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General Motors’ Financial Arm Inks Partnership Deal with Blockchain Firm

February 12, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, News

GM Financials, an arm of General Motors which provides auto loan financing through auto dealers in the U.S. and Canada, has joined forces with Spring Labs, a distributed ledger technology (DLT) startup, to enable the latter to develop blockchain solutions aimed at enhancing the processes of GM Financials, including verification...

Mozilla Battles Cryptojackers with New Security Features for Firefox

February 12, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain, Mining, News, Tech

Mozilla, the non-profit organization behind the Firefox web browser, is ready to make life unbearable for crypto jackers as it has announced plans to add cryptocurrency mining and fingerprinting blocking functionality to the Firefox browser. This according to a BleepingComputer report on February 5, 2019. Tackling Cryptojacking As reported, a considerable...

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Transformative Era: Blockchain in Healthcare Today Releases 2019 Healthcare Adoption Forecast

February 12, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Blockchain, News, Tech

Partners in Digital Health (PDH), a platform that claims to be a forward-reaching communications firm, has published the 1st Annual Blockchain in Healthcare Today (BHTY) top ten 2019 predictions for distributed ledger technology (DLT) in the healthcare ecosystem for. This according to a Webwire press release on February 7, 2019....

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South Korea’s Liberty Korea Political Party set to use Blockchain Technology for Elections

February 11, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Blockchain, Development, News, Regulation

In a bid to foster transparency and curb the activities of bad actors in the electoral process via blockchain technology, South Korea's largest opposition party, the Liberty Korea Party, has joined forces with ioeX, a Taiwanese distributed ledger technology (DLT) startup, according to a press release on January 11, 2019....

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IBM in Three-Way Blockchain Partnership for Sustainable Groundwater Project

February 11, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain, News, Tech

The Freshwater Trust (TFT) a conservation non-profit focused on preserving and restoring freshwater ecosystems, IBM Research and SweetSense have allied to launch a distributed ledger technology (DLT) pilot that would accurately and transparently measure groundwater usage in real-time in the Sacramento San Joaquin River Delta in California, reported enterprise times...

MakerDAO Blockchain Project Sees Growth Despite Crypto Market Crash

February 10, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Altcoins, Blockchain, Development, Ethereum, Exchange, News

According to MakerDAO's report on February 7, 2019, Dai, a stablecoin that runs on the Ethereum blockchain, has recorded a 20 percent average monthly growth in its number of users based on the number of active addresses, funds transferred within a specific period, and use cases for the altcoin. Dai...

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Voyager Crypto Brokerage Goes Live on Canada’s TSX Venture Exchange

February 10, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Finance, News

Voyager Digital, a cryptoassets broker for both retail and institutional investors, has announced the completion of a deal with UC Resources aimed at making it possible for Voyager to begin public trading on the TSX Venture Exchange in Canada, reported Benzinga on February 8, 2019. Voyager Digital Goes Public Per...

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AdvisorShares Launches Sabretooth ETF for Blockchain Tech and Cloud Computing

February 8, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain, Business, News

AdvisorShares, a US-based investment management firm has announced that the trading of the AdvisorShares Sabretooth ETF (ticker: BKCH) will begin on February 7 on the Nasdaq stock exchange, according to a MarketWatch report on February 7, 2019. BKCH to Launch on Nasdaq Exchange Per the press release, the trade of...

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African Blockchain Alliance and ConsenSys Launch DLT Developer Program

February 8, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Blockchain, Development, Ethereum, News

The African Blockchain Alliance, an organization of blockchain experts, has collaborated with ConsenSys Academy to launch the "Blockchain Developer Program" in Africa to improve the skills of developers in the area of the distributed ledger technology (DLT), according to IT NEWS Africa on February 6, 2019. Transforming Africa through Blockchain...

U.S: Two SIM Swappers Indicted for Stealing Cryptocurrencies

February 6, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at News

The United States Department of Justice has detailed the indictment of Ahmad Wagaafe Hared and Matthew Gene Ditman on the grounds of identity theft and conspiring to commit computer fraud and abuse, according to public documents published on February 4, 2019. SIM-Swap Scheme Reportedly, Ahmad Wagaafe Hared, a 21-year-old Tucson...