Agriota E-Marketplace may give farmers in India more access to the UAE’s multi-billion dollar food industry. Food industry officials in the United Arab Emirates may soon have a blockchain-based supply chain to obtain agricultural products directly from India. According to an Aug. 31 report, officials in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be using Agriota […]
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Even the FDA uses blockchain Federal agencies have turned to blockchain for its transparency, efficiency, security and flexibility. According to FedTech magazine, several federal agencies like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, and the Department of Treasury began using blockchain. Officials in the US Food and Drug Administration needed an effective way to help […]
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The trillion dollar bailout will not end well. Investor Jim Rogers, chairman of Rogers Holdings, recently warned in an interview that recent central bank bailouts will bring about the worst economic meltdown in his lifetime. Central banks globally are printing trillions of dollars in an effort to help countries stimulate their respective economies. Although the […]
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The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service is proposing the department utilize DLT to trace the supply chain of organic products. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has proposed amending its rules on organic products to include implementing blockchain technology to trace its supply chain. According to an Aug. 5 report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) […]
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HempCoin Founder and CEO, Tim Renzetti, tells Cointelegraph about the token’s journey so far and plans for the future. HempCoin (THC), one of the first 30 cryptocurrencies ever created, has been relisted by cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex. Before being delisted in 2019, HempCoin was a top-100 token on CoinMarketCap, trading over $10 million a day. HempCoin […]
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The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted challenges in global seafood supply chains, and blockchain tech may help improve them. COVID-19 is the most devastating plague to ravage humankind this century. Every day, the number of patients infected with the coronavirus is rising globally and taking the highest human toll in the United States. The highly infectious […]
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America still lags behind countries like China, the United Arab Emirates and Switzerland when it comes to blockchain adoption. As blockchain adoption continues to garner mainstream traction across the private sector, an increasing number of government agencies are too looking to explore the potential of the technology. For example, the United States Food and Drug […]
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced it will study blockchain technology to aid in smarter food security. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a blueprint and pilot study for food safety, highlighting blockchain as a viable option for some of the identified challenges. The blueprint, released earlier this week, breaks […]
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Smucker will use a blockchain to trace Colombian coffee beans while letting consumers make donations to coffee farmers in Colombia. The J.M. Smucker Company, also known as Smucker’s, has announced that it will use blockchain technology to trace Colombian coffee beans directly back to their source while allowing consumers the opportunity to support coffee farmers. […]
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Spanish cider companies are integrating blockchain to fight against counterfeit cider products and over-production. Spanish cider makers Sidra Menéndez S.L. and Llagar Castañón S.L are using the Telos blockchain to track the production of their beverages. This will purportedly allow the cider makers to fight counterfeits and over-production. According to Luis Meijueiro the head of […]
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