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By 2022, worldwide spending on blockchain solutions will reach $11.7 billion, according to TechJury.  This is just one statistic that supports the notion that businesses see it as their imperative to adapt to rapidly-developing technologies.  We are now seeing companies moving to blockchain in increasing numbers as they recognize its ability to resolve the challenges …

Cutting Costs and Intermediaries – Industries Primed for Switching to Blockchain Read More »

2020 is finally over, and we’re all looking forward to a new beginning in 2021. We’ve been reflecting on the highs and lows of the previous year, and how they affected us all in the blockchain industry and beyond.  First, the elephant in the room — the COVID-19 pandemic.  This virus affected us all in …

With 2020 in the Rearview Mirror, AIKON Has Big Plans for 2021 Read More »

Few foresaw what the year 2020 would mean for humanity, least of all when even expert epidemiologists were unsure of the timing of Covid-19’s onset. There is no need to rehash this year; there is enough reporting and discussion around it to fill volumes on social and economic outcomes that may yet reveal themselves. What …

Can Blockchain Pull Service-Oriented Industries Back From the Brink of COVID-Induced Catastrophe? Read More »

The Open Rights Exchange (ORE) blockchain has a much more specific focus than most blockchain projects. ORE is focused on decentralized identities, assets, and rights – and does not host decentralized applications like Dapps, DAOs or DACs. It was designed in this way to make ORE an appealing partner for Layer 1 blockchains like Ethereum, …

The ORE Token – A New Kind of Economics Read More »

The rise of blockchain has pushed cryptocurrencies to the forefront and enabled them to reach more and more people every day.  And while crypto mass adoption has been visible more than ever with currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, others didn’t have such an easy time taking off.  Bitcoin accumulation has created an abundance of wealth …

Is Making the Crypto Space Legally Compliant Paving the Road to Mass (Blockchain) Adoption? Read More »

Tokenized assets are real-world traceable assets for which blockchain tokens have been issued as their digital representations.  By doing this, their owners not only digitize their assets but also secure high-value resources with the latest technology, thus making them easier to access and expanding more liquidity options. Assets most usually tokenized are: Real-life tangible assets …

Does the Future Lie in Tokenized Assets? Read More »

Blockchain is on the fast track of replacing all sorts of mechanisms and changing the world to its very core. The more it is built on it, the more we come to realize it has a lot to offer in various spheres of life.  When it first appeared little did we know that cryptocurrency may …

What the Future Holds for Blockchain-Based Smart Contracts Read More »

As with all innovation, blockchain technology can only develop so far before it faces legal hurdles making it necessary to create an acceptable legal framework to grow within.  So far, even the leading blockchain countries have been slow to accommodate this fast-growing business and technology development, thus hindering and even blocking it from achieving its …

Blockchain in Japan – Understanding the Legal Framework Read More »

And here’s why companies are choosing blockchain technology and its various applications. After the long “blockchain winter”, 2019 finally saw the rise of companies interested in adopting blockchain. According to recruitment portal Hired, global demand for blockchain engineers grew 517% in 2019, four times more than for any other types of engineers.  Another interesting fact …

Blockchain mass adoption isn’t a bandwagon, it’s the sailing ship Read More »