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Blockchain facilitates the international flow of goods
The International Chamber of Commerce, which represents 45 million businesses in more than 130 countries and brands itself the world’s largest business organization, is now betting on blockchain. Michele del Castillo (Forbes) explains that John Denton, the ICC’s...
“Digital twin”: what is it and what is that it is made of?
The European Blockchain Observatory and Forum has published a report entitled “Tokenization of physical assets and the impact of IoT and AI”. Adrian Zmudzinski (Cointelegraph) explains that the author of the document (Dr. Tim Weingärtner, a professor at Lucerne...
Here is why bitcoin is the currency of the future
Since no trust is required, thus it is not subject to the limitations of trust zones and political goals, and intermediaries are not needed, as it is possible to pay directly any other bitcoin user without asking permission to anyone, Federico Tenga on Medium writes...
Safe.press is the blockchain platform against fake news
French telecom giant Orange has joined the blockchain-based platform Safe.press for authentication of online news. David Pimentel (BlockTribune) explains that the platform protects intellectual property by giving each news a unique and tamper-proof digital track. In...
Here are 400 million reasons to bet on bitcoin
Last week, bitcoin added almost 30% and climbed back above $5,000 mark. Billy Bambrough (Forbes) explains that the cryptocurrency reached a turning point after recording 400 million transactions. Every day an average of 350,000 transactions is made: 15,000 every hour,...
Two solutions for blockchain interoperability come from Accenture
Accenture has patented two solutions to improve the blockchain interoperability. Dennis Wafula (Coingeek) explains that these solutions will allow the users to share their token data using a digital signature on the distributed ledger. With this technology, people...
A partnership for medical consent via blockchain is born
The Bitfury Group, a bitcoin and blockchain technology firm and Longenesis has partnered to offer a blockchain consent management system for healthcare. Maricel Custodio (BlockTribune) explains that doctors and researchers are now able to do a better job of tracking...
Blockchain contains personal identities counterfeiting
Thomson Reuters was awarded a patent for a blockchain-based identity management system from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Adrian Zmudzinski (Cointelegraph) reports a sentence from the official Office document, according to which the traditional identity system...
Blockchain is the solution for the modern-day slave trade
Princess Eugenie, granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth, and US Ambassador John Richmond have called for blockchain to disrupt the modern-day slave trade. Kieran Guilbert (Reuters) reports the opinion of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE),...
A World Economic Forum report about Central Bank Digital Currency
The World Economic Forum has published a report on Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), revealing that 40 central banks around the world are involved in the development of fintech services and tools. These include the Bank of Canada, the Bank of England and the...
Two SEC commissioners publish guidelines on digital assets
Rick D. (NewsBTC ) specifies that this is not an official decision, but the document - entitled "Framework for 'Investment Contract' Analysis of Digital Assets" - will help market operators to launch or invest in digital assets. Two commissioners of the US Securities...
Cybersecurity is a priority for firms
Multinational professional services network Deloitte partner companies are collaborating to form their blockchain-based consortium.The ability of a blockchain to mimic other network systems, standards and cybersecurity controls is essential in terms of adoption for...