A new working group aims to create standards that will ensure secure Ethereum smart contracts are used by businesses and DeFi projects. Decentralized finance continues to make its impact on the crypto market, and with over $13 billion of total value of assets locked, DeFi projects are clearly resonating with eager crypto investors. Yet while the DeFi […]
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A project with Satoshi Nakomoto’s namesake has been selected as the winner of the CFTC’s Project Streetlamp. A blockchain data platform has been selected the winner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s first science competition, offering yet another compelling sign that distributed ledger technology has burst onto the mainstream. Nakamoto Terminal, a digital-asset analytics platform […]
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An app that has been used for years to help civilians to access better real-time information about airstrikes has switched from using Ethereum to Hedera Hashgraph. Sentry is an an app developed by Hala Systems that has been providing civilians with a crowdsourced and sensor-driven early warning system against airstrikes during the protracted civil war […]
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“I haven’t yet seen a blockchain system that I would trust with a county-fair jellybean count, much less a presidential election.” While certain parties in the United States continue to challenge the integrity of the election process, a group of researchers is advocating against using Internet-based and blockchain-based voting systems in the future. According to […]
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The negative view on automation isn’t the fault of anyone in particular, it’s simply the way that humanity reacts to innovation. Across numerous industries throughout the decades, there has always been a pervasive fear that robots are going to take our jobs. While there has been plenty of evidence that automation ultimately moves human workers […]
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Token reward airdrops hope to “nudge” car users into more sustainable behaviors. Artificial intelligence specialists Fetch.ai, and blockchain solutions provider Datarella have announced the launch of a “Smart City” infrastructure trial in Munich, Germany, on Nov. 12. The trial will be centered around the Connex Buildings business center in the city and will use a multi-agent […]
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A new WEF report touts blockchain technology as a cornerstone of environmental sustainability. The World Economic Forum (WEF) believes blockchain represents a core element of sustainable digital finance — a new paradigm that combines emerging technology with environmentally-conscious business models. In a new report published Wednesday, UBS executive Karin Oertli lists blockchain technology along with […]
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From owning land to playing games and creating artworks, earning opportunities on NFT marketplaces continue to grow. Nonfungible tokens are not a new phenomenon in the crypto space, as the emergence of blockchain technology has provided a useful base layer to create a sprawling economy for digital collectibles. Amid the growing appetite for digital art, […]
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The IOTA blockchain finds a use case in industrial maintenance. The IOTA Foundation, a non-profit organization behind the IOTA blockchain, is collaborating with Japan’s government on a project targeting industrial infrastructure. The foundation has partnered on a project initiated by major Japanese maintenance companies, Best Materia and IMC, IOTA representatives announced on Oct. 27. The […]
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He doesn’t seem to think China is that far ahead of the USA when it comes to blockchain development — at least for now. Wu Zhongze, China’s former vice-minister for Science and Technology and a well-known digital economics expert, believes that blockchain technology is still quite young. During an interview with The Paper, the former […]
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