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Facebook Announced Its Plans to Release Own Crypto in The Second Half of 2020
In an interview with a French magazine, the director of the Libra Association, Bertrand Perez, said that Facebook tokens would appear in the second half of 2020. Also, he made this very important statement on the same day as the statement of the Minister of Economy and Finance of France, Bruno Le Maire. The Minister…
Bitcoin Cash and HTC: A New Technological Partnership
Fortunately, there are no “favorites” among cryptocurrencies. So, IT supports either Bitcoin and Ethereum or, for example, Bitcoin Cash (BCH). One of the most popular telecommunication companies, HTC, announced a cooperation with Bitcoin.com. They want to implement an idea of HTC Exodus 1 — a smartphone which supports Bitcoin Cash in the wallet. Also, you…
Marshall Islands Spokesman Explains Fixed-supply National Cryptography
An official from the Marshall Islands published an essay explaining the country’s national cryptocurrency project ahead of the invest Asia 2019 conference. The issue of the extradition of the Marshall Sovereign (SOV) was discussed in an essay by David Paul, the Minister for Assistance to the President and the Environment of the Marshall Islands, published…
Other initiatives of Walmart: What`s next?
Before we wrote about Walmart with blockchain and about the collaboration with IBM. Should we wait for something more? Spoiler: yes, sure. Drug distribution To begin with, a few months ago, IBM and Walmart announced their decision to partner with KPMG and Merck. It was to create a pilot blockchain drug supply chain. KPMG has…
Blockchain Technologies Unite People by Music
As we remember, blockchain technologies are in so different spheres of life: from banks to sport. Also, all the international summits discuss it and try to find more and more new ways. So, during the crypto conference, Upbit, on September 4th in South Korea, one of the largest Koren pop music producers, SM Entertainment, revealed…
Samsung has filed a patent for a solid-state drive (SSD) with blockchain support
First of all, we should say that the news is really fresh. So, at this moment there is very little information. So, as Samsung representatives say, thy designed the device to increase the speed and life of storage devices with blockchain support. Next, they plan to use a Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). Field Programmable…
Banks must be convinced that Libra does not threaten global financial stability
To begin with, yesterday in Basel Libra representatives met with representatives of 26 central banks, including the US Federal Reserve Bank and the Bank of England. Also, this was the first major meeting of the founders of Libra and politicians since Facebook had announced plans to introduce a digital currency which would become an alternative…
Walmart in the Blockchain: How Is the Technology Used?
Walmart is currently using blockchain technology to create a food tracking system based on the Hyperledger Fabric Linux Foundation. In collaboration with IBM, the retail giant has already tested two proven conceptual designs for testing the proposed system. The first project is actively tracking the origin of mangoes sold by Walmart stores in the USA,…
“Chain of Origin” and the other blockchain ways of Nestle
Nestle’ foods aren’t being so quick about releasing their blockchain tracking solutions. Moreover, the Digital Technology Manager, Armin Nehzat, admitted on Sept 5th during an interview that the company has had to develop a “start-up mindset” to push forward with the project. “Chain of Origin” by Nestle First, Nestle’s Australian arm was recently nominated for…
New Smartphone with Cryptocurrency by Samsung and Kakao
To begin with, South Korean tech conglomerate known as Kakao Corp., the Google of South Korea, announced a partnership with Samsung on September 5th in which the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 will ship a special cryptocurrency edition of the smartphone. So, this version of the Note 10 will come preinstalled with free Klay. Klay is…