[ad_2][ad_1] When a Chinese consumer buys a package labeled "Australian beef", it is only a 50% chance that the meat inside is, in fact, Australian beef. It could just as easily contain rat meat, dog, horse or camel – or a mixture of all. It is serious and dangerous, but …
Read More »The University of Tokyo adds the Blockchain class after a $ 800k gift from Ethereum
[ad_2][ad_1] chirping Facebook LinkedIn The University of Tokyo started offering a blockchain course at its engineering graduate school, thanks to a donation of $ 800,000 from a consortium that includes the Ethereum Foundation and the Japanese finance giant Sumitomo Mitsui. The class – called "Blockсhain Innovation Donation Course" – was …
Read More »BBVA and Santander join the EU's Joint Blockchain platform ready for launch in 2019
[ad_2][ad_1] The banking groups BBVA and Banco Santander joined E.U. International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications (IATBA), the Spanish economic daily Expansion writes on November 20th. Representatives from two Spanish banking groups were invited to an E.U. round table blockchain held in Brussels by Mariya Gabriel, commissioner for the economy …
Read More »Dallas Mavericks launches the Blockchain Lympo fitness app
[ad_2][ad_1] Former NFL quarterback Tony Romo and Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks. (Photo by Ronald Martinez / Getty Images) The Dallas Mavericks of the NBA, owned by the serial entrepreneur Mark Cuban, have launched "the nation's first blockchain app" with partner Lympo. The app, called Lympo, uses a …
Read More »IBM and Columbia University to accelerate Blockchain initiatives
[ad_2][ad_1] On Monday, IBM and Columbia University announced the launch of two acceleration programs for blockchain startups. Each accelerator will search for 10 companies at different stages of maturity, helping them build scalable blockchain solutions for the market. People confuse the relative value of cryptocurrency (we all agree on closing …
Read More »The MSU seminar will focus on blockchain technology in agriculture
[ad_2][ad_1] Blockchain technology and its implications on future supply chains are the subject of a 27 November seminar at Mississippi State University. Blockchain is a shared register of data held by a computer network to trace the supply chain and improve food security. In September, Walmat announced that its suppliers …
Read More »The reorganization of Bitcoin Cash's blockchain SV attracts further criticism of centralization
[ad_2][ad_1] The Bitcoin Cash (BCH) rigid fork controversy continued on November 19 after Bitcoin Cash SV (BCHSV), one of the two new altcoin forks, suffered from what is known as blockchain reorganization. The last stop to influence the rising fork, the reorganization (often called simply "reorg") lasted for two blocks …
Read More »As New York intends to implement blockchain technology
[ad_2][ad_1] New York State MP Ron Kim told TechRepublic's Dan Patterson that blockchain technology offers positive change for New York. Dan Patterson: The challenge at the moment is stabilizing the markets and, differentiating between potential traders, and people who may not be institutional investors, and those interested in the development …
Read More »Bitcoin does not crash due to SEC actions according to Blockchain lawyer
[ad_2][ad_1] Despite the ups and downs of the market, it would be foolish to dismiss Bitcoin, Ethereum and Criptovalute in general. Regardless of asset prices or SEC regulations, the underlying blockchain technology is unlike anything else we've ever seen. According to Stephen Palley, a blockchain lawyer with Anderson Kill, it …
Read More »The Riot Blockchain SEC investigation is "still in progress"
[ad_2][ad_1] Riot Blockchain, the cryptocurrency company whose stock has skyrocketed after changing its name, has revealed that the citation and investigations of the Securities and Exchange Commission are "still in progress", according to its most recent quarterly deposit.
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