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WePower: Trading green energy on the blockchain The world needs energy to function. Everyday tasks like switching on the light, turning on the heating, or...

Built on the Ethereum distributed ledger, the Blockchain Board of Derivatives (BBOD) is designed to be the world's first, autonomous, on-chain derivatives execution venue, which allows trading cryptocurrency smart derivatives contracts (futures and options) with high liquidity and unprecedented security. To enhance liquidity, we propose a hybrid market of (1) frequent batch auctions and (2) an autonomous market maker. The proposed design provides users with high liquidity at all times, reduce spreads, prevent "flash crashes" and improve traders' welfare. BBOD system uses elliptic curves post-quantum cryptography, which is secure against all known quantum algorithms and on-chain encrypt all sensitive transaction data like price and volume. The BBOD platform makes it possible to either protect cryptocurrency investments against crashes or speculate on price changes using a wide range of digital tokens (eg. Ethereum, Qtum, GNT). The platform’s roadmap lays out its future path to develop a turnkey solution in the form of one venue for cryptocurrency owners to trade derivatives, convert and list new tokens on the market.

Great guest post by Fiona Reilly who recently attended the Blockchain for Finance event in Dublin for us. The opening statement from Jeremy Wilson, Barclays set the tone...

By Jillian Godsil At the fortnightly Meetup of the Irish Blockchain Association, there was standing room only as almost 100 people squashed into the Deloitte Blockchain...

On Tuesday (12th October), there was some world-changing news in the sector of cryptocurrency, as the British territory of Gibraltar became the first jurisdiction...

India's state of Andhra Pradesh has partnered up with Sweden-based startup ChromaWay to work on a blockchain-based solution to tackle a growing problem with...

You'll find boredom where there is an absence of a good idea, some say. Ideas usually go hand in hand with creativity, and while...

I’m looking at SAAV Games in this installment of Blockchain Spotlight. They’ve been mostly in stealth mode the past year as they build their...

By Vaan Chebu  The rapid increase in demand for cryptocurrencies has led to a significant increase in transactions on public blockchains. It’s no surprise the...

By @SimonCocking When and where is it on? The summit will be held at the University of Botswana on the 1st and 2nd of December 2017 in...