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Dance, Donate, Decentralize: COVID-19 Charity Concert Goes Live
5.5.2020
If you can’t join ‘em… there’s still beats. Summer festivals and concerts are canceled, but you can enjoy the world’s top electronic dance music acts LIVE in your own home
IOTA Powers New Decentralized Social Media Project
5.5.2020
New decentralized social media project Society2 plans to enable IOTA node owners to run their own social media sites or apps
Crypto Forensics Firm TokenAnalyst Shuts Down, Some Employees Hired by Coinbase
5.5.2020
TokenAnalyst is shutting down after 2.5 years of operations, with some employees moving on to new roles at Coinbase
As Pandemic Decimates Startups, Privacy Industry Holds Strong
5.5.2020
As remote work become the norm, privacy-focused startups see COVID-19 as an opportunity to expand
Research Shows Inverse Correlation Between USDT on Crypto Exchanges and Bitcoin's Price
5.5.2020
Crypto market insights firm Santiment published an analysis showing that the percentage of USDT held on exchanges is inversely related to Bitcoin’s price
Blockchain Bites: Hyperledger Makes Inroads, Bitcoin Gets ‘Harder’ and Buffett’s Not ‘Halving’ It
5.5.2020
Bitcoin's difficulty has increased ahead of the halving event as more retail investors pour in. Warren Buffett has yet to be enticed
FCA Launches Digital Sandbox for Tackling COVID-19 Solutions
5.5.2020
The sandbox will provide opportunities for blockchain firms targeting solutions related to COVID-19 to expedite development
BlockFi Snaps up Execs From AmEx & Credit Suisse; Tokenized Pet Care + More News
5.5.2020
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BlockFi Snaps up Execs From AmEx & Credit Suisse; Tokenized pet care
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Business Giants New Consortium To Help Firms ‘Manage Digital Assets’
5.5.2020
Some of the biggest names in IT, conventional finance and blockchain technology have joined an open-source digital standards consortium that they claim will help overcome the hurdles involved with “managing digital assets” and the “adoption of digital identity” – making use of “interoperable...
Supply Chain Professionals Are Already Keen on Blockchain Technology
5.5.2020
The links between blockchain technology and the supply chain industry are strengthening fast, with
37% of surveyed firms either now using live blockchain solutions or developing or piloting platforms, per the findings of a new survey of 86 supply chain professionals from around the world.
The...
Mastercard and R3 Join Linux Foundation’s New Data Privacy Project
5.5.2020
The Linux Foundation has launched a new initiative to create a global digital trust standard
Agtech Firm Tracks Beef Exports From Australia to China Using Blockchain
5.5.2020
Blockchain has been used to trace beef products from a farm in rural Australia to supermarkets in Shanghai
Telegram Forces US Investors to Take 72% Refund and Exit Gram Token Project
5.5.2020
Telegram is now forcing U.S investors to immediately exit its TON blockchain project by accepting a 72% refund on their original investment. The encrypted messaging platform’s unexpected volte-face also disqualifies American investors from the loan option, which promised a 110% refund either...
World Economic Forum’s Nadia Hewitt Talks Supply Chains, COVID-19 and Blockchain
5.5.2020
Cointelegraph sits down with the World Economic Forum's project lead for blockchain and digital currency, Nadia Hewett, to discuss how blockchain can change the world economy
IBM Teams With 3 European Power Grids to Build Green Energy Blockchain Platform
5.5.2020
IBM has created a new blockchain consortium with power grid operators TenneT, Swissgrid and Terna to help facilitate the transition to renewable energy
$25M Blockchain Bill Fights COVID-19 with Strategic National Stockpile
5.5.2020
Congressman Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts introduced a bill on April 23 to establish a blockchain network capable of monitoring the SNS
CZ Insists That DDoS Attacks Were Foul Play From Binance Competitors
4.5.2020
Binance’s CEO suspects that recent DDoS attacks came from competing exchanges looking to damage Binance’s reputation rather than steal crypto
IBM, Merck Declare FDA-Backed Drug Tracing Blockchain a Success
4.5.2020
IBM, Merck, Walmart and KPMG’s drug-tracing blockchain pilot exceeded the interoperability benchmarks set by the Food and Drug Administration, the group said
MakerDAO Takes New Measures to Prevent Another ‘Black Swan’ Collapse
4.5.2020
The DeFi lending market MakerDAO has updated its governance protocols to prevent another occurrence of forced liquidations that lead to huge losses
Original Blockchain & Bitcoin: Different Paths To Decentralization
4.5.2020
Blockchain co-inventor on why block creation decentralization is not essential to blockchain decentralization