A recent job listing at blockchain-based payments firm Ripple indicates that it is working on a working capital loan product. The blockchain-based payment network Ripple recently added a job opening on its official website for a “Director of Product Management, Loans.” The description indicates that Ripple is working on a new loan product to help […]
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The director-general of the National Bank of Cambodia revealed that the central bank’s DLT payments platform will go live by the end of the year. Cambodia’s central bank will launch a distributed ledger technology (DLT) network to enable greater interoperability in the country’s payments sector and to take on the almighty greenback. Consumers will be […]
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The United Nations has released a report to raise governmental and international awareness for blockchain’s application in the seafood value chain. Blockchain has become one of the most discussed technologies in relation to supply chain management, given its ability to provide transparency and traceability within a number of value chains. The Food and Agriculture Organization […]
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Research Fellow Martin Chorzempa argued that China’s blockchain strategy is entirely focused on domestic objectives during Consensus. Martin Chorzempa, a research fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, provided insight into the motivations and objectives underpinning the development of China’s state-backed Blockchain Service Network (BSN) while speaking at Consensus:Distributed on May 12. Chorzempa highlighted […]
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The XRP ledger network now has the ability to delete wallets, thanks to a community vote. XRP users can now delete their wallets on the XRP network if they so desire — an update put in place after the community majority voted in favor of the change. “After maintaining an 80% consensus during the mandatory […]
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While Facebook’s Libra project appears to have stagnated after facing international pushback from regulators, rival blockchain platform Celo is gaining momentum. Klaytn, the public blockchain platform developed by Ground X, an affiliate of the major South Korean internet company, Kakao, joined Celo’s Alliance for Prosperity on May 8. Celo, a distributed ledger technology, or DLT, […]
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IBM’s head of blockchain in Australia and New Zealand has shared the firm’s outlook for the integration of DLT into supply chain systems. In an interview with Cointelegraph, Rupert Colchester, the head of blockchain at IBM Australia and New Zealand, discussed how distributed ledger technology is transforming supply chain systems worldwide. Colchester also provided insight […]
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An analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of the blockchain protocols that are the basis of the entire industry. Bitcoin (BTC) is the largest decentralized digital currency in the world, with an estimated market capitalization of around $169 billion. In the nearly 12 years since the publication of Satoshi Nakamoto’s famous white paper in 2008, […]
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The world will not be the same after the COVID-19 pandemic with the necessity for the brand new global monetary system based on crypto. The global economic crisis caused by the coronavirus panic is so severe that the world’s most powerful central bank, the United States Federal Reserve, announced “QE infinity.” Bank of America Securities […]
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University College London’s Centre for Blockchain Technologies has joined the governing council for enterprise-grade distributed ledger platform Hedera Hashgraph. University College London’s Centre for Blockchain Technologies (UCL CBT) has joined the governing council for enterprise-grade distributed ledger platform Hedera Hashgraph. Paolo Tasca — former cryptocurrency lead economist at Germany’s central bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, and founder […]
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