Tech and Gadget Blockchain media startup Civil is issuing full refunds to all buyers of its cryptocurrency |… Oct 17, 2018 Many doubted The Civil Media Company‘s ambitious plan to sell $8 million worth of its cryptocurrency, called CVL. The skeptics, as it turns out,…
Computing Brazilian Presidential Candidate Uses Blockchain to Publish Government Plan | Crypto Oct 17, 2018 Fernando Haddad, the presidential candidate for the Brazil Workers’ Party, has published his government plan via blockchain, per an announcement…
Computing TRON ‘Partnership’ Involves Cloud Computing Provision, Not Blockchain | Crypto Oct 17, 2018 The unconfirmed “partnership” between decentralized internet project TRON (TRX) and China’s largest internet search provider Baidu will center on…
Computing Major Korean Financial Holding Company Wins Blockchain Patent for Improved Fintech Security | Crypto Oct 16, 2018 Leading South Korean financial holding company KB Financial Group Inc. has been awarded a patent for a blockchain-based fintech app security…
Computing Kenyan Gov’t to Use Blockchain in New Affordable Housing Project | Crypto Oct 16, 2018 Kenya’s government plans to deploy blockchain technology to manage a government housing project of 500,000 units, Kenyan news outlet the Star…
Computing Former Trump Advisor Gary Cohn Joins Blockchain Startup | Crypto Oct 14, 2018 Gary Cohn, a former chief economic advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, has just joined a blockchain startup. Spring Labs, a firm developing a…
Computing Microsoft Is Pushing New Blockchain ID Products (But There’s Pushback, Too) | Crypto Oct 14, 2018 Microsoft is moving to turn blockchain-based decentralized identity from a lofty aspiration into a business line. In a white paper posted this week,…
Computing How will Blockchain Help Those Living Below the Poverty Line? | Crypto Oct 13, 2018 Photo: PEXELSAbout half the world population, over 3 billion people, survive on less than $2.50 in a day. Moreover, 80% of the folks live on fewer…
Innovation A look at the vital role blockchain is playing in banking the unbanked | Tech Top Oct 11, 2018 Though it may seem like an unlikely figure, around 1.7 billion adults currently live with no access to financial services, known as the ‘unbanked’.…
Computing Citizens Reserve Partners With Comcast-Backed Blockchain Startup | Crypto Oct 11, 2018 Blockchain startup Citizens Reserve is partnering with enterprise software startup Blockdaemon to more rapidly deploy nodes. Announced Wednesday, the…