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Chinese city seeks to power urban governance and more using blockchain tech

October 29, 2020cashtechnews

30 new blockchain adoption applications will be considered as part of the city’s two-year plan. Authorities in Chengdu, China plan to adopt blockchain for several use cases throughout the city, including urban governance, cross-border trade, smart manufacturing, and agriculture. During the 2020 Chengdu Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fair, the city’s first International Blockchain Industry Expo, […]

Q&A: Big data’s role in medicine, supply chains and smart cities

October 27, 2020cashtechnews

Can monetizing our data help speed up the world’s response to future pandemics, and make cutting-edge smart cities a reality? We asked an expert. Data is incredibly valuable. But right now, it’s being underutilized — and few of us have control over our digital footprint. Here, CyberVein’s global marketing director Pavel Jakovlev explains the network’s […]

17M Chinese tourists verify health using blockchain to visit Macau

October 21, 2020cashtechnews

Interoperability between Macau’s blockchain-powered medical data system and mainland Chinese health codes allowed tourism between the jurisdictions to recommence. Chinese non-profit blockchain consortium FISCO BCOS, reports that blockchain-based health records have successfully enabled China to resume mainland tourism to Macau. From May, Macau’s blockchain-powered medical data system has recognized the ID codes of the Guangdong […]

The curious case of Coinbase — employees driven out by ‘apolitical’ stance

October 18, 2020cashtechnews

Coinbase’s new “apolitical” culture has led to some employees taking severance packages, as the crypto community reacts with ambivalence. America’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, made headlines over the past few weeks for an internal culture change that effectively told employees that there will be no space for social activism within its walls. Furthermore, a recently leaked […]

Blockchain health apps privatize COVID-19 data but security is a concern

October 14, 2020cashtechnews

Blockchain-based apps used to store COVID-19 data may not be as private as they seem. New procedures are being implemented as the world slowly begins to reopen amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While temperature checks and mandatory face masks have become the new normal, the world is also witnessing the rise of digital health apps, […]

Cruise ship ‘Satoshi’ to house crypto companies and digital nomads

October 14, 2020cashtechnews

The first 200 cabins in a crypto-themed cruise ship will go on sale in November Ocean Builders, a company that builds “floating, off-grid seapod homes,” has bought an old Australian cruise ship it renamed ‘Satoshi’ and plans to fill with crypto companies, entrepreneurs, and digital nomads off the coast of Panama. In an announcement, Ocean […]

Officials voiced privacy concerns over China’s blockchain-powered hospital

October 4, 2020cashtechnews

Despite pushing for greater blockchain implementation, privacy was a sticking point for some officials. China’s first blockchain-powered hospital is set to launch sometime in 2021, but some government officials voiced concerns over data security. According to Cn-Healthcare, the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University will launch a pilot program by January 2021 as blockchain […]

Centralized data management hampered the global response to COVID-19

October 4, 2020cashtechnews

Blockchain-supported decentralization has a chance to improve the difficulties for pharmaceutical and life sciences supply chains. The COVID-19 outbreak, just like any other black swan event before it, revealed systemic weaknesses in a wide variety of industries and processes. With the information age now in full swing, this particular event emphasized the critical importance of […]

Government investment firm develops blockchain health passport in Singapore

September 30, 2020cashtechnews

Singapore continues to apply blockchain in its public administration. In a pandemic era of unprecedented health data collection and surveillance, Singapore is turning to blockchain technology for the infrastructure that can make it work. Government-owned investment firm SGInnovate and Singaporean startup Accredify have jointly developed a new blockchain-powered digital health passport, according to a report […]

What the COVID-19 pandemic means for blockchain and crypto

September 29, 2020cashtechnews

Blockchain and cryptocurrency have great potential to help us, especially in these challenging times of the global coronavirus outbreak. In March 2020, COVID-19 was declared by the World Health Organization to be a pandemic. Just over six months after that declaration, there have been almost 33 million cases of the disease worldwide and nearly 1 […]

Tag: medical

Chinese city seeks to power urban governance and more using blockchain tech

17M Chinese tourists verify health using blockchain to visit Macau

The curious case of Coinbase — employees driven out by ‘apolitical’ stance

Blockchain health apps privatize COVID-19 data but security is a concern

Cruise ship ‘Satoshi’ to house crypto companies and digital nomads

Officials voiced privacy concerns over China’s blockchain-powered hospital

Centralized data management hampered the global response to COVID-19

Government investment firm develops blockchain health passport in Singapore

What the COVID-19 pandemic means for blockchain and crypto

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