While business executives around the world are growing more certain that blockchain will be a game changer, a new survey also reveals that skepticism remains. According to Deloitte, it’s 2019 Global Blockchain Survey finds the technology is entering a new phase, in which the question is no longer, “Will blockchain work?” but, “How can we make blockchain work for us?”
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Swiss e-voting system hack shows value of blockchain-based election technology
Flaw would allow undetectable vote fraud; can DLT solve the problem?
Switzerland’s proposed new e-voting system has a flaw clouding the country’s Crypto Valley. It’s serious enough to allow hackers to steal an election without being detected.
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"I want to be buried in Hudson County so that I can remain active in politics," remarked late NJ governor Brendan Byrne (via Shutterstock).Blockchain technology to tackle another American election
After a successful test in West Virginia, blockchain-based voting moves to Denver, and beyond politics to shareholder meetings
Eighteen years after the Florida hanging chads debacle cast the legitimacy of an American president into doubt, the voting technology introduced to fix those problems remains so vulnerable to hacking that the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in September urged a return to paper ballots and an end to Internet voting. That’s a problem blockchain developers think they can fix.
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SEC settles complaint against self-reporting ICO
Ruling could be problematic for fraudsters of 2017 and 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Gladius Network LLC with conducting an unregistered initial coin offering (ICO), even after the company self-reported themselves to the commission. Companies that fund through an ICO must register the coins as securities, the SEC clarified on Wednesday. Gladius will have to offer speculators a refund.
