#NEWS
Financial Giant SBI Group to Develop Wallet Following New Partnership
Japan-based financial services firm SBI Group and Danish cryptography services company Sepior ApS have partnered to jointly develop a proprietary wallet, according to an announcement published Oct. 13. The wallet is set to ensure secure transactions on SBI’s cryptocurrencies exchange platform, VCTRADE.
The SBI Group was established in 1999 in Japan as an Internet-based financial services provider. Since then, the company has formed a financial conglomerate with a focus on new technologies, including fintech, Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and others. In 2018, SBI reportedly invested over $533 million in the blockchain and AI sectors.
Per the press release, Sepior and SBI have signed an agreement to license Sepior’s Threshold-Sig Wallet Security technology and to jointly develop a proprietary wallet to secure online content and transactions on SBI’s digital currencies trading platform, VCTRADE.
Full article:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/financial-giant-sbi-group-to-develop-wallet-following-new-partnership
Financial Giant SBI Group to Develop Wallet Following New Partnership
Japan-based financial services firm SBI Group and Danish cryptography services company Sepior ApS have partnered to jointly develop a proprietary wallet, according to an announcement published Oct. 13. The wallet is set to ensure secure transactions on SBI’s cryptocurrencies exchange platform, VCTRADE.
The SBI Group was established in 1999 in Japan as an Internet-based financial services provider. Since then, the company has formed a financial conglomerate with a focus on new technologies, including fintech, Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and others. In 2018, SBI reportedly invested over $533 million in the blockchain and AI sectors.
Per the press release, Sepior and SBI have signed an agreement to license Sepior’s Threshold-Sig Wallet Security technology and to jointly develop a proprietary wallet to secure online content and transactions on SBI’s digital currencies trading platform, VCTRADE.
Full article:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/financial-giant-sbi-group-to-develop-wallet-following-new-partnership
#NEWS
Circle CEO Calls on Global Economies to Coordinate on Crypto Regulation
Jeremy Allaire, the CEO of crypto investment app Circle, has called on global economies to develop coordinated regulation of cryptocurrencies in an interview with Reuters Oct. 22.The CEO of the Goldman Sachs-backed crypto firm claimed that the global community should develop universal international rules for regulating the crypto space.
Claiming that for the crypto industry “ultimately there needs to be normalization at the G20 level,” Allaire has paid special attention to the regulation of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), as well as stressed the need to adopt a coordinated approach towards crypto market manipulation and know-your-customer (KYC) policies.
Addressing the existing problem of token taxonomy, Allaire pointed out the major problem of place all ICO tokens in one category:
“When it comes to token offerings, how should they be treated? Which token offerings are securities, which are not?”
Full article:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/circle-ceo-calls-on-global-economies-to-coordinate-on-crypto-regulation
Circle CEO Calls on Global Economies to Coordinate on Crypto Regulation
Jeremy Allaire, the CEO of crypto investment app Circle, has called on global economies to develop coordinated regulation of cryptocurrencies in an interview with Reuters Oct. 22.The CEO of the Goldman Sachs-backed crypto firm claimed that the global community should develop universal international rules for regulating the crypto space.
Claiming that for the crypto industry “ultimately there needs to be normalization at the G20 level,” Allaire has paid special attention to the regulation of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), as well as stressed the need to adopt a coordinated approach towards crypto market manipulation and know-your-customer (KYC) policies.
Addressing the existing problem of token taxonomy, Allaire pointed out the major problem of place all ICO tokens in one category:
“When it comes to token offerings, how should they be treated? Which token offerings are securities, which are not?”
Full article:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/circle-ceo-calls-on-global-economies-to-coordinate-on-crypto-regulation
#NEWS
Taiwan Will Issue Draft ICO Rules by June 2019, Regulator Says
Taiwan plans to release draft Initial Coin Offering (ICO) regulation by June 2019, local English-language daily news outlet Taipei Times reported Tuesday, Oct. 23.
The publication quoted plans from Wellington Koo, chairman of Taiwanese finance regulator — the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) — who was speaking at a meeting of the Legislative Yuan Finance Committee.
“The more we regulate, the more this new economic behavior wanes,” he told members of the meeting on Oct. 22.
