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DISH Network, a major U.S. television services provider, and Kin, the payments platform built by Kik, are reportedly looking to tap up-and-coming Solana as the basis for their blockchain networks.According to a Solana pitch deck seen by CoinDesk, which indicates the company is looking to raise at least $2 and
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Canadian authorities have approved funding of two blockchain firms, Peer Ledger and Mavennet, to create a platform that enables steel traceability, reported Ledger Insights on March 9.The Innovation, Science, and Financial Development Canada (ISED), a government initiative in charge of promoting the research and development of Canadian small and
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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 100 billion yen — approximately one billion USD — into a blockchain-based transportation network
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Despite the interest shown in decentralized ledger technology by central banks, cryptocurrencies continue to be mistrusted by the traditional financial system. This has been made apparent from comments by Andrew Bailey, the upcoming governor of the Bank of England, when addressing members of the United Kingdom Parliament at a
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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.Despite COVID-19’s spectre looming large over
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The International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications (INATBA), a distributed ledger technology initiative established by the European Commission (EC) last year, has appointed former Bitfury Group global ambassador Marc Taverner as the first INATBA executive director on March 5.INATBA was launched through collaboration between the 26 members of the
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Corporates that advocate for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) responsibility initiatives should adopt blockchain technology, the CEO of Spanish blockchain software firm Finboot said on March 5th in a blog post.According to Finboot CEO and co-founder Juan Miguel Perez, to communicate the achievements of ESG initiatives, companies must obtain
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It has been nearly seven years since Edward Snowden blew the whistle on highly classified global surveillance programs, inciting a national conversation about privacy in the digital age. One of these revelations was that the NSA had access to the email content of Google users and the ability to
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Verizon Business has announced the inclusion of new security services, including two new administration and identity access systems using blockchain-based technology.These are Verizon Identity (VID) and Verizon Machine State Integrity, which are modeled within a Blockchain environment, according to the US technology firm on March 5th. In the case of
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Representatives from the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange and trading platform, OKEx will be attending the upcoming London Blockchain Week 2020 event to exchange their views on digital assets and mainstream financial instruments. According to the company, the Financial Markets Director Lennix Lai, and the Financial Market Assistant Vice President Philip
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