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Continue reading…Speed of acquisition, diversifying exchanges, Blockchain’s changing face [Blockchain & Crypto news CW31]
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Continue reading…Blockchain & Crypto news CW30 Coinbase, Ponzis, and Assassinations
This post covers news sentiment for CW30 (22.07.2018 –28.07.2018). It…
Continue reading…What Ponzis teach us about society’s responsibility and technological progression
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Continue reading…Why Coinbase and not Bitcoin will replace Mastercard
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Continue reading…Week in Dapps: mooning with dapps, the role of marketplaces (CW29)
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Continue reading…Considerations When Designing Blockchain Oracles
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Continue reading…Strategies for blockchain data marketplaces fighting incumbents
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Continue reading…ICO trends CW29: beating incumbents, becoming banks, building oracles
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Continue reading…Blockchain & Crypto news CW29: cannot without lobbying
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Continue reading…Blockchain Report CW28: Some dapps, no ICOs, many wars
This report covers ICO fundings, dapps (based on dappradar), and…
Continue reading…The Importance And Impact Of Crypto Donations
Crypto donations have been around for quite a while (the…
Continue reading…ICO trends CW27: boring, but that’s good
This post covers ICO fundings for CW 27 / 2018…
Continue reading…Newsletter: is this fud? Blockchain governance is hard (duh) Coinbase is growing
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Continue reading…How FinTechs could stop Blockchain innovation
This post examines how SWIFT gpi and EDI could slow…
Continue reading…The Diffusion of Blockchain Innovations In The Adult Industry
This post examines two of the most important factors driving…
Continue reading…Blockchain In The Adult Industry: Problems, Trends, and Solutions
Since the earliest days of bitcoin, Porn has always been…
Continue reading…Tokenizing assets: 60+ blockchain startups changing securitization
As explained in Traditional security issuance vs. blockchain-based tokenization, tokenization…
Continue reading…Everything Commerzbank Is Doing with Blockchains
Finance, with all its middleman, show great potential for blockchains.…
Continue reading…Using blockchains to solve issues in trade finance
Trade finance (or supply chain finance) refers to the optimization…
Continue reading…Traditional security issuance vs. blockchain-based tokenization
The issuance of securities such as real estate funds is…
Continue reading…Reducing advertising fraud with adChain’s token-curated registry
adChain (token: ADT) is a community-driven list of trusted publishers…
Continue reading…Mobility Systems: the (unlikely) vision of unified platforms
Some blockchain startups are working on so-called "Mobility Operating Systems".…
Continue reading…Proof of Location: Geospatial data on blockchains
Proof of Location services are working on open source maps…
Continue reading…Cryptoeconomic Primitives and blockchain building blocks
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Continue reading…Token-curated registries: blockchain-based mechanism to curate lists
A token-curated registry (TCR) is, as the name suggests, a…
Continue reading…XAIN – access control protocol for the mobility sector
XAIN is developing a blockchain-based access control protocol for machines,…
Continue reading…Blockchain-based vehicle history databases
The market for used cars suffers from information asymmetry; sellers…
Continue reading…Data marketplaces for decentralized machine learning
Autonomous cars need a lot of training data. However, because…
Continue reading…Blockchain in the Automotive & Mobility industry: the current state
Inside as well as outside the crypto/blockchain space “mobility” is…
Continue reading…the old. the cars. the bad | newsletter week #18
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Continue reading…Bitcoin banknotes, or: living in the old world
Tangem, headquartered in Hong Kong and Switzerland has announced their…
Continue reading…Environmental-friendly, ecological, and donating cryptocurrencies
While categorizing crypto projects for Researchly, I have come across…
Continue reading…Why will -insert token name here- succeed? & other crypto FAQs
While categorizing crypto projects for Researchly, I came to understand…
Continue reading…Takeaways from Decred’s (temporary) off-chain governance through Councils
Decred: (temporary) off-chain governance through Councils Decred, a currency with focus…
Continue reading…Building a decentralized future with centralized applications
CoinList started a new project called „Airdrops“. Airdrops should help…
Continue reading…Takeaways from DFINITY’s blockchain governance
