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Hedera Governing Council Onboards IBM and Tata Communications

August 13, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain

In a blog post on August 12, 2019, Hedera Hashgraph, a decentralized public blockchain network announced that IBM and Tata Communications, a leading telecommunications company and global provider of digital infrastructure services, have joined the Hedera Governing Council, to guide the guide growth of the Hashgraph distributed ledger. New Partners...

Colu (CLN) Ends its Blockchain Project, Token Buyback Begins Shortly

August 13, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins

Colu (CLN), a distributed ledger technology (DLT) project that claims to be focused on promoting positive economic and social change in local communities, has decided to end its blockchain project and has promised to buy back all its native CLN tokens sold during its initial coin offering (ICO), according to...

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Waltonchain (WTC) Adopted for Development of Latin American Smart City

August 13, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins

Waltonchain (WTC) a top distributed ledger technology (DLT) project that claims to be focused on marrying blockchain technology and the internet of things (IoT) to create new transparent business ecosystems, has been chosen by Polo Multimodal Pecem, to build the first smart city in Latin America, according to a blog...

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KaKao Whets Users Appetite with its Klip Crypto Wallet Teaser

August 12, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins

Kakao, the company in charge of South Korea’s most popular messaging app, Kakao Talk, has given cryptocurrency enthusiasts a glimpse of its Klip cryptocurrency wallet. Klip is being developed by Kakao’s blockchain subsidiary, GroundX and it’s designed to support non-fungible tokens (NFTs), decentralized applications (dApps) as well as digital assets...

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Non-Profit Organization to Train a Million Africans on DLT

August 12, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain

The United Africa Blockchain Association (UABA), a non-profit organization that claims to be focused on promoting blockchain adoption on the African continent, has announced plans to train at least one million people on distributed ledger technology (DLT) as well as other innovative technologies this year, reports ITWebAfrica on August 12,...

Abu Dhabi Government Invests in Cryptocurrency Exchange Platform, MidChains

August 12, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Business

MidChains, a licensed bitcoin trading platform based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has secured an unspecified amount of funding from Mubadala Investment Capital, Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund, according to a report by local news source Gulf News on August 11, 2019. Abu Dhabi Supports the Growth of its...

TRON Launches Version 1.0 Code of SUN Network

August 12, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain

TRON (TRX), a leading distributed ledger technology (DLT) project that's home to a vast array of decentralized applications (dApps) has officially launched the version 1.0 code of SUN Network, a scaling solution that enables dApps to run without consuming massive amount of energy, while also operating with high efficiency, and...

Thai Government to Integrate DLT, A.I and Emerging Technologies into the Digital Economy

August 12, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain

In a bid to improve the income, quality of life, and competitiveness of ordinary people in the society, Thailand's Digital Economy and Society Ministry (DE) intends to use innovative technologies like blockchain in developing mobile applications and e-commerce solutions over the next three months, reports Bangkok Post on August 11,...

India Adopts Blockchain and IoT for Safe Delivery of Life-Saving Vaccines

August 11, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain

In a bid to enhance global delivery of life-saving vaccines and eliminate wastage, Siddarth Chakravarty, a former Cisco employee and entrepreneur is developing a distributed ledger technology (DLT) based solution that enables end-to-end tracking of vaccines, reports Times of India on August 10, 2019. StaTwig Tracking Vaccines with DLT According...

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Marks and Spencer’s Expands World’s First Blockchain Beer to France and Channel Islands

August 10, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain

Downstream Hybrid, an India Pale Lager (IPL) brewed by Boyne Brewhouse, with its entire supply chain information stored on the blockchain, is now available at 150 Marks and Spencer’s (M&S) stores across the supermarket’s estate in France and the Channel Islands, reports Retail Times on August 9, 2019. Blockchain Beer...