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JPMorgan’s blockchain spin-off Kadena has fully launched its public blockchain, completing what it calls the “industry’s first hybrid blockchain platform.”Launched on Jan. 15, Kadena’s public blockchain includes full transactions and the ability to write smart contracts, the firm’s CEO co-founder and Will Martino said in a press release shared
Read MoreBlockchain development firm Bitfury is set to partner with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on a project to conserve and increase Kazakhstan’s forestland.As the Astana Times reported on Jan. 14, the project aims to help the country to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 15% over the coming
Read MoreThe deployment of blockchain technology can save the United Arab Emirates (UAE) more than $3 billion, according to new findings.The findings were revealed in a white paper entitled “Inclusive Deployment of Blockchain: Case Studies and Learning from the United Arab Emirates,” Emirates News Agency reported on Jan. 15.The paper
Read MoreVisa, one of the largest and biggest payment systems in the world, is set to acquire one of the world’s largest financial technology (fintech) firms Plaid in a massive $5.3 billion deal.The payment giant, in a press release published two days ago, touted the fintech firm for the crucial roles
Read MoreThe twelfth-largest cryptocurrency exchange, Bitstamp, partnered with cryptocurrency-friendly Silvergate Bank to pilot Bitcoin (BTC) leveraged trading.According to an announcement on Jan. 14, the exchange will serve as the launch partner for the bank’s Silvergate Exchange Network (SEN) Leverage service.During the pilot stage, the exchange will only offer leveraged trading
Read MoreThe Foin project — which is behind the eponymous token that sunk following its supposed unlocking period at the beginning of January — has released an official explanation of the token’s tanking after the purported price pump.CryptoX reported in an investigation on Dec. 30, 2019 that we had found
Read MoreOver six months after the crypto industry leader Block.one, parent of the cryptocurrency EOS, teased us with an improved version of the EOSIO 1.0 protocol, the blockchain firm is back on the scene with a better, faster and more secure version: the EOSIO 2.0.Around mid-2019, Block.one announced a newer version
Read MoreSouth Korea remains the third-largest crypto exchange market by volume, just behind the United States and Japan. Despite that, throughout the past three years, the government of South Korea has opted against fully regulating the local crypto market.In the second half of 2019, the government of South Korea started
Read MoreThe vast swathes of Africa’s fertile lands may ultimately prove a central arena for the ground-up development of innovative digital infrastructure and green energy projects. Recent pivotal moments in African trade, such as the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, are setting the table for an environment conducive to rapid
Read MoreCraig Wright, the polarizing figure who may or may not be Satoshi Nakamoto, is today telling the court that he has received the keys to access an $8.9 billion crypto fortune called the Tulip Trust.Some background on what that means: Wright was a business partner to one David Kleiman,
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