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United States retail giant Walmart, in collaboration with IBM, will use blockchain technology to track its shrimp supply chains.On Oct. 4, Indian business publication LiveMint reported that Walmart will use blockchain technology to track its Indian-sourced shrimp to select locations of Sam's Club retail stores in the U.S.This is
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Japanese messaging app Line has entered into a final agreement with financial giant Nomura Holdings to form a blockchain alliance.Focus on blockchain technologyOn Oct. 4, Line, together with Line Group company LVC Corporation and Nomura Holdings, announced that the three companies have signed the final capital alliance agreement, which
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At the end of September, a number of established crypto firms (including Kraken, Bittrex and Coinbase) that are currently operating in the United States came together to establish a new governance body called the Crypto Rating Council (CRC) so as to jointly provide more clarity on the definition of
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A Redditor has apparently spotted an imposter website for Bitcoin (BTC) hardware wallet Trezor.“Imposter site trying to steal your Bitcoin”On Oct. 4, Reddit user castorfromtheva posted about the website, stating that they conducted a test to confirm that it was not genuine. They said:“I just made a little 'typo'
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When it comes to the payments space, there is no other company that has a reputation as big as that of PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL). Hence, when it emerged that the payments giant was going to be a part of the Libra Association, there was a lot of anticipation about the sort
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Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the governing body behind the New York Stock Exchange, has executed the first block trade of Bakkt Bitcoin (BTC) futures contracts.ICE revealed the development in an Oct. 4 press release, specifying that the first Bakkt Bitcoin Futures block trade was executed between digital assets merchant bank
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New York state’s financial regulator is hiring a specialist with expertise in the field of virtual currencies and blockchain, per a recently published announcement.The Department of Financial Services is looking to hire a Deputy Superintendent in the Research and Innovation Division, with a background in cryptocurrencies, blockchain, distributed ledger
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Hong Kong-based China Merchants Bank International (CMBI) will develop and launch blockchain-based solutions for its financial services.CMBI and Huobi partner with NervosIn an Oct. 3 press release shared with CryptoX, CMBI, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank, announced that it is partnering with Chinese blockchain startup Nervos to
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Within the past few weeks, EOS blockchain protocol users have been experiencing periodic problems with network access. A recent article written by pseudonymous smart-contract developer and security engineer Dexaran described the apparent root of the problem: an inexpensive technique that allows hackers to “congest” the network — or put
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