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UK Blockchain

A U.K. government agency is reaching out to blockchain startups in a competition that is focused on digital health solutions. In a notice from Innovate UK, a nondepartmental public office that is designed to promote innovation through grants and investments, it is offering up to £8 million for U.K. businesses to work on innovation projects …

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India

A new survey has been released by India’s market and trade body that shows while 97 percent of Indian traders are aware of bitcoin, it’s use among them remains low. At a meeting called ‘Roundtable on Industry Perspective on Bitcoins: A New World of Payments and Deals,’ the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which overseas …

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Russian Airline S7 Ethereum

Russian airline S7 has revealed that it is now utilising the ethereum blockchain to sell flight tickets with backing from the country’s largest private bank. Reported in regional newspaper Kommersant, Russian airline PJSC Siberia Airlines, known as S7, and Alfa-Bank started using the blockchain to sell flight tickets on Monday 24th July. The report states that one of …

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Digital Currencies

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has announced that it will begin testing regulations for digital currencies such as bitcoin. During the first seven months of 2017, the digital currency market has experienced huge gains with slight drops in between. At the beginning of the year bitcoin was valued at $1,000; however, its price has …

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ICOs

The popularity of initial coin offerings (ICOs) has taken off to such an extent that ethereum’s co-founder has said that there is now ‘an over-tokenisation of things.’ Speaking in an interview Charles Hoskinson, who helped to create the ethereum network, said: “People say ICOs are great for ethereum because, look at the price, but it’s a …

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The God: Amun Ra

The deputy governor of Egypt’s central bank has rejected claims that bitcoin adoption will take place at the country’s banks. In a statement posted on Arabian news site Amwal Al Ghad, Lobna Helal, the Central Bank of Egypt’s (CBE) deputy governor, denied reports that the bank was permitting banks to handle bitcoin adoption. In a statement, …

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Bitcoin India

The Indian government is considering whether to introduce a goods-and-services tax on bitcoin purchases, according to local reports. According to The Hindu, the government is thinking about implementing a regulatory regime for digital currencies such as bitcoin which would enable a tax levy. At the moment in India digital currencies are neither legal or illegal; however, …

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Bitcoin Acceptance

The value of bitcoin is up by 250 percent in 2017, but according to research conducted by Morgan Stanley, bitcoin acceptance has seen a decline among top merchants. For a digital currency that is working at becoming a mainstream currency that people use for their day-to-day purchases, could this be the beginning of the end …

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Mt Gox

The former CEO of the now-defunct bitcoin exchange Mt Gox is preparing to head to trial in Japan next week where he faces embezzlement charges relating to the disappearance of around 650,000 bitcoins. French-born Karpelès, who was released on bail last year from a Tokyo detention house on the condition that he didn’t leave Japan, is expected …

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NotPetya

The hackers behind the NotPetya ransomware have emerged again. This time they are demanding a one-off payment of 100 bitcoins to unlock victims’ files. On the 27th June, reports of a global cyberattack emerged that started in the Ukraine, crippling its computer systems. Infecting some of the world’s biggest organisations, the ransomware targeted 60 countries and around …

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