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‘Big Four’ PwC is launching a Blockchain Course for 1000 Staff to Meet Clients Needs

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One of the worlds ‘Big four‘ professional services firms, PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is launching digital training programs for its employees, within which PwC is launching a blockchain course to boost knowledge and meet its clients needs. Set to begin in January, the two-year digital skills course, entitled “Digital Accelerators”, will train 1,000 employees on everything from cleansing data and drones, to blockchain technology and 3D printing. Digital talent leader at PwC and head of the program, Sarah McEneaney explained that PwC clients expect things more digitally in order to control their costs,…

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Facebook Increases Focus on Blockchain with One of its Most Senior Engineers

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In a major move, Facebook increases focus on blockchain as one of its most senior engineers, Evan Cheng becomes Director of Engineering Blockchain. Following the backlash from the Facebook data scandal, industry experts say the social networking behemoth may be leveraging blockchain technology to help users control, or even monetise their data. The ‘tech’ industry is rife with speculation, as Cheng’s specialist knowledge on performance and scalability indicates the potential of the project. Cheng joins the Blockchain Team headed up by former president of Paypal David Marcus.

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World Economic Forum Awards Blockchain Startup Everledger as Technology Pioneer 2018

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World Economic Forum awards blockchain provenance platform ‘Everledger’ as Technology Pioneer for 2018. Everledger is best known for tracking diamonds, and currently has over 2 million diamonds cryptographically-certified on the blockchain. By employing its solution to track the provenance of high-value assets and luxury goods, it aims to provide an immutable history of an asset’s authenticity, existence and ownership. Working with insurance and governing bodies, it aims to disrupt fraud, money laundering and the global counterfeit goods market, valued at over US $460 billion a year.

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Sergio Ermotti, CEO of UBS believes blockchain technology INFLUENCERS NEWS 

Sergio Ermotti, CEO of UBS Believes Blockchain Technology is “almost a must” in Banking

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Sergio Ermotti, CEO of Swiss financial services giant UBS believes blockchain technology is “almost a must” for banking. In an interview with CNBC on Monday, he revealed that he is convinced that the technology: “will be as crucial and disruptive, and changing as regulation was in the last 10 years.” Ermotti said the focus is on the future, as he sees the cost base of the banking industry transforming over the coming five to ten years, he stated: “The only way you can stay relevant is not only by being strong…

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Dow Jones Media Trials ‘Brave’ Blockchain Browser

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The new ‘Brave’ blockchain browser designed for privacy and security, partners with Dow Jones Media, global news and information powerhouse and publishers of The Wall Street Journal. They aim to trial blockchain digital advertising systems, whereby ‘Dow Jones Media Group, ‘Barron’s’ and ‘MarketWatch’ will become “verified publishers”. Brave’s browser aims to put privacy and data in the hands of the user, by way of a new attention-based ecosystem of rewards for publishers. Brave is created by Brendan Eich, creator of the JavaScript programming language and co-founder of Mozilla Foundation with the Firefox browser.

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Ethereum Founder Launches DAICO ICO Model 2.0

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Ethereum Founder, Vitalik Buterin has launched DAICO a new ICO model that merges the concept with DAOs, to increase security. By integrating a Smart Contract, token holders are now able to control the release of funds through a voting system, or indeed vote to close and refund at any time. DAICO could abolish the “pump and dump” ICO epidemic, increasing its potential. The world’s first Daico token offering has launched with ‘The Abyss’, a video game developer.

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Unilever and IBM Pilot Blockchain Digital Ad Supply Chain

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IBM partners with Unilever to create a blockchain digital ad supply chain, providing transparency for marketers. Already piloting the platform with Salon Media Group, Unilever is using part of its US ad spend to make ‘buys’ on a single shared ledger, tracking their ads. With an annual marketing budget of $9.8 billion, Unilever aim to eradicate fraud and misuse, which equates to a loss of 20 percent of total digital ad spend.

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Google is ‘actively looking’ at Blockchain Technology, Senior VP of Ads confirms

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Google has a dedicated team looking at blockchain technology and ways to incorporate it within their products and services, says Vice President of Ads and Commerce. Sridhar Ramaswamy, Google’s most senior advertising executive, confirmed that the they have appointed a small team to look at how the Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) can be used for their digital products and services.

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Credit Suisse and ING complete €25 million securities transaction using Blockchain Technology

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The financial industry begins to use Blockchain Technology for a securities transaction. In this unprecedented transaction, two important banks, Credit Suisse Group AG and ING Groep completed a 20 million euros ($30.5 m) securities transaction, demonstrating how blockchain technology can help make the securities lending process faster and more capital efficient.

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