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US Postal Service Bets on Ethereum Blockchain in Patented Voting System
18.8.2020
As the U.S. is gearing towards the November 3 presidential election, it seems that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) might be preparing to integrate blockchain within its operations to provide a reliable mail-in voting system to voters across the country. Last week, the service filed a patent...
Major Turkish Terminals Join IBM and Maersk's Blockchain Shipping Platform
18.8.2020
IBM and Maersk’s global blockchain shipping platform continues to onboard major new global partners
Sichuan Officials Continue to Foster the Relationship Between Bitcoin Mining and Hydropower
18.8.2020
The province of Sichuan is well known for being one of the largest concentrations of bitcoin miners on earth because electrical costs are extremely cheap in the region. Data shows that miners using hydropower in Sichuan are paying between 0.065-0.075 yuan or $0.01 per kilowatt-hour. According...
Amid US Postal Service ‘Crisis’ USPS Files Patent for Blockchain Mail-in Voting Scheme
18.8.2020
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is falling apart at the seams and many Americans are blaming the Trump administration. The USPS may have to deal with the U.S. election ballot process, as mail-in votes may be the dominant practice thanks to the coronavirus. Amid the American public’s...
Chinese Steelmakers Using Blockchain to Break Dollar Dependence
18.8.2020
Chinese firms could look to end their dollar dependence in international trade deals using blockchain technology – with the nation’s steel industry looking to purchase raw materials in Chinese fiat RMB rather than the American greenback.
Per a report from China Economic Net, an increasing number...
Ethereum Classic 51% Attack: Okex Crypto Exchange Suffers $5.6 Million Loss, Contemplates Delisting ETC
18.8.2020
Cryptocurrency exchange Okex reveals it suffered the $5.6 million loss as a result of the double-spend carried out by the attacker(s) in Ethereum Classic 51% attack. Okex says it fully absorbed the loss as per its user-protection policy while insisting that the attack did not cause any loss to...
Pantera Capital Has Raised 3x More This Year Than It Did in 2019
17.8.2020
But that’s still less than it raised in 2018
VeChain’s New Partnership Could Bring Blockchain Tech to Dozens of Untapped Industries
17.8.2020
Cyprus is becoming a hotspot for Blockchain technology
Paris Hilton Drew a Cat and it Somehow Sold for $17,000 in ETH
17.8.2020
Paris’ pet is forever immortalized as an NFT
Huobi Launches Global DeFi Alliance To Merge East and West
17.8.2020
Can teamwork bring together the fragmented crypto space?
China’s Digital Yuan CBDC Is Close, but Many Details Remain Unknown
17.8.2020
Despite the interest currently surrounding the digital yuan, some are not yet sure of the project’s overall scope and mainstream viability
Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin on DeFi and DeFi on Bitcoin
17.8.2020
More bitcoins are being tokenized than mined, DeFi is coming to the Bitcoin system and a former Prudential Securities CEO thinks crypto is a safe bet
Block.one's Voice Beta Goes Live + More News
17.8.2020
Here is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Block.one's social media site, Voice, is almost ready to go live, as its beta program opens its doors to the friends and family...
Blockchain Venture Capital Firm SPiCE VC Taps Coinbase as Digital Asset Custody Partner
17.8.2020
SpiceVC announced it has signed an agreement with Coinbase Custody, under which Coinbase will serve as the digital asset custodian for the Spice token
Blockchain Interoperability: The Big Picture
17.8.2020
A unified language for digital assets would provide the foundation for our decentralized economic and social infrastructure
ING Bank, Rolls Royce Join Alliance to Promote Blockchain Education
17.8.2020
Both Rolls Royce and Ing Bank have signed up to an industry body that supports student developers interested in building their own blockchain projects
ING, Rolls Royce and Multi.io Join Blockchain Education Alliance
17.8.2020
ING Bank, AB-InBev, Rolls Royce, and Multi.io joined the Blockchain Education Alliance launched by blockchain accelerator MouseBelt
LG CNS Blockchain-powered Sales Up 12%, More Projects Planned for H2
17.8.2020
Industry 4.0 and blockchain technology-related sales have helped boost the sales performance of LG CNS, the IT services arm of the LG Group – despite an overall drop in profits caused in part by the coronavirus pandemic.
Per media outlet Seoul Kyungjae, LG CNS reported a drop in sales of over...
The Pandemic is Prompting Asian Countries to Adopt Blockchain
17.8.2020
Asian countries have found ways to use blockchain amid the pandemic
Onchain Data Shows $449M Worth of Bitcoin on ETH Eclipses Offchain Competitors
17.8.2020
Onchain analytics show the number of bitcoin (BTC) held on the Ethereum blockchain has been multiplying at an extremely fast rate since the end of May. On Sunday, August 16 there’s approximately 38,021 BTC on Ethereum or roughly $449 million stored in synthetic bitcoin protocols like Wbtc...