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Professor Joyce O’Connor has received an Ambassador Award from Women 4IT. Steering Group member and chair of the Education, Skills and Innovation Working Group at Blockchain Ireland, Prof O’Connor was recognised for her work in IT to promote gender equality, youth employment, and in addressing the ICT specialist gap in Ireland and Europe. Prof O’Connor […]

The Gibraltar Stock Exchange (GSX) is quietly preparing for a corporate takeover that could have global consequences for the former naval garrison, reports the Guardian. A proposal is under review by the regulators that would prompt blockchain firm Valereum to buy the exchange in the new year, says the report, meaning the British overseas territory […]

Google is forming a group dedicated to blockchain and related technologies under a newly appointed executive who has spent more than a decade on the company’s core business of search advertising, reports Bloomberg. An engineering vice president for Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Shivakumar Venkataraman, is now running a unit focused on “blockchain and other next-gen distributed […]

Blockchain Ireland’s Lory Kehoe took to the airwaves with broadcaster Ryan Tubridy to give provide an explainer for blockchain, NFTs and cryptocurrencies. In a broad ranging conversation where Tubridy played the role of interested sceptic. Lory gave clear and accessible explanations for so many of the topics and terms being bandied about in the media […]

The online monthly meetings of Blockchain Ireland will resume in February 2022. As outlined at the last meeting of 2021, the primary focus of the working and steering groups has been the blockchain document for government. This document is in its final stages and is expected to be ready for sharing with key government figures […]

Join ICS and BlockW at their next Blockchain event, where Niall Dennehy Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at AID:Tech will discuss its mission to bring transparency and traceability to the distribution of funds and resources by Governments, Banks and NGOs, hosted by Professor Joyce O’Connor. AID:Tech combines Digital Identity and Blockchain technology to accomplish this. […]

Crypto-related job postings rose sharply last year, according to LinkedIn News. The news report says that job postings with titles containing terms such as “bitcoin,” “ethereum,” “blockchain” and “cryptocurrency” grew 395% in the US from 2020 to 2021, outpacing the wider tech industry which saw a 98% increase in listings during the same time period, […]

The payments-focused company formerly known as Square, now called Block, has officially announced its intention to join the bitcoin mining game. According to The Block, Jack Dorsey initially teased such a move late last year, highlighting a possible bid to be “based on custom silicon and open source for individuals and businesses worldwide.” Now, statements […]

2021 was a momentous year for Blockchain Ireland. Moving beyond its initial development with IDA and Enterprise Ireland in October 2020, to the support of Technology Ireland ICT Skillnet and the leadership of the steering and working groups, Blockchain Ireland has gone from strength to strength. There were three key objectives for 2021. Setting up […]

US banking giant JPMorgan Chase has partnered with Siemens to develop a blockchain system for the German industrial group’s payments, in what the two companies said was a first-of-its-kind application, Financial Times reports. According to the report, Siemens said the improved automation is needed to process the far greater number of payments it expects due […]

Wells Fargo & Company WFC and HSBC Bank plc have come together to use a blockchain-based solution for the netting and settlement of matched foreign exchange (FX) transactions, reports Nasdaq.com. The development is Wells Fargo’s debut in utilising blockchain technology for the settlement process of cross-border payments. Both companies will share a settlement ledger to […]

Smart contract blockchains are the future, with the age of the commodity-only blockchain essentially over, according to an article on Crypto-news-flash.com. All over the world, people understand what blockchains are. The invention of smart contracts on blockchains has shown us a glimpse of what they can do. Smart contract blockchains bring out the potential of […]