The Digital SME Alliance hosted its 2020 Blockchain Summit this morning, discussing why we need blockchain and DLT in Europe and what are some successful use cases. Sebastiano Toffaletti from European Digital SME Alliance made a brief overview of the state of blockchain in Europe. While the hype phase has passed, it will take about […]

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The European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI) is exploring ways to digitalise and secure the process of sharing and validating high-value documents. According to the initiative, the main advantages of using blockchain technology are enhanced security, greater transparency, improved traceability, increased efficiency and speed, and reduced costs. In the coming years, Europe will completely shift to full digitisation of the paperwork […]

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The Law Society along with the Tech London Advocates (TLA) recently published a report that outlines some key aspects for legal practitioners to consider when advising on distributed ledger technologies (DLT). In fact the TLA’s working group was created back in 2018 and is dedicated to identifying and exploring areas where guidance is required from […]

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Decentralization is basically a business model which involves transferring of decision-making power and functions from a single central authority to operating units at different levels within an organization. Factors such as globalization and the volatile macro-economic situation have driven more small and big businesses to adopt that flexible and agile type of governance. According to […]

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According to an official Memorandum Opinion that was filed two weeks ago, Bitcoin is a form of money in District of Columbia under the  Money Transmitters Act. The defendant, Larry Dean Harmon operated a coin-mixing platform (tumbler) called “Helix” from 2014 to 2017. Allegedly, he managed to scramble more than 354,468 BTC for different marketplaces, […]

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The State of California has just published its Roadmap to Blockchain. The diverse working group had one year to explore different use cases from public vital records and personal health records to supply chain and educational credentials. After a year of thorough research and analysis, the Working Group has identified three pilots for further consideration: […]

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Although having proved its practical value to the world, blockchain has not yet been fully recognized and adopted by all governments around the world. However, we must note that small steps are being made as some countries have recently published their blockchain strategies. In fact, the European Union has already started to work in that […]

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Nowadays, information travels faster than the speed of light. Data is the new oil and data integrity has been compromised a lot. Businesses sank into chaos, because they had trusted rogue information, or because their sensitive data had been exposed and misused. Facebook, Equifax, Adobe and the British Airways are just a few examples of […]

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We live in a world that is very volatile and can be easily disrupted. And the last couple of months are the real validation for that statement. Living in a truly global society has its undeniable advantages. Information can cross borders in a flash, people can wake up in one continent and go to bed […]

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…Are you coming? Last week, in an official communication to the Parliament, the European Commission published a European strategy for data. There is no doubt that the EU seeks to further strengthen data protection. Inevitably, the digital transformation has taken whopping dimensions, with technologies pervading corporate and personal spaces all along. As data is at […]

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