BCNL Newsletter #2

Your gateway to the Dutch Blockchain Ecosystem

Welcome to the second edition of the Blockchain Netherlands newsletter! In this newsletter we will highlight what is going on in the Dutch blockchain ecosystem on a monthly basis and update you on the most important developments, events and announcements. The items you should really read directly in your inbox.

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In this newsletter:

• Recap of the first Dutch Blockchain Week

• Blockchain news in the Netherlands

• Agenda for July

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Dutch Blockchain Week recap

The Dutch Blockchain Week was taking place from the 2nd till the 7th of June 2019 and was the first of its kind with events hosted not in just one city but across the country in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht, The Hague and Arnhem, Tilburg and Almelo. Together with partners, such as BlockchainTalks, Lisk Center Utrecht, BlockDAM, Blockbar, Bitcoin Magazine NL we created a program that covered everything from fintech to regulation, from women in tech to social good, new economic models to technical deep-dives. Watch our interview with Berit Fuss during the week.

2019 edition in numbers:
- 26 events
- 9 cities
- 24 venues
- 14 event hosts
- 80+ volunteers
- 64 speakers
- 1,000 social media posts
- 100,000+ views
- 30,000+ likes

We are already looking forward to next year!

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Blockchain news in the Netherlands

• Tykn raises €1.2 million for its blockchain platform to verify the identities of world’s ‘invisible people’

• Dutch government takes an ambitious step with new government-wide support for startups and scale-ups - TechLeap

• The Netherlands and Singapore are partnering up to boost Blockchain development

• YES!Delft’s AI & Blockchain Lab open for applications

• Cryptocurrency experts meet at Europol to strengthen ties between law enforcement and private sector

• Cryptocurrency exchange Blockport goes bankrupt after failed STO

• First paperless, door-to-door blockchain container shipped from Korea to Rotterdam

• Canada and the Netherlands are testing international flights without a passport, thanks to the blockchain technology

• Coinbase crypto debet card arrives in the Netherlands

• CMS is releasing its Tokenized Assets Podcast series

Dutch news

• Europese Unie zal meer data beschikbaar stellen voor de ontwikkeling van AI- en blockchain

• Banken in EU gaan in 2020 beschikken over een instant betalingssysteem in reactie op Libra

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Agenda for July

• Bitcoin Wednesday - 6-Year Anniversary Edition, July 3

• Blockchain030 | Co-working Mondays, every Monday

• BlockDAM | Co-working Tuesdays, every Tuesday

• Blockbar | Co-working Friday, every Friday

• Blockchain Co-Working Day Tilburg, July 8

• Food Integrity Blockchained Meetup, July 9

• LNjoy ~ Lightning Network & Bitcoin, July 10

• Chromia - Let's Talk Decentralised Applications (Dapps), July 18

• Workshop Cryptozombies, 5-part series, starting July 19

• Lisk Center Utrecht: Blockchain Meetup, July 24

• YES!Delft AI & Blockchain Pitchday, July 25

• Hybrix - Monthly Get-Together, July 25

• Blockchain voor LEAN - Open Trainingsavond, July 25

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