The Seoul Metropolitan Government has launched the Seoul Block Chain Governance Team to explore the benefits of the blockchain in administrative services, reports Yonhap News on January 31. According to the report, team members are investigating the potential of blockchain applications in various government services, including the online voting system.…
On the morning of January 31, professionals, experts, digital technicians and a large part of the IT business community met at the BBVA Open Space, Madrid. The reason was the presentation of the eBook of trends and innovations in open source and free software: Open IT Innovation Trends 2019. The…
Comments closedOn Seoul’s self-proclaimed road to a “blockchain hub,” the city administration is expanding Blockchain to newer areas of public management. Now that the administration of Seoul’s Yeongdeungpo district has recently begun tendering for public contracts using blockchain technology, it is exploring additional opportunities for blockchain-based citizen services. “Seoul Blockchain Governance…
Comments closedSome of the private financial technology companies included in this year’s Fintech 50 list have grown so much that they compete with public companies. Stripe is now worth $ 22,500 million and Credit Karma, $ 4,000 million. But the industry continues to attract new entrepreneurs and new ideas: there are…
Comments closedBank Vontobel has already distinguished itself as a crypto-bank. Now, the technology could also cause upheaval in investment banking. Zürcher Bank Vontobel relies on technology to further meet the needs of its customers. The in-house platform for structured products has made the stock exchange practically obsolete in this area since…
Comments closedForbes has published its top 50 FinTech companies. The list is heavily US-dominated and only one company comes from the European area. So here are the top 6 blockchain companies from Forbes. Axoni – New York City Axoni wants nothing less than to shift the $ 10 trillion derivatives market…
Comments closedForbes’ 201 “Fintech 50” list of the world’s leading financial technology companies, published on February 4, includes six blockchain companies, just over half of the amount listed in the 2018 edition. Launched in February of last year, the list “Fintech 50” of Forbes contained 11 companies related to blockchain and…
Comments closedJP Morgan-backed digital services company Smartrac has partnered with SUKU Ecosystem. This is a blockchain startup owned by former senior Deloitte director Eric Piscini. SUKU, which is managed by another Piscini-owned blockchain company, Citizen Reserve, will provide its platform for integration into the Smartrac supply chain. Smartrac is a manufacturer…
Comments closedThe Swiss blockchain and cybersecurity company WISeKey announced on February 1 that it opened a Blockchain Center of Excellence in Geneva. WISeKey is a leading global cybersecurity company that currently implements large-scale digital identity ecosystems for people and objects that use Blockchain, AI and IoT (internet of things). Specifically, the…
Comments closedZug – The Crypto Valley Association (CVA) has elected five new board members at its 2019 Annual General Meeting: Daniel Haudenschild, Kevin Lally, Kamales Lardi, Mattia Rattaggi and Martin Berweger replace the outgoing board members Oliver Bussmann, Wasily Suvorov, René Hüsler and Nicolas Schobinger and will continue to drive the…
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