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ODEM Showcases Education Platform at GESS Dubai
ZUG, Switzerland – Feb. 25, 2019 – ODEM Chief Executive Officer Richard Maaghul will lead a delegation of ODEM leaders to the GESS Dubai Education Exhibition and Conference at the Dubai World Trade Centre this week. Committed to making education more accessible, affordable, transferable, and verifiable through blockchain technology, ODEM will showcase the ODEM Platform…
Read MoreWomen in Blockchain: Making a Difference
In Part I of ODEM’s Women in Blockchain blog series we highlighted the lack of female representation in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency. Today, I want to tell you about an exciting group dedicated to helping women overcome barriers to greater female participation in our industry. Elena Sinelnikova and Natalia Ameline founded CryptoChicks in…
Read MoreODEM Executives in China: Q&A
ODEM CEO Richard Maaghul and ODEM Business Development Chief Ken Finch are traveling to China to meet with early adopters of the ODEM Platform. We’re grateful to Ken for taking time to preview the trip to Beijing and Shanghai. Ken, why China, why now? Business development in China has been a high priority for a…
Read MoreWomen in Blockchain: We Can Do Better!
The blockchain and cryptocurrency business is routinely the target of criticism for its dismally low representation of women in the workplace. Though technology industries tend to be male dominated, blockchain and crypto are even more out of sync when it comes to female representation. A December 2018 study of 100 blockchain startups found that only 14.5 percent…
Read MoreODEM Ranks in Top 50 Blockchain Ventures in Switzerland and Liechtenstein’s Crypto Valley
ZUG, Switzerland, Jan. 31, 2019 — ODEM is pleased to announce its debut ranking among the 50 largest blockchain companies by market value in Switzerland and Liechtenstein’s Crypto Valley blockchain cluster. ODEM was named in a Crypto Valley survey conducted by investment company CV VC AG, in collaboration with PwC Strategy, and IT provider inacta AG. As of the fourth quarter…
Read MoreODEM Partners with ITWORX Education to Explore Blockchain Opportunities
ZUG, Switzerland and CAIRO, Jan. 29, 2019 – ODEM, creator of the On-Demand Education Marketplace, is pleased to announce a partnership with ITWORX Education, an international market leader in innovative academic and corporate learning software solutions, to explore opportunities to jointly develop leading-edge blockchain-based services. Under the partnership, the technology companies will work to establish ODEM as a…
Read MoreHow a Decentralized Education System Can Improve Student Outcomes
“Gradually, decentralized trust will be accepted as a new and effective trust model. We have seen this evolution of understanding before – on the internet.” – Andreas Antonopoulos, blockchain visionary. If you’ve paid attention to the cryptocurrency/blockchain community during 2018, one of the great buzzwords throughout the year was “decentralization.” Cries of “decentralize everything!” were…
Read MoreODEM Applauds Blockchain Centre Vilnius on Its First Anniversary
ZUG, Switzerland and VILNIUS, Lithuania, Jan. 22, 2019 — ODEM, creator of the On-Demand Education Marketplace, applauds Blockchain Centre Vilnius on the first anniversary of its creation. Blockchain Centre Vilnius is a dominant force in educating the next generation of blockchain entrepreneurs. ODEM, a sponsor of the Centre, is delighted to be a part of the first-anniversary celebration and…
Read MoreBlockchain’s Bright Future in the Education Industry
Unless you’ve been living under a rock in recent years, you’ve heard the term blockchain spreading like wildfire. The use cases for blockchain outside of cryptocurrency range from the revolutionary to the ridiculous. But using blockchain in education is one real area that takes advantage of the record-keeping abilities inherent in any blockchain. Here are…
Read MoreODEM Sponsors Blockchain Centre Vilnius
ZUG, Switzerland and VILNIUS, Lithuania, Jan. 8, 2019 — ODEM, creator of the On-Demand Education Marketplace, is proud to announce its sponsorship of the Blockchain Centre Vilnius in support of innovative approaches to blockchain education. ODEM and Blockchain Centre Vilnius jointly recognize the importance of education in advancing the use of blockchain-based solutions in the areas of trade,…
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