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Eftpos Australia, the country’s leading point-of-sale technology provider, has announced a partnership with distributed ledger technology (DLT) firm Hedera to conduct a micropayments proof-of-concept using an Australian dollar stablecoin.Eftpos chief executive Stephen Benton described the collaboration with Hedera as part of a broader digital payments innovation strategy intended to modernize
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Gibraltar Finance has been announced as an official partner of the upcoming Post-COVID Hackathon — a global, online initiative intended to create open-source solutions addressing the health, social and economic challenges posed by the post-COVID-19 era.The event is expected to see participation from hundreds of teams internationally building in the
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Regulated crypto assets platform Currency.com has been awarded a full Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) licence that will allow
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Johann Schneider-Ammann, who served as the President of Switzerland in 2016, recently joined the board of Crypto Valley Venture Capital, or CV VC. CV VC is a startup that invests in crypto firms near Zug, Switzerland, the “crypto valley” of the namesake firm.Corresponding with Cryptox, Schneider-Ammann credited CV VC with
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Akon, a famous Senegalese-American musician and a known blockchain supporter, is setting up a blockchain hub in Kenya.Dubbed the “Kenyan Opportunity Hub”, the new venture aims to promote blockchain and artificial intelligence, or AI, education. They also hope to provide Kenyans with more work opportunities.First African blockchain hub launched by
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An American blockchain technology startup, Algorand, has joined a major blockchain gaming association, the Blockchain Game Alliance, or BGA.Algorand, known for providing technology to a number of national digital currency projects, is now officially a BGA member. They join more than 60 BGA companies, such as ConsenSys and MakerDAO, according
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There is an old saying in China: “Building the road is the first step to becoming rich.” Asian countries use infrastructure to boost the economy, and China is probably the most aggressive one — its annual average infrastructure spending is one of the highest at 8.3% of its gross domestic
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Japan-based Media Do Holdings will be investing $2.8 million towards distributed ledger technology for the distribution of its e-books.According to a May 17 article in the Nikkei newspaper, Media Do Holdings plans to invest 300 million yen — roughly $2.8 million at the time of writing — into developing a
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Cambodia’s central bank will launch a distributed ledger technology (DLT) network to enable greater interoperability in the country’s payments sector and to take on the almighty greenback.Consumers will be able to make near instant payments via the platform, using a mobile app and QR codes.During Consensus: Distributed on May 11,
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In an interview with Cryptox, Rupert Colchester, the head of blockchain at IBM Australia and New Zealand, discussed how distributed ledger technology is transforming supply chain systems worldwide.Colchester also provided insight into some of IBM’s current blockchain initiatives and the state of the industry in Australia, and he shared his
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