Blockchain technology is now being used in a pilot program for tracking cannabis supply chains. Canadian pharmacy chain Shoppers Drug Mart has partnered with blockchain company TruTrace Technologies Inc. to launch a pilot program for cannabis supply chain tracking via blockchain, according to a report by Bloomberg on June 17. According to the report, this […]
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A universal bank in Poland is using blockchain technology to let customers verify the authenticity of their banking documents. Alior Bank, a bank based in Warsaw, Poland, is using the public Ethereum blockchain to authenticate its clients’ documents, according to a report by Forbes on June 17. According to the report, when a client at […]
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Ripple will provide up to $50 million to MoneyGram has part of a new two-year partnership. Major money transmission network MoneyGram has entered into a strategic partnership with blockchain-based payments firm Ripple, according to a press release on June 17. As part of the two-year agreement, the two firms will become partners in cross-border payments […]
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The Zcash Foundation has partnered with Parity Technologies to release a second software client for cryptocurrency Zcash. Nonprofit organization The Zcash Foundation has partnered with blockchain company Parity Technologies to release a new, open source software client for the cryptocurrency Zcash, according to a press release on June 17. The new software client, Zebra, purportedly […]
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Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced BTCB, a bitcoin-pegged token on Binance Chain. Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced BTCB, a bitcoin (BTC)-pegged token on its native blockchain, Binance Chain, in a blog post on June 17. Per the announcement, the newly-released BEP2 token will be traded on Binance and will also be available on its decentralized […]
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In the wake of CCN’s Google saga, CT looks at which centralized companies have been hostile to crypto firms in the past. On June 10, one of the top cryptocurrency media sites, CCN, initially announced that it would shut down, citing a June 3 Google Core Update for stifling its traffic. Writing on the website, […]
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Georgia’s government has signed an MoU with blockchain technology firm IOHK to implement blockchain-enabled projects. The government of Georgia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with blockchain technology firm Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK) to implement blockchain-enabled projects across business, education and government services. The news was revealed in a press release shared with […]
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United Kingdom-based interdealer broker TP ICAP will sell bitcoin financial derivatives. United Kingdom-based interdealer broker TP ICAP will sell bitcoin (BTC) financial derivatives, Bloomberg reports on June 17. Per the report, the ICAP unit of the firm now allows its customers to buy or sell the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s (CME) bitcoin futures. In June, the […]
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Most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting moderate gains on the day as bitcoin breaks $9,300. Monday, June 17 — most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting moderate gains on the day by press time, as bitcoin (BTC) passed the $9,300 mark again. Market visualization courtesy of Coin360 Bitcoin is currently up about […]
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Bitcoin surpassed one million daily active addresses on June 14, according to data from CoinMetrics. Bitcoin (BTC) surpassed one million daily active addresses on June 14, according to blockchain statistics website CoinMetrics. Twitter user Kevin Rooke pointed out the current number of daily active on-chain addresses on June 15, resulting in mixed reactions from the […]
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