sponsored A blockchain-based platform is aiming to reduce dishonesty in the job market by verifying a candidate’s education, skills and work experience for employers. Employers worldwide are spending hundreds of billions of dollars in their quest to find the perfect candidate. However, the information they are given through LinkedIn pages and resumes isn’t always accurate […]
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Iran could soon release its state-backed coin, and Gemini announces it will complete further security compliance reviews. Top Stories This Week SWIFT Reveals Plans to Launch Proof-of-Concept With Blockchain Consortium R3 Major global banking payments network SWIFT announced plans this week to develop a Proof-of-Concept of a gateway that will let blockchain consortium R3 link […]
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Ethereum core developers have decided to delay their decision regarding the implementation of ASIC-resistant protocol, ProgPoW. Ethereum (ETH) core developers have delayed the decision to implement Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)-resistant proof-of-work (PoW) algorithm ProgPoW. According to an Ethereum core developer meeting on Feb. 1, the team wants to wait until the algorithm is audited by […]
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Proof-of-stake token investors have a unique option to survive the protracted crypto market slump: staking their holding for the block rewards. A Bloomberg article published today, Feb. 1, suggests that proof-of-stake (PoS) token investors have a unique option to survive the protracted crypto market slump: staking their holdings. In blockchains that use a PoS system […]
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The Food and Drug Administration of the Chinese Chongqing Yuzhong District is set to employ blockchain technology. The Food and Drug Administration of the Chinese Chongqing Yuzhong District is going to apply blockchain technology to its operations, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party, The People’s Daily, reports on Jan. 31. Blockchain will purportedly […]
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The Japanese trading giant will implement blockchain tech for tracing the distribution of raw materials in a PoC. One of largest Japanese trading companies has officially announced the start of a proof-of-concept (PoC) aimed to develop a blockchain traceability system, according to a press release published on Feb. 1. Itochu Corporation, a general trading company […]
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The shipment from China to Singapore was chosen in the run-up to lunar new year, IBM says. IBM is continuing its foray into blockchain trade management, completing a new trial which shipped 108,000 mandarin oranges to Singapore, a press release confirmed on Jan. 31. IBM, which is focusing on speeding up efficiency in multiple trade […]
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Merck, the world’s oldest pharma firm, has won a USPTO blockchain patent that aims to increase supply chain security. Merck, the world’s oldest operating pharmaceutical firm, has won a blockchain patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Cointelegraph auf Deutsch reported Jan. 30 The German multinational has developed a system that uses […]
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Blockchain technology is facing a serious scalability issue, and solving it might not be as easy as some think. In the history of blockchain to be written in textbooks, 2018 will probably be known as the year of failing at scaling. An outcry for scalable blockchain systems in 2017 led to a number of companies […]
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After the announcement of its development in October 2018, Wrapped Bitcoin, an Ethereum-based token backed by Bitcoin, has launched. Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC), an Ethereum (ETH)-based token backed by Bitcoin (BTC), has launched today, Jan. 31, according to a press release on the network’s website. The currency is a joint initiative by blockchain security firm BitGo, […]
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