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Hong Kong Insurers Exploring Blockchain Platform For Motor Vehicle Insurance

The Hong Kong Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury highlighted “InsurTech” innovations at a recent gathering of the island’s insurers, while also discussing...

World Bank Still Eyeing Blockchain

It has been almost five months since the World Bank published its cautiously optimistic FinTech report on blockchain technology. New official documentation reaffirms that...

Buterin Proposes ‘Minimal Sharding Protocol’ For Immediate Development

Vitalik Buterin has recommended that developers work on building a skeletal version of a sharding system until the Ethereum community is able to produce...

Yahoo Japan’s Z Corporation Purchases Stake In bitARG Tokyo Cryptocurrency Exchange

On Friday, Z Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Yahoo Japan, acquired a minority stake (40 percent) in bitARG Tokyo, a cryptocurrency exchange licensed...

Coin Drop Markets CEO Gives Up Defense In Critical CFTC Cryptocurrency Case

On Wednesday, Patrick McDonnell threw in the towel in his defense against the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.On April 11, 2018, Patrick K. McDonnell –...

Vietnam PM Calls For More Gov’t ‘Management’ Of Cryptocurrency Following Scam ICOs

After about 32,000 investors allegedly lost the equivalent of $658 million in two Vietnamese ICO scams, the country’s prime minister called for the proposal...

J.P. Morgan Hit With Lawsuit Over Cash Advance Fees Related To Cryptocurrency Purchases

On Tuesday, a Chase credit card customer filed a lawsuit against the company for unexpectedly charging his cryptocurrency investments as high-interest cash advances rather...

Digital Day 2018 Highlights EU Blockchain Partnership Initiative

The European Commission brought prominent digital technology stakeholders from across Europe together with the aim of reaching joint commitments to bolster the European Union’s...

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DeepMind CEO: AGI just years away, demands new US safety tests

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis predicts AGI will arrive within a few years, comparing it to the discovery of...

Warsh: No Stablecoin Bailout, GENIUS Act Deadline Near

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh told lawmakers the central bank will not bail out stablecoin or cryptocurrency firms in...

Emurgo cedes TOKEN2049 to Cardano Foundation after $20M hack

Emurgo has handed over organization of TOKEN2049 to the Cardano Foundation after a $20 million hack on its NEO-finance...