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Why Singularity University’s CEO Believes Blockchain Has Gone ‘Exponential’ – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: "Based in NASA's Research Park, Singularity University has been preparing its students to challenge traditional concepts of...
Editor Note: "The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded as much as $600,000 in grants to six companies working on...
Jaxx Wallet’s ShapeShift Integration Live – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: "Kryptokit’s Jaxx wallet has announced the launch of its ShapeShift integration to allow conversion between its three...
Circle Favors More Regulation For Bitcoin And Fintech – Dao Daily News
Editor Note: "Regulation in the world of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency is often seen as a double-edged sword. But if Circle has a say in the...
Korean Giant Kakao Invests In Satoshi Citadel – Dao Daily News
Editor Note: "Satoshi Citadel has raised seed funding from KVG, which is the venture capital arm of Korean web giant Kakao. According to...
Avalon’s Big Deal $466 Million Pending – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: Big multiple - 18 times net. The reported cash and stock stock deal, which has yet to be confirmed by the purchasing party...
US Blockchain Businesses Push for National Licensing – Dao Daily News
Editor Note: "Following the publication of a report by the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on FinTech innovation in...
IBM Singapore Center Merges Blockchain With AI – Dao Daily News
Editor Note: "IBM today opened an incubator where 5,000 computer scientists will work to build rapid prototypes using the company’s...
An In Depth Conversation with the Expanse Project – Dao Daily News
Editor Note: "Lately, in cryptocurrency circles, all the chatter seems to be focused on the programmable cryptocurrency blockchain...
High Volume Doesn’t Mean Liquidity: Kaiko BTC Exchange – Dao Daily News
Editor Note: "Comparing data on volumes and liquidity at the world’s largest bitcoin exchanges reveals interesting ranking results,...
Steemit Social Media Platform Pays Its Users, Sees Massive Growth – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: "Steemit, the new social media platform that rewards its user base with cryptocurrency, has been growing exponentially since...
BlockCypher Releases Ethereum API – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: "BlockCypher CEO and co-founder Catheryne Nicholson says the addition of Ethereum was in response to an increased demand...
Will The DAO Become Ethereum’s Mt Gox? – Dao Daily News
Editor Note: "Front and center for those invested is the idea that the fate of one of the technology's most visible projects could create...
Antonopoulos: ‘The Open Blockchain Will Change This World’ – Dao Daily News
Editor note: "Bitcoin expert Andreas Antonopoulos recently told an audience of executives and regulators that private “intranet”...
Bitcoiners Who Use Tor Beware – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: "Bitcoiners love Tor but the FBI has “updated” Rule 41 of the internet that could blacken Tor’s horizon. This means...
Tendermint Exploring Public Blockchain – Dao Daily News
Editor Note: "Blockchain app specialist Tendermint is in the early stages of preparing to launch a public blockchain that could find it...
Russia’s Central Securities Depositories Believes in Blockchain – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: "Thus far, 2016 has seen no shortage of financial incumbents touting blockchain, but perhaps the most surprising has been...
Real or virtual? The two faces of machine learning – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: "There's a lot of sci-fi-level buzz lately about smart machines and software bots that will use big data and the Internet of...
Bit Hash Investors to Reap the Maximum Gain From Bitcoin Investment – Dao Daily News`
Editor Note: "Bit Hash Limited brings the unique chance for the investors interested in real online investments to diversify their...
Bitcoin May Soon Be Challenged by Central Banks’ – Dao Daily News
Editor Note: "Financial writer Frances Coppola gave a history and forecast of bitcoin and blockchain technology in an article on American...
Sift Science Brings AI Online Uncovers Customer Actions – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: "CEO Jason Tan tells us how he believes pattern recognition and machine intelligence can combat fraud and finds good...
Class Action Lawsuit Against Bankrupt Bitcoin Miner KnC – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: "A class action lawsuit filed against troubled bitcoin startup KnCMiner is proceeding despite a recent legal setback and a...
Bitcoin ATM Network Acquires Exchange Startup – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: "Athena Bitcoin, which operates in the midwestern and eastern US, is buying BitQuick exchange outright as well as bringing...
Central Banks Meet In DC Look At Blockchain – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: "During a three-day event in Washington, DC, hosted by the World Bank, the Intentional Monetary Fund and the US Federal...
