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The future of Blockchain
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- 15 May 2026latest update
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- Big US banks launch Tokenised deposit network to fight off Stablecoin threatsConnected society
- The Future of Money 2050Opinion
- A crypto firm with Trump ties sets out to tokenise his retal estate empireConnected society
- Stablecoin firms bet big on AI Agent payments networksConnected society
- Ethereum Founder sees Prediction Markets replacing Fiat CurrenciesConnected society
- ClawdBot AI Agents Became Unwitting Accomplices to a Crypto HeistSecurity and privacy
- NYSE to Launch 247 Blockchain Based Trading for Tokenized Stocks and ETFsConnected society
- Iran Internet Blackout Sparks Surge in Offline Bitcoin Solutions and Satellite-Based Crypto TradingConnected society
- Web 3.0 AI agents use new x402 protocol to create first non human economyAI and intelligence
- Intent based protocols transform how users invest in crypto and DeFiConnected society
- Blackrock starts launching tokenised ETFs into the marketConnected society
- Amazon and Walmart mull Stablecoin payments to avoid credit card feesConnected society
- Visa launches platform to help banks use fiat backed tokensConnected society
- Small investors can now buy into Dubai’s fractional housing marketConnected society
- COTI introduces a new Web 3.0 cross chain privacy protocolSecurity and privacy
- Neuromorphic computing breakthough enables blockchains on MarsComputing
- FAB and JP Morgan pilot programmable paymentsConnected society
- Coinbase launches cbBTC its wrapped Bitcoin for EthereumConnected society
- Indian tech billionaires back the development of a global FinternetConnected society
- Biconomy lets AI agents complete on chain transactionsConnected society
- Stablecoins help the US Dollar take over the world againConnected society
- Web 3 Play to Earn platform Hamster Combat surges past 100 Million usersConnected society
- Three major protocol players join forces to create decentralised AI servicesAI and intelligence
- Brazil could launch its new CBDC by 2025Connected society
- The world needs more data transparency and Web 3.0 is here to helpSecurity and privacy
- SWIFT conducts first ever successful CBDC interconnect trialConnected society
- Hackers find a new way to distribute malware by hiding malicious code in BlockchainsSecurity and privacy
- Bitcoin could be the perfect companion to help AI take over the worldSecurity and privacy
- In a first a hacker is demanding full control of a major companySecurity and privacy
- Hackers raid another crypto bridge in $7 Million take downSecurity and privacy
- Crypto firm Maker goes nuclear with Uranium backed stablecoinConnected society
- Decentralised DAO governance gets a boost with Polygon Protocol upgradeConnected society
- UBS pilots tokenised money market transfers on public blockchainsConnected society
- A world class airport is about to ditch passports foreverSecurity and privacy
- Quantum computers could cut the energy used by crypto by up to 90 percentComputing
- OMA3 offers users a way to easily travel between Metaverse worldsConnected society
- T-Mobile teams with crypto carrier Helium to help people make money on the sideConnected society
- TurboToad Memecoin created by ChatGPT hits $250 Million valuation in two weeksConnected society
- Move to Earn Solana app is crypto’s latest gaming crazeConnected society
- Tokenised gold surpasses $1 Billion in market cap for the first timeConnected society
- DAO’s could soon get legal standing under new California lawConnected society
- Predicting cyber attacks is the new cyber defense as Forta predicts $200 Ml Euler crypto hackSecurity and privacy
- Research shows up to 80 percent of jobs are exposed to ChatGPT automation risksRobotics
- EY launch immersive lab Wavespace to help clients realise the potential of Web 3.0Connected society
- Zero Proof Knowledge cryptography finally goes live on BitcoinSecurity and privacy
- Snoop Dog Larry hits up the Metaverse with new B.O.D.R trackVirtual worlds
- This house was just sold as an NFTConnected society
- UK courts become the first in the world to let lawyers serve NFT court ordersConnected society
- Lawyers are air dropping NFT’s on anonymous criminals to serve court ordersConnected society
- Jack Dorsey launches BlueSky Social a completely new kind of decentralised social networkConnected society
- Privacy advocates cry foul after WEF publishes plans for personal carbon trackingConnected society
- Mastercard finally brings crypto trading to banks and the publicConnected society
- Tommy Hilfiger CEO spills the beans on how Metaverse fashion week added valueVirtual worlds
- BCG estimates the token economy will hit $17 Trillion by 2030Connected society
- Ethereum completes The Merge to cut energy use by over 99 percentConnected society
- Scammers burn crypto and re-configure smart contracts to steal millionsSecurity and privacy
- DAO’s could change how we all work and how we’re all paidConnected society
- Web 3.0 data wallets might solve users data privacy problemsConnected society
- As Web 3.0 gets going Jack Dorsey just announced Web 5.0Connected society
- Minecraft gets a huge Web 3.0 upgrade thanks to a new Polygon modConnected society
- Ethereum could settle over $8 Trillion worth of transactions this yearConnected society
- Zaha Hadid architects lay out plans for a giant libertarian city in the metaverseVirtual worlds
- The world’s first NFT mortgage lets you buy real property in new waysConnected society
