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Reading Time: < 1 minute Kein Murcko is the CEO of CoinMetro exchange based in Estonia that makes digital asset trading easy for new and experienced traders alike. Kevin is an avid believer in making the world of finance more transparent and also founded FXPIG, a pioneer retail FX trading platform for Forex trading. Find […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Alejandro Gutierrez is the CCO of ConsolFreight which is a SaaS freight technology provider that empowers the digital transformation of the shipping industry using blockchain.
Reading Time: < 1 minute In March 2021 the Government Blockchain Association (GBA) members from around the world meet in the United States Capital to discuss the Future of Money, Governance, and the Law. The event will be held in the luxurious Congressional Auditorium. This is the 450-seat chamber where Joint Sessions of the United States […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes CoinMetro, the licensed crypto exchange has integrated with The TIE – the the premiere provider of alternative data for digital assets. The TIE is a cryptocurrency focused spin-off of Social Market Analytics (SMA), an official Twitter partner and the leading provider of sentiment data across traditional asset classes. In traditional […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Check out the new episode of The Women Of Blockchain podcast with Jillian Godsil, MA, BA (hons), hosted by Lora Salomidou. In this episode we touched on the most profound barriers to entry for women in technology sectors. We discussed the impact that Blockchain is making on societies and we concluded with […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes CoinMetro, one of Great Britain and the EU’s most user-friendly cryptocurrency exchange platforms, is pleased to announce that they will now support deposits, withdrawals and trading with the British pound sterling (GBP). The second fiat currency added by CoinMetro (after the EUR), users of the exchange can now easily buy […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Alejandro Gutierrez is the CCO of ConsolFreight which is a SaaS freight technology provider that empowers the digital transformation of the shipping industry using blockchain.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kein Murcko is the CEO of CoinMetro exchange based in Estonia that makes digital asset trading easy for new and experienced traders alike. Kevin is an avid believer in making the world of finance more transparent and also founded FXPIG, a pioneer retail FX trading platform for Forex trading. Find […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Korby Hayre is the Founder of House of Block which connects innovators, influencers, and investors to support the growth of the enterprise blockchain market. Korby has 25 years of sales and marketing experience in the exhibition and events industry. She has a strong passion for anything IOT. Get in touch […]
Reading Time: 8 minutes William Quigley – The Art of the Hustle “Judgement – it’s more important than age, experience or any other talent.” William learnt at a young age what it meant to be an entrepreneur. His mother migrated to the States from Ireland while still a teenager. In those days she did […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute In March 2021 the Government Blockchain Association (GBA) members from around the world meet in the United States Capital to discuss the Future of Money, Governance, and the Law. The event will be held in the luxurious Congressional Auditorium. This is the 450-seat chamber where Joint Sessions of the United States […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Check out the new episode of The Women Of Blockchain podcast with Jillian Godsil, MA, BA (hons), hosted by Lora Salomidou. In this episode we touched on the most profound barriers to entry for women in technology sectors. We discussed the impact that Blockchain is making on societies and we concluded with […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Uptrennd has become the world’s leading blockchain-based social media platform based on Pages-per-Visit and Time-on-Site metrics surpassing other platforms. Uptrennd, a tokenized social media startup, announced it has become the world’s leading blockchain-based social media platform based on Pages-per-Visit and Time-on-Site metrics surpassing other popular [blockchain] social media sites such […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes Interview with Bilal Hammoud – President and CEO of National Digital Asset Exchange (NDAX) It turns out that the co-founder, President, and CEO of Canada’s popular and trustworthy Crypto Exchange does not hail from a traditional tech background. Bilal Hammoud studied to be a chemical engineer and worked mostly in […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute At a recent virtual conference organised by Michael Healy I spoke about why Blockchain needs women. Actually, the talk is why the world needs women. I had a lot of fun doing this talk – and it’s all sooo relevant. Why Blockchain needs women(Jillian Godsil, Ireland) | Global Unit Unconference […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes The International Organization for Standardization recently published Technical Report number 23244:2020 on ‘Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies – Privacy and personally identifiable information protection considerations.’ Its approach is broadly in line with the recommendations of the EU Blockchain Observatory and the “CNIL”. After reminding readers of the increasing numbers of privacy […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Dean McClelland, founder and CEO of Tontine Trust talks about the pension bomb that has already gone off and whether tontines have the ability to fix the problem. What are tontines? You’ve come to the right place to find out. If you have capital and want to bet on yourself […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Jillian Godsil, veteran fintech journalist and recently nominated broadcaster, has been awarded the title of 2020 Blockchain Journalist by Uptrennd.com. Jillian says: “This award gives me immense personal pleasure. Like many journalists and content creators I dislike when platforms profit off my hard work. Uptrennd is a truly democratised platform […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Jason Jang, co founder and executive director of TNC Group explains how the TNC Group is working with coins already listed on exchanges but which may have stalled for lack of funding, expertise or dev opps. His company evaluates the projects with the most potential and then works with them […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes “No matter what the news, good or bad, I don’t believe you are in a position, when that news hits, to judge if it’s good or bad for you.” The Quigley Rules Q What was your best move? “My best move was being just captivated by the internet. And I […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes William is not a card collector. He was ten years too old for the Garbage Pail Kids GPK cards although his younger brother recently reminded him that he had indeed been a collector and still has his cards. Collectibles now really interest William. For an NFT to work it needs […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes The platform’s “learn and earn” environment more essential than ever in light of global market uncertainties. HedgeTrade, the world leader in crypto social trading, is happy to announce the full launch of their platform. Having released its invitation-only-Beta in December 2019, HedgeTrade initiated its public-Beta in March 2020. Thousands of […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes “I reckon Libertarianism is largely misunderstood. Let me explain. I am a venture capitalist and that is all about the free market. It is about helping people innovate and improve their business and giving them the capital to do it. “Whereas traditional banking is very bureaucratic. There are set rules […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes “Judgement – it’s more important than age, experience or any other talent.” William learnt at a young age what it meant to be an entrepreneur. His mother migrated to the States from Ireland while still a teenager. In those days she did not have any legal papers and nor did […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Presented at prestigious CC Forum in London Jillian Godsil, editor in chief of Blockleaders, was named the 2019 Blockchain and AI Journalist at the prestigious CC Forum in London. The Cultural and Awards dinner, a highlight of the two day conference, saw six awards presented to leading companies and individuals […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Users can now use HedgeTrade market forecasts to make profitable trades on Bittrex Global exchange. Bittrex Global is partnering with crypto prediction social marketplace HedgeTrade to make it easier to share crypto market forecasts and successfully trade, regardless of experience. HedgeTrade users can stake HEDG tokens to create trading predictions […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute WAX introduced a mainstream audience to the blockchain this week. These Garbage Pail Kids (GPK) collectibles were sold out in under 28 hours! A massive success and a step towards the future of integrating mainstream collectors and gamers to blockchain. · WAX launched on May 12th and by May 13th morning it was […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes BY GUEST COLUMNIST MARY ANN CALLAHAN Top 5 Best Stablecoins of 2020 Stablecoins are becoming more and more popular. The idea of a cryptocurrency without the chronic instability of BTC price is very appealing to many. But there are many stablecoins to choose from now, and it’s important to pick […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Idoneus, which is building the New Economy for Luxury Assets, has announced that it has purchased an original piece of art created by the world-famous artist Pablo Picasso. The piece, Danse du ventre devant homme impassible, was completed by Pablo Picasso in 1971. “It is my great pleasure to announce that Idoneus has purchased a piece of original […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Before WAX launched in 2016, the team behind the blockchain platform ran OPSkins Marketplace which was created to provide a safe trading platform for in-game items. Previously there was little to protect buyers or sellers in the digital items space and the team bridged that gap, creating a safe third-party […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes We all know the story of the two people looking at the same job advertisement. The man eyes up the spec and reckons he has at least 70% of the skills needed and whoops whoops off to apply. The woman sees she is missing 30% of the competencies needed and […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes BY GUEST COLUMNIST TEANA BAKER TAYLOR From pop culture icons to industry behemoths, crypto is indeed gaining momentum. Last week, many on crypto Twitter were surprised to see a post from JK Rowling responding to one of crypto’s renowned reporters, Leigh Cuen, with a question: “I don’t understand bitcoin. Please […]
