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SiGMA Americas and AIBC Digital Summit were launched with great success in the past week, pushing the shifting grounds of the gaming industry towards LatAm and discussing the current developments in digitalisation

In line with a growing global portfolio of events, this week SiGMA launched its first foray into LatAm markets, with SiGMA Americas Digital. In a first for SiGMA, both the gaming and the tech segments of the conference were offered in 3 languages, English, Spanish and Portuguese. 

[WATCH] Malta-based tech show will shift dates from November 2020 to February 2021

SiGMA Group has announced the postponement of its tech and gaming focussed Europe summit, which was planned to be held in Malta on 18-19 November 2020. The 4th edition of AIBC Summit will now open its doors early next year in February, running from the 17-18th, making it the first event to headline the 2021 tech and gaming calendar.

Words by Dr. Joshua Ellul, Chairman of the MDIA and Director of DLT at the University of Malta - catch up with him later this year in the Autumn edition of Block Magazine

Over the past years, we have seen a surge in interest (and hype) surrounding Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain, Cloud computing, Data science and Quantum computing and communication. These (and other) technologies are helping to shape a new world. A World which could: (A) allow for more automation of tasks which typically require humans; (B) provide more transparency and guarantees; (C) with minimal upfront costs; (D) for various different domains; (Q) at unprecedented speeds and distances; to ultimately (Y) benefit YOU.

Roger Ver, Executive Chairman at Bitcoin.com and avid investor of Bitcoin, caught up with the AIBC Summit to discuss the latest bitcoin and bitcoin cash news.

“Bitcoin Jesus” Roger Ver is one of the first Bitcoin investors and believes crypto is the world-wide currency of the future. He evokes his passion to the AIBC Summit saying: 

Four U.S. lawmakers wrote to the US tax agency, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), on Wednesday July 29th requesting a more moderate approach towards cryptocurrency staking taxes.

Blockchain has proven to be a springboard for LDCs to catch-up with other countries on the e-commerce, trade and telecommunications field

The contrast between LDCs and other countries is great in terms of digital competitiveness. Often, LDCs fall back in comparison due to a wavering telecommunication infrastructure and internet-based innovation. However, there have been recent efforts in the right direction. This includes the increased availability of smartphones, which heighten the case for blockchain technology as a means to further telecommunications infrastructure, trade and e-commerce. This ultimately bridges the gap between LDCs and other countries. 

Winner of the 2019 AI pitch battle and CEO of PHOTOCERT, Pasquale Saviano is looking to bring trust to a digital era deeply embroiled in deep fakes - He explains why prevention is better than cure.

Narendra Modi, Prime Minister to India, puts India in the running as the next investment haven as he pitches opportunities in the emerging tech sector

In a keynote given during last Wednesday’s India Ideas Summit, Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, spoke strongly in favour of blockchain technology as an ‘opportunity in frontier technology’. 

Nurturing the entrepreneur has always been an integral part of SiGMA Group's events, particularly now that we will be integrating both iGaming and Tech into one show

AIBC is now accepting applications from Emerging Tech startups that are looking for the best way to kick off proceedings. This year the AIBC Summit is taking place on the same dates as the 7th edition of the World's iGaming Festival, with over 10,000 delegates expected to attend. Startups will not only get a huge brand exposure but also get access to investors and mentors eager to meet interesting projects.

UK based Professor Andros Gregoriou, Evai.io, Head of Development and Brighton University Research Excellence lead has published his groundbreaking cryptocurrency research this week

The new research will provide the foundations for the pioneering Evai ‘Bridge’ ratings system, which will be powered with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to optimise its performance and accuracy.