Full article:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/taiwan-will-issue-draft-ico-rules-by-june-2019-regulator-says
Taiwan Will Issue Draft ICO Rules by June 2019, Regulator Says
Taiwan plans to release draft Initial Coin Offering (ICO) regulation by June 2019, local English-language daily news outlet Taipei Times reported Tuesday, Oct. 23.
The publication quoted plans from Wellington Koo, chairman of Taiwanese finance regulator — the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) — who was speaking at a meeting of the Legislative Yuan Finance Committee.
“The more we regulate, the more this new economic behavior wanes,” he told members of the meeting on Oct. 22.
Full article:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/taiwan-will-issue-draft-ico-rules-by-june-2019-regulator-says
#NEWS
Ethereum, Parity Co-Founder Announces Blockchain Framework for a ‘Multi-Chain World’
Blockchain infrastructure firm Parity Technologies’ founder Gavin Wood demoed a live blockchain launch in just fifteen minutes at the Web3 Summit in Berlin Oct. 23, TechCrunch reports.Parity is a U.K.-based blockchain infrastructure provider, known primarily for developing one of the most well-known clients for Ethereum (ETH), which Wood also co-founded.
In what TechCrunch describes as “a grand gesture,” Wood reportedly launched the live blockchain demo on a brand new Mac laptop, which he is said to have torn out of its shrink wrapping in a bid to highlight just how fast entire process of the platform launch could be.
The blockchain framework demoed by Wood is dubbed “Substrate,” and is a framework for building blockchains and the underpinning tech of Parity’s “Polkadot” protocol – a form of “para chain” that links between many different types of blockchains – which is slated to be released at the end of 2019.
Full article:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-parity-co-founder-announces-blockchain-framework-for-a-multi-chain-world
Ethereum, Parity Co-Founder Announces Blockchain Framework for a ‘Multi-Chain World’
Blockchain infrastructure firm Parity Technologies’ founder Gavin Wood demoed a live blockchain launch in just fifteen minutes at the Web3 Summit in Berlin Oct. 23, TechCrunch reports.Parity is a U.K.-based blockchain infrastructure provider, known primarily for developing one of the most well-known clients for Ethereum (ETH), which Wood also co-founded.
In what TechCrunch describes as “a grand gesture,” Wood reportedly launched the live blockchain demo on a brand new Mac laptop, which he is said to have torn out of its shrink wrapping in a bid to highlight just how fast entire process of the platform launch could be.
The blockchain framework demoed by Wood is dubbed “Substrate,” and is a framework for building blockchains and the underpinning tech of Parity’s “Polkadot” protocol – a form of “para chain” that links between many different types of blockchains – which is slated to be released at the end of 2019.
Full article:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-parity-co-founder-announces-blockchain-framework-for-a-multi-chain-world
#NEWS
Electronics Giant HTC Announces Presale of Its Blockchain Smartphone Exodus in BTC, ETH
Taiwanese electronics company HTC has announced the presale of its widely-discussed blockchain smartphone, Exodus 1, the product’s official Twitter account reveals Oct. 23.
The Exodus 1 presale was officially announced today during the Web3 summit, taking place Oct. 22-24 in Berlin. According to the HTC Exodus website, “early access” to the phone can currently only be purchased via Bitcoin (BTC) or Ethereum (ETH), and is available to 34 regions, including the U.S., U.K. and Hong Kong.
At press time, pre-orders for the Exodus 1 are listed at around $960 (0.15 BTC or 4.78 ETH), with shipping date stated as December 2018.
As per the official announcement on Twitter, the company states it is seeking collaboration with “a community of developers and enthusiasts [...] to keep building security.”
Full article:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/electronics-giant-htc-announces-presale-of-its-blockchain-smartphone-exodus-in-btc-eth
Electronics Giant HTC Announces Presale of Its Blockchain Smartphone Exodus in BTC, ETH
Taiwanese electronics company HTC has announced the presale of its widely-discussed blockchain smartphone, Exodus 1, the product’s official Twitter account reveals Oct. 23.
The Exodus 1 presale was officially announced today during the Web3 summit, taking place Oct. 22-24 in Berlin. According to the HTC Exodus website, “early access” to the phone can currently only be purchased via Bitcoin (BTC) or Ethereum (ETH), and is available to 34 regions, including the U.S., U.K. and Hong Kong.
