What is Bitcoin and why should you care?
What is Bitcoin, and why do you care? Bitcoin is freedom for money. Let me explain: Bitcoin is third "democratization" that I've had the privilege of living through. The first was the Internet of course, the democratization of communication. No longer did you need a printing press, runners, trucks, call boys in order to make your voice heard. Now all you....
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Gem, a provider of enterprise blockchain development and operations tools, is entering Nashville’s booming health care sector. Micah Winkelspecht, the founder and CEO of Gem, said in a recent interview with Venture Nashville that the decision to increase the company's focus on health care was made after a six-month period of growing interest from the industry. Better Records for Better Care. Currently, most hospitals have closed bookkeeping, which prohibits information learned in one corner of the world to quickly be sent to another. It can also limit the speed that information one doctor....
Mastercard president Rob Reeg admits he doesn’t particularly care for bitcoin, but thinks the blockchain holds promise. In a recent interview with the Business Standard, Reeg opened up about some of Mastercard’s ongoing projects surrounding blockchain technology, and how they plan to implement further security for card holders. Presently, the credit conglomerate is working on two separate blockchain pilot projects; one combines aspect of both public and private ledgers, while the other is strictly private. Regarding the blockchain, Reeg went on to state: “It is an interesting technology....
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Blockchain company Gem aims to tackle one of the biggest issues in health care insurance claim payments: providers have to wait a long time to get paid. Moving toward that goal, the ambitious startup just scored a major partnership with Capital One. In a recent press release, Capital One announced it is “reinventing” its treasury management platform to include, among other things, advances in health care claims applications. As part of that, the financial conglomerate is partnering with several digital technology providers, including Gem. “Blockchain technology connects the ecosystem to....