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Institutional Investor’s Introduction to Blockchain and Digital Asset Investing

Data Matters

Given the growth of markets for cryptocurrencies and other blockchain-based assets, often referred to as “digital assets,” we see growing interest from traditional investment managers in gaining exposure to this emerging asset class. Article I: Digital Asset Overview and Methods to Gain Exposure to Digital Assets .

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Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and blockchain enable the future of payments

IBM Big Data Hub

The financial world has been revolutionized by blockchain technology, which has enabled peer-to-peer transactions without the need for intermediaries. The introduction of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) has added a new dimension to blockchain technology that transforms the future of payments for businesses and individuals.

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The Orion blockchain database: Empowering multi-party data governance

IBM Big Data Hub

Blockchain databases were designed to enhance trust in centralized ecosystems by incorporating tamper-evidence features into traditional databases. However, existing blockchain databases lack efficient tools for multiple parties to control shared data on the ledger.

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Black Basta ransomware gang hit BT Group

Security Affairs

In December 2023, Elliptic and Corvus Insurance published a joint research that revealed the group accumulated at least $107 million in Bitcoin ransom payments since early 2022. The researchers analyzed blockchain transactions, they discovered a clear link between Black Basta and the Conti Group.

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Sphereon brings Blockchain-anchored Proof of Authenticity to Kofax Capture

Info Source

It is used by all of 10 biggest global Banks, Insurance companies and supply chain companies. The solution developed by Sphereon plugs right into the Kofax Capture system and enables Kofax Capture customers to anchor scanned documents onto the Factom blockchain as part of their Document Capture process. Proof of existence.

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Web3 Cybersecurity: Are Things Getting Out of Control?

eSecurity Planet

This allows for the movement of crypto from one blockchain to another. Essentially, the hacker was able to manipulate the blockchain, which allowed for minting huge numbers of tokens. . Also read: The State of Blockchain Applications in Cybersecurity. But BNB Chain was swift in its response and suspended transactions.

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The blockchain bowling alley: How distributed ledger technology goes mainstream

CGI

The blockchain bowling alley: How distributed ledger technology goes mainstream. As someone engaged with blockchain projects since 2016 in CGI’s Trade Innovation Lab (and countless emerging technology projects before that), my experience is that blockchain is making the leap from experimental to production-ready solutions.