At press time, pre-orders for the Exodus 1 are listed at around $960 (0.15 BTC or 4.78 ETH), with shipping date stated as December 2018.
As per the official announcement on Twitter, the company states it is seeking collaboration with “a community of developers and enthusiasts [...] to keep building security.”
Full article:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/electronics-giant-htc-announces-presale-of-its-blockchain-smartphone-exodus-in-btc-eth
#NEWS
Swiss Financial Association Publishes Anti-Money Laundering Standards for Digital Assets
The Switzerland-based Capital Markets and Technology Association (CMTA) has published new anti-money-laundering (AML) standards for digital assets and distributed ledger technologies (DLT) Oct. 18.CMTA is a non-profit, independent association established in Geneva earlier this year with the aim of promoting the adoption of DLT, such as blockchain, and digital assets in the financial markets.
Its creation was a joint initiative from online bank Swissquote, market software provider Temenos, and the country’s largest law firm Lenz & Staehelin.
According to CMTA, the newly-published standards are designed to “clarify [...] measures to be taken in order to comply with the Swiss regulations against money laundering and the financing of terrorism.” As per CMTA general secretary Fedor Poskriakov, the document is intended to “pav[e] the way for a compliant tokenization of financial assets.”
Full article:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/swiss-financial-association-publishes-anti-money-laundering-standards-for-digital-assets
Swiss Financial Association Publishes Anti-Money Laundering Standards for Digital Assets
The Switzerland-based Capital Markets and Technology Association (CMTA) has published new anti-money-laundering (AML) standards for digital assets and distributed ledger technologies (DLT) Oct. 18.CMTA is a non-profit, independent association established in Geneva earlier this year with the aim of promoting the adoption of DLT, such as blockchain, and digital assets in the financial markets.
Its creation was a joint initiative from online bank Swissquote, market software provider Temenos, and the country’s largest law firm Lenz & Staehelin.
According to CMTA, the newly-published standards are designed to “clarify [...] measures to be taken in order to comply with the Swiss regulations against money laundering and the financing of terrorism.” As per CMTA general secretary Fedor Poskriakov, the document is intended to “pav[e] the way for a compliant tokenization of financial assets.”
Full article:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/swiss-financial-association-publishes-anti-money-laundering-standards-for-digital-assets
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#NEWS
Crypto Collectible Game Announces New Battles. Players Get Paid If They Win
The crypto collectible game, Blockchain Cuties, has announced Raid Boss Battles, a new everyday server event. The game promises winners will get unique ERC-20 CUTE tokens as rewards, according to their input in winning.
New game features
In the new battle, there is one common enemy which is a Raid Boss, a special powerful Cutie who has unique abilities. All of the players (the main requirement for them is to be level 5+ Cuties) will be able to stand against the foe. The Raid Boss can be an Ancient Black Dragon, a Crystal Ether Monster, or a Wasteland Knight.
Еach of the Raid Bosses is always a tailored experience that can be beaten by any Cutie eligible to fight it. In order to win, the user has to be aware of the Raid Bosses weaknesses which can be activated by sending a proper pet into a battle. This weakness changes every day. For example, if today’s Raid Boss can be beaten by Fire elements and Dog Cutie it makes sense to send dogs with strong fire element values to the battle. The players have to choose different Cuties for every raid. Each Cutie can participate in the raid once in 24 hours. The players also have to keep in mind an additional challenge: the Raid Boss is always six times stronger than the Cutie which is sent to battle it.
Full article:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-collectible-game-announces-new-battles-players-get-paid-if-they-win
Crypto Collectible Game Announces New Battles. Players Get Paid If They Win
The crypto collectible game, Blockchain Cuties, has announced Raid Boss Battles, a new everyday server event. The game promises winners will get unique ERC-20 CUTE tokens as rewards, according to their input in winning.
New game features
In the new battle, there is one common enemy which is a Raid Boss, a special powerful Cutie who has unique abilities. All of the players (the main requirement for them is to be level 5+ Cuties) will be able to stand against the foe. The Raid Boss can be an Ancient Black Dragon, a Crystal Ether Monster, or a Wasteland Knight.
