Lowering CO2 emissions and lessening carbon-intensive approaches are the essential goals in global efforts to fight climate change. It has been a blazing start to a new decade, with 13% more large, uncontrolled wildfires around the world this year compared with 2019. This has spelled dire consequences for CO2 levels, which have made worse a […]
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The biggest names and strongest voices cheering on crypto throughout 2020. For much of 2020, it wasn’t exactly a hard year to be a cheerleader for cryptocurrency. Emerging from a brutal macro bear market, the space once again proved doubters wrong and attracted a new batch of converts as money-printing efforts across the globe turned […]
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As crypto enters the mainstream, major retailers are offering discounts and promotions to get customers to pay using cryptocurrency Cryptocurrency adoption is slowly but surely making its way to the mainstream — a notion that has become more apparent as major retailers like PayPal announce support for digital currencies. As such, it shouldn’t come as […]
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Loyalty can be so rewarding. Gamified shopping loyalty platform StormX will now let its users earn cashback in cryptocurrencies when shopping at Walmart. According to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph on August 14, StormX users can now earn up to 4% cashback in crypto for purchases made at Walmart. Users who achieve a “Diamond” rank […]
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London-based crypto-financial technology startup denied Sixgill’s claims that its database was stolen by hackers. Plutus, a crypto finance app founded in 2015, denied social media reports that its database was compromised by a hacking attack launched by alleged threat actors. On July 9, Israel-based threat intelligence firm, Sixgill, published an alert through their official Twitter […]
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With the ongoing digitalization of the world, NFTs may become a very viable solution for tokenizing ownership and property. Blockchain technology is widely associated with the exchange of interchangeable digital assets, from payment systems like Zcash (ZEC) and Libra to platforms like Ethereum and Substrate, using what are known as fungible tokens. An item that […]
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An Australian custom shoemaker is using VeChain to verify the authenticity of its licensed Nike shoes. Blockchain-based traceability platform VeChain will be used to power the issuance of a limited-edition run of licensed Nike Air Max 1 shoes. Announced on June 24, Australian shoemaker Chase Shiel and retailer The Kickz Stand have partnered to produce […]
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The U.S. footwear giant Nike entered a new affiliate partnership allowing customers to earn up to 3% from online purchases with crypto. The United States footwear giant Nike continues to explore the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry by introducing cash backs in crypto. The famous footwear and clothing company has just entered an affiliate partnership with […]
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Alabama’s Auburn University successfully completed a pilot in partnership with Nike, Macy’s and Kohl’s using Hyperledger to upload supply chain data onto the blockchain. The Chain Integration Pilot (CHIP) of the Auburn University RFID Lab in Alabama has published a proof-of-concept whitepaper that seeks to demonstrate the efficiency savings blockchain technology can unlock across the […]
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Footwear giant Nike patented shoes that are tokenized as a non-fungible token on the Ethereum blockchain, dubbed CryptoKicks. Footwear giant Nike patented shoes that are tokenized as a non-fungible token (NFT) on the Ethereum blockchain, dubbed CryptoKicks. The patent — dated Dec. 10 — describes a digital asset for footwear and ways to use it. […]
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