Yandex Technology Distribution Executive Praises the Blockchain TechnologySpeaking at conference Feedback on December 23, Grigori Bakunov, technology distribution executive at Yandex, introduced several possible major technological trends for the forthcoming years. Among other things, they include the blockchain technology, the internet of things, and artificial intelligence. Explaining his views on smart objects and bitcoin, Bakunov said: “Thank god, people realized bitcoin was […]
Russian Business Daily Calls Russia to Embrace CryptocurrencyPavel Cherkashin, an angel investor and a partner at Vestor.In Partners, wrote an article for Russia’s most popular business newspaper Vedomosti. There he describes cryptocurrency in general and points out lots of its advantages as compared to the traditional banking system. Cherkashin stated that, according to expert opinions, at least 10% of the global GDP […]
The Country’s First BTM Installed in KazakhstanKazakh entrepreneur and bitcoin enthusiast Kanat Amrenov hold ForkLog he had installed the first BTM in Kazakhstan. He also intends to launch local cryptocurrency exchange. Despite the fact that Kazakhstan is among ten largest countries in the world, it was not seen on the bitcoin world map until now. However, local enthusiasts gradually change the […]
Putin Presented with a Roadmap for Blockchain RegulationRussian Internet Development Institute (IDI) offered the president Vladimir Putin a roadmap regulating implementation of blockchain technology. Moreover, the roadmap includes proposals as to crowd-funding and crowd-investment, facilitate taxation of freelancers, and withdraw limitations on anonymous payments for tax and loan purposes.
PrivatBank: Blockchain is Great, but We Put Our Stake on BitcoinDmitri Donets, deputy chairman of e-business center at PrivatBank presented an extended speech on the bank’s cryptocurrency-related intents at Blockchain Conference Kyiv.
MIT Researchers to Launch Beta of Encrypted Data Platform EnigmaA group of researchers and entrepreneurs from MIT Media Lab announced beta version of their encrypted daya platform Enigma will soon be released. The system has been in development since July 2015. It employs blockchain technology to maintait safe and secure sharing of sensitive data with third parties. The platform itself is named after famous […]
SegWit-based Proposal Garners over 30 Signatures of Bitcoin Core DevelopersThe notorious block size debate is about to gain yet another dimension following the release of a “road map” conceptualized by Bitcoin Core developer Gregory Maxwell.
The French Members of the European Parliament Seek to Ban Bitcoin ActivitiesThe motion tabled on November 25 by three European Parliament members representing a French right-wing party seeks to grant the right to the EU member states “to exercise stricter controls over all virtual currency exchange transactions and even to prohibit them”.