Companies

Do you know that your data is harvested, continuously by big data companies? So what, you say; what if we told you that the data market for the EU is set to hit €1 trillion by 2020, and data companies are making billions from it, without you getting anything for your information, could this make you think differently?

Shinil Group, a South Korean treasure-hunting company, recently made global headlines when they proclaimed an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) after discovering a sunken Russian battleship possessing large volumes of gold worth US$130 billion.

Google is set to get rid of all apps that involve digital currency mining in its Play store. The company explains that such programs endanger children and pose a threat to Android users. A new policy update, that bans crypto mining tools, was released last week.

Cryptocurrency traders who are in need of a loan, but don't want to sell their cryptocurrency holdings are set to benefit from Deribit blockchain powered loan solutions. The Amsterdam based Derivatives company, who started its first forays into cryptocurrency by offering Bitcoin Futures and Options trading services, will now enable borrowers to post crypto assets as loan collaterals without the fear of a margin call.

Bank of England (BoE) has accepted that it wants an improved payment system able and efficient enough to connect with fintechs using blockchain technology.

Joan Laporta, lawyer and former president of FC Barcelona, joins the Blockchain Technology by the hand of Jaime Hernandez and Miguel Rodriguez, founders of Urbit Data, the project that will revolutionize the Real Estate Market world through Blockchain technology.

Seiko Noda, Minister for Internal Affairs of Japan, gainsaid having any interest in a cryptic firm that is still under investigation hence interfering with the ongoing investigation and making the work of police difficult.

The straggling U.S. healthcare sector has difficulty managing patient information whereby each hospital, doctor, insurance company, therapist, medical office and pharmacy requires sundry pieces of data to appropriately care for patients.

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