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Kickstarter has not decided who will lead the initiative and has yet to choose a blockchain provider; however, citing a company spokesperson, Bloomberg said that the company is exploring various carbon-neutral or carbon-negative options for the platform. Source
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Suzhou, a city located in Jiangsu province, will set up China’s first blockchain demonstration pilot zone, supported by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), according to a local media report. Fast facts MIIT agreed to Jiangsu Province’s request for support to set up a pilot zone for blockchain in Suzhou
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The Beijing Municipal Government announced the bidding results for the city’s blockchain and computing power platform. Tencent Cloud and government-tied enterprise Beijing Microchip Sensing Technology won the bid and will be paid US$37 million to build the system. Fast facts According to the bid’s quotations, Tencent Cloud will provide the cloud service
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Blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs has raised US$60 million in a Series B funding round led by investment firm Tiger Global, the company announced on Tuesday. Fast facts Also participating in the financing round were American Express’ Amex Ventures, Visa, B Capital Group, Citi Ventures, DRW Venture Capital, Blockchain Capital, Jump Capital,
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Identity theft could soon be something of the past, as we are now entering into a new era of innovation. An era in which individuals retain control and sovereignty of their own data, not companies or institutions. Blockchain-based Digital Identity specialist Talao, a Paris-based startup which specializes in Self-Sovereign Identity solutions
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Tezos, a privacy-focused blockchain network, released its carbon footprint report from PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory SAS, a French member firm of the PwC network. The PwC report reflects drastic improvements in energy efficiency for Tezos since moving from a proof-of-work (PoW) to a proof-of-stake (PoS) mining consensus. The PwC report highlighted a significant decline
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The government of Gibraltar, a British territory at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, has started a pilot program aimed at utilizing blockchain technology to store official credentials on its systems.In a Tuesday announcement, Her Majesty's Government of Gibraltar said it had partnered with Mexico-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitso and
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The Indian ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) has released a 52-page “National Strategy on Blockchain” document that urges closer cooperation between government and the private sector to build blockchain infrastructure across the world’s second-most populous nation. Fast facts It is to be noted that the current NSB document is
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Even as India waits for parliamentary discussion to begin on a bill that may ban or limit cryptocurrency, Navi Mutual Fund has applied for approval of a Blockchain Index Fund of Funds (FoF) that does not directly invest in cryptocurrencies or crypto exchanges, according to a report by Bloomberg Livemint.
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