- New Metaverse mortgages could leave people bankruptVirtual worlds
- Bulgari’s immersive NFT art installation experiments with algorithms and crypto artVirtual worlds
- Sony and co form an alliance to use blockchain tech to fight DeepFakesSecurity and privacy
- Digital design studio The Fabricant lets everyone become a Metaverse fashion designerVirtual worlds
- Jack Dorsey wants Elon Musk to turn Twitter into a protocol not a companyConnected society
- Adidas jumps into the world of NFTs with Bored Ape Yacht ClubVirtual worlds
- Adidas dives into the Metaverse with AI created avatars and banging sneakersVirtual worlds
- Blockchain could help autonomous swarms of drones and robots communicate securelyConnected society
- JPMorgan opens the world’s first bank branch in the MetaverseVirtual worlds
- Ukraine jumps onboard the crypto and NFT express to fund its war effortConnected society
- Miami becomes the first city to mine crypto and give citizens dividendsConnected society
- Virtual land in the Metaverse sells for millions of dollars as prices jump by 500%Virtual worlds
- Botto the decentralised AI artist bags its first million dollarsAI and intelligence
- New survey says central banks are lining up to create CBDCs but not on the blockchainConnected society
- Walmart patents show it’s mulling entering the Metaverse with own NFTs and cryptoVirtual worlds
- Hidden PayPal code reveals the company might be creating its own Stablecoin cryptocurrencyConnected society
- Daymak unveil Spiritus the world’s first cryptocurrency mining carTransport and mobility
- Bitcoin wallets could be hacked by quantum computers by 2025 but there’s hopeConnected society
- French central bank successfully completes first test of their sovereign digital currencyConnected society
- Facebook backed cryptocurrency Diem to launch later this yearConnected society
- Green Bitcoin alternative Chia causes global hard drive shortagesConnected society
- Federal Reserve’s Digital Dollar initiative has Wall Street panickingConnected society
- A US realtor is trying to sell an actual house as an NFT nowConnected society
- Global NFT craze helps digital assets of all kinds sell for record breaking sumsConnected society
- The Future of Web 3.0 and Human Potential | Michigan State University, USA | Matthew Griffin | Lecturer and Keynote SpeakerArticles
- India drafts legislation to ban private cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and develop a national coinConnected society
- Blockchain would finally let gaming characters cross between franchisesVirtual worlds
- European Central Bank announces it’s seriously exploring a digital EuroConnected society
- China accelerates digital currency trials with massive 10 million Yuan giveawayConnected society
- Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra was so powerful it could have ended state control of moneyConnected society
- New peer to peer EV charging system means you’ll never run out of juiceEarth and energy
- Microsoft just patented a way to let you mine cryptocurrency with your mindConnected society
- Sweden starts breaking up with cash as government starts trials of digital E-KronaConnected society
- Innovation Shouldn’t Cost The Earth | AccountancyAge, Brussels | Matthew Griffin | Sustainability Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Experts warn Facebook’s cryptocurrency could help it become a virtual nationConnected society
- An Instagram blogger just bought a custom digital dress for $9,500Virtual worlds
- Blockchain startups are trying to break big tech’s hold on AIAI and intelligence
- Ownerless companies on the rise as startups experiment with new business modelsConnected society
- Dutch firm unveils the world’s first autonomous self-balancing energy grid for EV’sEarth and energy
- JP Morgan becomes the first major US bank to roll its own crypto coinsConnected society
- US military identifies virtual nations as a potential security threat to US sovereigntyConnected society
- Life in 2030 | RWE, Germany | Matthew Griffin | Leadership Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Ohio becomes first US state to let people pay business taxes in BitcoinConnected society
- Decentralised hedge funds take aim at Wall Street eliteConnected society
- Bangkok residents cut out the energy companies and trade energy over the blockchainEarth and energy
- DeepFake busting app spots even a single pixel out of placeAI and intelligence
- The web is broken so it’s founder is re-inventing itConnected society
- IBM breakthrough uses AI to make blockchain more energy efficientConnected society
- Estonia becomes the world’s first virtual nation capable of rebooting itselfConnected society
- Blockchain startups are lining up to decentralise and revolutionise the internetConnected society
- Microsoft gets rid of blockchain miners with new Ethereum blockchain serviceConnected society
- After the goldrush comes the crash, over 800 cryptocurrencies are now deadConnected society
- IBM joins Sovrin Foundation to give individuals back control of their dataConnected society
- Hackers use 51 percent attack to commandeer three cryptocurrencies, steal millionsConnected society
- Air France KLM and Microsoft use blockchain to improve MROConnected society
- Adapt or Die | Cherwell, Reading | Matthew Griffin | Disruption Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Decentralised energy grids and renewables get a boost from CentricaEarth and energy
- The world’s first Quantum blockchain is a “quantum time machine”Connected society
