The app Civitas by startup Emerge is part of the company’s efforts to track and prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Central America. A Canada-based company is turning to blockchain technology in their efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic in Latin America. Emerge, a blockchain startup based in Toronto, is launching a public safety system […]
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Tokenization is a prevalent topic in the crypto industry, but where does it currently stand, and what are the tech and regulatory issues it faces? With ongoing talks of Central Bank Digital Currencies and now even a possible digital dollar, tokenization continues to be a hot topic both in the crypto world and in traditional […]
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Cointelegraph spoke to Ripple’s University Blockchain Research Initiative to find out about Australian law school’s new blockchain course. A new blockchain course offered by the Australian National University (ANU)’s law school commenced this year with support from Ripple’s University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI). Cointelegraph spoke to Lauren Weymouth, the senior manager of the UBRI’s University […]
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Twelve major mining companies in China launch a transparent info sharing platform to revolutionize the mining industry. The first case of COVID-19 was diagnosed by Chinese doctors in November 2019. Rather than being shared with the global community, news of the viral outbreak was censored by the Chinese government. Since that time, more than 66,500 […]
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Check the bad crypto news of the past week. Bitcoin seems to be settling happily above $6,000 and is currently just north of $6,500 again. Let’s hope we’ve seen the last of those $5,000 movements and we’re ready for a steady climb back to double figures before the halving in mid-May. It’s getting closer. In […]
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Blockchain technology would have been a better solution for handling coronavirus-related data in Russia. Experts suggest that blockchain technology could have been a better solution for handling coronavirus-related data in Russia. Moscow’s COVID-19 App is pulled from Google Play On March 25, an app called “Social monitoring” appeared in Google Play store. According to the […]
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The European Commission sees some specific uses for blockchain technology in coordinating communication between member states, fostering crypto innovation. The head of the digital innovation and blockchain unit at the European Commission (EC), Pēteris Zilgalvis, explained the concise benefits of distributed ledger technology (DLT) in an interview to The Banker, a subsidiary of the Financial […]
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Four Brazilian financial regulators are teaming up to aggregate data using blockchain technology to streamline the screening of politicians and corporations. Four of Brazil’s financial regulatory institutions are collaborating to build a streamlined blockchain-based data-sharing platform to perform background checks on political representatives and corporations. The platform, dubbed PIER, was developed by Brazil’s central bank […]
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Tokenization might be the best way for businesses to adjust to the new reality of the global coronavirus pandemic. The coronavirus pandemic is the only thing on most people’s minds right now around the world. The pending economic fallout is only surpassed by the anxiety induced by surging cases in both the United States and […]
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking more feedback and more time before it decides whether to approve the launch of the Boston Security Token Exchange. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking more feedback and more time before it decides whether to approve the launch of the Boston Security Token Exchange […]
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