SLUSH 2016 Gems: FinTech Democratizing Capital Markets
“Nobody in their right mind would ever come to Helsinki in November” - says the banner at the front entrance to the Helsinki Exhibition Centre, Finland’s biggest convention and exhibition center. We at Cointelegraph are badasses, just like the other 15,000 guests, 1,700 startups, 800 investors and 630 journalists who attended one of the leading startup and technology conferences in the world - Slush 2016. Building worldwide startup community. The history of Slush started in 2008 when a small group of Finnish entrepreneurs met over a pint of beer. A few months later it grew into a gathering....
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Originally covered here, Gems is like any other social messenger app, except with a twist. Integrated with Gems is a wallet, that users automatically get. Also Gems is encrypted, ensuring better privacy just like using cryptocurrency for your financial transactions. A: Gems is a Social Messenger integrated with next generation bitcoin technology. Gems offers a WhatsApp style mobile experience with fully encrypted and private messaging, and a built in wallet. Our new introductory video is now live and gives an simple overview of how Gems works: http://vimeo.com/106725097 A: The gems....
U.K. FinTech startups raised $173 million across 16 deals in Q4 2016, an increase of $95 million from Q3, according to a report from CB Insights. The report, The Global FinTech Report Full Year 2016, from the company which tracks venture capital investment, looked at FinTech venture capital across markets in Europe, Asia and North America. The results found that investment within financial technology firms had risen by 122 percent between October and December 2016 with the number of deals taking place increasing by 33 percent. Despite an increase in U.K. financial technology investment....
Gems wants to disrupt social networking like Bitcoin revolutionized the definition of currency. Gems is a forthcoming social platform that wants to become the "Bitcoin of social networks." Gems plans to achieve this revolution by distributing advertising revenue to users rather than centralized corporations. Moreover, Gems offers users the ability to encrypt their messages to ensure they remain private. Gems launched its cryptocurrency crowdsale on December 1. Also read: Nxtty Releases Encrypted Messaging App for Android Phones. Gems Presale Launches with Goal of Taking Crypto Mainstream.....