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The goal of Lykke, a global, decentralized exchange for both crypto and fiat currency, is to allow individuals all around the world to trade assets without any barriers. The exchange, which is fully regulated and compliant, allows users to tokenize assets and trade them through the Lykke wallet using private keys. Because Lykke doesn't take possession of traded assets, it is safe and efficient for their 30,000+ users. Users must approve each transaction with a private key, meaning that even if the platform is compromised, user's money cannot be spent without their permission. This helps to give users a sense of security and faith in their assets, especially after some of the more heavily publicized stories of wrongdoing in the cryptospace. For more information, or to start trading, visit www.lykke.com.
Practical VR has set out to map the world in 3D, piece by piece. Though Google and other companies have done a good job of mapping the world with satellites and car-mounted cameras, the maps that they have created are only 2D. 3D maps of the world don't yet exist but are necessary for augmented and mixed reality applications. In order to create usable maps, not only do we need to be able to have baseline scans, but those need to be constantly updated to reflect our changing world, in a way that protects also protects individual's privacy and security.VR's analytics platform will help to create these maps that will become vital for any number of virtual and mixed reality applications. For example, with cryptocurrency wallets becoming embedded into smartphones, Practical VR believes that one day users will be able to pull a token out of their pocket, and that action will trigger the payment for goods and services with the individual's crypto wallet. Practical VR is also coming out with their own holographic token, Prax, which will not only enable users to map the world around them but to share their maps with others. For more information about Practical VR and the Prax token, visit prax.practicalvr.com.
CEO and Co-Founder of Unchained Capital, Joe Kelly, talks cash loans for individuals and businesses who want to use Bitcoin as collateral. They enable holders to keep their bitcoin assets while pursuing their dreams. About: Unchained Capital, Inc. is led by startup veterans who are building the next generation of financial products for long-term holders of digital assets. We believe successful financial institutions of the near future will connect the wealth and expertise of established financial markets to the new frontiers being opened up by Bitcoin and its successors.
Intro: Join us for a discussion with Dan Bates, CEO of ImpactPPA on how they are using a Blockchain-enabled Ethereum-based platform to provide clean energy solutions to developing countries worldwide. ImpactPPA is a decentralized power company that allows governments, communities, and individuals to finance and deploy clean energy solutions globally. Bio: Dan Bates is the CEO of ImpactPPA, a decentralized power company that allows governments, communities, and individuals around the world to rapidly finance and deploy clean energy solutions.
BioNyfiken, which means "bio curiosity" in Swedish, is a community of bio-hackers who are interested in exploring how technology and biology can interact in the modern world. They are perhaps most famous for their implant parties, where individuals implant NFC microchips into their bodies and discuss the various ways that they can be used. Some of the more mainstream use cases for NCF microchips are to replace badges for offices, to log in to personal devices, or to hold information on library cards, or loyalty program and discount program cards. Chips are about the size of a large grain of rice, and easily removable, should you no longer wish to have it. Implants are done with groups, as it fosters a sense of community and allows people to discuss and bond over shared experiences. Other use cases could include to collect and hold different types of personal health data, such as a diabetic's blood sugar levels, though this would necessitate a data control revolution. Chips can also be implanted that allows you to feel magnetic fields, earthquakes around the world, or listen in to the search for extra-terrestrial life. Sjoblad and BioNyfiken will appear as part of a bio-hacking conference in Stockholm in May 2018. To learn more about bio-hacking, or to chat directly with Hannes Sjoblad, follow him on Twitter @hsjob or on Facebook at BioNyfiken.
BioConnect is a biometrics security company with a different idea–that your identity is comprised of your unique biometric data. They believe that all individuals should be able to prove their unique identity through biometric data including their face, voice, and fingerprints, and use this to access their bank accounts and other secured information, phones, and more. To accomplish this, BioConnect works with large enterprise corporations to allow their clients to access their information using biometric security features. Individuals have the ability to use a variety of different biometric data to secure different data and actions, because security is contexual–for example, you may only want to use your fingerprint to unlock your phone, but you might want to require the verification of face and voice in order to transfer large sums of money out of your bank accounts. Though BioConnect already has thousands of clients worldwide, they see their technology becoming more important, as all smartphones will have biometric capabilities by 2020. This technology has direct implications and applications for cryptospace, and the upcoming launch of a developers portal will enable individuals to apply this technology to more use cases in the future. For more information, visit www.bioconnect.com.
Senior Standards and Technology Advisor at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Paul Grassi, discusses digital identity, blockchain and more. Bio: Paul Grassi is the Senior Standards and Technology Advisor at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). He joined NIST in June 2014 to advance and accelerate the development and adoption of identity authentication and authorization related standards and technologies needed to implement the identity ecosystem envisioned in the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC).
Haas Online began in 2014 with the Haas bot, an AI trading bot for the cryptocurrency. Through several software updates, Hass Online is now an entire cryptocurrency trading platform with several different types of bots for users to choose from–from bots that are fully AI-based to bots that are fully configurable by users, to everything in between. Bots can arbitrage between currency pairs on a given exchange, or across exchanges with a given currency. Because they recognize the fine line between letting users know about general trading strategies and offering investment advice, Haas Online allows users to test their AI trading strategy against historical data to see how well the strategy works. They also allow users to test their strategy against the current market with a simulated wallet. Most major exchanges are supported by Haas Online, and they are integrating more exchanges into their platform all the time. For more information, visit www.haasonline.com.
Used in over 16,000 hotels worldwide, OTA Insight provides revenue optimization software for hotels that works in real time, by compiling pricing data pulled from online booking portals and aggregators, to show which dates hotels can increase the price of their rooms to increase revenue, or when they should decrease rates. The biggest problem is for hoteliers doing the research manually, the consumers are doing this digitally. OTA Insight will make this more efficient through the use of real-time data aggregation. Their easy-to-use platform offers not only real-time data aggregation of pricing across various websites, but demand forecast for your market, an events tracker for your local area, and ranking and reviews analytics. Overall, hotels who have used OTA Insight have seen their revenue increase by 15%. For more information, visit www.otainsight.com.
Developed in partnership with Nasdaq, NYIAX offers a solution to the problem of trading media contracts and advertising in real-time by proving a place for companies to buy and sell advertising space. More importantly, NYIAX will offer the ability to re-sell or trade advertising space, if it is not needed or will go unused. Sellers of advertising space will be able to complete more reliable financial forecasting, as they are able to sell advertising space on long-term contracts, and won't have to pay huge fees to third-party resellers. Buyers of advertising space will be able to complete more long-range advertising plans, knowing that there is a marketplace to re-sell or trade any unused advertising space, and will reduce the need to pay third parties in order to re-sell or trade space. Overall, NYIAX will create more efficiency and transparency between buyers and sellers of media contracts. For more information, visit www.nyiax.com.
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