Tag: Blockchain

The United Nations (UN) has seen the Blockchain technology as one of the best ally it can find against middlemen and the corruption that...

Blockchain driven projects are starting to take off in both institutional and private organisations. The technology behind the Bitcoin is seen as a faster...

Will traditional banks introduce their own, closed blockchains, or will people opt for blockchain-based apps that cut out the middlemen? Banks are exploring how Blockchain...

Non-adherence to a treatment is becoming an important public health issue. This bad behavior is accountable for 125,000 deaths in the U.S. alone and...

It is expected that more than one hundred cryptocurrencies will be in the market by the third quarter of this year. Under this scenario...

Blockchain technology was since its very beginning back in the late 70s an alternative way of digital communication focused on privacy and data protection....

There is a way of doing business that doesn't need anything else rather than a computer and a good internet connection. A new model...

Users have become the main characters in the new technological-based economic wave. Customers and sellers exchange their roles due to their transaction necessities. Connectivity...

It can be said without much  hesitation that the current exchange system needs a change, a boost that satisfies new trade necessities. There is...

ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings), a new form of fundraising using digital tokens, have become increasingly popular in the blockchain and crypto spheres. New tokens...

In developing countries, access to healthcare is often limited by financial constraints. Individuals often have to pay out of their pocket even for very...

Progress towards an ambitious global target to open the opportunity of the 21st Century economy by widening access to electronic transactions to everybody has...

In 2017, blockchain will change healthcare. Although this might seem like a bold statement, the facts show that this years could mark a turning point...

The platform-based gig economy opens up opportunities but has been accused of not involving or fully recognising workers. Positive platforms show a path to...

Blockchain transparency and peer-to-peer Ethereum systems is showing off once again its utility joining forces with UNICEF in a so-called 'smart contract' establishment. With...

Humaniq faces had the pleasure to interview Kumar Gaurav. Kumar is a serial entrepreneur who has been responsible for building some of the today’s...

Startups are innovative companies, through which younger generations of entrepreneurs access capital and then reach the market in this new economic era. For the past ten years...

One of the biggest commonalities between big businesses that have emerged in the last decade or so, such as Facebook and Airbnb, is the...

One of the questions frequently under discussion at the current time, is to what degree blockchain could assist, if at all, in alleviating world...

Uber has not had the best time of things, not least because it has made some bad decisions about its activities. At least,...

Managing money in the developed world is simpler than in the developing world. Here, we can easily find ways to save money and spend...

Since the early days of bitcoin there has been a good deal of change in the industry, and particularly with regard to the mining...

Bitcoin has been a transformational technological development that has been observed in recent years, yet blockchain could be of even greater value, going forward....

Blockchain could bring about big change in the world around us. That could happen as soon as this very year, at least, so...