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ForkLog 42 19.01.2016

Russia-based Bank to Launch a Blockchain Accelerator

According to an article posted by Bankir.ru, Tatfondband creates a fintech lab in Kazan (Tatarstan, Russia) in cooperation with venture investment fund Life.SREDA. The companies expect the companies selected for acceleration will engage in development of blockchain-related services.

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ForkLog 69 18.01.2016

Blockchain to be Used in Yet Another Ukrainian E-Gov Project

Yet another Ukrainian city became a testing platform for blockchain integration in government management. Speaking at Blockchain Incredible Party conference in Ukrainian city of Lviv, Oleksii Konashevych, a spokesman to the electronic democracy reforming group, stated that state services platform would employ a blockchain-based voting system.

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ForkLog 77 15.01.2016

Former Bitcoin Core Developer Abandons Cryptocurrency Ecosystem

Former Bitcoin Core developer and one of bitcoin’s earliest adopters Mike Hearn stated he abandoned digital currency ecosystem as it suffers from a massive crisis.

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ForkLog 68 12.01.2016

Ukrainian Project Develops a Blockchain-based Platform for Property Privatization

A Ukraine-based project is in the process of developing an automatic system for holding online auctions for leasing and selling of state-owned property using blockchain technology. Some of the project’s details became public during BIP001 conference and Blockchain Conference Kyiv back in September 2015. The project’s representatives Lasha Antadze and David Kiziria stated that the […]

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ForkLog 110 07.01.2016

BTCC Controversy: 100 Full Nodes Donated by the Exchange Appear to be Running on Amazon Web Services

Recently BTCC has launched 100 full nodes across five continents in order to maintain decentralized arrangement of the bitcoin system. Back then, the company explained this move by its wish to keep bitcoin away from any centralization. Samson Mow, COO at BTCC, stated that the company has launched the nodes in order to help the […]

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ForkLog 47 04.01.2016

The Banks and the Blockchain

The year 2015 has certainly become the year when major banks finally faced the fact that innovations cannot be overcome, and that the old system is in decline.

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ForkLog 112 29.12.2015

Tunisia to Transfer its National Currency on Blockchain

Tunisia will become the world’s first country to operate its national currency via blockchain. The blockchain in question, however, is an advanced version of the bitcoin’s one developed by Monetas.

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ForkLog 110 28.12.2015

Visa: Blockchain is No Longer a Choice Anymore

The latest report released by Visa Europe discussing the current matters in the payments industry gave profound consideration to innovations in financial technologies, as well as blockchain-based solutions.

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ForkLog 55 27.12.2015

Yandex Technology Distribution Executive Praises the Blockchain Technology

Speaking 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 […]

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ForkLog 38 25.12.2015

Putin Presented with a Roadmap for Blockchain Regulation

Russian 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.

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ForkLog 62 25.12.2015

PrivatBank: Blockchain is Great, but We Put Our Stake on Bitcoin

Dmitri Donets, deputy chairman of e-business center at PrivatBank presented an extended speech on the bank’s cryptocurrency-related intents at Blockchain Conference Kyiv.

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ForkLog 40 21.12.2015

Russian Ministry of Communications to Research Blockchain Technology

According to Russian minister for communications, Nikolay Nikiforov, options of using bitcoin’s underlying technology of blockchain to the benefit of the state should be scrutinized. He told that on the sidelines of “Internet Economy” forum on December 21.

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