We will remember 2020 as the year that turned the whole world upside down. When in March that year the globe got immersed in the first wave of the pandemic, stock markets collapsed. Compared to the beginning of 2020, the S&P 500 index lost 30% of its price, while the WTI price dropped to negative values. The Dow Jones index dropped by 10%, which was the deepest slump since Black Monday in 1987. The argument of Russia and Saudi Arabia over the oil issue coincided with the spreading of the coronavirus and the subsequent decline of stock prices. Together these factors resulted in the most ser ..read more

The summit will enhance the conversation around the future of digital privacy, reveal how the pandemic accelerated existing trends and analyze how people can protect their rights online THE INTERNET — February 3, 2021 — Orchid, the decentralized, crypto-powered VPN, announced the launch of Priv8, a virtual summit dedicated to the future of digital privacy. The summit will feature keynotes from all fronts of the privacy war, including Whistleblower & Cybersecurity Expert Edward Snowden, Founder and CEO of the Electric Coin Company Zooko Wilcox, Electronic Frontier Foundation Executive Direc ..read more

Nowadays modern technology can help you in so many ways. One of them is a cryptocurrency wallet that is based on blockchain technology for eCommerce. Something like a Bitcoin wallet, the deterministic wallet progressed and his basic function is to help you with your cryptocurrencies. What is a deterministic wallet? Unlike an old-style Bitcoin wallets, which generate new Bitcoin addresses and private keys randomly as needed, in a deterministic wallet, all of the data is generated using a specific algorithm from a single seed. The seed is a standard way of coding the keys of your wallet.  T ..read more

Learn how Substrate, the blockchain development framework, makes it easy to encapsulate your domain-specific logic in just a few lines of code and include it in a running blockchain in about 30 minutes.  In this live technical workshop, you will learn how Substrate and its meta-framework “FRAME” makes it easy to build a custom blockchain that comes fully loaded with best-in-class cryptographic algorithms from the researchers at the Web3 Foundation. Topics will include: the “Substrate and FRAME way” of thinking about blockchains, how to use FRAME to write custom blockchain logic in just a ..read more

BII SUMMIT is an event that specialises in helping Technology Companies and Investors meet under one roof to be able to create long-term business relationships. The Event is currently one of the top Technology Events in the Middle East and is currently the most specialised for Technology Investments. Moreover, the event currently attracts thousands of delegates from the region (mainly Dubai) and is continuing to attract more VIP Investors and Venture Capital Firms as it solidifies itself as the top event for Technology Investments. The mission is to bring innovation & investment to Dubai b ..read more

Blockchain, a phenomenon that has forced the worldwide industry to strengthens its security protocols. If you are following the latest market trends, you will surely know that blockchain will continue to broaden its impact on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency market plus the Blockchain’s effect on the monetary system is unbeatable. So, blockchain has a massive impact on the economy and to handle this big boom it is important to have education, experience and contacts to make decisions which will bring positive returns. You can get an education, experience, contacts and many more via blockchain events ..read more

Do you know the right Blockchain Business Models for your industry? This programme consists of a mix of technical, academics and practical instructions, teaching the principles of Blockchain, such that the knowledge imparted will be applicable no matter what the current in-vogue aspects of Blockchain are. How things are with early adoption of Blockchain technology and how things may be in the future if the potential of Blockchain technologies is realised. With the uncertainty over the complete lifting of the lockdown, at UNICOM, we have devised an Online Forum, spread out over a day of around ..read more

While the current buzz over Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are hard to ignore, the underlying technology that makes the trade of bitcoins possible needs to be further explored. Blockchain technology has the ability to record everything securely in a transparent matter. Blockchain with its benefits can easily sustain its relevance for years to come. Here are the most important benefits of blockchain that will prove useful to businesses in different industries. Supply Chain Management Blockchain technology offers the supply chain management industry the benefits of cost-effectiveness and tra ..read more

Just like it is said that Rome wasn’t built in a day, Blockchain Technology wasn’t built magically in a day. It took years of background research and then more than a decade of hard work since the starting of the first Blockchain-based network (i.e. Bitcoin) to actually propel the sector into prominence. Blockchain Technology is now disrupting conventional industries around the world but to truly understand the purpose behind the tech, one needs to understand its evolution and timeline in detail. Blockchain Timeline Infancy and Background Work (1990s-2008) This is often neglected by many crypt ..read more

Blockchain technology is becoming more well-known for its ability to securely store data without compromising on accessibility. With this in mind, an increasingly prominent concern for citizens, businesses and governments are privacy and securely managing huge volumes of sensitive data. In fact, privacy as a global security issue has been reported as a dominant concern for the United States this election year amid escalating unease around hacking and mass-market abuse of private data. A recent PWC poll showed that data is an overriding, common thread at the forefront of key policy areas report ..read more