Indian IT giant Tech Mahindra has launched a new blockchain-based digital contracts and rights platform for the media and entertainment industry. Tech Mahindra, the IT subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Mahindra Group, has launched a new blockchain-based digital contracts and rights platform for the media and entertainment industry. Developed using IBM’s blockchain platform, which leverages the […]
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Blockchain firm Quarkchain announced a partnership with the ecological department of Northeastern Chinese province Shanxi. Blockchain firm Quarkchain has announced a partnership with the ecological department of Northeastern Chinese province Shanxi. Quarkchain and the Shanxi province will jointly develop an environmental governance platform on blockchain (EGPB). This platform will be used by the local administration […]
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A major Chinese steelmaker settled a blockchain-based $16.87 million iron ore trade with the world’s second-largest mining group, Rio Tinto and Hancock Prospecting Pty. Ltd. In its first-ever, the Chinese steelmaker Nanjing Iron and Steel Company said it has completed an iron ore trade on the blockchain. The steel company obtained a $16.87 million shipment […]
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Millennials and Zoomers are the least likely crypto investors to have a plan for their digital assets should they die unexpectedly. Most younger crypto holders don’t have any kind of plan to pass down their digital assets when they die. According to a survey conducted among 1,150 participants between October 2019 and June 2020 by […]
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The Japanese government will appoint Ryozo Himino as the next commissioner of Japan’s Financial Services Agency. A crypto-sympathetic official has been named as the next leader of Japan`s Financial Services Agency. Jiji Press reported on July 7 that the Japanese government has decided to appoint Ryozo Himino to the next commissioner of Japan’s Financial Services […]
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New movie “Money Plane” features a plot about a heist from a ‘bulletproof casino in the sky’ carrying $1 billion in crypto. Cryptocurrency has a starring role in a new casino heist action movie starring Adam Copeland, Denise Richards, and Kelsey Grammer that premieres later this week. According to the trailer, Money Plane (out July […]
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Coinbase’s former CTO believes over powered governments could lead to accelerated crypto adoption post COVID-19. During a Unitize panel on Monday, Balaji S. Srinivasan commented that COVID-19 has changed everything — and it could ultimately end up accelerating Blockchain adoption. Srinivasan is known for numerous roles in the crypto space. He’s an angel investor, an […]
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The South Korean government considers a free trade zone for industrial hemp run on a blockchain-based platform. Andong, a city in the Gyeongbuk province of South Korea, announced on July 7 that they’ve been granted a permit to operate a free trade zone for industrial hemp. They additionally announced that they will manage their operations […]
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LINK token experienced a massive price surge as China’s national blockchain network activated 135 nodes with integrated Chainlink price oracles. Chainlink (LINK) reached an all-time high of $5.60, appreciating 15% on the day. This comes amid the news that China’s Blockchain Service Network, or BSN, launched this past weekend. LINK price over the past 12 […]
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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce wants to see new crypto projects get a fair shake at U.S. capital markets. In a July 7 fireside chat courtesy of Unitize, Commissioner Hester Peirce of the Securities and Exchange Commission continued to advocate for regulatory clarity for crypto as a means of opening up capital markets to innovation. Innovation […]
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