Europe

Member of the European Parliament Eva Kaili endorsed blockchain technology, cryptocurrency adoption, and their regulations. Heartily, Kaili sees blockchain technology is a technology with significant potential and ability.

Innovative startups are growing in number – there are now more than 10,000, and they employ over 54,000 people. Minister Luigi Di Maio is optimistic that in 2019 more momentum will be added in startup venture capital markets in order to compete successfully with other main competitors in Europe, as StartupItalia reports.

The head of Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO) has said that the country is in talks with senior representatives from 8 nations to begin transactions with its ‘IranCoin’ - the newly created State-backed digital currency, Crypto-Rial, according to Tehran Times, a local news outlet.

Research conducted by IDC last year shows that 75.5% of companies worldwide believe blockchain technology will facilitate their Digital Transformation initiatives for the next half a decade. In Europe, however, uptake is still very low, the percentage of firms which are conducting pilot projects in blockchain makes around 9% of the total number interviewed, according to a report by Tech Economy.

The Ministry of Economic Development checked the establishment of two meetings of groups of experts devoted to the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain. The meetings held at Tapestry Hall were officially chaired by Patricia Cervantes, the undersecretary for economic development responsible for industry, being assisted by Minister Luigi Di Maio and Daniel Bachman.

High-volume Coinbase Pro and Prime Clients in Asia and Europe can now easily fund their accounts through cross-border SWIFT wire transfers from non-U.S. financial institution accounts, according to an official post published on The Coinbase Blog on Tuesday.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is regarded as the “queen” of technology, according to conversations on Twitter. The 6th edition of the Innovation Report of Talent Garden has analyzed the chats on Twitter across Europe, looking at the key trends in digital last year to forecast the trends of 2019.

A lot of Blockchain technology and cryptoasset companies are massively setting up their offices and big projects in Africa. Several cryptocurrency fanciers are asking why African countries are the main target, not Europe, America or Asia which has a large number of potential investors. The reasons as to why this is happening like this are just simple and precise as follows:

The African continent has been considered to be not embracing the wide use of cryptos as much as other places such as America, Asia, Europe are, but surprisingly enough, it's now running at tremendous speed to become a home for many crypto exchanges, wallets, and tokens just like Malta.