Blockchain Projects Gear up for the Biggest Blockchain Competition of the Year
The blockchain ecosystem is to be on display in about three weeks during the International Blockchain Week when the blockchain world is expected to descend on Shanghai for one of the biggest event of the year, held by Wanxiang Blockchain Labs, where leading blockchain developers, entrepreneurs, visionaries, CEOs and directors of global companies are to present. The week-long event features Devcon2 which, according to George Hallam, External Relations at the Ethereum Foundation, is nearly sold out with only a few more tickets left, to be immediately followed by Demo Day and the Global....
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The biggest competition of its kind, Demo Day, hosted by ChainB during the International Blockchain Week, featured 17 ethereum based projects, out of 31, with the overall winner Uport, an Ethereum based blockchain identity project. Speaking to CCN, Uport’s co-founder Rouven Heck, stated: We are very excited about the great feedback for uPort over the last days at DevCon2. Winning the demo day event is a great endorsement from the community that we are building something valuable for the ecosystem. We are looking forward to integrating with some of the exciting projects we have seen over....
The Imperial College of Business London and Entrepreneurs First - a pre-seed investment programme - recently launched a competition that is designed to encourage innovation in the field of Blockchain technology. The competition is seeking entrants from a range of different departments including, business, computing, engineering and mathematics. The prizes: £3,000 for the best project, £1,000 for second place, and £500 for third. The competition will also be offering grants of up to £500 for entrants to purchase equipment necessary for the advancement of their projects. Dr Llewellyn Thomas,....
Australia’s so-called “Big Four” banks will be closely monitored for any attempts to purchase Fintech or blockchain-based startups by the country’s competition regulator. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will scrutinize any dealings or attempts by Australia’s biggest banks to swallow Fintech companies developing technologies like blockchain solutions in the financial sector, revealed the body’s chairman Rod Sims. As has been the predominant narrative for well over a year now, the Fintech revolution is seen as the banking industry’s biggest disruptive threat.....
Bitcoin PR Buzz, the first press release distributor on the market to cater exclusively to cryptocurrency clients, is hosting the first ever “Blockchain Company of the Year” award. The winner, to be decided through a community voting competition, will receive a 1 BTC prize, and PR worth over $897. The competition is already open for both voters and participants and will run until January 20, 2017. Cryptocurrency enthusiasts and professionals alike can participate in the contest at – www.bitcoinprbuzz.com/blockchain-company-of-the-year-2016. NewsBTC had a sit down with Johanna, COO and....
2021 is proving to be another massive year for the blockchain space. Total Value Locked (TVL) in DeFi protocols has hit $45 billion with NFTs raking in over $200 million in sales in the past 30 days. As March gets into gear, there are several major blockchain launches scheduled that you definitely won’t want to […]