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Europe Takes Serious Steps Towards Blockchain Adoption | News by Cointelegraph

LinkedIn has released a report showing that the role of blockchain developer is the fastest growing emerging job in the U.S. this year.

U.S. fast food chain Church's Chicken has started accepting Dash payments at its locations in Venezuela.

Security token firm TokenSoft has acquired a share in an SEC-compliant broker-dealer in a bid to expand the range of its services.

Revolut fiat and cryptocurrency app has obtained a banking license in Lithuania.

Google users are keen to understand what Bitcoin actually is - more than anything else, data reveals. (BTC )

Gaming hardware producer Razer has launched its redesigned native virtual currencies and a desktop SoftMiner.

U.S. Rep. Warren Davidson suggests building a border wall using blockchain and wall coins. (BTC )

Major crypto bull Tom Lee has stated that the fair value of Bitcoin is significantly higher than its current price. (BTC )

Basis' CEO has confirmed the stablecoin is shutting down due to regulatory concerns over its secondary token implementation. (BTC )

Orbs, an Israeli blockchain startup, has received an investment from South Korea's largest messaging app operator Kakao. (ETH )

After seeing a small rebound yesterday, crypto markets are again in the red, Bitcoin trading around $3,400. (BTC , ETH )

Mining and blockchain software company Bitfury partners with global consulting group PwC to launch a blockchain accelerator in Russia.

The number of crypto users has nearly doubled in the first three quarters of this year, according to a recently published study. (BTC )

Opera has launched its Web 3-ready browser for Android, with crypto wallet integration, support for Ethereum and interactions with decentralized applications. (ETH )

UAE Exchange has partnered with Ripple to launch blockchain-based cross-border remittances to Asia by Q1 2019.

Paxos Standard (PAX), the U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin issued by blockchain trust company Paxos, has exceeded $5 billion worth of transaction volume.

A new report says France should offer perks to private Bitcoin mining farms and boost blockchain spending. (BTC )

Venezuela has reportedly automatically converted pensioners' most recent monthly bonus into its national oil-backed cryptocurrency, the Petro.

Hackers are continuing to find exposed mining rigs and wallets, which make easy targets for stealing ETH funds. (ETH )

Major algorithmic stablecoin Basis, which raised $133 million in April, is shutting down and returning funds, say anonymous sources.

Open source initiative Hyperledger has announced 12 new members including Alibaba Cloud, Citi and Deutsche Telekom, among others.

A blog post from the University of Oxford Faculty of Law highlights the potential impact of a recent Canadian court ruling on lost or stolen crypto claims. (ETH )

A U.S. federal court has ordered the founders of crypto startup AriseBank to pay $2.7 million in fines for allegedly defrauding hundreds of investors. (BTC )

The Go Ethereum software client has published a code upgrade that includes a list of new features, including an activation time for the Constantinople hard fork... (ETH )

Crypto markets have overcome yesterday's downturn, as the top 20 coins are seeing green across the board. (BCH , BTC , ETH )

A superior trial court of British Columbia decided that mistakenly transferred Ethereum should be returned to the rightful owner. (BTC , ETH )

The recent slump in markets has provided traders with a good buying opportunity, but a recovery may not come in the form of a dramatic vertical rally. (ADA , BCH , BTC , EOS , ETH , LTC )

Russia's parliament will discuss a draft bill on blocking suspicious financial websites, and experts believe it might affect scam ICOs. (BTC )

Russia's cryptocurrency legislation draft won't be dramatically changed, according to deputy prime minister Maxim Akimov.

Cryptocurrency service providers will soon be required to hold a license issued by the Dutch Central Bank in the Netherlands. (BTC )

IBM Research has teamed up with U.S.-based agritech firm Hello Tractor to boost the African agriculture industry with blockchain.

Calgary, a city in the Canadian province of Alberta, allows citizens to pay for local goods and services via its new digital Calgary dollar. (BTC )

Allianz Global Investors' CEO has called for crypto assets to be outlawed, citing surprise over regulators' lack of intervention. (BTC )

SolarisBank and Stuttgart Exchange Group are jointly developing a crypto exchange meant to be launched in the first half of next year. (BTC )

Tencent and the Shenzhen Municipal Taxation Bureau will launch a mobile payment platform for a taxation invoice system based on blockchain.

India's telecom regulator and telecom firms completed blockchain tests with IBM to improve mobile network data records.

John Bartleman, a president of Monex's U.S. subsidiary TradeStation, has announced a crypto trading launch in the U.S. starting Q1 2019.

An R&D lab at crypto startup TenX has demoed the use of its cross-blockchain protocol to transfer ERC20 tokens for Bitcoin (BTC) using the LN. (BTC , ETH )

The man behind the Blockchain Terminal ICO has been ousted as a convicted financial criminal who concealed his former identity. (BTC )

A new crypto platform is offering the power of 1,000 whales to inexperienced traders - allowing them to copy trades made by the market's movers and shakers.

Danish authorities are going after those who traded Bitcoin for profit but did not yet declare the extra income. (BTC )

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation's director defined Bitcoin's disintermediation and fintechs as critical concern to the corporation. (BTC )

Kraken is said to be gauging interest from select investors for a minimum $100,000 investment per head. (BTC )

The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are jointly developing a digital currency meant for interbank transactions.

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority has updated its blacklist with three suspicious crypto-related companies. (BTC )

The cryptocurrency platform Cubits (Dooga) has battled alleged collusion over the disappearance of $32.8 million last February. (BTC )

U.S. SEC chairman Jay Clayton has said he is optimistic that developments in distributed ledger technology can bolster capital formation. (BTC )

Mark Karpeles has repeatedly denied criminal activity related to either the Mt. Gox hack or the alleged embezzlement of funds. (BTC )

Binance joins the various education initiatives seeking to provide reliable material on the industry. (BTC )