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Nippon Express Developing Blockchain Transport Network
9.3.2020
The global logistics services company based out of Tokyo will be investing approximately 100 billion yen in the transportation network
Stellar Invests in Security Token Platform Targeting Developing Markets
27.2.2020
The investment will help DSTOQ fund new technology and expansion into local markets
India’s Election Commission Developing Blockchain System for Voting
16.2.2020
The Election Commission of India is collaborating with the Indian Institute of Technology to develop a blockchain system for voting, the Chief Election Commissioner has reportedly revealed. The new system aims to allow Indians to vote even when they are away from their hometowns. Furthermore,...
Blockchain and 5G: Greatest Promise Is to Transform the Developing World
25.1.2020
How and why the developing world could benefit from the new technological hybrid: blockchain and 5G?
Davos Experts: Fintech Unopposed in Sweep Through Developing World
21.1.2020
Jin Keyu, Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom, speaking in the Shaping the Future of Financial and Monetary Systems session at the World Economic Forum. Digital finance, cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology-powered economics are sweeping...
Turkish City Developing Crypto and Blockchain Solutions for Public Services
21.1.2020
The city of Konya, Turkey is developing its own coin with the aim of providing blockchain-based payments for public services
Decred’s Akin Sawyerr Says Blockchain Is Part of Africa’s Political Future
16.1.2020
Blockchain-based governance could lead the way towards better business and political practices around the world, says investor Akin Sawyerr
Gavin Andresen Speaks About Ethereum’s Tornado and Wallet Privacy
15.1.2020
Over the last couple of years. the former lead maintainer of the Bitcoin Core (BTC) repository Gavin Andresen has been quiet in regards to the crypto ecosystem. Andresen hasn’t been developing any projects and once in a while makes a comment or two about the digital currency industry....
Video Games Giant Ubisoft Is Looking for Blockchain Startups to Support
10.1.2020
Are you developing a blockchain game that could be the next Cryptokitties or even take blockchain games mainstream, if only you had some help from a major company in the field? You’re in luck, because French video games giant Ubisoft is now looking for new blockchain startups it can support....
Low Interest Rates Provide Precarious Protection Against Crisis, World Bank Warns
10.1.2020
The latest global debt wave is the largest in the past five decades, the World Bank has acknowledged in a new report. The international institution notes that previous waves of broad-based debt accumulation lead to widespread financial crises. Historically low interest rates this time might not...
How Dropgangs and Dead Drops Are Transforming Darknet Practices
10.1.2020
Since the creation of the Silk Road, authorities have waged a war against the online drug trade with a wave of surveillance and enforcement. However, crypto-anarchists are developing new ways to evade the state’s tentacles as the next technological phase started to emerge in late 2017....
Jack Dorsey: Twitter Developing Decentralized Standard for Social Media
11.12.2019
Twitter funds a dedicated team to develop a decentralized standard for social media to address existing challenges
Venture Capitalists Have Invested Over $200M in Stablecoins
6.12.2019
Does the world need more stablecoins? Yes according to VCs, who have thrown hundreds of millions of dollars at projects developing stable or low volatility digital assets. The $45 million committed in 2019 takes the past two years of VC investment to over $200M. Also read: RBI Governor Discusses...
Japan: MUFG Bank Denies Reports It is Developing New Digital Currency
4.12.2019
Major Japanese bank MUFG has denied local media reports that it will launch a digital currency in 2020
“Headless Mode”
2.12.2019
A couple of months ago, we invited Marc Anton Dahmen to show off his database-less content management system (CMS) Automad. His post is an interesting inside look at templating engines, including how they work, how CMSs use them, and how they impact the way we write things, such as loops.
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Factom. Inc. Rewarded by DHS for Developing Blockchain-based Security Solutions
19.11.2019
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of Science and Technology Directorate’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP) has granted award money $197,292 to Factom. Inc. based in Austin, Texas. The award is a performance-based contractual reward for developing a digital identity security...
Canadian Company Commissions 3 Bitcoin Mining Units to Restart Oil Well
17.11.2019
A nascent industry utilizing flared gas to power bitcoin mining units has been developing over the past year or so, in symbiosis with the oil and gas industry in North America. Companies providing services in this promising niche continue to install mobile datacenters at oil wells in the U.S....
Chilean Multiexport Foods Developing Blockchain Solution for Traceability of Salmon
12.11.2019
Chilean Multiexport Foods is developing a blockchain-based solution that will enable customers to trace the origin of its salmon sold at various outlets, just by scanning a QR code. The firm started by salmon farmer and processor in 2017 to find ways of integrating technologies like Blockchain...
Blockchain Technology Important in Developing Smart City: Trần Vĩnh Tuyến
11.11.2019
Vietnam’s HCM City (Ho Chi Minh City) has plans of building regulatory policies and framework integrated with the technology of blockchain to reduce the possible risks in creating a smart city, expressed city’s top official. Trần Vĩnh Tuyến who serves as the People’s Committee Vice-Chairman in...
Iota, Dell and Linux Developing Platform to Rate Data Trustworthiness
28.10.2019
Distributed ledger technology provider Iota, Dell Technologies and the Linux Foundation are collaborating to score data based on trustworthiness