Bitcoin Developers Meet in Zürich for High-Stakes Code Review – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: "A group of contributors to the open-source Bitcoin Core development project met late last month in Switzerland for a...
Wall Street Blockchain Alliance DLT
Editor Note: "Wall Street has been keeping a close eye on the evolution of distributed ledger technology in recent years. The Wall Street...
Richard Stallman’s GNU Releases ‘Unlike Bitcoin’ Electronic Payments
Editors Note: "Richard Stallman’s GNU (gnunet.org) and French computing institute Inria have released the initial code for an “electronic...
Prediction Market Augur Deploys Airbitz Edge Security
Editors Note: "The prediction market Augur that runs on top of the Ethereum blockchain has just announced a partnership with the security...
Philippine Central Bank To Regulate’ Bitcoin Operators – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: "A senior official told press that banks need better defenses after the wake of the recent SWIFT and Federal Reserve...
No robots required: AI will eliminate these jobs first – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: "Meet your newest employee, Amelia. She's intelligent, well groomed, and responsive to your moods. If she seems a little...
Bitcoin Finds Home Where Commerce Goes Gray – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: "It’s no secret that, in an effort to ease the concerns of global regulators and secure lucrative partnerships in the IT and...
Bitcoin Price Nears $600 – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: "Bitcoin prices have risen sharply in the past week, nearing the key psychological level of $600 after lingering close to...
CFTC Bitfinex Enforcement Benefits Bitcoin Exchanges – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: "Kevin Batteh is currently a partner with Delta Strategy Group, the leading government affairs firm in the derivatives and...
Bitcoin Bonus Program Gets Ukrainians Interested in Crypto – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: "Despite Bitcoin’s amorphous status in Ukraine, local activists are not afraid to bring Bitcoin to the public’s attention....
Waves CEO Talks Raising $16m, Open-Blockchain – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: "This week, we covered the news on the asset and custom token blockchain platform Waves raising $16 million with its ICO....
Will Rewards Halving Bring Crisis or Consistency? – Dao Daily News
Editor Note: Bitcoin block having is causing ripples. "As the block mining reward halving event approaches, many people in the bitcoin...
Making Sense of Blockchain Smart Contracts – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: "Ledger Labs head of operations Josh Stark takes a deep dive into the concept of smart contracts. Josh Stark is a lawyer and...
Ultimately Secure Bitcoin Password Manager – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: "Czech Republic-based SatoshiLabs has announced the Trezor Password Manager, calling it the “ultimately secure ‘no master...
Digital Currency ‘Still on the Agenda’ at Russian Central Bank – Dao Daily News
The head of a recently created unit at the Central Bank of Russia devoted to exploring financial technologies sees a wide-reaching role...
Why This Ethereum Co-Founder Isn’t Launching a DAO – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: "Anthony Di Iorio was a founding member of the team that built Ethereum, a network similar to bitcoin but with a...
Ping An a Gateway to China Links With Blockchain Consortium – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: "When Chinese financial giant Ping An joined the blockchain consortium led by R3CEV last week, the group added more than...
BitGive: Charity 2.0 Platform Will ‘Revolutionize Philanthropy’ Dao Daily News
Editors Note: " Established in 2013 by Connie Gallippi, the recognized 501c3 nonprofit BitGive is known for its work with projects such as...
Might This Be Satoshi Nakamoto – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: "Dave Kleiman made a name for himself as a computer forensics expert before being claimed as co-inventor of Bitcoin by Craig...
Barclays’ Ex-CEO Sees Blockchain Uprooting Critical Core of Banking – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: "Former group chief executive of Barclays, Antony Jenkins, sees innovation such as blockchain and artificial intelligence to...
Bitcoin Price Up On Correction – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: "Bitcoin price surges higher but remains within the area of the recent correction. Technical analysis looks at levels and...
ESMA oversight Distributed Ledgers Still Face Key Challenges – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: "The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), a securities trade watchdog based in the EU, has released a new...
Invest Report Suggests Bitcoin is a New Kind of Asset Class – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: "The paper was produced by digital currency exchange and wallet startup Coinbase and ARK Invest, an investment management...
