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Blockchain remittance firms are experiencing record growth thanks to an increase in global migration ... Blockchain remittance firms are providing this essential service at a reduced rate. These international payments are vital to the livelihood of millions of people around the world ... Making these statements more tangible, East Asian countries received $129 billion in remittance payments last year according to the World Bank....

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The Growing World of Non-Fungible Tokens

The Bitcoin News 21 Aug 2018

Think of non-fungible tokens as being unique in the world. They usually represent a digital or real-world asset and are not created equal ... They can be held virtually, or they can represent real-world items such as real estate, documentation, or even personnel ... By tokenizing a real-world asset, you gain the ability of frictionless transfer ... Tokenizing Real World Assets....

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Bitcoin buster? The search for a more stable cryptocurrency

BBC News 21 Aug 2018

And this structure conflicts with the decentralised nature of cryptos and blockchain technology and could be "the worst of both worlds", he says.More Technology of Business ... "It gives investors around the world access to investment opportunities they never had before." ... Many fear blockchain is getting slower and in danger of seizing up altogether....

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Clash & Go is a blockchain game that blends strategy and AR

Venture Beat 21 Aug 2018

The world of augmented reality (AR) got a real shot in the arm in July 2016 with the launch of Pokémon Go ... Blending two emerging technologies, Clash & Go is a strategy game that is powered by blockchain technology ... A base-building mobile game, Clash & Go allows gamers to manipulate the AR world, while RPG elements provide yet another layer of gameplay....

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BlockShow Americas 2018 Goes Live With ‘Wall Street vs Crypto’ Panel Discussion

The Bitcoin News 21 Aug 2018

The first panel discussion involved a heated debate between proponents of two opposite views of how — and if — blockchain should be regulated and adopted by institutions around the globe ... Stay tuned to Cointelegraph for more news from BlockShow Americas 2018, a cryptocurrency and blockchain themed conference that has brought together more than 1,500 speakers and attendees from all over the world....

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MetLife’s New Blockchain Health Insurance Product Eliminates Claims

Market Watch 21 Aug 2018

MetLife Asia’s Singapore-based innovation center, LumenLab, has begun testing the world’s first, automated insurance solution using blockchain technology to offer pregnant women financial protection in case of gestational diabetes, without ever needing to make a claim ... In today’s world, people expect experiences to be simple, automated, and digital....

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Interview: Sapien Team on Web 3.0 and a New Social World

The Bitcoin News 21 Aug 2018

In a digital world rife with data mismanagement at the personal expense of users, an increasingly social media-dominated social world, and the rapid contagion of fake news, many blockchain projects are aiming to offer up a solution to an alternative market of users seeking something different ... Both are platforms using the blockchain like Sapien ... Do you believe that blockchain technology genuinely has the potential to change the world?....

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New Study Finds Only 36 of the Top 100 Cryptocurrencies Have a ‘Working Product’, Sparks Controversy

Bitcoin Warrior 21 Aug 2018

Controversy has ensued online as recent research published by Invest In Blockchain finds that out of the top 100 cryptocurrencies in the world by market cap, only 36 have working products. The study suggests that cryptocurrency skeptics may have good reason for their cynicism towards the developing market. Following its publication, the article was met ... ....

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Asia's hottest electronic music festival becomes first to use blockchain for onsite transactions

Market Watch 20 Aug 2018

World's largest independent music festival, Ultra Taiwan 2018 will not only feature the leading electronic dance music DJs and cutting-edge visual, cryogenic and pyrotechnic effects but this year also become a watershed for the real-world use of the blockchain technology ... An exclusive partnership between world-leading blockchain-based payments ......

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40% of Enterprises Regard Blockchain Tech as Being 'Overhyped'

Coin Idol 20 Aug 2018

The world Blockchain survey shows that nearly 40% of the respondents were believing that Blockchain was "overhyped." ... 44 percent of respondents view blockchain as overhyped, up from 34 percent in 2016,” notes the ... In addition to that, this could be a clear mirror of a move towards pragmatism in the world of Blockchain....

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EOS’s future plans and the impacts of blockchain technology, Block.one official elaborates

AMB Crypto 20 Aug 2018

In a recent interview, Serg Metelin, the Head of Relations at Block .one, spoke about blockchain technology, updates, and what lies for digital assets in the future ... He spoke about the current standing of blockchain technology in today’s society calling it ‘mysterious’ and ‘untapped’. Metelin emphasized that blockchain keeps security as the utmost priority as opposed to the World Wide Web which had information transfer as its core idea....

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Roger Ver talks XinFin and how it brings economic freedom with real use cases

CoinStaker 20 Aug 2018

The blockchain and cryptocurrency ecosystem has welcome over 80,000 projects since 2009 according to China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) ... But not all blockchain projects are the same ... XinFin has built a strong team that champions its hybrid blockchain ecosystem to build decentralized applications and enables trade finance around the world....

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Top 6 Industries That Use ICOs to Raise Funds

LB News 20 Aug 2018

Some industries prevail among ventures that choose ICO as the main source of funding or even build their business on the blockchain technology ... And indeed, blockchain can significantly reinforce the positions of a financial company that adopts it ... Lastly, such an approach saves funds of asset managers — according to Calastone, the whole trading world could save $2.7BN per day using blockchain....

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