DFINITY: Governance through the Blockchain Nervous System (BNS) DFINITY is a…
Continue reading…Takeaways form Cosmo’s blockchain governance
Cosmos: individual governance for each blockchain in cross-chain projects Cosmos…
Continue reading…governance. gatekeepers. privacy coins. newsletter | week #17
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Continue reading…Blockchain governance: takeaways from nine projects
This post examines what blockchain governance is, elaborates on its…
Continue reading…Decred’s Funding governance
This post describes Decred's funding governance. Decred is a currency with…
Continue reading…Qtum’s Blockchain governance
This post describes Qtum's approach towards Blockchain governance. Qtum, a Blockchain…
Continue reading…How Coinbase is building a crypto empire for users’ crypto lifecycles
Recently, Coinbase acquired task-platform Earn.com. Coinbase is an online platform…
Continue reading…Market map Stablecoins – Overview of 19 projects working on stablecoins
For the crypto industry to mature certain things are needed.…
Continue reading…Blockchain as process innovation and technological foundation
Today’s top Internet companies are doing two things: Digitalization: Companies…
Continue reading…Crypto for Porn, Malta is where the Blockchain is, Exit Scam. (maybe) week #16
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Continue reading…Market map privacy coins, protocols, and platforms: cryptos bringing privacy to blockchain
If we look at the crypto industry there are certain…
Continue reading…Privacy coins vs. coins with a privacy feature: analysing privacy coins
If we look at the crypto industry there are certain…
Continue reading…Scams, scaling, and dapps: working on the right things at the right time
An excerpt of recent news: 0x, a protocol for building decentralized…
Continue reading…Appcoins – product rewards matter more than financial rewards
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Continue reading…Decentralized applications – “experimenting with blockchain” is more than tech
There are four ways how Blockchain-based companies are, in general,…
Continue reading…Blockchain and socio-technical systems – diffusion through hybridization
There are four ways how Blockchain-based companies are, in general,…
Continue reading…VINchain Profile
About VINchain (from Website) VINchain is a decentralized vehicle database…
Continue reading…Coinbase acquires Dapp browser, Golem Beta live, JPMorgan sued over cryptocurrency fees
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Continue reading…Market map: blockchain startups working on decentralized exchanges
Similarly to dapp browsers, exchanges are another essential gateway for…
Continue reading…Dapp browser market map: 14 projects working on Dapp browsers
Dapp browsers are often the first entry point into decentralized…
Continue reading…Blockchain and social networks: unbundling, and re-creating the stack
Given Facebook’s recent issues in the context of Cambridge Analytica…
Continue reading…Crypto regulations and decentralized exchanges
As I have already touched upon in “Allegations against Centra…
Continue reading…Kauri, a technical knowledge network for the Ethereum ecosystem, won the Crypto NYC dApp Pitch Fest
Kauri, a technical knowledge network for the Ethereum ecosystem, won…
Continue reading…Allegations against Centra and implications for self-governance
The last couple of days have been full of regulations-related…
Continue reading…BETA RELEASE: CoinFi’s Open Beta Rollout Is Live
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Continue reading…Ripple wanted to pay to get listed on Gemini and Coinbase
According to Bloomberg [1] "Ripple Has Tried to Buy Its…
Continue reading…Verge’s impromptu crowdfunding: odd timing, potential for backfiring, example for short-term financing and two approaches towards diffusion
Today’s (3 April) top five currencies based on 24 h…
Continue reading…Thoughts on Stellar’s Randos Per Week in the context of increased crypto awareness
In their "Stellar 2018 Roadmap" (see Thoughts on "Stellar 2018 Roadmap") Stellar jokingly (at least…
Continue reading…Avoiding, Reporting, and Shilling: Three strategies towards crypto partnership reporting
It seems to me that most crypto projects follow one…
Continue reading…Two mental steps towards cryptoasset diffusion
I see diffusion of cryptoassets as a two-step process where we…
Continue reading…Weekly crypto roundup: Stellar’s January roundup and Facebook Messenger and cryptocurrencies
Asset news: Stellar This week (February 5) Stellar published their 2018…
Continue reading…Thoughts on "Stellar and the State of Cryptocurrency"
In January Christian from Stellar published “Stellar and the State…
Continue reading…Thoughts on Stellar’s “2018 Stellar Roadmap”
In January Christian from Stellar published “2018 Stellar Roadmap“ (check…
Continue reading…Bitcoin, Blockchain, and Cryptoassets: discussing bubbles vs. discussing socio-technical systems
