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By Samburaj Das The banking- and finance-centric blockchain consortium led by New York-based startup R3 will now include its first ever Chinese member, the Ping An Financial Services Group. China’s second largest insurer, the Ping An Group has become the first Chinese... by admin
Dubai is set to play host to a conference on digital currencies later this month, an event that comes several months after a government-backed blockchain effort was first unveiled. Hosted at the Burj Al Arab hotel, the one-day Keynote Conference event on 30th May will... by admin
Sixteen years after Robin Hanson published a seminal paper on using prediction markets to inform governance decisions, his ideas have found a home in the Ethereum community. The associate professor of economics at George Mason University and researcher at... by admin
The US Postal Service (USPS) has released a new report outlining how it could adopt blockchain technology within its operations. The report, issued by the Postal Service’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), suggests that the service should consider using the... by admin
Online payment service provider PayFort is among a number of participants to invest in a seed funding round for Dubai-based bitcoin startup BitOasis. Additional participants included MENA-focused venture capital firm Wamda Capital, early Internet entrepreneur Samih... Translate »