- Basis creates a stable crypto currency, raises $133m from A-list investorsConnected society
- UPS bets on blockchain to transform the $1 Trillion shipping industryConnected society
- IBM wants to combine AI and blockchain to transform healthcareConnected society
- Ethereum falls after rumours of new powerful ASIC emergeComputing
- IBM breaks the record for the world’s smallest computerComputing
- Companies have a plan to fix blockchain’s massive energy problemEarth and energy
- Blockchain without the miners, IOTA unveil their revolutionary new cryptocurrencyConnected society
- Pioneering blockchain experiment rewards volunteering and helping the communityConnected society
- The Future of Sustainable Cities | ChangeNOW, Paris | Matthew Griffin | Smart Cities Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Blockchain Autonomous Organisations, a new way to tackle corporate fuelled wealth inequality?Connected society
- Infographic: The Future of MoneyConnected society
- Russia announces plans to create its own national cryptocurrencyConnected society
- Ditch your telco provider, Blockchain based Mesh networks are coming to townConnected society
- Blockchain entrepreneurs are helping utilities re-invent the powergridEarth and energy
- World first as AI and Blockchain come together to boost “Robot Intelligence”AI and intelligence
- Ethereum founder thinks crypto can disrupt Mastercard and Visa in “next few years”Connected society
- Chinese Government orders the “immediate shutdown” of all Bitcoin exchanges, BTC balksConnected society
- Estonia announces plans to create its own national cryptocurrencyConnected society
- Blockchain experts are putting a stop to governments putting backdoors in softwareSecurity and privacy
- Building a blockchain based Flash Organisation; by Ken BodnarOpinion
- Australian researchers claim a blockchain record of 440,000 transactions per secondConnected society
- China’s cashless future, PBoC gets ready to launch world’s first national cryptocurrencyConnected society
- The Future of Money and Gaming | iGaming, Amsterdam | Matthew Griffin | Gaming Keynote SpeakerArticles
- A secret trader just made over $200 million in a month trading EthereumConnected society
- The United Nations taps blockchain to solve world hungerConnected society
- Behind the Scenes at Marketforce’s OpsTechFS EventArticles
- The Future of Minds and Machines | IAICC, Dubai | Innovation Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Russian researchers have created a ‘Quantum safe’ blockchainComputing
- Toyota ties up with blockchain startups to connect its worldConnected society
- DTCC wants to put hundreds of trillions of dollars of securities transactions on the blockchainConnected society
- New blockchain tools are helping people reclaim control of their online identitiesConnected society
- IBM and Hyperledger launch enterprise ready blockchainConnected society
- Wall Street supremo’s pile into a new AI hedge fund dubbed the future of financeAI and intelligence
- Google DeepMind uses bitcoin like tech to track NHS patient dataConnected society
- JPMorgan unleashes artificial intelligence to automate its legal workAI and intelligence
- Blockchain and Universal Basic Income join forces to lift 22,000 children out of povertyConnected society
- The Future of Capital Markets | Accenture, London | Matthew Griffin | Futurist Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Entrepreneurs think blockchain is the future of cloud computing and HPCComputing
- Goldman Sachs wants to put FX trades on the blockchainConnected society
- Banks are using mind reading technology to interview graduatesAI and intelligence
- Facebook gets an EU E-Money license, parks its bus on the banks lawnsConnected society
- The Future of Asset Management | Euromoney, London | Matthew Griffin | Investment Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Walmart improves public safety by putting pork on the blockchainConnected society
- Sweden wants to become the worlds first cashless societyConnected society
- The internet pioneer behind Apache pushes blockchain to fuel the next big internet revolutionConnected society
- New blockchain DNS system would put an end to DDoS attacksSecurity and privacy
- UN backs ID2020 blockchain consortium to give 2 billion people an identityConnected society
- New GE connected dishwasher could disrupt two industriesConnected society
- Pentagon mulls putting the whole US military onto blockchainSecurity and privacy
- The Future of Blockchain | Marketforce, London | Matthew Griffin | Web 3.0 and Blockchain Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Dubai announces plans to put the entire Emirate onto the blockchainConnected society
- Nasdaq-GE blockchain paves the way for Virtual Power Plants and distributed energy gridsConnected society
- From line to plate, Tuna gets its own blockchainConnected society
- Amazons drones will recharge themselves using street lampostsRobotics
- Wanxiang announces plans to use Blockchain to underpin it’s $30 Billion Smarter Cities programConnected society
- BHP turns to blockchain to improve its supply chainConnected society
- Accenture debuts editable blockchain prototypeConnected society
- Bitcoin slumps twenty percent after $65m Bitfinex hackConnected society
- The Hard Fork, D-Day for Ethereum and the DAOConnected society
- Ethereum community votes to reverse DAO hackConnected society
- Future corporations will run without HumansOpinion
- Smart appliances will disrupt bankingOpinion
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