Tag: Blockchain
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Malta Regulator Opens Consultation after Publishing Cryptocurrency, Blockchain Bills
byThe Malta Financial Services Authority is currently involved in a consultation exercise to ensure that all stakeholders are well informed on what the three blockchain and crypto laws that were passed recently, entail. Reports in the local media have interpreted this situation as a stalling on the MFSA’s part but this is quite a […]
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Accountability and DOOH – An Opportunity for Advertisers to Regain Consumer Trust
byBy Alex Mardikian Agencies and advertisers that have turned to DOOH are demanding better reporting so that their decision-making is as accurate as possible. Data, rather measurable data, is driving the digital media economy. Today, DOOH can inform an audience in a manner not possible earlier because of technological limitations. Even savvy marketers of the […]
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S. Korea’s Top Telephone Company Reveals Its Own Blockchain Network
byState-owned KT Corporation, South Korea’s largest telephone company, has announced the launch of its blockchain-powered commercial network. The firm has built a blockchain layer on top of its existing nationwide network in order to make it “more secure and transparent,” according to an article by The Korea Herald published Tuesday, July 24. The news outlet reports the head of KT […]
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Liverpool Taps Blockchain to Be World’s First ‘Climate Positive’ City by 2020
byThe Liverpool City Council (LCC) has announced a partnership with Poseidon Foundation to help reduce the city’s carbon emission. Over the coming months, the LCC and the Poseidon Foundation will test out a new carbon credit system which is expected to cut the city’s carbon emission, according to a local publication. According to its white paper, among […]
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Ex-JPMorgan Exec: Blockchain May Be Key to Avoiding Next Global Financial Crisis
byThe former vice president of North American investment banking at JPMorgan Chase has said that blockchain “may be the key to avoiding the next global financial crisis,” the China Economic Times reports today, July 23. Pang Huadong, currently an honorary academic advisor of the Asian Blockchain Institute, said that his experience at JPMorgan during the peak of the 2008 financial crash […]
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Google Cloud Launches Blockchain Toolkit for App Developers
byDeveloping blockchain solutions for enterprise clients just got easier for Google Cloud users, thanks to a collaboration between the computing giant and a distributed ledger technology (DLT) startup led by former JPMorgan executive Blythe Masters. Announced on Monday, the partnership will see Digital Asset provide a software development kit (SDK) to developers working on Google Cloud, enabling […]
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Pharma Scandal Prompts Calls to Put Vaccine Data on a Blockchain
byA scandal around the fraudulent actions of a vaccine manufacturer in China has sparking a heated debate over the last week – and now the Chinese cryptocurrency community is suggesting blockchain as a potential solution. The uproar followed a report from China’s State Drug Administration, which, based on a tip-off, launched an investigation of the company […]
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MyCrypto’s Security Guide For Dummies And Smart People Too
byBy Millena Miller An in-depth guide on how to be safe in the crypto world and the online world in general. The following is a modified mash-up of some of our internal policies, procedures, action items, and security-related stuff that we thought would be helpful or applicable to the larger community. This is just a sliver of MyCrypto’s […]
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Mastercard Had An Outage, So Crypto Had a Field Day
byPayments giant Mastercard suffered a severe outage last week that led to a hold-up in transactions. As reported on July 12 by the Financial Times, it had a global impact, sparking a round of complaints from the payment firm’s customer base. As might be expected, those affected quickly took to social media to voice their frustration […]
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Interview: Esports Project Gods Unchained Launches on Ethereum with Coinbase Backing
byGods Unchained, the first competitive e-sports project on Ethereum, has launched with backing from the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange and wallet platform Coinbase. In an interview with CCN, Gods Unchained co-founder and COO Robbie Ferguson, spoke about the game, the decision to launch the game on the Ethereum main chain, and the process of launching an application […]
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