The Chief Fintech Officer of the Monetary Authority of Singapore delivered statements at the Blockchain in Business event at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sopnendu Mohanty, Chief Fintech Officer of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), said that blockchain has potential for cross-border payments but the agency “does not see much” in retail bank digital […]
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Crypto regulatory experts debate state vs. federal-level regulation at MIT’s Business of Blockchain event. Three cryptocurrency experts expressed diverging views towards United States crypto regulation at a panel during the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Business of Blockchain event on May 2. Wyoming Blockchain Coalition president Caitlin Long argued that digital assets are property and […]
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Four major U.S. drug companies have joined a blockchain project to manage chargebacks. Pfizer Inc. and other leading American pharmaceutical companies have joined a project to build a blockchain network for the health and pharmaceutical industry, according to a press release on May 2. McKesson Corporation, AmerisourceBergen Corporation, Premier Inc. and Pfizer Inc. have […]
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Code specifications for the first Ethereum transition phase to PoS could be prepared by the end of June. A code for the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain’s first-stage transition to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus algorithm could be completed by June 30, as stated in an Ethereum core developers meeting on May 2. In a bi-weekly call, Ethereum […]
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United Kingdom-based blockchain settlement startup Setl has emerged from administration. Credit Agricole-backed blockchain-based settlement startup Setl has emerged from administration, financial news outlet Finextra reports on May 3. Per the report, the United Kingdom-based startup has returned following its insolvency filing after its management bought the operating assets, the staff and the intellectual property rights […]
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Singapore governmental institutions are leading a new blockchain project to digitize graduation certificates with blockchain. Students from 18 educational institutions in Singapore will receive blockchain-based digital certificates starting in 2019, local tech news agency Tech in Asia reports on May 3. The initiative is a part of a Singapore government-level project called OpenCerts, which was […]
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The debut follows a software partnership between the companies and aims to allow easier leveraging of Qtum’s platform. Decentralized blockchain platform Qtum is working with Google Cloud as a software partner to increase the ease of launching native products for users, the company confirmed in a blog post on May 2. Qtum, which like the […]
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The partnership aims to keep user data safe and prevent distributed denial-of-service attacks. Vietnam’s CMC Telecom and American cloud service provider Akamai have signed a joint agreement to deliver security services to a blockchain-based trading floor, according to a report shared on CMC’s website on May 2. Akamai is one of the biggest global distributed computing platforms, […]
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The Central Bank of Myanmar has received reports of several scams targeting consumers who lack understanding about crypto. The Central Bank of Myanmar has urged consumers to stop trading cryptocurrencies amid fears that inexperienced users could lose money, Southeast Asian news outlet The Irrawaddy reported on May 3. In a statement obtained by the website, the central […]
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SingularityNET, a blockchain-based AI firm, has entered into a strategic partnership with Domino’s Pizza Malaysia & Singapore. The Singapore and Malaysia division of Domino’s Pizza has partnered with SingularityNET to boost its client base with blockchain-powered artificial intelligence (AI), according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on May 1. Within the new partnership, SingularityNET’s […]
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