Conference

Recently experts in mixed reality and blockchain got together in New York to discuss the future of merging technologies at the BlockchainMix conference, initiated by Arcona, a project seeking to create a layer of AR all over the Earth’s surface. So, how can blockchain help the VR and AR industries?  

Propy, which aims to become the world’s first international real-estate marketplace, will donate 50,000 PRO tokens as rewards at the upcoming World Crypto Economic Forum’s Blockchain Hackathon. The company’s CEO and founder Natalia Karayaneva is amongst the impressive line-up of experts to speak at the conference to be held at the South San Francisco Conference Center on January 13-16, 2018.

Jamie Dimon, CEO and Chairman at JPMorgan Chase Chase & Co., managed to make quite a big fuss around cryptocurrencies, when he said last year that Bitcoin is a fraud. However, now he has changed his mind.

BlockchainMix - a hybrid of blockchain, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) - appeared as a term in late 2017 at a conference in New York initiated by Arcona, a new project seeking to shape reality around the globe. Many signals suggest that 2018 could be the best year yet for this new trend, with the travel industry at the forefront of these emerging technologies.  

The blockchain mobility data initiative will gain crucial exposure at the exclusive summit in October for investors and emerging growth companies, bringing further momentum to its already successful crowdsale.

On September 19, Hacken, a community-driven business organization in the cybersecurity field, participated in d10e PITCH CONTEST, the leading conference on Decentralization. At this competition, 26 of the best startups from different parts of the world represented their future products, concepts and business models with the goal of acquiring recognition and reward. The price pull was 100 Bitcoins.

On September 7, 2017, the Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference will be held in Stockholm. This conference is part of a series of such events being held annually in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Prague, Kiev, Tallinn, London, Malta, Almaty etc.

On June, 22 as a part of Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference BMCHAIN platform has been announced. The project being developed by “Biznes Molodost” and “Analytics Insight” companies represents the decentralized platform for the biggest network of entrepreneurs in Russia and CIS. BMChain will unite the advantages of blockchain technologies for the development of social media resource allowing to monetize each participant’s activity.

The chief executive of Barclays, Ashok Vaswani, said that the bank has been in discussions with Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) watchdog about the possibility of adopting Blockchain-based cryptocurrencies.