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The Associated Press Taps Blockchain Technology to Tackle U.S. Elections Fake News

October 18, 2020 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Blockchain

Blockchain technology will help weed out fake election news. Blockchain to the Rescue, Again According to a report by Ledger Insights, blockchain company Everipedia has collaborated with news agency The Associated Press (AP) and decentralized oracle provider Chainlink (LINK). The partnership among the three entities is aimed toward enabling the...

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Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance and Matrixport Invest in Chinese Media Firm

September 19, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Bitcoin

Crypto exchange Titan, Binance, and Jihan Wu's Matrixport have joined in on a $200 million Series B round for Mars Finance: a Chinese media firm that aims to bring more clarity and information to the space. According to Bloomberg, Mars Finance has rapidly grown in China and expanded its influence,...

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New York Times Plans Blockchain Project to Eliminate Fake News

July 24, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Blockchain

Today's political climate is filled with different narratives and opinions, making it nothing short of confusing. The media believes they have had no role to play but are responsible for the elimination of this menace. By using the hyperledger fabric, NY Times seeks to build a proof of concept (PoC)...

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Po.et Announces Next Development Phase, CEO Passes Torch

January 28, 2019 by Nuno Menezes at Blockchain, Business, News

Po.et’s CEO and Co-Founder, Jarrod Dicker posted an update informing the community about the next phase of the startup, January 24 2019. Furthermore, the CEO announced that he will be moving to the Washington Post, passing over leadership to Po.et's Head of Product, David Turner. Po.et, a decentralized protocol for...

Is Valor Really Planning a “Hostile Takeover” of $14 Billion XRP?

January 22, 2019 by Alex Lielacher at Altcoins, Business, Commentary, Development, Finance, News

A report by media outlet Axios claims that an unknown startup named Valor Foundation is attempting to launch a hostile takeover of the cryptocurrency XRP. This would be the first hostile takeover attempt in the cryptocurrency space. Valor’s Alleged Takeover Plans Valor Foundation, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that aims to...

WAN-IFRA’s Report Bullishly Explores Blockchain in Publishing and Advertising

January 15, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Blockchain, News

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), on January 14, 2019, made reference to its "Blockchain and the Future of News" report released on December 12, 2018 which boasted its potential to bringing about transparency, accountability, and traceability in the media and advertising industries. There's More to DLT...

China’s People Capital VC Firm Partner Xunlei to Launch DLT Laboratory

October 25, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, News, Platform

People Capital, the investment and venture capital arm of China's leading newspaper, People's Daily Online, has formed a strategic alliance with Xunlei Limited, a Chinese multinational technology company and online service provider, to develop a distributed ledger technology (DLT) laboratory to explore the groundbreaking technology in various scenarios, reported Business...

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Forbes Launches CryptoMarkets, a Cryptocurrency Price Aggregation Website

October 24, 2018 by Rahul Nambiampurath at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Ethereum, Finance, News

In a press release dated October 22, 2018, Forbes announced that it would be licensing its brand to a new cryptocurrency website, titled Forbes CryptoMarkets. Standing out from the Competition The platform has been developed in collaboration with private investment company NewCity Capital and blockchain startup trade.io. The portal is set...

Civil ICO’s Eleventh Hour: A Gloomy Outlook Founder Reports

October 13, 2018 by Nigel Dollentas at Altcoins, Commentary, Finance, ICO/IEO, Investment, News

In a Medium article published October 10, 2018, Civil Founder Matthew Iles discusses the current state of the Civil Token Sale in The Civil Token Sale’s Eleventh Hour. ICO Not Performing As Expected The Civil project looks to be the answer that journalism desperately needs in a digital age. The...

Forbes Announces Partnership with Civil to Publish Content on a Blockchain

October 11, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, News

Business media giant Forbes has partnered with Civil, a blockchain-based firm, with the intention of using a decentralized network to publish content, the company's co-founder Matt Coolidge announced in a press release on October 9, 2018. Forbes Becomes the First Major News Organization That Embraced Civil Civil, an Ethereum-based platform...

Wall Street Journal Creates “WSJCoin” to Educate the Crypto Curious

October 4, 2018 by Nigel Dollentas at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Development, News

On October 3, 2018, Steven Russolillo of The Wall Street Journal published a mini-documentary in which he created the “WSJCoin,” in an attempt to gain a better understanding of the inner workings of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. He was so successful in fact that the cryptocurrency was shut down by...

ShapeShift Refutes the Wall Street Journal’s Claims of Money Laundering

October 3, 2018 by Rahul Nambiampurath at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Commentary, Exchange, Finance, News

In a blog post published October 1, 2018, cryptocurrency exchange service ShapeShift refuted a recent Wall Street Journal report claiming that approximately $9 million illegally obtained funds went through the exchange. ShapeShift’s CEO Erik Voorhees has issued a cutting rebuke of WSJ’s claims. The CEO emphasized that the authors’ claims...

Beijing Sci-Tech Report Accepts Bitcoin as Payment

October 1, 2018 by Cindy Huynh at Adoption, Bitcoin, Business, Finance, News

While China continues to clamp down on cryptocurrencies, the nation’s oldest science and technology publication, Beijing Sci-Tech Report (BSTR), is accepting bitcoin for its 2019 subscription. According to an Asia Times article published on October 1, 2018, the BSTR began accepting cryptocurrencies because it wanted to promote blockchain technology and...

Civil Media Partners with ZigZag to Explore Blockchain Technology and Motherhood

September 19, 2018 by Cindy Huynh at Blockchain, Business, Commentary, News, Platform, Tech

Manoush Zomorodi, a former host to the WNYC technology podcast “Note To Self” and Jen Poyant, the executive producer of the WNYC show, have recently teamed up to create a podcast called ZigZag. According to an article published by The New York Times on September 18, 2018, the purpose of...

What if You Could Get Paid for Sharing This Article? 

June 16, 2018 by Guest Post at Blockchain, Business, News, Tech

As our society continues to progress, the way we share valuable information is changing rapidly. At one time, one of the most effective ways information with the masses was through mediums such as newspapers, television, and radio. However, our options to target a specific demographic of people were relatively limited....

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