[ad_2][ad_1] SWIFT announced a pilot program in collaboration with MonetaGo to explore the ledger technology distributed in its financial messaging service. The company's Indian subsidiary will test the technology with local customer banks that will use a shared shared accounting network designed to improve the efficiency and security of their …
Read More »Advertising fraud falls flat against transparency: how can Blockchain help you?
[ad_2][ad_1]<div _ngcontent-c14 = "" innerhtml = " Getty The expansion of the digital realm has been fueled by digital advertising, but a growing number of Internet users is the reason why this fuel exists. As the global audience moved behind their computer screens, brands, businesses and services were followed, using …
Read More »How the blockchain could transform local economies
[ad_2][ad_1] Blockchain and cryptocurrency could prove useful for local New York businesses and transform local economies, Assemblyman Ron Kim of the state of New York tells Dan Patterson of TechRepublic. The following is a modified transcript of the interview. Dan Patterson: New York State Assembly member Ron Kim, thank you …
Read More »Blockchain systems monitor food safety and origins
[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 …
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