In a presentation at BlockShow Asia, Daniel Zhai, COO of Blockchain startup INK Labs Foundation, introduced the company’s Intellectual Property Assets Exchange built on the Qtum Blockchain. The platform will help artists both protect and monetize their creative works.
For a long time, cutting-edge technologies have comprised the flagship achievements of the centralized banking systems across the globe both economically and socially. The technology behind credit cards and online payments have driven business performance, revenue and customer ease-of-access.
Pavel Lerner, the managing director of the cryptocurrency exchange EXMO was abducted by “unknown persons” in Kiev, reports Ukraine-based web publication Strana.ua. According to their sources, Lerner was held while leaving his office in the center of town and driven off in a black Mercedes-Benz.
Over the past decade, the news industry has stagnated. The “Facebook and Google are killing our business model” explanation has become a mantra for an industry that has failed time and again to find a response to disruptively competitive new digital advertising models. Google and Facebook now dominate online marketing, earning over 50 percent of total revenue, and now even publishers who can grow readership rapidly are not able to reach profitability.
The upcoming Blockchain Connect Conference that will take place on Jan. 26, 2018 in San Francisco, claims to be the first of its kind to focus on the cooperation between the Chinese and US Blockchain markets.
Cointelegraph continues publishing interviews with prominent guests of BlockShow Asia 2017, that took place in Singapore in November 2017.
In spite of government’s efforts to curb the growth of cryptocurrencies and Blockchain in India, the people of India and the Indian market for cryptocurrencies appear to love them all the more. The year 2017 has been particularly interesting for the growth of cryptocurrencies in India, mainly due to the ‘to the moon’ journey of the Bitcoin missile. Digital currency’s rapid price appreciation has sparked a nationwide interest, with the mainstream Indian media going haywire on cryptocurrency reporting. Media routinely gives both ‘investment’ advice and reiterates ‘cautionary’ warnings from the Indian government at the same time. So, how was the year 2017 for the overall development of cryptocurrencies and Blockchain in India?
Serial Innovator and Angel Investor Evan Luthra told Cointelegraph that digital assets are by far the best investment class. He makes this assertion because of the outsized returns compared to traditional asset classes. However, Luthra notes that it is a sort of investing that is generally not for everyone. The high-risk appetite necessary is only shared by a very small group of investors who tend to be young, successful, ambitious and have access to lots of capital without huge responsibilities.
The stereotypical thought of an African revolution, one that breaks the chains of oppression and domination, sparks images of bloody battles of liberation. But now, with a new tool that does not discriminate or exclude, Bitcoin is helping African millennials free himself from financial repression.
Before the Internet and the rise of social media, marketing and advertising was done offline. Brands and advertisers leveraged the power of ads, banners, print content and TV to target their customers. The process may have been more transparent, but it had flaws because conventional research methods to profile customers were imprecise and lengthy. Surveys and questionnaires used to be the norm. When online advertising stormed in, an industry that was once worth billions became extinct.
