overviews

Bitcoin and related issues, positive and not-so-positive news from exchanges and platforms, new investment in the industry, and possible contradiction in the midst of interbank umbrella — all in ForkLog’s traditional weekly overview.

Bitcoin growth continuing, Craig Wright coming out of the closet, Consensus 2016 being held in New York, and other milestones of the week – all together in ForkLog’s weekly overview. Bitcoin Price Even though some of the week’s events have initially undermined bitcoin price, so that it dropped down to $441 on Monday, further developments […]

If a child from a crypto-maximalist family behaves like a moron, parents probably tell him or her that there’s a centralization hiding under the bed. If they have a farm, there’s a dummy centralization scaring crows away. Maybe they even call people they don’t like that name. All in all, that’s the thing bitcoiners wish […]

Bitcoin’s new price achievement, important news from the industry’s stakeholders, novelties at exchanges and platforms, blockchain’s continuing development, regulation news and many other things – covered in ForkLog’s weekly overview. Bitcoin Price Bitcoin continued ascending this week, and reached this year’s highest mark at $470.16 on Tuesday, April 26. However, significant fluctuations followed the peak, […]

British government seems to have seriously approached the issues of implementing fintech innovations in its operations. Speaking at London’s Digital Catapult, a government-funded think tank, Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock stated: “We’re exploring the use of a blockchain to manage the distribution of grants. Monitoring and controlling the use of grants is incredibly complex. A […]

21 April 2016 became an important day for Belarus. At the instigation of Valery Litvin, one of Cyber.Fund’s developers and bitcoin enthusiast, the country’s first-ever Bitcoin & Blockchain Meetup Minsk was held. The event saw in excess of 100 attendees with only 60 reserved seats, which had confirmed the issue was of importance for residents […]

Bitcoin price growing, new investments in the industry, ambitious statements on practical application of blockchain technology – all highlights of crypto-industry’s week presented in ForkLog’s weekly overview.

There are lots of researches concerning the way blockchain may cut operational expenses, accelerate transactions and settle issues with KYC and AML regulations. However, the very issue of KYC is problematic both for crypto-industry itself and global finance. Expenses for customer identification, anti-fraud efforts, and follow-up of such operations are truly colossal. The very procedure […]

These days the Finnish bitcoin scene mostly remains in the shadows, with only occasional news and a few startups being known to community. However, thanks to favourable bitcoin regulation and early bitcoin adoption, the homeland of Nokia can be also a great starting point for cryptobusinesses. We tried to figure out what’s happening in this […]

Conference Money 20/20 Europe kicked off on Monday, April 4, in Denmark’s capital of Copenhagen to feature a host of prominent speakers and attendees, including over a thousand of CEO’s from around the world. Apart from other things, the conference will give a closer look at fintech development, cryptocurrency and blockchain regulation, and other related […]

This week’s overview features further increase of bitcoin price, its continuing involvement in routine life, Ukraine’s blockchainization, and development of cryptocurrency projects.

Blockchain Conference Kyiv, the biggest distributed technology-focused event within the post-Soviet realm, took place on March 19 in Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv. Speaking at the meeting were founders of startups, financial experts, cryptography experts, officials, and public actors. It was the second meeting of blockchain enthusiasts in Kyiv, with the first held last December. The […]