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Uncovering the side of Blockchain that is set to be Mass Adopted. Sharing my Insights on Decentralized and Enterprise-focused Blockchain


Blockchain startup Algorand is making its way into Islamic finance

1 Nov 2019 3 minute read 0 comments xaviercote

The Algorand Foundation revealed that they have been deemed Sharia-compliant as we adhere to the tenants of Islamic law. The certification was provided by Bahrain-based Shariya Review Bureau (SRB). Our CEO Steve Kokinos said in a statement: “Our visi...

How will Terra disrupt the Payments & Blockchain Industry

16 Oct 2019 3 minute read 0 comments xaviercote

Terra is a price-stable cryptocurrency that’s aiming for worldwide mainstream adoption via its mobile payments dApp, CHAI. Recently, during the Korea Blockchain Week, CHAI and Terra announced four game-changing partnerships: With BC Card – the large...

Main Highlights Of Korea Blockchain Week 2019 — Recap

11 Oct 2019 3 minute read 1 comment xaviercote

Korea Blockchain Week is South Korea’s largest Blockchain conference to be held annually in the city of Seoul. A conference that houses a variety of speakers from across the globe and has become a popular meeting ground for startups eager to unveil t...

Korea Blockchain Week 2019 Top Conference Highlights

9 Oct 2019 2 minute read 2 comments Wallace Piotr

Recapping the events of Korea Blockchain Week 2019 Vitalik Buterin highlights Grants, Hdac announced new project and Terra proves that it owns Korea Seoul, South Korea hosted the much anticipated Korea Blockchain Week from Sep. 27, 2019, to Friday, O...

Algorand Community Update: Relay Node Runner Suspension

7 Oct 2019 3 minute read 1 comment xaviercote

Algorand is a Boston-based open-source software company working towards building a borderless economy. The Algorand community has been recently working on numerous EIPs to improve the Foundation. One of these is EIP-09092019PC (“the Proposal”), which...

Terra partners up with Korea’s largest convenience store chain to conduct offline payments

6 Oct 2019 2 minute read 0 comments xaviercote

CU is Korea’s largest convenience store chain with 14,000 retail locations scattered across the country Terra is a stablecoin that aims to become the first mass-adopted cryptocurrency. CHAI, its payments dApp, had already gained more than 400,000 use...

Terra’s Payments dApp CHAI Partners up with Korea’s Biggest Payment Processor

2 Oct 2019 2 minute read 1 comment xaviercote

The CHAI-BC Card partnership will help CHAI launch its own debit card by early 2020 Terra Co-Founder, Do Wong, announced during the Korea Blockchain Week that Terra’s payments dApp CHAI has partnered up with BC Card. Via this collaboration, CHAI will...

AssetBlock partners with Algorand in a bid to launch a $60M Real Estate Investment Platform

29 Sep 2019 4 minute read 1 comment xaviercote

Real estate startup AssetBlock has launched its tokenized property investment platform on the Algorand blockchain. AssetBlock was able to leverage its joint venture with Lodging Capital Partners (LCP) to announce $60 million worth of tokenized hotel...

Analyzing Algorand’s Economic Improvement Proposal (EIP)

23 Sep 2019 2 minute read 0 comments xaviercote

Algorand is a Boston-based open-source software company working towards building a borderless economy. The brainchild of Turing Award winner, MIT teacher, and zero-knowledge proof creator – Silvio Micali – is a next-generation blockchain platform tha...

How Crowdfunding using Blockchain leads to a safer Investment

18 Sep 2019 3 minute read 0 comments xaviercote

Crowdfunding has always been present in one form or another for a long time. However, it truly entered its boom period thanks to the internet. Platforms like Kickstarter and IndieGogo have raised billions of dollars for projects around the world. It...