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Question:  Which do you think has been the most important news of the last days? How does it contribute with the further implementation of bitcoin and the blockchain technology?
Bitwage - 0 (0%)
Korean broker and bitcoin exchange partnership - 0 (0%)
Blockonomics - 2 (40%)
GameCredits - 1 (20%)
Waves - 1 (20%)
Blockchain investment fund - 1 (20%)
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April 20, 2016, 09:26:39 AM
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Hi everybody, we are from Huobi!(www.huobi.com) Welcome to check our weekly summary of the latest virtual currency related events to provide you the comprehensive perspective to know the industry. Now let’s review what important news happened last week!

Bitcoin:

  • Bitwage, a bitcoin payroll and international wage payment service provider, recently announced the release of Bitwage Payroll service for Individuals (BPI) in Europe. The company offers a system that allows people to use the cryptonetwork to get paid but receive money in local currencies or keep money stored in a mix of different currencies.

  • A major Korean securities broker and dealer has begun working with a local bitcoin exchange, moving closer to allowing access to the digital currency for its customer base. Beyond the integration between the two firms, the memorandum reportedly outlines plans to develop blockchain applications for stock services.



Blockchain application:


  • Blockonomics, a multi-service bitcoin blockchain data aggregator and the first to implement several useful applications such as the wallet watcher which let estimate the confirmation time for bitcoin transactions and also allows to track transactions and balances. The majority of services on the website are completely free to use, but members have access to the single paid upgrade.

  • GameCredits develops an in-game payment API for cryptocurrency. GameCredits has been working towards a universal cryptocurrency that can be used across a variety of different games and platforms. The GameCredits team are already working on implementing their API with two game development companies, Peaksel and Webelinx.

Funding:

  • A new investment fund is seeking to raise as much as $100m over the next two years to fuel investments in the blockchain space. The fund is aiming to raise capital from mid-size banks, a process for which, according to one of the founders, would include providing consulting services and research aid to participating banks.


  • Waves, raised 2M USD during the first day of crowdfunding campaign. The platform will go after the integration of existing national currencies which transaction would take place on the company's blockchain. With fiat integration, Waves wallet will have the ability to hold fiat currencies such as USD, Euro and Yuan in the form of tokens along with other WAVES-based tokens without the need to download the blockchain.

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Which do you think has been the most important news of the last days? How does it contribute with the further implementation of bitcoin and the blockchain technology?

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April 20, 2016, 12:08:50 PM
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glad to see blockonomis,and i think With blockonomics wallet watcher i can track transactions and balance of all my public bitcoin addresses at one place. i wish people love this..
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April 20, 2016, 12:19:47 PM
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First of all thanks for this thread full of infos. What Gamecredits is trying to do sound similar to what digibyte (dgb) is already doing. And also digibyte has already get partnered with lots of huge gaming platform.

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