Walmart is planning to pilot a blockchain project allowing to track pharma products using MediLedger tech U.S. FDA in early June. Global retail giant Walmart is expanding its blockchain expertise by joining blockchain-powered pharmaceutical consortium MediLedger, industry media outlet CoinDesk reports on June 3. Walmart is reportedly planning to roll out a pilot project to […]
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Brazilian banks will be implementing a new standardized blockchain identity solution powered by Hyperledger Fabric. Brazilian banks will be implementing a new standardized blockchain identity solution powered by the Hyperledger Fabric-platform, Cointelegraph Brazil reported on June 2. The identity solution — co-developed by IBM and the country’s central bank, CIP — is reportedly to be […]
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American major cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase’s president and chief operating officer Asiff Hirji has reportedly left the company. American major cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase’s president and chief operating officer (COO) Asiff Hirji has left the company, Bloomberg reported on May 31. A source familiar with the issue told Bloomberg that Coinbase named Emilie Choi, vice president of […]
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Crypto users in Iran resort to p2p bitcoin exchanges following the shutdown of LocalBitcoins. Iran’s plan to battle international sanctions through the use of a state-sponsored cryptocurrency has been brewing for over a year now. It’s been a viable and exciting option for a country that had been cut off from the global economic community […]
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Swiss Mediterranean Shipping and French CMA CGM have both joined TradeLens. Two leading global shipping firms, Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) and CMA CGM, have joined blockchain shipping platform TradeLens, Reuters reports on May 28. Switzerland-based MSC, the world’s second-largest shipping company, and French CMA CGM, reportedly the fourth-largest container shipping firm, have joined the blockchain […]
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Iran’s central bank, in partnership with a local blockchain solutions provider, is developing a national blockchain platform called Borna that will be used to revamp the country’s ailing banking and financial markets. The Central Bank of Iran (CBI), via its Informatics and Services Corporation (ISC) and in conjunction with Areatak — a Tehran-based blockchain solutions […]
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SBI’s VC exchange is now eyeing institutional investors after its first-year profit. Japan has been a land of firsts when it comes to crypto, even if “Satoshi Nakamoto” isn’t really Japanese. It’s the country where Mt. Gox — the first major crypto exchange — was based, as well as the first nation to accept bitcoin as legal […]
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Craig Wright again makes claims about his true identity as Satoshi Nakamoto, while the SEC delays a BTC ETF decision, again. Coming every Sunday, the Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions, and much more […]
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Italy is for the European elections. Blockchain is on the agenda for politics and institutions, and relevant novelties lay ahead. Between May 23 and 26, 2019, the European Union’s citizens are renewing their continental parliament. Among the countries that will participate in the poles is Italy (voting on May 26) — one of the founding […]
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Telecom and media giant AT&T will now accept cryptocurrencies as a payment option through BitPay. United States telecom and media giant AT&T now accepting cryptocurrency for paying phone bills online, according to an official press release on May 23. AT&T will process bills paid in cryptocurrency using crypto payments platform BitPay. BitPay is a platform […]
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