Еach of the Raid Bosses is always a tailored experience that can be beaten by any Cutie eligible to fight it. In order to win, the user has to be aware of the Raid Bosses weaknesses which can be activated by sending a proper pet into a battle. This weakness changes every day. For example, if today’s Raid Boss can be beaten by Fire elements and Dog Cutie it makes sense to send dogs with strong fire element values to the battle. The players have to choose different Cuties for every raid. Each Cutie can participate in the raid once in 24 hours. The players also have to keep in mind an additional challenge: the Raid Boss is always six times stronger than the Cutie which is sent to battle it.
Full article:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-collectible-game-announces-new-battles-players-get-paid-if-they-win
#ALFAENZO
Welcome to ALFA-ENZO Project
Pre-sale Round 1 is Now LIVE
To contribute, please go to: https://www.alfaenzo.io/registration
End date for Presale Round 1: August 30th,2018 or until hardcap is reached.Hardcap: $5,000,000 USDMinimum Participation: 0.1 ETH or it's equivalentMaximum Participation: N/ATotal Supply Volume: 21 Billion NZO(total public distribution: 12.6 BillionToken price1st Window 1 NZO = US$0.005(est.)Accepted Currency: ETH, BTC, LTC, FIAT, BCH, XRP and USDT
Purchased tokens will be distributed between 30-60days of ICO SALES
NO KYC REQUIRED
NB: NO ADMIN WILL EVER PRIVATE CHAT YOU FIRST ASKING FOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF ANY SORT AS ALL CONTRIBUTIONS ARE DONE VIA OUR OFFICIAL WEBSITE
Welcome to ALFA-ENZO Project
Pre-sale Round 1 is Now LIVE
To contribute, please go to: https://www.alfaenzo.io/registration
End date for Presale Round 1: August 30th,2018 or until hardcap is reached.Hardcap: $5,000,000 USDMinimum Participation: 0.1 ETH or it's equivalentMaximum Participation: N/ATotal Supply Volume: 21 Billion NZO(total public distribution: 12.6 BillionToken price1st Window 1 NZO = US$0.005(est.)Accepted Currency: ETH, BTC, LTC, FIAT, BCH, XRP and USDT
Purchased tokens will be distributed between 30-60days of ICO SALES
NO KYC REQUIRED
NB: NO ADMIN WILL EVER PRIVATE CHAT YOU FIRST ASKING FOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF ANY SORT AS ALL CONTRIBUTIONS ARE DONE VIA OUR OFFICIAL WEBSITE
#NEWS
Ex-Fidelity Exec Joins Blockchain Company Bloq as Chief Operating Officer
A former executive at financial services giant Fidelity Investments has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) at blockchain infrastructure firm Bloq, according to a press release Oct. 23.
Bloq’s new COO, Hadley Stern, spent seventeen years at Fidelity, which administers over $7.2 trillionin client assets. His most recent role was at the helm of the crypto and blockchain incubator within the company’s innovation lab, Fidelity Labs – overseeing the launch last week of its new crypto-business, Fidelity Digital Assets.
Bloq’s co-founder and chairman Matthew Roszak characterized the new appointment as emblematic of the increasing entwinement of the world of “conventional” enterprises and the emerging cryptocurrency sector.
In a Medium post published today, entitled “The Tokenization of Things and Building the Unimaginable,” Stern gave his perspective on the history of the new technologies driving an “efficient, frictionless” economy:
“Without coming off as doctrinaire or fundamentalist, it’s fair to say that Satoshi Nakamoto delivered a true gift in the Bitcoin whitepaper, that is, a way to produce and account for a provably scarce, wholly digital asset. Satoshi was not-so-subtly concerned about vulnerabilities in the financial system […] Nearly a decade later, the Bitcoin project has proven stunningly resilient.”
Full article:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ex-fidelity-exec-joins-blockchain-company-bloq-as-chief-operating-officer
Ex-Fidelity Exec Joins Blockchain Company Bloq as Chief Operating Officer
A former executive at financial services giant Fidelity Investments has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) at blockchain infrastructure firm Bloq, according to a press release Oct. 23.
