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UNICEF Introduces Cryptocurrency Fund, for Community-Based Blockchain Innovation Grants
On 8 October 2019, UNICEF announced through a press release that they had established a UNICEF Cryptocurrency Fund that will enable them to ...
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Is Blockchain the Solution to Ransomware Attacks? Fears Ahead of the US 2020 Election
Ransomware attacks are not new to the U.S. government. Just recently, Texas, Baltimore, and Atlanta were victims of such an attack, which usually ...
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Germany: Finance minister in favour of a national digital currency
Germany might soon be making a move towards developing their very own national digital currency. Reportedly, Olaf Scholz, Germany’s Vice-chancellor and finance minister, ...
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Libra Partners Waver on Cryptocurrency
On 2nd October 2019, Visa, Mastercard, Paypal and Stripe who had joined Facebook as founding members of the Libra Association are undecided whether ...
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8 Hours Foundation Partner with COOP to empower children with Blockchain-enabled games
On 24th September, 8 Hours foundation joined forces with the COOP SSF, a modern play space, to empower kids to learn about blockchain-enabled ...
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Armenia: IT company accused of misusing electricity in mining cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrency has always been a popular topic of discussion and is multiplying its popularity at a rapid rate. Cryptocurrency mining is meticulous, high-priced, ...
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Bank of America joins Marco Polo Blockchain trade network
Marco Polo Network is one of the largest and fastest-growing trade finance network leveraging Corda distributed ledger technology to provide transformative solutions to ...
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North Korea in Cryptocurrency Frenzy as it Develops Own Cryptocurrency
North Korea is reported to be in the initial stages of developing its cryptocurrency. The token will have traits likely to emulate Bitcoin ...
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Skidmap, a Linux Malware that mines crypto stealthily on your computer
A new Linux Malware, Skidmap, is using Rootkit Capabilities to mine crypto undetected as reported by two threat analysts, Augusto Remillano II, and ...
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FATF going all out against Facebook’s Libra
Facebook’s digital currency; Libra is again in the news. Ever since Facebook announced the launch of Libra at the developer conference F8 authorities ...
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Who wants to be a millionaire gives cryptocurrency a major hope in India
Indians have always been considered a silent bunch of folks who go about their business in the most unusual styles. A country majorly ...
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LG competing with Samsung on blockchain phones
South Korean giants Samsung and LG are taking their competition to another level. The turf may have changed but their competitiveness has seldom ...
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Telegram releases code for its blockchain-based payment network, TON
Telegram, the encrypted messaging app that has more than 365 million users, released a code for running the blockchain node of its TON ...
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Binance Charity to aid victims of hurricane Dorian
Binance Charity, a non-profit organization and the philanthropic part of world’s largest crypto exchange Binance, has started a campaign to support the victims ...
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Blockchain & Crypto to save the Amazon forest
Crypto and blockchain technology have been involved with philanthropy for a considerable amount of time now. A variety of charitable organizations are now ...
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Brazil issues its first Blockchain-based birth certificate
Brazil, geographically the 5th largest country in the world has released its first birth certificate generated through Blockchain-based technology. Alvaro de Medeiros Mendonca ...
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TON Network: Telegram’s blockchain project coming this October
Developed by Telegram’s team, TON Network is a blockchain project that aims to enable decentralized applications and messaging. This messaging service with over ...
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United Nations official believes cryptocurrencies hinder the fight against crimes
Neil Walsh, the head of the Cyber Crime and Anti Money Laundering (AML) unit of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ...
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United States Air Force (USAF) has signed a data management contract with Constellation Network Inc.
The United States Air Force (USAF) has signed a data management contract with Constellation Network Inc. The contract is to help the defence ...
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Blockchain technology and the forthcoming USA presidential elections
The 2020 United States of America presidential elections are set to have Blockchain technology as one of the main defining agenda. Different presidential ...
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NEC, IDB Lab and NGO Bitcoin Argentina to create a blockchain-based identity system for Buenos Aires
According to recent reports, IDB Lab, the innovation laboratory of the Inter-American Development Bank Group), Bitcoin Argentina, an NGO, and the Argentine subsidiary ...
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Libra: Two of the project backers are thinking of quitting
On 23rd August 2019, at least two of Libra’s backers are considering backing out of the project Libra. The project had attracted about ...
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Polkadot: DOT Brought to Blockchain.Com Wallets
Two months after Kusama, Polkadot has partnered with Luxembourg-based Blockchain.com. Through a blogpost on Aug 20, Blockchain.com said their collaboration with the interoperability-advocating ...
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Woori, South Korea’s financial giant to develop Blockchain-based financial services with Kakao subsidiary
Woori Financial Group, South Korea’s financial services leader has partnered with Ground X to develop blockchain-based financial services. Ground X is a subsidiary ...
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Casino Operators Are Choosing more Cryptocurrency-Themed Gaming Platforms, Why?
On August 21st, 2019, newkerala.com reported that CasinoWebScripts released a new set of crypto-themed casino games. This move enriched their crypto-based games collection ...
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Amazon: E-Commerce giant may soon be launching their cryptocurrency
Speculations are rife that Amazon the e-commerce giant may soon join its fellow big-league companies and launch its own cryptocurrency or stable coin. ...
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Cryptocurrencies used to accumulate millions selling drugs on the dark web
Cryptocurrencies have forever been associated with various illicit activities that often include drugs, ransoms, illegal weapons, and most of these operated in the ...
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Mastercard assembles its Crypto Team to get in the game
Reports have emerged that Mastercard, one of Facebook’s Libra coin partners, is now putting together a cryptocurrency team of their own. This comes ...
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Cryptocurrencies and Philanthropy, an untold story
Much of the news coverage about Cryptocurrencies have been about the illicit activities they’re being used for, this toxic phase is in line ...
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Blockchain Projects in Developing Countries Driving Mass Crypto Adoption
Cryptocurrency and blockchain technology has been around for a while, but they are only just making their way into developing nations in the ...