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Continue reading…Banks, digital wallets, and the future of mobile payments
Today, mobile payments. Actually, digital wallets. This annotation is important…
Continue reading…PayPal and Raisin: payment-commoditization and FinTech-platforms
Recently PayPal announced a „strategic investment“ into Germany-based Raisin. Raisin…
Continue reading…NAGA, savedroid, and useful ICOs
byte heroes, HydroMiner, Wysker, and cointed (see here for the…
Continue reading…Verivox, Outbank, and Clark: some disruption, FinTech-stack, and fighting incumbents
In November, the comparison portal Verivox acquired Outbank, a personal…
Continue reading…kwitt, Lendstar, and Cringle: timing, feature vs. product, and activities-based banking
Venmo, MobilePay, Cookies, kwitt, N26’s MoneyBeam, PayPal, Wavy, Lendstar…and now…
Continue reading…ING-DiBa, N26, revolut: fairly good incumbents and FinTech re-unbundling
According to Gründerszene, the Berlin-based solarisBank might raise a Series…
Continue reading…GETAWAY a German P2P carsharing start-up that got rejected on Die Höhle der Löwen (DHDL)
In the course of the German start-up show Die Höhle…
Continue reading…€300 Million for paydirekt, €500.000 for happybrush
paydirekt might get €300 Million from its founders. It is…
Continue reading…Cara, a German PoopTech-startup, received a $2 Million investment for a food diary and tailor-made drugs
Cara is „Your personal food and symptom diary“ with which…
Continue reading…Sono Motors, a German car startup, crowdfunded €1 Million for the first car financed through the crowed
Recently Sono Motors, a German car startup, announced that they…
Continue reading…simplesurance, getsafe, Coya, and ONE – convergence, emotions, and power of customer base in FinTech
The German mobile bank N26 announced that they are expanding…
Continue reading…BuddyGuard & Chatterbug: storytelling, smart home network effects and the future of EdTech
BuddyGuard, the Berlin-based smart home startup, raised €3.4 Million from…
Continue reading…byte heroes, HydroMiner, and Wysker — first ICOs in Austria and Germany
In the last couple of days four ICOs have been…
Continue reading…Google’s Pixel Buds, Bragi, and the power of incumbents
Google introduced a range of new products during its hardware…
Continue reading…revolut, N26, and the future of banking
revolut, the app-based bank from Britain, started their operations in…
Continue reading…volders, a Berlin-based contract management startup, raised two million euros
volders, a Berlin-based contract management startup raised two million euros.…
Continue reading…goUrban, an Austrian e-scooter sharing startup, received a six figure investment
Recently, the Austrian startup scooter sharing startup goUrban received a…
Continue reading…Tech stuff I found interesting in CW35
One-click-knowledge-providers, the decentralization of the smartphone and coaching for X…
Continue reading…ZENJOB, a German tech company matching companies with temporary employee shortages and students, raises five million euros
ZENJOB is German startup which matches companies with temporary employee…
Continue reading…Stuff I found interesting in CW34
News and topics I found interesting in calendar week 34.…
Continue reading…Augmented Reality in automotive — OEMs vs. aftermarket Head-Up Displays
Here I concluded that Head-Up Displays (HUDs) in the automotive…
Continue reading…Report about the future of headphones
Currently, most headphones are wireless, easily visible and mostly used…
Continue reading…The future of headphones — next twelve months
Currently, most headphones are wireless, easily visible and mostly used…
Continue reading…Stuff I found interesting in CW33
Topics Alexa for X Last week I wrote about how we…
Continue reading…How consumers’ perception of autonomous cars will influence their adoption
There are two sides when it comes to customers and…
Continue reading…Ubiquitous Learning — a primer
Ubiquitous learning is defined as an all day learning environment…
Continue reading…An Alexa-enabled salt shaker and automated kitchens, home voice assistants and food tracking
An Alexa-enabled salt shaker called “SMALT” is currently looking for…
Continue reading…Stuff I found interesting in CW32
Fox will show its first six-second TV ad: Let’s call…
Continue reading…Alexa effect and smart speaker’s narrow helpfulness
While analyzing comments about Google Home shortly after its release…
Continue reading…The most important product feature is trust
A couple of days ago I came across an app…
Continue reading…Google Home’s most important feature is …surveillance
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Continue reading…The changing meaning of autonomous cars from the 1920s to 2017
Since the first “autonomous” car emerged in the 1920s, its…
Continue reading…How flexibility and comfort might influence the autonomous car’s adoption
The consumer interest in flexibility and comfort [1], as well…