Bloq’s new COO, Hadley Stern, spent seventeen years at Fidelity, which administers over $7.2 trillionin client assets. His most recent role was at the helm of the crypto and blockchain incubator within the company’s innovation lab, Fidelity Labs – overseeing the launch last week of its new crypto-business, Fidelity Digital Assets.
Bloq’s co-founder and chairman Matthew Roszak characterized the new appointment as emblematic of the increasing entwinement of the world of “conventional” enterprises and the emerging cryptocurrency sector.
In a Medium post published today, entitled “The Tokenization of Things and Building the Unimaginable,” Stern gave his perspective on the history of the new technologies driving an “efficient, frictionless” economy:
“Without coming off as doctrinaire or fundamentalist, it’s fair to say that Satoshi Nakamoto delivered a true gift in the Bitcoin whitepaper, that is, a way to produce and account for a provably scarce, wholly digital asset. Satoshi was not-so-subtly concerned about vulnerabilities in the financial system […] Nearly a decade later, the Bitcoin project has proven stunningly resilient.”
Full article:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ex-fidelity-exec-joins-blockchain-company-bloq-as-chief-operating-officer
#ProjectDELTA
What is Project DELTA?
The Project DELTA Blockchain Protocol presents a game-changing framework different from other protocols. It is a protocol designed with groundbreaking structure and rules which suggest a new paradigm of the blockchain for the 4th Industrial Revolution era.
Our Solutions
The DELTA Blockchain protocol offers an optimal convergence solution with data-driven technologies to lead the fourth industrial revolution.
VOTA (Verification of Transcendence Spatial Autocorrelation):
VOTA significantly reduces block time and achieves the real-time transaction by applying a unique algorithm and eliminating coin-based compensations.
DAPP As A Node (DAAN):
Being itself a node, DAPP is incentivized by business-driven benefits instead of coin compensations to confirm transactions and generate blocks.
CRDE (Cross-Referral DAPP Ecosystem):
DELTA allows anybody to create DAPPS by using the widgets (essential DAPPS provided by Project DELTA). Cross reference between DAPPS allows a dynamic DAPP ecosystem.
Pain Points
By 2025 big data is expected to increase to 163 ZB worldwide,which is 10 times the total amount of data generated in 2016.
The current blockchain protocols are unable to manage the amounts of data generated at an unprecedented scale due to the waiting time for nodes to receive the coin reward.
Limitations in the existing blockchain protocols ultimately hamper the creation of an active DAPP ecosystem.
What is Project DELTA?
The Project DELTA Blockchain Protocol presents a game-changing framework different from other protocols. It is a protocol designed with groundbreaking structure and rules which suggest a new paradigm of the blockchain for the 4th Industrial Revolution era.
Our Solutions
The DELTA Blockchain protocol offers an optimal convergence solution with data-driven technologies to lead the fourth industrial revolution.
VOTA (Verification of Transcendence Spatial Autocorrelation):
VOTA significantly reduces block time and achieves the real-time transaction by applying a unique algorithm and eliminating coin-based compensations.
DAPP As A Node (DAAN):
Being itself a node, DAPP is incentivized by business-driven benefits instead of coin compensations to confirm transactions and generate blocks.
CRDE (Cross-Referral DAPP Ecosystem):
DELTA allows anybody to create DAPPS by using the widgets (essential DAPPS provided by Project DELTA). Cross reference between DAPPS allows a dynamic DAPP ecosystem.
Pain Points
By 2025 big data is expected to increase to 163 ZB worldwide,which is 10 times the total amount of data generated in 2016.
The current blockchain protocols are unable to manage the amounts of data generated at an unprecedented scale due to the waiting time for nodes to receive the coin reward.
Limitations in the existing blockchain protocols ultimately hamper the creation of an active DAPP ecosystem.
#Cloudbric
AI-based, cybersecuriry platform, Cloudbric is currently having their EPIC airdrop & bounty campaign with over $800K+ in rewards, with the ability to earn up to 20ETH for one of the campaigns and 120CLB (~$5) per airdrop
To learn how to get a piece of that pie, head over to the Bitcointalk bounty thread at: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4766975
We have also opened up KYC at ico.cloudbric.io be sure to sign up before pre-sale in a couple weeks!
