Blockchain

Walmart and Sam’s Club Developed Food Safety on Blockchain

Walmart and Sam’s Club Developed Food Safety on Blockchain

Walmart and Sam’s Club have asked suppliers of leafy greens to upload their data to the blockchain by September 2019. Walmart and Sam’s Club have asked suppliers of leafy greens to upload their data to the blockchain by September 2019, in order to trace their products all the way back to the farm using blockchain technology. …

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Dubai Governement Integrates Blockchain in Payment Solutions

Dubai Governement Integrates Blockchain in Payment Solutions

The blockchain is being used to upgrade, DubaiPay, payment portal of the Dubai Government. This came as a good news, as it enabled instant processing of payments without any government charges levied on it. Dubai’s Smart Dubai Office (SDO) launched the project. Furthermore, a creative partnership took place in the project with Dubai’s Department of …

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Reiffeisen Russian Branch Released Digital Mortgage Using Blockchain

Reiffeisen Russian Branch Released Digital Mortgage Using Blockchain

A Russian subsidiary of Raiffeisen Bank International has issued an electronic mortgage using local blockchain platform Masterchain, local business newspaper Kommersant reports Monday, September 24. The document containing data on the parties in the transaction, the credit loan and its duration, and the property purchased was published in a decentralized depositary system (DDS). The DDS is based …

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Crypto Wallet Blockchain.com Accuses Blockchain.io That Has Intentionally Created Brand Confusion

Crypto Wallet Blockchain.com Accuses Blockchain.io That Has Intentionally Created Brand Confusion

Blockchain.com, a cryptocurrency wallet provider and popular block explorer, has alleged in a complaint filed in US federal court that a company called blockchain.io is “confusing consumers into thinking they are Blockchain.” In a detailed blog post published on September 20th, Blockchain.com has accused blockchain.io of intentionally using a “similar domain name”, “similar logo” and “similar colors.” …

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Recently Discovered Bitcoin Bug is even Worse than Expected

Recently Discovered Bitcoin Bug is even Worse than Expected

On Monday (17 September 2018), a vulnerability (known as CVE-2018-17144) in Bitcoin Core (Bitcoin’s reference implementation), which had existed since version 0.14.0 of Bitcoin Core (released on 8 March 2017), was reported to developers working on Bitcoin Core as well as some projects supporting other cryptocurrencies that use this code (such as “Bitcoin ABC” and “Bitcoin Unlimited”, the two leading full node implementations of …

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UK’s Biggest Port Operator Goes Blockchain

UK’s Biggest Port Operator Goes Blockchain

The privately run UK port operator, Associated British Ports (ABP), has inked a Memorandum of Understanding with freight forwarder Marine Transport International to explore a blockchain technology application aimed at improving connectivity at the 21 ports it runs. The MOU will see ABP try out a blockchain solution developed by MTI, thereby helping ease one …

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Banks are Launching First Commodities Blockchain Platform

Banks are Launching First Commodities Blockchain Platform

LONDON  – Global banks and trading firms are launching the first blockchain-based platform for financing the trading of commodities from oil to wheat, they said in a joint statement on Wednesday. The platform will be run by a venture called komgo SA, based in Geneva, Switzerland, and is due to go live later this year. …

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Switzerland Will Exchange Blockchain Regulatory Experience with Israel

Switzerland Will Exchange Blockchain Regulatory Experience with Israel

Switzerland and Israel have agreed to share their experience on regulating the blockchain industry, Reuters reports Monday, September 17, citing both countries’ high-ranking officials. Switzerland’s Minister of Finance Ueli Maurer and State Secretary for International Financial Matters Joerg Gasser have recently visited Israel to officially request access to the local markets for Swiss banks. As Gasser told Reuters, …

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SBI Holdings (Japan) has Announced to Integrate Ripple Ledger System in Money Transfer APP

SBI Holdings (Japan) has Announced to Integrate Ripple Ledger System in Money Transfer APP

SBI Holdings is not quite done with its foray into blockchain. The Japanese financial giant has announced plans to launch a mobile payment app for iOSand Android that will use Ripple’s distributed ledger tech. So far, all we know is that the app is expected to arrive this Fall and that it will be called Money Tap. This …

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Cardano Coin Story: Attempt To Improve What Bitcoin And Ethereum Done Wrong

Cardano Coin Story: Attempt To Improve What Bitcoin And Ethereum Done Wrong

Since Bitcoin’s inception in the financial world it has given birth to a new field of ideas and solutions to be explored by many for the issues that are globally met right now. Mostly and tremendously in the currency industry. One of the most influential and respected figures trying to shape-up and improve the crypto-verse by no …

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