Reading Time: 6 minutes ARTICLE first printed here It’s been 5 months now since the coronavirus outbreak started. Due to the lockdown policy that was implemented worldwide, people had to come up with ideas to keep themselves healthy, safe and entertained indoors. Needless to say, people had adapted to the change but not everyone […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes BY GUEST COLUMNIST MRU PATEL Chairman and Co Founder of http://www.betra.eu/ In 2017, I re-entered the cryptocurrency and blockchain market after intensive research. One of the main reasons I got dragged back to my core educational technology background was due to losses from the last financial crisis in the property sector, where […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Stefan Rust, CEO of Bitcoin.com talks to Jillian Godsil on working with Roger Ver, the $200million fund, and why money is passion. https://www.bitcoin.com/ About Bitcoin.com: Bitcoin.com is a growing business that loves to help other businesses through philanthropic efforts to help build and grow the ecosystem. About Blockleaders: Blockleaders is […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes In January 2011, according to his linkedin, Andreas Antonopoulos became the owner at himself. It was around this time he realised that Bitcoin was going to the most important thing in his life and in the world around him. Once he read the whitepaper he was hooked. He subsequently spent […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes David Harney is a lifer at Irish Life, literally. He joined the company at 17 and has stayed ever since. I joke he joined the mail room but in fact he joined via the actuary apprentice scheme. His rise has been of the meteorite-quality and in 2007 he was made […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes WATCH THE VIDEO HERE Furlonteer.com is a brand new, organically-grown community initiative aiming to connect people on furlough with remote volunteer opportunities for charities and good causes. With seven in ten UK firms having furloughed staff and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme recently extended to the end of June, Furlonteer.com […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Blockchain community worldwide is preparing for a 48-hour non-stop online experience, the BlockConf Digital, which will open its doors on Monday May 25 from 9 AM (GMT + 8). BlockConf Digital is a joint effort between FAS | Fintech Advisory Services and STO Managers that seek to contribute a […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes X8 AG today announces to its ICO’s investors the official closing of the ICO process with the test listing of its digital token X8currency (X8C) on Tokens.net exchange. This test listing is essential to determine without any doubts that X8 unique ARM (Automatic Reserve Management) AI based system, is fully […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute What could Liberland look like in a few years? Some of the most renowned architects from all over the globe will be presenting their projects, vision, and ideas on what should our newborn state look like. All of that next Saturday – on the 16th of May. Together we will review […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes By GUEST COLOMNIST Mitchell Mahaffey Global design and architectural minds will soon compete to build the most efficient and livable version of The Free Republic of Liberland. Just over five years ago, The Free Republic of Liberland was proclaimed as a libertarian utopian micronation, situated on disputed land between Croatia […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Europechain, the GDPR-compliant blockchain platform, has appointed Gimly to develop its self-sovereign identity app, My.D. Gimly is product research and development company which helps its clients leverage blockchain, IoT and other new technologies for their business needs. Founded by Caspar Roelofs, a product developer and solutions architect, the company pushes […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes The launch of ICE-SiGMA Asia DIGITAL will provide a unique opportunity to rethink how we live and work SiGMA Group has announced that, due to the C-19 global crisis, both the SiGMA Manila and AIBC Manila expos, planned for June 8-9 2020, will now be rescheduled to May 27-28, 2021. […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Harsh Jani, Business Development Lead, Iconic Holding Over the last month or so there has been a surge of interest around Bitcoin and various other cryptocurrencies. I do not believe this is due to any single, specific reason, but it could be because many believe the perfect storm for […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes New Strategic Partnership Will Secure Digital Transformation Utilizing Blockchain and Smart Contract Technologies. Idoneus announces a strategic partnership with LimeChain, one of the leading blockchain development companies in Europe. This partnership will further strenghten the technological advancement of the Idoneus Platform. “For the selection of our technology partner, it was very […]
