Petro Cryptocurrency - CoinDesk

David Marcus leaves Coinbase board to focus on Facebook’s blockchain project

Opera has launched a 'Crypto Wallet' feature for Android browser users

Andreessen Horowitz Has Launched a $300M Crypto Fund