London School of Economics Blockchain Could Reduce Custody Risks – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: "A new paper from the London School of Economics argues that the existing infrastructure for holding and transmitting...
Bitcoin.com Presents ‘Birds’: Promote Your Tweets With Bitcoin – Dao Daily News
Bitcoin.com has announced the launch of its new Tweet boosting service called “Birds” enabling Twitter users to earn bitcoin for...
Australian Newsstands Soon To Do Bitcoin Over-the-counter – Dao Daily News
Obtaining Bitcoin needs to be made a whole lot more convenient. Enthusiasts in Australia are tackling this problem, by letting consumers...
Crowdfunding Waves Launches Following $16m ICO – Dao Daily News
Blockchain crowdfunding and finance platform Waves launched Wednesday following a $16 million ICO, the sixth-largest crowdfunded project...
Bitcoin can make finance a public utility – Dao Daily News
Developing nations are waking up to the opportunities that Bitcoin and open blockchain technology can provide to the world’s poorest and...
Intel Challenge Reduced Cut Electric Bills With new ARM Chips – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: Reduced energy consumption drives Intel. New server and appliance chips based on the ARM architecture were announced at...
Do We Need Stable Purchasing Power? Is Crypto Currency The Answer?
Editors Note: The following news report follows the hyperinflation happening in Venezuela today. Eggs cost $150 US a dozen and dry Milk...
Vitalik Buterin Report on Ethereum for Banks – Dao Daily News
Penned by Ethereum inventor Vitalik Buterin, the more than 40-page report provides a technical overview of Ethereum’s architecture and...
Abu Dhabi free zone to promote blockchain startups – Dao Daily News
The independent regulatory authority of Abu Dhabi's newest financial free zone is seeking to promote the development of blockchain...
Blockchain Evangelists Retreat to Richard Branson’s Island – Dao Daily News
Richard Branson’s private island in the Caribbean is set to host yet another blockchain-focused gathering, drawing a range of guests from...
Is Apple Banning Ethereum Wallets on iOS? – Dao Daily News
Ethereum and its native currency ether have received the lion’s share of hype and media attention these days. But could Apple iOS policy...
Japan’s Trade Ministry Sees Blockchain Use Cases – Dao Daily News
Editor Note: "Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has released the results of a new survey on blockchain technology,...
Microsoft to Develop Identity Platform for Multiple Blockchains – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: Tech giant Microsoft has partnered with startups Blockstack Labs and ConsenSys to build an open-source identity...
Intel Extends It’s Blockchain Reach at New Innovation Lab Israel – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: Tech giant Intel has opened a development lab in Tel Aviv focused on financial technologies like the blockchain. By...
Blockchain Veteran Departs Barclays Bank for FinTech – Dao Daily News
Editors Note: A member of the Barclays blockchain team has revealed to Business Insider he will be departing the UK banking giant to join...
Bitcoin Startups Can Explore A Different Form of Venture Capital – Dao Daily News
[Editors Note: Bitcoin companies welcome VC funds, although Indie.vc is displaying an attractive alternative.] www.DaoDaily.News By...
Turkey Fires PayPal, Bitcoin Is ‘The Future’ – Dao Daily News
PayPal today announced it has lost its license to operate in Turkey, a country where 45% of consumers consider digital currencies to be...
‘Hot Money in China Has to Go Somewhere’ Bitcoin – Dao Daily News
[Editors Note: Chinese Bitcoin exchanges have unprecedented volume as the price of bitcoin in China has been running $50 USD or higher...
Dubai Sees Blockchain as Key to Connected Cities – DAO Daily News
[Editors Note: "The head of the Dubai government’s Smart Dubai initiative provided new details on how she believes blockchain can help...
Chinese Bitcoin Wallet Makes ID’s A Requirement – DAO Daily News
[Editor Note: The Chinese government is cracking down on Bitcoin users - will require wallet app ID's real-name registration Come July...
Make Sure Your Bitcoin is Secure During Price Spikes – DAO Daily News
[Editors Note: The price rise of Bitcoin has got everyone in a frenzy. Do people wonder why the rally is happening? Hope reigns supreme...
London Workshop Explores Blockchain Identity in Finance – DAO Daily News
[Editors Note: "The Identity & KYC conference in London hosted a workshop on using blockchain technology to improve know-your-customer...