Reading Time: 6 minutes BY GUEST COLUMNIST Marina Petrichenko (Crypto Marina) Lots of you might know that a very important event for crypto and blockchain world is coming soon — the Bitcoin Block Halving- so today I am going to explain to you everything you need to know about it. What does Bitcoin Block […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes BY GUEST COLUMNIST ALEX BAUSCH We live in a world that had been become ever more digital and globalized, despite the best efforts of from cyber and terrorists’ attacks and the contoured ‘sabre rattling’ from the world’s superpowers. However, in less than three months a virus has managed to, in […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Shane Mccarthy is a blockchain and fine spirits entrepreneur who has managed to combine his passions with his most recent project. https://down-stream.io/ https://www.irelandcraftbeers.com/ Find out more: https://blockleaders.io/ Connect with us: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bloc… Telegram: https://t.me/blockleadersnews Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlockLeaders/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/blockleaders Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blockleaders/
Reading Time: 2 minutes Michael Bacina, pronounced ba-cheena, discovered technology while a law student. A friend and he were working in a bookstore when an agitated man came in and ordered every kind of computing and programming book possible. When asked why he was buying these books, he said he was tired of paying […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL), founded in 1944, is a Canada-based wholesaling, manufacturing, marketing and administrative co-operative owned by more than 170 independent retail co-operative associations with a revenue of $9.2 billion USD (2019). FCL is largely a business-to-business (B2B) operation linking hundreds of suppliers through FCL warehouses. Its core business includes […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Salah Zalatimo, CEO of Voice, the social media platform launched by Block.one in June 2019, has been on board since January 2020. The timing of his appointment is not accidental but will be instrumental in the next phase of the much-anticipated platform. Salah has an interesting background – in restaurants, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes A coalition of Irish companies led by Irish Life is investigating the creation of a digital identify project to provide trust-based solutions to Know Your Customer (KYC) issues. Codenamed Emerald, the project is spearheaded by David Harney, former CEO of Irish life Group and now President and COO – Europe […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes By GUEST COLUMNIST JUSTIN ROBERTI Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, remote employees and Work from Home arrangements were becoming increasingly common. An Owl Labs 2019 State of Remote Work Report found that 2. 54% of U.S. workers work remotely at least once per month, 48% work remotely at least […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes On Yavin, CEO of Cointelligence, is a well-known commenter on all things crypto and is even better known for his very public calling out of people, projects and institutions that he perceives as scammers. At its core, Cointelligence is a research and analysis firm that has evaluated more than 400 […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes A simple software solution is available to get SMEs online in minutes — Free of Charge Retail businesses are under severe pressure from the COVID-19 crisis, they can now sign up to a simple online tool to sell online vouchers for future purchases in just a few short clicks. This allows supporters […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Join Blockleaders Editor in Chief Jillian Godsil and Crypto Expert and Costa Rica Resident Matt Haynes in their regular, irreverent look at what is happening in the blockchain and crypto world. This week they look at: The new blockchain technology being used by GM motors The Factom default Blockchain employment […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The blockchain organizations The Giving Block, Satstreet & Pioneer Club are hosting a charity (online) poker tournament to fight the coronavirus on 9 April 2020. The event, dubbed Crypto vs. COVID, invites up to 2,000 players to compete for 50 percent of the proceeds, with the other half being donated to participating charities. Tickets are available for $100. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes GDPR compliant monitoring solution for any remote workforce Europechain FACT offers a COVID-19 monitoring and management tool for enterprises, Governments, and healthcare agencies amidst the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. FACT offers remote solutions such as contact tracing, symptom tracking, customizable templates and workflows which can be distributed among employees and at-risk […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hosts online webinar on April 11 with international speakers and Virtual Reality hangout The Free Republic of Liberland is celebrating its 5th Anniversary on April 13, 2020. Originally, the Republic had planned a full two-day conference but due to COVID19 this has been migrated to an online webinar with a […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes BY GUEST COLUMNIST Justin Roberti On March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus a pandemic. As of Wednesday, 118,000 people in 114 countries have contracted the virus and nearly 4,300 people have died. Now, more than ever, branding is crucial. So, how do you go about communicating […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute oin Blockleaders Editor in Chief, Jillian Godsil, and Crypto Expert and Costa Rica Resident, Matt Haynes, in their regular, irreverent look at what is happening in the blockchain and crypto world. This week they talk about sex (as if social distancing is going to let anyone do that), COVID19, pornhub, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said the coronavirus emergency is likely to go on well beyond 29 March and could go on for months into the summer. Watch