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Hyperledger has announced a new working group at Davos that will explore how blockchain can help the world meet climate goals set out in the Paris Agreement.The enterprise blockchain consortium launched the Hyperledger Climate Action and Accounting Special Interest Group (SIG) during the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting. Said
Read MoreSports live-streaming provider SportsCastr is launching its own cryptocurrency to reward viewers and encourage interactions.The company – which is backed by the NFL Players Association – announced Wednesday that it has teamed up with the FanWide platform for the effort. The new FanChain (FANZ) token will be made available
Read MoreThe Blockchain Association, a U.S. advocacy group uniting the industry’s leading startups like Coinbase, Circle, 0x, Ripple and others, has filed an amicus curiae brief in the ongoing SEC vs. Telegram case.It’s the second industry’s motion in as many days to support Telegram's fight against the SEC allegation it broke
Read MoreThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Sergii Grybniak, the founder of the initial coin offering (ICO) project Opporty, according to a Jan. 21 press release. Despite raising approximately $600,000, the commission targeted Grybniak for falsely declaring the project as “100% SEC compliant.”Opporty launched its ICO between September
Read MoreThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is taking action against yet another ICO issuer: blockchain-based B2B marketplace Opporty.In a complaint filed on Tuesday, the SEC alleges that, from September 2017 to October 2018, Opporty International, Inc. and its founder and sole owner Sergii Grybniak conducted a "fraudulent" sale of
Read MoreBitcoin's bounce from key price support is struggling to gather traction. The top cryptocurrency by market value made a reversal from levels near $8,461 (Sunday's low) during Tuesday's US trading hours, rising to a high of $8,793 earlier today, according to CoinDesk's Bitcoin Price Index. The bulls have defended the
Read MoreChinese technology experts held a seminar titled "Blockchain technology helps China's new social credit system" on Jan. 14. English-language news outlet China.org.cn reported on Jan. 22 that over 20 experts from universities, research institutes and businesses attended the event.China’s social credit system is a citizen reputation system that the
Read MoreNew report has it that South Korea’s Ministry of Economy and Finance is set to implement a crypto taxation legislation.According to an anonymous source, the topic of taxing crypto users have been in the pipeline for a while now. It is believed that South Korea’s government via the office of
Read MoreOver the past month, Bitcoin (BTC) has absolutely exploded higher. In fact, the cryptocurrency is up around 40% since the low of $6,400 put in during December of last year.While many analysts have said that this jaw-dropping rally constitutes a macro reversal that will thrust BTC back into a decisively
Read MoreThe Chamber of Digital Commerce, a blockchain advocacy group, wants a U.S. court to distinguish between an investment contract and the underlying asset used by Telegram during a 2018 initial coin offering (ICO). The Digital Chamber submitted an amicus curiae brief – a filing made by someone who is not
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