UN drugs and crime wing advises Kenya to use blockchain against corruption

Blockchain can reportedly return billions of dollars back to Kenya’s budget. Blockchain technology can help countries like Kenya from losing billions of dollars to corruption, according to an official at the United Nations’ drugs and crime agency. David Robinson, the regional anti-corruption advisor at the UN’s Office on Drugs and Crime, believes that new technologies […]

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Bitcoin bull Jack Dorsey keeps role as Twitter CEO following board review

The crypto-friendly social media platform keeps its pro-Bitcoin CEO. Twitter CEO and major Bitcoin (BTC) bull Jack Dorsey will keep his role at the company, according to a recent decision by a Twitter board committee. As Bloomberg reported on Nov. 2, the committee officially reviewed Twitter’s leadership as part of a March 2020 agreement with activist investor Elliott […]

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HSBC Bangladesh uses blockchain to import 20,000 tons of fuel oil from Singapore

HSBC Bangladesh has completed the country’s first blockchain-powered cross-border trade settled using a letter of credit. The Bangladesh branch of global banking firm HSBC has conducted the country’s first blockchain-based letter of credit (LC) transaction on the Contour DLT platform. The transaction was used to settle the importation of 20,000 tonnes of fuel oil from […]

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Zero-sum game: DeFi declines while Bitcoin booms

While Bitcoin’s value has increased by more than one-third since September, DeFi tokens have floundered. Are the two things related? The co-founder of crypto data aggregator Markets Science, Twitter-user ‘Bitdealer,’ has shared a chart  indicating negative correlations between 11 top DeFi tokens and BTC over the past 45 days to Nov.1, with AAVE showing neutral […]

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