the video here In a special Ministerial Briefing broadcast, he said that “this is the calm before the storm and the surge will […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Join Blockleaders Editor in Chief, Jillian Godsil, and Crypto Expert and Costa Rica Resident, Matt Haynes, in their regular, irreverent look at what is happening in the blockchain and crypto world. This week they look at the price of crypto, the implications of the Coronavirus, Block One and Coinbase, Coronacoin, […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Europechain has launched an Ambassador programme to support the rollout of GDPR-compliant blockchain across Europe and globally. The Ambassadors come from different countries and sectors in Europe but all have blockchain advocacy as their passion. Menno Verheij, a serial entrepreneur based in North Holland, has been appointed as an Ambassador. […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes It’s International Women’s Day today so we thought we’d post some food for thought – for women on men. This is a funny but very accurate article from Noah Brand first published on the Good Men Project blog It’s true, men are complicated and confusing. Noah Brand clears up five […]
Reading Time: 9 minutes GUEST POST Barry Ryan, Chief Architect, Europe at Canada Life / Irish Life TL;DR We’re going to change Ireland by making it the first country in the world where digital credentials are routinely issued and accepted in important everyday interactions. This article is either going to elicit a ‘so what?’ […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes To say that the Coronavirus is leaving an incredible impact on the world today would be a gross understatement. However, it’s not just in the well-being of millions that the virus is affecting. In fact, investors and policymakers are coming to the realization that the epidemic is going to have […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes GUEST POST WRITTEN BY Mike Walker Sr. Director of Applied Innovation at Microsoft. Bringing paradigm-shifting digital transformation through emerging technologies. I believe blockchain will have its breakout moment in 2020 as it moves beyond the hype machine to derive real value for mainstream enterprises. In fact, in Deloitte’s 2019 Global Blockchain Survey, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Griffith College DublinLike Page23 February at 18:11 · We’re delighted to announce the team at Griffith College City Centre will celebrate #InternationalWomensDay with an #EachforEqual seminar. Speakers on the evening include Jillian Godsil, Nadia Ramoutar and Marian Shanley. Register your place, here! Event Date: 4 March, 2020 We are delighted to invite you to join us at Griffith College […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Larry Doyle formally takes the reins as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Leaf Ireland in 2020 as the successful Belfast UK based managed services company expands into Ireland. Leaf already had several Ireland based customers but since Larry’s appointment it has seen a rapid acquisition of successful Republic based clients. […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Do we get to choose the inscription on our tombstone? One person I know for sure that succeeded in doing just that was the comedian Spike Milligan, author of the popular 1950s UK Goon Show. He famously wrote Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite or I told you I was […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes On Wednesday 29 January I shall be moderating the Automation and Robotics conference in Dublin. Please find detials here. Here are my opening remarks with thanks to Forbes, PwC and Quartz for information. Future of Automation, AI and Robotics Consulting firm PwC studied last year the impact of robotics and […]
Reading Time: 7 minutes The number twenty one holds significance for many and traditionally is seen as the pivotal age milestone – at 21 you get the key to the door and begin your life as an adult. Well, here at Blockleaders.io we are partnering with Bridget Greenwood of the The Bigger Pie to […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Louis de Bruin early on recognized Blockchain’s disruptive potential to improve, streamline and simplify business processes. He had a leading role in the adoption of Blockchain by IBM and his efforts got him appointed Blockchain Leader for IBM’s Global Business Services in Europe. Louis retired from IBM in 2020. He […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Early bookings will benefit from a free standard ticket to the AIBC Europe show held in Malta this November, as travel restrictions lift across Europe With restrictions on travel easing, and airports throughout Europe reopening, the events industry is optimistic that the business, entertainment, and tourism sectors will be back […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Bilal Hammoud is a visionary, successful startup entrepreneur and founder of the Canadian Crypto Exchange National Digital Asset Exchange (NDAX) with a background in traditional finance, crypto investing, and Engineering. He has a proven track-record with experience in growing revenues, building teams and taking NDAX to a growth position within […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes CoinMetro, the licensed crypto exchange has integrated with The TIE – the the premiere provider of alternative data for digital assets. The TIE is a cryptocurrency focused spin-off of Social Market Analytics (SMA), an official Twitter partner and the leading provider of sentiment data across traditional asset classes. In traditional […]
