The State of Cryptocurrencies in Japan

The Land of the Rising Sun underwent changes in its state structure, with the appointment of a prominent pro-blockchain politician Takuya Hirai as Minister of Science, Technology, and IT. This is expected to further benefit the development of this technology in the country. A second tragedy occurred last January 2018. Coincheck, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the country, … Read More

Non-Fungible Tokens

One example for this would be a plane ticket. They may look similar but if you look closely they have different destinations, seat numbers, and departure times. Most cryptocurrencies and tokens, in general, are fungible but non-fungible tokens are getting popular and you can see why—they offer unique characteristics which make them different and digitally scarce. Furthermore, non-fungible tokens are … Read More

Economists Calls Blockchain The Most Over Hyped Technology

Roubini believes that “blockchain is nothing more than a glorified spreadsheet.” He also remarked that it has been misused to represent an ideology that treats governments, central banks, and other centralized institutions as “evil concentrations of power” by a few self-serving white men pretending to be messiahs for the world’s impoverished, marginalized, and unbanked masses.” Contrary to that statement, there … Read More

ICO Funding Lowest in 16 Months

ICO Funding has seen its greatest drop in 16 months, according to Autonomous Research—an independent financial research company. Their analysis revealed that in August, startups raised $326 million, the smallest since May 2017.

Blockchain Elections

With the hype of the blockchain space and a new round of political elections approaching this year, blockchain voting seems like a perfect match. However, online voting, even with blockchain, also brings its fair share of security

What North and South American Governments Think of Cryptocurrencies

This is part 2 of the previous blog post. Cryptocurrencies are a new technology and concept in which the world has not agreed on a universal definition or classification yet, which is only natural as this technology is still evolving rapidly as we speak. Here we shall explore what the world thinks of this new technology that has taken the … Read More