Forbes
How Leading Enterprises Are Building Blockchain Innovation On AWS
4 min · · Companies are working to reap the benefits of blockchain, such as greater speed, efficiency, and reduced risk. · Shared by 11, including Thomas Power, Thomas Billeter
VentureBeat
The tokenization of securities is happening right now and no one is noticing
5 min · · The SEC's official clearance of both Blockstack and YouNow to hold regulated token offering under Reg A+ on July 10 was an enormous win. · Shared by 30, including Thomas Power, Thomas Billeter, Howard Getson
Forbes
China Could Be About To Throw Its Weight Behind Bitcoin
2 min · · Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies have had a tumultuous relationship with China over the last few years, with crypto trading volume notoriously difficult to measure since the country banned exchanges in… · Shared by 20, including Thomas Billeter, Thomas Power
bitcoinsuisse.com
Fallback – Bitcoin Suisse
· Have a more comfortable experience with new features extentions and better customisability. Newer browsers protect you better against viruses, scams and other threats. Outdated browsers have security… · Shared by 5, including Thomas Billeter
Harvard Business Review
How Blockchain Will Change Construction
4 min · · It will ensure complex projects have transparency and good record keeping. · Shared by 34, including Antonio Vieira Santos, Stephan Woodtli, Thomas Billeter
VentureBeat
Blockchain is finally becoming the next-gen database of choice
3 min · · Key things we want from a database -- disaster recovery, security, availability, and automation -- are all baked into blockchain. · Shared by 55, including Jonathan Kogan, Gerrit Eicker, Thomas Billeter
medium.com
Ethereum: The Digital Finance Stack
19+ min · · Ethereum is a platform, built to support a financial super-structure. User behavior in this super-structure creates forces that push and… · Shared by 51, including Thomas Power, Paolo Sinelli, Thomas Billeter, Yvette Dubel
Coinbase 🛡️
New real-time price alerts for the Coinbase app
1 min · · Today, we’re introducing real-time price alerts for any cryptocurrency supported by Coinbase, available in the Coinbase mobile app. Now… · Shared by 9, including Thomas Billeter
cryptocoinsnews
Mark Zuckerberg Stole Facebook, Now He’s Stealing Bitcoin
3 min · · As Facebook launches Libra, the very concept of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency is under threat. The revolution will not be on Facebook. · Shared by 8, including Thomas Billeter
Forbes
Google Integrates Cryptocurrency Project With New Blockchain Oracle
2 min · · Ethereum app builders using Google software will be able to integrate data from sources outside the blockchain through a partnership with Chainlink, which provides inputs and outputs necessary to run… · Shared by 40, including Thomas Billeter, Ste Davies, Yvette Dubel, Thomas Power
cryptocoinsnews
Bitcoin Price Can Shatter $60,000 This Bull Cycle, Claims Crypto Trader
2 min · · Crypto trader Josh Rager believes that the price of bitcoin could soar to $60,000 once it crosses the $11,700 resistance. · Shared by 6, including Thomas Billeter
The New York Times
How Libra Would Work for You
4 min · · We break down the new Facebook-backed cryptocurrency and what the company hopes you will be able to do with it, even though it hasn’t quite arrived. · Shared by 121, including Matt Navarra, Carl Morris, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Thomas Power, Thomas Billeter
WIRED
Facebook’s Libra Reveals Silicon Valley’s Naked Ambition
4 min · · Cloaked in the guise of making the world a better place, the cryptocurrency project is really another attempt to go big or go home. · Shared by 215, including Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Charles Baldwin, Martina Grolimund, Claudia Sommer, Backchannel, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Alain, Gabriele, Thomas Power, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Yvette Dubel, Ralph Hutter, Dominik Grolimund, Oleg Baskov, Thomas Billeter
The Wall Street Journal
Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency Gets Big Backers
1 min · · Facebook has signed up more than a dozen companies including Visa, Mastercard, PayPal and Uber to back the new cryptocurrency that the social-media giant plans to unveil next week. · Shared by 50, including Thomas Power, Matthew Bishop, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, DHH, MΛRC VIDΛL, Thomas Billeter, Antonio Vieira Santos, Matt Navarra
VICE
One Bitcoin Transaction Now Uses as Much Energy as Your House in a Week
10 min · · Bitcoin’s surge in price has sent its electricity consumption soaring. · Shared by 753, including Philipp.Herkelmann, Alex Barrera, tjalve, Nils Hitze, Thomas Power, John Battelle, Ryan Boren, Richard Joerges, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, MariadPDC, Dez S. Papp, Dominik Grolimund, Nicolas Berg, Paulmears, Massimiliano Aroffo, Azeem Azhar, Taylor Pearson, Balthasar Glättli🌻 🕊, Ward Plunet, Christoph Janz 🇺🇦🎗🕊