Supply chain tracking blockchain platform VeChain appears to have launched a new partnership with fashion brand H&M. Cos, the luxury subsidiary of the fast-fashion brand H&M, appears to have partnered with blockchain platform, VeChain, to provide detailed supply chain tracing data to customers. While H&M is yet to confirm the partnership, VeChain’s main investor is […]
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A Shell-backed blockchain startup has raised $2.5M to build an enterprise platform featuring zero-knowledge proofs. Applied blockchain, a Shell-backed distributed ledger technology, or DLT, firm, has secured $2.5 million in funding for applications that use zero-knowledge proofs, or ZKPs, in the context of business-to-business transactions. The funding round was led by Hong Kong-based venture capital, […]
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Crypto pundits believe that the Libra Association has allayed most of the concerns put forth by regulators by updating its white paper recently. Following an overhaul of Libra’s original white paper that was met with strong skepticism from United States policymakers, a member of the House Financial Services Committee — Democrat Rep. Sylvia Garcia from […]
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Leading ConsenSys developer, John Wolpert, discussed the potential security flaws with Apple and Google’s contact tracing proposal. Developers contributing to the Github of Baseline Protocol, an open-source blockchain project launched by Microsoft, EY, and ConsenSys, recently offered suggestions for a Baseline Protocol-based COVID-19 contact tracing system. The project aims to address security flaws noted in […]
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Devs working on enterprise smart contract platform, Baseline, proposed blockchain-based solutions to coronavirus contact tracing. Developers working on Baseline, an enterprise smart contract and tokenization platform developed by Microsoft, Ernst & Young, and ConsenSys, are working to solve several flaws identified with Apple and Google’s proposal for coronavirus tracking initiatives. Google and Apple propose a […]
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Atomic Loans may have cracked the nut of Bitcoin DeFi as much as anyone can, as its users can use Bitcoin as direct collateral for a cross-chain loan disbursed on Ethereum. Atomic Loans is launching a decentralized finance (DeFi) product that is likely to be the closest to a direct implementation on Bitcoin’s (BTC) chain. […]
Continue ReadingChina holds more blockchain patents, but the number of U.S. companies invested in blockchain is greater. China is rapidly catching up to the United States with regard to blockchain-related investments, according to a recent report put together by New York-based research firm CB Insights. The researchers found that the East Asian country accounted for 22% […]
Continue ReadingThe World Economic Forum and Deloitte published a white paper exploring how different blockchains can interact with each other to date. Over the past few years, Blockchain technology integration has increased within a wide number of industries. As such, there are now hundreds of diverse blockchain networks in operation all over the world. For the […]
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The virtual hackathon will take place from April 13 to May 11, aiming to combat coronavirus and preventing future pandemics. ConsenSys Health announced on April 7 the launch of the “STOP COVID-19 Virtual Hackathon,” which will take place from April 13 to May 11, 2020. The initiative is sponsored by Gitcoin, Hyperledger, ConsenSys, One Million […]
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The South African National Blockchain Alliance has been launched to drive technology development by bringing public and private enterprises together. The South African National Blockchain Alliance carried out an online livestream launch while the country is in the midst of a 21-day lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The organization was due […]
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