You can also join our community at t.me/cloudbric if you have any questions or want to learn more about the project
AI-based, cybersecuriry platform, Cloudbric is currently having their EPIC airdrop & bounty campaign with over $800K+ in rewards, with the ability to earn up to 20ETH for one of the campaigns and 120CLB (~$5) per airdrop
To learn how to get a piece of that pie, head over to the Bitcointalk bounty thread at: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4766975
We have also opened up KYC at ico.cloudbric.io be sure to sign up before pre-sale in a couple weeks!
You can also join our community at t.me/cloudbric if you have any questions or want to learn more about the project
#NEWS
Payments Company Square Open-Sources Its Bitcoin Cold Storage Tool
U.S. payments processing company Square has announced that it is open-sourcing its Bitcoin (BTC) cold storage solution in an official blog post published today, Oct. 23.
Cold storage refers to a method of keeping cryptocurrency holdings and users’ private keys offline in order to safeguard against theft via a remote attack.
According to the post, Square’s solution, dubbed “Subzero,” uses a Hardware Security Module (HSM)-backed cold wallet for which the company has now released the code, documentation, and tools.
Today’s post outlines that an HSM is a specialized hardware device that is used across the payments industry to “store sensitive cryptographic key material and perform operations with those keys.”
Full article:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/payments-company-square-open-sources-its-bitcoin-cold-storage-tool
Payments Company Square Open-Sources Its Bitcoin Cold Storage Tool
U.S. payments processing company Square has announced that it is open-sourcing its Bitcoin (BTC) cold storage solution in an official blog post published today, Oct. 23.
Cold storage refers to a method of keeping cryptocurrency holdings and users’ private keys offline in order to safeguard against theft via a remote attack.
According to the post, Square’s solution, dubbed “Subzero,” uses a Hardware Security Module (HSM)-backed cold wallet for which the company has now released the code, documentation, and tools.
Today’s post outlines that an HSM is a specialized hardware device that is used across the payments industry to “store sensitive cryptographic key material and perform operations with those keys.”
Full article:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/payments-company-square-open-sources-its-bitcoin-cold-storage-tool
#GEMERA
We are glad to announce that GEMERA Token sale has been launched at LATOKEN Exchange.
Sign in now: https://bit.ly/2Oti9HO
LATOKEN is a rapidly growing crypto exchange focusing on liquidity for new tokens:
● $30m+ daily turnover
● More than 80,000 registered traders
● 180+ crypto pairs available for trading
Besides crypto trading, LATOKEN users can participate in selected Tokens Sales at pre-sale and crowdsale stages.
GEMERA token will also be listed on LATOKEN for its main sale, which will take place from October 25th to December 12th.
GEMERA is a crypto-token backed by Colombian emeralds which provides a blockchain based platform where the tokens can be redeemed for physical emeralds.
We are glad to announce that GEMERA Token sale has been launched at LATOKEN Exchange.
Sign in now: https://bit.ly/2Oti9HO
LATOKEN is a rapidly growing crypto exchange focusing on liquidity for new tokens:
● $30m+ daily turnover
● More than 80,000 registered traders
● 180+ crypto pairs available for trading
Besides crypto trading, LATOKEN users can participate in selected Tokens Sales at pre-sale and crowdsale stages.
GEMERA token will also be listed on LATOKEN for its main sale, which will take place from October 25th to December 12th.
GEMERA is a crypto-token backed by Colombian emeralds which provides a blockchain based platform where the tokens can be redeemed for physical emeralds.
#NEWS
How Significant is Blockchain in the Mortgage Industry?
The global residential mortgage market is estimated to be worth $31 trillion. 66 percent of all Americans have a mortgage on their house while in the UK and China it’s as high as 70%. It’s a segment of the financial markets that hits close to home for a large portion of the global population.
The average mortgage closing costs would typically vary between 2 and 5 percent of the price of the property, including broker fees, loan origination fees, underwriting fees, surveyor fees, legal fees, and title fees. That means on a house of $250,000, the buyer can expect to pay anything between $5,000 and $12,500 just to obtain a mortgage.
