Check out this week’s Bad Crypto podcast. While Bitcoin stays under its $12,000 ceiling, you can take your pick of future price predictions. The Winklevoss Brothers say that the coin will reach $500,000 and maybe even $600,000 if governments start to include it in their currency reserves. The twins didn’t put a date on that […]
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As the tech standoff heats up, China launching a CBDC before the U.S. “absolutely does not guarantee global financial preeminence.” Two nations, two visions of the financial future: “The tech cold war is here — and the US isn’t winning,” wrote Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen in an opinion piece for The Hill recently. According to […]
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Logistical management continues to be one of Blockchain’s golden use cases. Dutch logistics solutions provider, Portbase, has successfully completed the first phase of their integration with blockchain-based platform, TradeLens. Together, they will handle operations and core processes for ports in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. According to the announcement, both Portbase and TradeLens expect to create a […]
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Will the oil cartel put black gold on the blockchain? The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has announced that its Second Workshop on Energy and Information Technology will be held on Sep. 21 via videoconference. This year’s event sees blockchain technology join the range of energy and tech-related topics to be discussed. However, it […]
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IBM and Maersk’s global blockchain shipping platform continues to onboard major new global partners. TradeLens — the blockchain shipping platform created by IBM and Danish logistics giant Maersk — has signed on a major Turkish-owned international terminals operator. TradeLens is a global supply chain management platform designed for containerized freight and logistics, which was first launched […]
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Cyprus is becoming a hotspot for Blockchain technology. The VeChain Foundation has partnered with the accounting and consulting firm, Grant Thornton Cyprus. According to an announcement from the company, the partnership hopes to extend blockchain solutions to a variety of industries. These will largely be determined by the Cypriot company’s network of customers, but may […]
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Asian countries have found ways to use blockchain amid the pandemic. The Corona pandemic prompted many Asian countries to adopt blockchain technology to secure their data via the Internet against hackers and cyber thieves, according to a report from the Nikkei Asian Review. This increase in adoption comes as The Business Research Company said the […]
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Russia may soon have a Blockchain-powered railway if Sergey Vinogradov gets his way. An advisor to Russian Railways, the country’s national rail operator, praised the rise of blockchain technology and hinted that it could be implemented as part of the country’s rail network. According to Vgudok, Sergey Vinogradov, the general director of the Scientific Research […]
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Blockchain is transforming industries left, right and center — but how could this technology benefit the art world? The art world has had a tough time lately. The coronavirus pandemic has forced many galleries and museums to close, with sales of premium pieces also affected. But there could be a solution that helps the industry […]
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The VeChain Foundation announced a blockchain-based food safety solution based on its Blockchain-as-a-Service platform, ToolChain. VeChain’s newly released tool offers a suite of whitelabel services that will allow the food sector to implement on-chain safety management services. These services include traceability templates which track things like origin traceability, cross-border traceability, full-process traceability, and more. They […]
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