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A relatively under-discussed topic at present is the dramatic increase of investment and value within the Internet of Things (IoT) sensor data market; while it is expected to be worth 1.2 Trillion USD in 2019, it is still being hindered by companies and industries that reserve their sensor data within data silos.The majority of sensor data is locked away within their respective sensor owners, and 10% of that data is ‘sought for others’ - that’s roughly 120 Billion USD worth of data that will be unavailable.

DataBroker DAO, the first blockchain marketplace to sell and buy Internet of Things (IoT) sensor data. DataBroker has announced the launch of their Presale token event set to start March 19th, 2018 - 4pm CET.

Great news for crypto-investors comes from Russia: the country creates a free investment zone in the Far East region. The first project there expands the boundaries of the crypto-market – Russians are ready to trade wood and timber for crypto-currencies. DAO Lescoin is at the pre-ICO stage right now and here are 5 reasons why you need to check it out.

The year 2016 was another eventful one for bitcoin and blockchain. Aside from the ever-growing list of articles in the mainstream media predicting its demise, the technology experienced many high and low moments. The following is a list of the ones that stand out most.

September 1, 2016 - Ethereum Classic (ETC) plummets, then Ethereum (ETH) rallies. News of the recent DAO Classic refund contract sets the market up for an additional 4.1 million Ethereum Classic to return to the hands of DAO owners.

August 23 2016, Ethereum is trading in a narrow range, and Poloniex moves to delist DAO from trading by September 5th.

As of 12:00pm GMT yesterday, a majority of Ethereum Network miners agreed to fork the Ethereum blockchain in order to refund Ether that was hacked from the DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization). Now the Ethereum community must choose their DAO (“a way” in Chinese) with which coin they will support.

A month since The DAO exploit, the Ethereum Foundation proposes a hard fork to the Ethereum software that refunds the lost Ether. The decision process of whether to accept or reject the hard fork that is being presented begins on block number 1,920,000 which is at approximately July 20, 12:00pm GMT.  

Among the many speculated areas where the Blockchain can be implemented, applying it to real estate transactions is one of the most recent achievements as Ubitquity records its first property ownership transfer on the Blockchain public ledger.