#Blockchain

One of the speakers at recent Blockchain Conference Kyiv was Mikhail Shmelyov, director for technological policy at Microsoft Ukraine. He spoke about changes in software applications, and blockchain’s place in consumption economics.

This week’s overview features further increase of bitcoin price, its continuing involvement in routine life, Ukraine’s blockchainization, and development of cryptocurrency projects.

Blockchain Conference Kyiv, the biggest distributed technology-focused event within the post-Soviet realm, took place on March 19 in Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv. Speaking at the meeting were founders of startups, financial experts, cryptography experts, officials, and public actors. It was the second meeting of blockchain enthusiasts in Kyiv, with the first held last December. The […]

In the course of the Blockchain Conference Kyiv, held on March 19, Yegor Stephanovych, the CIO of Ukrainian Secretariat of Cabinet of Ministers, presented the draft project for e-government platform dubbed E-Ukraine.

Roman Sulzhyk, former managing director for futures market at the Moscow Exchange, predicted at Blockchain Conference Kyiv that Bitcoin would be dead in 20 years’ time. Sulzhyk believes Bitcoin is but a phase of natural evolution of money while true crypto-revolution is just dawning.

Ukrainian legal firm Axon Partners focused on work with IT industry used Bitcoin to form its charter capital. The company was founded when IT and media partner at Juscutum, Dmitri Gadomski, abandoned the company to start his own business. Axon Partners became the country’s first company to form its charter capital completely in Bitcoin. Juscutum […]

This week’s ForkLog overview features news from leading crypto-exchanges, the continuing battle for markets between various projects, and, most certainly, fintech news. Bitcoin Price As compared to last week’s achievements, Bitcoin’s price has dropped a bit to nearly $408 at the time of publishing. During the week, the cryptocurrency managed to reach as much as […]

The Ethereum company Slock.it prepares to launch a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) as a new type of corporate funding and management. The Germany-based company develops Ethereum-based software for smart locks, dubbed “slocks”, thus connecting shareable items and the Internet of Things to blockchain ecosystem. In an interview to ForkLog (FL) Stephan Tual, Co-founder and CTO […]