Continue reading…How safety and reliability might influence the autonomous car’s adoption
I think it is fair to say that “safety and…
Continue reading…MediaMarkt — Eine Analyse
Die folgende Analyse wurde inspiriert durch Assignment #2 des Foundations…
Continue reading…[Due Diligence] ZEIº — Physische Zeiterfassung von Timeular
Achtseitiges Polygon und Zeiterfassungssoftware Das Startup Timeular produziert das für…
Continue reading…2 Minuten 2 Millionen – Wurmkiste, mooci, Pixelrunner, pluvis und Andmetics
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Continue reading…[30 days challenge-Februar] Mentalismus
Seit einigen Monaten mache ich monatlich eine „30 days challenge“…
Continue reading…[Due Diligence] – Smart home controller producer Senic
I advise against an investment in Senic because the founders…
Continue reading…2 Minuten 2 Millionen – Nuapua, Seifenmanufaktur Neururer, Simsis Circus, Checkyeti & Die Koje
Am 14. Februar wurde die erste Folge der neuen 2…
Continue reading…Autonews vom 6.2. bis 12.2.2017
Hier der Überblick der Autonews die ich diese Woche spannend…
Continue reading…[Kommentar] Gesetzentwurf Automatisiertes Fahren
Hinweis: Vieles was ich hier zum Gesetzentwurf Automatisiertes Fahren schreibe…
Continue reading…[Due Diligence] Rollersharing-Startup Jaano
Das Hamburger Startup Jaano ging 2014 an den Start, meldete…
Continue reading…Chrysler Portal zeigt Millennials Mobilität der Zukunft
Im Rahmen der CES 2017 hielt neben Toyota auch der…
Continue reading…Apples Finanzergebnisse Q1 2017
Am 31. Jänner fand Apples Telefonkonferenz zu den Finanzergebnissen für…
Continue reading…Autonews vom 30.1. bis 5.2.2017
Hier der Überblick der Autonews die ich diese Woche spannend…
Continue reading…[Due Diligence] Same Day Delivery-Dienst Lobu
Lobu - Same Day Delivery Dienst für Bücher in Wien…
Continue reading…[30 days challenge-Jänner] Luzides Träumen
Seit einigen Monaten mache ich monatlich eine „30 days challenge“…
Continue reading…Concept-i zeigt Toyotas Mobilität der Zukunft
Im Rahmen der CES 2017 hielt Toyota eine Pressekonferenz bei…
Continue reading…[Kommentar] 10 Thesen zur Zukunft von Connected Cars
Der BDW (Bundesverband Digitale Wirtschaft) hat vor ca. drei Jahren…
Continue reading…The decentralization of the smartphone through hardware
Smartphones turned hardware into software The two pictures below illustrate how…
Continue reading…Digital assistants and app in apps might be the future of smartphone apps
During Oculus Connect 3 Opening Keynote Mark Zuckerberg criticized that our…
Continue reading…Coca-Cola made a selfie bottle
Coca-Cola unveiled a selfie-bottle: A camera attached to the bottom…
Continue reading…Overview of smart home remotes
Logitech Logitech has had universal remotes before the smart home…
Continue reading…Xiaomi’s troubles and how to solve them
The Chinese internet company Xiaomi was founded in 2010. In…
Continue reading…Hearables are small computers and not headphones
Back in September, Apple introduced the Apple AirPods, a set…
Continue reading…Gaming "the" application for VR?
In terms of interest, Virtual Reality (VR) started to take…
Continue reading…Retailers must go from selling to servicing
For a long time we have been shopping only offline,…
Continue reading…[Case Study] Should You Rehire a Defector?
The case study published in the Harvard Business Review December…
Continue reading…The reasons why Echo and Google are winning over HUE and Nest
I have recently looked through more than 30 smart home…
Continue reading…AI for hearables more important than sound quality
It seems to me that lately, everybody is taking about…
Continue reading…What firms should do in the case of a product recall
When a company recalls a product, it makes sense to…
Continue reading…Recall of Note 7 did not hurt Samsung's brand
Samsung has completely recalled its Galaxy Note 7 and stoped production due…
Continue reading…What makes hearables so interesting?
I think that hearables are a great piece of wearable…
Continue reading…What are actually hearables?
Hearables - smart headphones you can wear The word hearables…
Continue reading…List of already available hearables
As of now four hearables from four different companies are available.…
Continue reading…Peter Drucker's five deadly sins in 2016
(Peter Drucker) In 1993 Peter Drucker published a column titled…
Continue reading…[Updated] List of announced hearables
Human by Human Human headphones (Source) The "human" hearables are one…
Continue reading…Smart earphones (hearables) are the new smart watches
I have had my Bragi The Dash headphones for about one week…
Continue reading…Oculus: Zukunft und Gegenwart von VR
Vor ca. 10 Tagen hat Oculus im Rahmen der Oculus…
Continue reading…Strategic implications for Netflix’s future
Source I am currently read Frank Rothaermel’s Strategic Management: Conceptsand also…
Continue reading…How Apple is pushing ubiquitous computing with the iPhone 7
I get that why people are complaining about Apple removing the…
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