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Blocko, a South Korean blockchain provider, launched in the United Arab Emirates after securing $16 million in funding.Building full-scale enterprise blockchain solutionsOn Oct. 2, Middle Eastern business publication Arabian Business reported that Blocko has partnered with SEED Group, a member of the Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum in the UAE. Before launching…

At 28%, this weekend's BTC price action was decidedly average compared to the cryptocurrency's run-up to 2017 all-time highs. 1071 Total views 6 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) may have dipped 28% in recent days but analysts have already put the scale of the losses firmly in context. As noted on Jan.12 by Nathaniel Whittemore, host of…

Chinese insurance giant Ping An has partnered with Ethereum (ETH)-based decentralized artificial intelligence (AI) startup SingularityNET. The latter company announced the collaboration in a press release published on Medium on March 14.Per the release, the collaboration will at first focus on Optical Character Recognition (OCR), Computer Vision (CV) and model training. SingularityNET notes that the…

Texas lawmakers vote to add digital currency to the state’s Bill of Rights, granting individuals the right to use digital currencies like Bitcoin for trading. 469 Total views 5 Total shares United States state legislators in Texas have voted to amend the state’s Bill of Rights and add a provision recognizing the right of individuals…

The Bitcoin (BTC) price has dipped below the $10,000 price mark on July 16, while all top 20 coins by market cap are seeing significant losses.Market visualization from Coin360Bitcoin has dipped below $10,000 threshold for the second time this month after the biggest cryptocurrency broke a multi-month high above $13,700 on June 26. After Bitcoin…

Industry stakeholders seek clarity regarding the implications of taxation and its connection to the recognition of cryptocurrency and associated procedures. 239 Total views 1 Total shares The president of the Stakeholders in Blockchain Technology Association of Nigeria (SIBAN), Obinna Iwunna, has commented on the implementation of the Finance Act, 2023, which was signed into law…

All US stock indices rose on October 11, as traders awaited consumer price index data to be released on the 12th. 53 Total views 1 Total shares October 11, 2023US stocks rose for the fourth day in a row today, as traders waited for the consumer price index report to be released on October 12.

In the last week of November, the saga of an alleged crypto Ponzi scheme that has been lingering for more than half a year took a new turn. A hobbyist blockchain researcher reported on Twitter that he’d tracked almost 200,000 BTC that had gone missing over the summer, when several million people invested in PlusToken —…

Crypto exchange OKX included a subtle shot at Coinbase in a new global ad campaign titled “The System Needs a Rewrite.” 2235 Total views 25 Total shares Crypto exchange OKX has seemingly called out rival exchange Coinbase in a new global ad campaign that argues “the system doesn’t need an update; it needs a rewrite.” OKX’s…