The mortgage process is heavily centralized and permeated with middlemen who each add their own markup to the overall costs, a perfect target for blockchain. According to a PWC report:
“Blockchain technology may radically alter the process through which consumers buy a home, as well as the way financial institutions handle mortgages. Specifically, the technology could remove cost and friction from the process, create transaction records that are infallible and incorruptible, and facilitate near-instantaneous settlement.”
Full article:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/how-significant-is-blockchain-in-the-mortgage-industry
How Significant is Blockchain in the Mortgage Industry?
The global residential mortgage market is estimated to be worth $31 trillion. 66 percent of all Americans have a mortgage on their house while in the UK and China it’s as high as 70%. It’s a segment of the financial markets that hits close to home for a large portion of the global population.
The average mortgage closing costs would typically vary between 2 and 5 percent of the price of the property, including broker fees, loan origination fees, underwriting fees, surveyor fees, legal fees, and title fees. That means on a house of $250,000, the buyer can expect to pay anything between $5,000 and $12,500 just to obtain a mortgage.
The mortgage process is heavily centralized and permeated with middlemen who each add their own markup to the overall costs, a perfect target for blockchain. According to a PWC report:
“Blockchain technology may radically alter the process through which consumers buy a home, as well as the way financial institutions handle mortgages. Specifically, the technology could remove cost and friction from the process, create transaction records that are infallible and incorruptible, and facilitate near-instantaneous settlement.”
Full article:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/how-significant-is-blockchain-in-the-mortgage-industry
BridgeX Network Bounty Campaign
Up to 10,000,000 BXN tokens to be awarded!
BridgeX Network is offering various bounties for the community, in efforts that you will help bridge between the various communities and spread the message of BridgeX Network.
Do head over to find out more on the bounty campaign here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5024373.0
If you have any questions, chat with their admins at
https://t.me/bridgexnetwork
What is BridgeX Network?
BridgeX Network is the framework for a financial ecosystem of decentralised credit, conversion and payment solutions, enabling fully-decentralised crypto-to-crypto collateralised lending and borrowing, crypto-to-fiat currency conversions and cross border payments.
BridgeX Network will comprise of three main components:
BridgeX Core
BridgeX Platform (Distributed Apps/ Apps)
Third Party Integrators (DApps/ Apps/ Service Providers)
Check out their website for more info and to download their whitepaper: https://bridgex.network/
Up to 10,000,000 BXN tokens to be awarded!
BridgeX Network is offering various bounties for the community, in efforts that you will help bridge between the various communities and spread the message of BridgeX Network.
Do head over to find out more on the bounty campaign here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5024373.0
If you have any questions, chat with their admins at
https://t.me/bridgexnetwork
What is BridgeX Network?
BridgeX Network is the framework for a financial ecosystem of decentralised credit, conversion and payment solutions, enabling fully-decentralised crypto-to-crypto collateralised lending and borrowing, crypto-to-fiat currency conversions and cross border payments.
BridgeX Network will comprise of three main components:
BridgeX Core
BridgeX Platform (Distributed Apps/ Apps)
Third Party Integrators (DApps/ Apps/ Service Providers)
Check out their website for more info and to download their whitepaper: https://bridgex.network/
#Imusify
Have you checked out @imusify? An award-winning music platform on NEO designed to provide an open-source innovation space fordeveloping new means of music distribution, consumption, and engagement.
imusify is officially backed by NEO, the team looks experienced and more than 300 contributors are dedicated to imusify's success. Not to mention that it is rated high on ICOBench, ICOTrack and others. They have 100k members in their telegram community @imusifycommunity. Imusify has confirmed partnership with Switcheo.Exchange and the O3.Network, and the presale hasn’t even started yet.
Get whitelisted for the most amazing ICO of the year -- visit imusify.com :: IMU presale begins shortly -- get IMU tokens at a discount of 30%. Need more discount? Private Sale is On!!
You can earn IMU tokens by taking part in their bounty campaign -- http://bit.ly/imusify_bounty
Have you checked out @imusify? An award-winning music platform on NEO designed to provide an open-source innovation space fordeveloping new means of music distribution, consumption, and engagement.
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Consultancy Firm Accenture Targets Enterprise Blockchain Interoperability With Fresh Tool
Global management consultancy firm Accenture revealed a new blockchain tool in a press releaseOct. 22, its second in a month focusing on interoperability.
