The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has appointed Kristina Littman as the new chief of its cyber unit, which targets “violations” involving initial coin offerings (ICOs) and distributed ledger or blockchain technology. Littman succeeds Robert Cohen, who left the SEC in...

NatWest has become the latest commercial bank to experiment with blockchain technology. Rather than focusing on speedier international payments though, the bank is looking to streamline the process of buying a home in the UK. To accomplish this, NatWest will...

Uttar Pradesh (UP), the most populous state of India with over 200 million inhabitants, is testing a blockchain-powered solar energy trading platform. Two government-owned entities – Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) and Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development...

The Blockchain In Telecom Market report studies the worldwide market for the period 2019 to 2025. The key objective of this report is to present quantitative & qualitative understandings and study the key market trends with reference to the global...

In 2017-2018, many projects began raising money to create platforms for the trading of tokenized real estate, precious metals and works of art. Most of them crashed. But this has not put an end to the actual idea. The transfer...

Earlier this year, I discussed one of my favourite models for price prediction: the Bitcoin stock-to-flow ratio. The model, used to calculate the stock-to-flow of assets with hard caps, was popularised by the prominent Bitcoin analyst PlanB. Today, I’d like to cover two...

Tens of thousands of Chinese blockchain companies may have tried to issue their own cryptocurrencies, a senior official claims. Led by the Chinese central bank, five financial and technology authorities jointly published the Bluebook of Blockchain on Thursday, outlining illegal and fraudulent schemes...

On the afternoon of November 18, BlockData released China Blockchain Patents Report 2019 and the Comprehensive Strength list of China’s Blockchain Patents 2019. Alibaba ranked first in the list, while OneConnect and China Unicom took second and third place, respectively. In an accompanying...

Currently, one of the most heated discussions in the cryptocurrency space revolves around utility. While BTC proponents argue Bitcoin’s value comes from its security (immutability), altcoin enthusiasts claim higher utility will foster adoption and therefore boost price appreciation. Even though...

Bitcoin dipped below $8,000 early Thursday, continuing a week-long pattern of slow but steady declines as crypto traders and investors searched for direction, tried to guess the mood of regulators and struggled with “dismal” bitcoin trading volumes. This hasn’t stopped bitcoin’s biggest bulls from coming out in...