After Nasdaq gave a delist notice Friday, Feb. 16 to Long Blockchain Corp. for low market capitalization, the company, previously a soft drinks brand, has decided to make a last ditch effort at preserving its original beverage business. Long Island Brand Beverages LLC (LIBB) is officially breaking from its parent company Long Blockchain Corp. (LBCC), according to a press release …

RMIT, an Australian public research university, has launched Australia’s first university Blockchain course, according to Business Insider Australia. The 8-week course, entitled “Developing Blockchain Strategy”, was designed by RMIT’s Blockchain Innovation Hub and partners with consulting firm Accenture and fintech hub Stone & Chalk. The online course description promises a practical program that goes beyond the conceptual aspect of Blockchain: …

The R3 Blockchain consortium has announced their creation of a Legal Center of Excellence (LCoE) today, Feb. 20 — a team consisting of ten law firms that will educate lawyers globally about new Blockchain technologies, according to a press release published on FinExtra. R3, which is made up of over 100 financial institutions, launched the Blockchain platform Corda in 2015, …

Croatia’s Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Association (UBIK), is a self-regulatory organization registered Feb. 13 with the goal of creating a crypto community, educating the public, and developing regulation in Croatia. It has officially begun working yesterday, Feb. 17, according to the UBIK blog. The governing board of UBIK already met with the Central Office of Tax Administration in Croatia on Feb. …

Mainstream financial advisors are publicly propagating Blockchain this month, telling that it is a “sociological innovation” during the US Technology Tools for Today (T3) conference, CNBC reports Monday, Feb. 12. A summary of the T3 Advisor Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, which ran Feb. 6-9, demonstrates the significant U-turn in attitudes from advisors in 2018. “Blockchain is a sociological innovation. …

Speaking to CNBC on Monday, Feb. 12, chief fintech officer of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Sopnendu Mohanty said it will be “two years” before the central bank’s Blockchain project sees “real impact.” Discussing the state of its “Project Ubin” and cryptocurrency in general, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) chief fintech officer Sopnendu Mohanty described the concept of Blockchain …

The most popular courses on campuses in the U.S. and across the globe are on Bitcoin and its blockchain technology. In parallel, educational institutions are creating innovative ways to attract the brightest students. For example, Varna University of Management offers Bitcoin scholarships. BITCOIN’S TECHNOLOGY CAPTIVATES ACADEMIA Student demand for courses on Bitcoin and its underlying technology, the blockchain, is putting …

Binance, one of the largest crypto exchanges by trading volume according to CoinMarketCap, has had to continuously refute accusations of a hack since their exchange has unexpectedly gone offline due to server issues. The time offline was supposed to only last for several hours, but, similarly to the extended Kraken downtime of over two days in January, Binance has since …

Blockchain technology is the underlying framework upon which most cryptocurrencies operate and it has become one of the most important technological advances in the 21st century. Simply put, a Blockchain is a secure system that stores information. This is typically done in individual blocks which are encrypted, together forming a chain of secure data. Bitcoin’s Blockchain pioneered the technology as …

Singapore Airlines will release a “groundbreaking” Blockchain-based app for frequent flyers by August 2018. In a press release issued Monday, Feb. 5, the airline announced a Blockchain-based app for its KrisFlyer program had passed a “successful proof-of-concept exercise” with Microsoft and KPMG Digital Village. Now looking to sign up Singapore-based merchants, customers participating in the program will ultimately be able …