Transparency

One of the age old debates in finance is whether or not markets are efficient. The efficient market hypothesis states that “at any given time and in a liquid market, security prices fully reflect all available information.” As a result, “attempts to outperform the market are essentially a game of chance rather than one of skill.” However, the waters are muddied by entities called dark pools as well as the existence of complex financial instruments like swaps and collateralized debt obligations (CDOs).

Humaniq and Coinfirm have partnered to build a more advanced and secure digital experience for users of Humaniq applications featuring cutting-edge anti-money-laundering (AML) solutions. Humaniq and Coinfirm both provide complete solutions for the world’s unbanked and enable financial inclusion for emerging economies through joint initiatives globally.

Start-up from the UK is happy to present a unique project called Matbea.net.

Confideal is a new platform that's designed to bring strength, security, and transparency to the world of contracts as we know it. With an overwhelmingly successful pre-ICO, Confideal is planning the launch of their official ICO on November 2nd, 2017. From there, the company plans on creating an ecosystem through which anyone, regardless of programming knowledge, has the ability to construct smart contracts; providing access to the commercial industry.

The Human Discovery Platform has proudly announced the release of its new whitepaper. HPD’s system will address issues within the self-improvement industry, offer transparency through digitalization of methods of human analysis from various sciences, blockchain-based architecture, and native HD-tokens.

The online lottery industry is currently suffering from a lack of growth. This is due to limited transparency and decentralization as well as hidden fees, convoluted rules, cheating, and a lack of trust. Third party involvement has also been shown to severely influence prize payouts and skew draw results, reducing the public’s trust in traditional lottery systems. The aim of SmartBillions is to provide the public with a fully transparent lottery system and freedom to participate for everyone around the world.

Legolas is the name of a popular fantasy character renowned for his courage, wisdom and archery skills. Now this is also the name of a platform that aims at bridging the gap between the idealism of decentralization credo with the real world of professional investors. The latter have requirements that can hardly be satisfied by decentralized crypto markets. Think of security, auditing and unlimited deposits.

Cash Poker Pro, a blockchain project by a team of experts from online gaming solutions industry is set to revolutionize online poker. Cash Poker Pro is working on implementing blockchain powered poker rooms with greater transparency and efficient fund transfer features.

When blockchain technology turned from a geeky thing into a buzzword for major businesses a few years ago, it was only a matter of time before it expanded far beyond finance into other industries. Its advantages, like tamper-proof design, utter accountability and unparalleled transparency, have drawn attention from stakeholders of very diverse business areas.