A week after announcing a supply chain partnership with Thailand’s Siam Commercial Bank, Accenture said its latest offering facilitated existing enterprise blockchain systems to integrate with one another.
Specifically, blockchain platform Digital Asset can now work in tandem with R3’s Corda platform, while Hyperledger Fabric and JPMorgan’s Quorum form another interoperable pair.
Discussing the two separate solutions, which the company has already tested, managing director and Global Blockchain Lead David Treat described them as a “game changer.”
“The key challenge was to develop the ability to integrate without introducing ‘operational messaging’ between distributed ledger technology platforms in order to stay true to the principles and benefits of blockchain technology,” he commented, continuing:
“Applying this capability with our clients is already unlocking new opportunities to bring ecosystems together, mitigating key concerns about picking the ‘wrong’ platform or having to re-build if one partner uses something different.”
Full article:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/consultancy-firm-accenture-targets-enterprise-blockchain-interoperability-with-fresh-tool
Consultancy Firm Accenture Targets Enterprise Blockchain Interoperability With Fresh Tool
Global management consultancy firm Accenture revealed a new blockchain tool in a press releaseOct. 22, its second in a month focusing on interoperability.
A week after announcing a supply chain partnership with Thailand’s Siam Commercial Bank, Accenture said its latest offering facilitated existing enterprise blockchain systems to integrate with one another.
Specifically, blockchain platform Digital Asset can now work in tandem with R3’s Corda platform, while Hyperledger Fabric and JPMorgan’s Quorum form another interoperable pair.
Discussing the two separate solutions, which the company has already tested, managing director and Global Blockchain Lead David Treat described them as a “game changer.”
“The key challenge was to develop the ability to integrate without introducing ‘operational messaging’ between distributed ledger technology platforms in order to stay true to the principles and benefits of blockchain technology,” he commented, continuing:
“Applying this capability with our clients is already unlocking new opportunities to bring ecosystems together, mitigating key concerns about picking the ‘wrong’ platform or having to re-build if one partner uses something different.”
Full article:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/consultancy-firm-accenture-targets-enterprise-blockchain-interoperability-with-fresh-tool
Crypto Circle X has launched it's official $1.35 Million Bounty Program.
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Chinese Mining Giant Bitmain’s New Firmware Update Reignites AsicBoost Controversy
Chinese cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain confirmed it would roll out a firmware update for so-called ‘Overt AsicBoost’ to all its Antminer models in a blog post Monday, Oct. 22.
Bitmain, which holds a monopoly on Bitcoin mining through its subsidiary mining pools BTC.com and Antpool, said the release would begin with its most recent Antminer S9 product, extending to older versions next week.
Overt AsicBoost refers to a method of increasing mining “effectiveness” for Antminers, Bitmain says, in a way that does not produce “any negative impact on the Bitcoin protocol.”
“Initially, we decided against activating this mathematical function in mining hardware produced by us, largely because of the legal uncertainty surrounding the use of AsicBoost,” the post reads:
“As an organization, we didn’t want to violate patent laws or act in any way that was untoward.”
Full article:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/chinese-mining-giant-bitmains-new-firmware-update-reignites-asicboost-controversy
Chinese Mining Giant Bitmain’s New Firmware Update Reignites AsicBoost Controversy
Chinese cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain confirmed it would roll out a firmware update for so-called ‘Overt AsicBoost’ to all its Antminer models in a blog post Monday, Oct. 22.
Bitmain, which holds a monopoly on Bitcoin mining through its subsidiary mining pools BTC.com and Antpool, said the release would begin with its most recent Antminer S9 product, extending to older versions next week.
Overt AsicBoost refers to a method of increasing mining “effectiveness” for Antminers, Bitmain says, in a way that does not produce “any negative impact on the Bitcoin protocol.”
“Initially, we decided against activating this mathematical function in mining hardware produced by us, largely because of the legal uncertainty surrounding the use of AsicBoost,” the post reads:
“As an organization, we didn’t want to violate patent laws or act in any way that was untoward.”
Full article:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/chinese-mining-giant-bitmains-new-firmware-update-reignites-asicboost-controversy
