The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) announced today that it’s innovation fund will invest about $100,000 in Atix labs, Prescryto, Statwig, Onesmart, W3 Engineers and Utopixar to develop an open source prototype over the next year. According to UNICEF, the new investments will form part of its broader Blockchain strategy. The humanitarian agency... Continue Reading →
After the HTC Exodus and Sirin Lab’s Finney, tech giant Samsung is looking forward to giving a touch of cryptocurrency by incorporating the blockchain technology with Galaxy flagship. According to a recently filed Trademark in EU, the three trademarks are named as 'Blockchain KeyStore', 'Blockchain key box', and 'Blockchain Core'. By this, Samsung could have... Continue Reading →
Bitcoin has been in the news since the early part of this decade, for reasons both good and bad. Recently, it has been in the news for its diminishing value, where it has plummeted to new lows in spite of being a formidable currency in the world of cryptocurrency. Bitcoin and Blockchain technology were introduced... Continue Reading →
Our global food supply has grown so complex that it has become almost impossible for food producers and retailers to guarantee the provenance of their products. As per reports, the World Health Organisation estimates that almost 1 in 10 people become ill every year from eating contaminated food, with 420,000 dying as a result. With... Continue Reading →
According to a CNBC report published on 6, Dec. 2018, Morgan Creek is betting $1 million that the Crypto Market will outperform the S&P 500. The cryptocurrency investment firm has named the challenge as 'Buffet Bet 2.0', imitating Warren Buffet's bet in 2007 against Protégé Partners. The difference this time is that the bet goes against the... Continue Reading →
An Internet Court in Hangzhou, east China has looked towards blockchain technology to solve for piracy issues and safeguard a writer's legal rights. With this technology, writers can extract copies of their works in the cyberspace to use as evidence in court. The current method used by writers for proofs of piracy are screenshots and downloaded... Continue Reading →
The Ethereum Core Developers have announced that the Constantinople Hard Fork will occur around mid-January, 2019, during their 51st open meeting. The hard block is announced to be at 7,080,000. The delay to the Fork was due to a "consensus issue" that happened while upgrading the trial on Ropsten testnet in October 2018. According to... Continue Reading →
Mastercard(NYSE:MA) has filed a patent for a method of anonymizing transactions completed on a blockchain platform, according to an application published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The patent cites that “the use of one or more intermediary addresses to obscure the source and destination of funds in a blockchain transaction” can be... Continue Reading →
Blockchain is increasing its traction in terms of popularity and relevance both on a global scale as well as within the Swiss economy. Switzerland which is widely known in the financial world for its robust financial services continues its advance in the blockchain sector. Switzerland's national postal service Swiss Post and major telecom company Swisscom... Continue Reading →
