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Flowers, data and community currency
by Roman Kraft via StockSnap A recent article in the Financial Times on the purchase of Worldpay by Vantiv contained this gem, which encapsulates the debate around going cashless: “Mr Jansen says...
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From local currency to central banks: Colu and blockchain-based tokens
Image via CNN Decentralization and fragmentation – not two words that you normally associate with currencies (or would want to, given the implied chaos). But, maybe it’s happening. An experiment...
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A unicorn ICO
by Samantha Sophia via StockSnap The news last week that messenger app Kik is creating its own cryptocurrency for users caused some ripples in the blockchain sector, but deserves even more. First of...
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A business model with wheels: driverless cars and data
by Eric Didier via StockSnap Yesterday I talked about how the blockchain can underpin shifts in the car industry. As I mentioned, most of the utility revolves around the handling of data. Let’s look at...
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Cars on blockchain
by Mike Birdy via StockSnap Something’s up in the car industry. The past week saw a couple of major announcements that point to a radically different future that suddenly seems pretty close: Ford...
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Castles in the Air
by Markus Spiske via Stocksnap Reuters reported today that Fidelity Investments Inc has joined IC3. This is intriguing, on many levels. IC3 (Initiative for CryptoCurrencies & Contracts) was set up...
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Bitcoin volumes and volatility – now what?
CoinDesk reported yesterday on the change in the pricing strategy of the three largest Chinese bitcoin exchanges: BTCC, Huobi and OKCoin. This weekend they announced that they were suspending their...
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Blockchain and IoT examples
The Internet of Things is such a broad and confusing space, with so much potential impact in business, society and home life, that talking about it feels a bit like talking about the universe. After...
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