ABN Amro Divides Bitcoin from the Blockchain – DAO Daily News
[Editors Note: "If you were looking to enter the business, Karin Kersten argues, you might first invest in a restaurant. Next, you might...
Dubai’s Global Blockchain Council First Pilot Projects – DAO DAILY NEWS
Editors Note: Dubai's Global Blockchain Council (GBC), a public-private initiative between local businesses, government agencies and...
Arcade City Holds First Ever Meetup In Austin – DAO Daily News
[Editors Note: "Ever since Uber and Lyft left Austin, the peer-to-peer rideshare group, Arcade City, has been making waves as it has made...
Medical Prescriptions Immutable ON a distributed ledger
[Editors Note: The Director of the Dutch-based REshape Center for Innovation Lucien Engelen recently announced a blockchain-based...
Jaxx: First Ether Wallet on iOS – Dao Daily News
It is the first iOS wallet to transact in ether, the native currency of Ethereum’s smart contract platform. Despite not being intended for...
Using Technology to Create Better ID Systems – Dao Daily News
Steven Malby is head of the Law Development Section of the Rule of Law Division for the Commonwealth Secretariat, the executive arm of the...
A Framework for Identity – DAO Daily News
Dan Elitzer is a member of the IDEO coLAB, a shared platform to discover and act on the potential of new technologies, with current...
US Congress Reps Receive Blockchain Briefing at Capitol Hill Event – DAO Daily News
More than 15 members of Congress met with representatives of the blockchain technology industry this week as part of a roundtable...
Was Ether’s Loss Bitcoin’s Gain? Traders Wonder After Wild Week – DAO Daily News
The price of bitcoin appreciated nearly 4% for the week ending 27th May, but the figure is perhaps not indicative of the wild...
European Parliament Approves Bitcoin Regulatory Guidelines – Dao Daily News
The European Parliament has appointed a regulator for Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. In the end, these efforts will be futile, as the...
KnC Miner Files For Bankruptcy, Begins Shutting Down Operations – DAO Daily News
In a surprise announcement, Swedish mining firm KnC Miner said today that it is filing for bankruptcy, citing Bitcoin block reward halving...
BitOasis Funding Boosts Blockchain Prospects in the Middle East – DAO Daily News
BitOasis has secured additional funding to expand their presence beyond the United Arab Emirates. The round of financing received support...
Goldman Sachs Admits Bitcoin is ‘Ideal’ for Public Transactions – DAO Daily .News
While Goldman Sachs expects private or “permissioned” blockchains to dominate most commercial applications according to its recent...
Andreas Antonopoulos Takes Aim at Arbitration With DAMN Proposal – www.DaoDaily.News
Currently under review at The DAO, the distributed autonomous organization that has raised over $150m worth of the cryptocurrency ether to...
Grid Vs. Cloud: Earn Bitcoin By Monitoring Environmental Data – DAO Daily News
The Internet has fostered the development of machines that can collect sensor-generated data and sell it in return for passive...
Report Russia Is Considering Its Own Cryptocurrency – DAO Daily News
The Russian Ministry of Finance, known for its disdain and intent to criminalize bitcoin activity, is considering the issuance of a...
MIT Innovation Initiative Lab for Innovation Science and Policy Releases Equity Crowdfunding Report
Crowdfunding report analyses whether equity crowdfunding will democratize access to capital and investment opportunities. Policy briefing...
Can a New Social Operating System Fix The DAO?
An Ethereum startup led by a Harvard researcher and the founder of blockchain ridesharing startup La’Zooz will submit a proposal to fix...
Goldman Sachs: Blockchain Tech Could Save Capital Markets $6 Billion a Year
A new report from Goldman Sachs Investment Research projects that the implementation of blockchain technology could streamline the...
Lisk Releases First Modular Cryptocurrency with Sidechains
Bitcoin Press Release: Following $6.5 million crowdsale, Lisk deploys first truly scalable cryptocurrency, with JavaScript compatibility...
Coinbase Co-Founder: “Ethereum Is Ahead of Bitcoin in Many Ways”
The scripting language in bitcoin is restricting application development, which is something that Ethereum can change, according to Fred...