The Japan-based logistics company will be working with Accenture and Intel to develop a transport network that utilizes blockchain. A Japanese logistics company is planning to incorporate a blockchain network into a new transportation system to be developed next year. According to an article from the Nikkei newspaper, Nippon Express plans to invest up to […]
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Coronavirus anxiety continues to overshadow second day of London Blockchain Week. The second day of Fintech Worldwide’s Blockchain Summit kicked off to unusually glorious sunshine. But you’d be hard pressed to notice that in the venue because there was no natural light filtering through to the handful of attendees that braved the ongoing coronavirus scare. […]
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Bitcoin 2020, DC Blockchain Summit 2020, and other crypto conferences reschedule due to the coronavirus outbreak. There has been a rapid escalation of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak worldwide. Two major crypto conferences in the US have been affected by the epidemic so far. “Bitcoin 2020”, originally scheduled for March 27 and 28 in San Francisco, […]
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The London Blockchain Summit soldiered on this week, despite many speakers in isolation or subject to travel bans due to coronavirus. Day One, March 5 The world has a fever. A fever for blockchain. But that’s not the only infectious substance in the room. The spectre of the spiralling Coronavirus crisis looms large over today’s […]
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Africa has enormous potential for developing a sustainable fintech industry. Here is the analysis of the three flagship economics in Africa: Kenya, Ethiopia and Ghana. For many, Africa represents the final frontier of untapped economic growth. Across its diverse countries, growth rates continue to outpace those achieved in long-developed economies. Collectively, growth on the continent […]
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A Protocol Labs General Council member bashed the current crypto tax scene at a recent congressional hearing on blockchain tech. In a United States congressional meeting titled “Building Blocks of Change: The Benefits of Blockchain Technology for Small Businesses,” one of the testifying witnesses called out current cryptocurrency taxation expectations for their overbearing complexity. “Doing […]
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Why art needs blockchain. Following its inception, blockchain technology quickly found an application in the art sector, making art objects more accessible while changing methods and approaches to their creation and perception. This gave new opportunities for collectors, art galleries, museums, art brokers and artists. Brief introduction to the history of blockchain technology in the […]
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Representatives from Coinbase and Kraken fear that the IRS is overestimating the threat they pose to U.S. regulation. Representatives of major crypto exchanges today told the United States Internal Revenue Service that they want to see clear regulations rather than vague suspicion from the tax authority. In a March 3 panel that is a continuation […]
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Measures by the French government to help stymy the spread of the coronavirus have led organizers of the Paris Blockchain Week Summit to reschedule. Organizers in Paris have rescheduled a major local blockchain industry event due to the coronavirus outbreak. According to an announcement on March 2, the Paris Blockchain Week Summit — initially meant […]
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Tether’s CTO Paolo Ardoino plans to tell the story of Tether (USDT) stablecoin on March 10 at CryptoCompare’s Digital Asset Summit. Amid ongoing lawsuits surrounding controversial stablecoin Tether (USDT), the company’s CTO plans to detail the asset’s background at an upcoming conference. Bitfinex and Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino is slated to recount “the story of […]
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