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Added by Steve Beauregard in Events, News
The Unchained conference in Berlin drew more veterans than newcomers, but whispers of a CryptoSpring were growing in volume. Both chain-agnostics and Bitcoin maximalists debated their respective views on-stage, delivering a rich basis for trend-watching. …
Added by Steve Beauregard in BloqLabs, Industry
Cryptocurrency and blockchain technology conversations in mainstream (and even industry) media have largely focused on fungible tokens such as bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH). Fungibility essentially means that one unit of a commodity is transferable for another unit of that same commodity at a rate of 1:1 – none are unique. But we’re beginning to see exciting discussions and developments from another kind of token – a non-fungible or “digitally unique” token (aka NFT). …
Added by Steve Beauregard in Events, Industry, People
The Satoshi Roundtable is the annual coming-together of the “Bitcoin OGs,” or as Max Keiser would have it, “Titans of the Blockchain Industry.” This is not meant to be boastful – this “invitation only” event has a very carefully curated guest list of C-level executives that have operated exchanges, wallets, payment processors, ATMs, remittance companies and OTC trading desks. In addition to what we at Bloq like to call the “Crypto 50,” executives from Fortune 50 institutions, bankers, lawyers, developers, VCs and cryptographers attended. …
Added by Steve Beauregard in Industry, News
The North American Bitcoin Conference (TNABC) in Miami has become a annual tradition in our industry – and one that I have happily embraced for the past 5 out of 6 years. Here are a few of my personal highlights and takeaways from this year’s TNABC. …
Added by Steve Beauregard in Industry
At my core, I’m an optimist, and I’ve always been bullish on blockchain technology. As such, here are just a few of my predictions for 2019:
Tokenization will Continue
Where 2017 and 2018 were the years of ICOs, I believe that 2019 will be the year we start to see real assets become tokenized. I foresee slow and steady tokenization use within of real estate, exotic vehicles, and other previously non-fractional assets. One throttling factor for growth in this area will be the number of qualified custodians because many investors might not want to manage these tokens on personal wallets right away. …
Added by Steve Beauregard in Industry
I wanted to offer some thoughts and perspectives on the fourth annual Latin American Bitcoin Conference (LAbitconf) now that travel has cooled down coming out of the holidays.
The opening keynote by the unofficial, unconventional Bitcoin spokesman Andreas Antonopoulos. …
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