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Blockchain might help major apparel brands from Nike to Macy’s better share product data across the retail supply chain, according to a white paper Auburn University’s RFID Lab published Wednesday.The study, named the “Chain Integration Project" (CHIP), saw those retailers and others run Hyperledger Fabric nodes on a slice of
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Day One, March 5The world has a fever. A fever for blockchain. But that’s not the only infectious substance in the room. The spectre of the spiralling Coronavirus crisis looms large over today’s conference in the United Kingdom. London has sold out of hand sanitizer and some of blockchain’s
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Speaking at the Hyperledger Global Forum 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona, the World Economic Forum’s head of blockchain and data policy, Sheila Warren, discussed blockchain’s potential to solve real-world problems. Warren, who started her career as a lawyer on Wall Street before joining the WEF, began her keynote by explaining that
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The central Chinese province of Hunan has approved the establishment of the Wanbao blockchain zone in the city of Loudi. It is the first provincial blockchain zone in Hunan province, according to a local news report from March 4.Hunan punches above its weight among Chinese provinces housing blockchain workAccording
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In a United States congressional meeting titled “Building Blocks of Change: The Benefits of Blockchain Technology for Small Businesses,” one of the testifying witnesses called out current cryptocurrency taxation expectations for their overbearing complexity. “Doing your taxes for crypto is the worst nightmare,” Protocol Labs General Council member Marvin Ammori
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As we all look ahead to Consensus 2020 and Blockchain Week NYC, we wanted to share the following updates with you regarding the recent spread of the COVID-19 virus. As of today, CoinDesk is moving forward as planned with Consensus 2020 and Blockchain Week NYC, but we will be monitoring the
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The tax bureau of Beijing has officially announced that it will start implementing blockchain invoicing within the city on March 2.Beijing hopes blockchain invoicing can bring more transparency to taxpayersBeijing aims to bring blockchain’s unique transparency, traceability and immutability to its future governance with the usage of blockchain invoicing.
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Major uranium producer Uranium One and distributed ledger technology (DLT) startup Insolar have teamed up to explore blockchain’s capabilities in uranium and energy trading.The partnership will focus on the improvement of the production and distribution of uranium, as multi-party deals in the industry are still conducted “using paper and
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Organizers in Paris have rescheduled a major local blockchain industry event due to the coronavirus outbreak.According to an announcement on March 2, the Paris Blockchain Week Summit — initially meant to take place from March 31 to April 1 — is now expected to take place on Dec. 9–10. The
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The government of Argentina has announced that it is suspending the national blockchain-based mechanism to register new companies for a period of 180 days.The measure, according to statements made by Ricardo Nissen to La Nación, who is the head of the General Inspectorate of Justice (IGJ), seeks to reorder
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