Posts Tagged ‘blockchain’
New Study: 20% of Wealthy British Millennials Invested in Bitcoins
Michelmores LLP, a London-based law firm, conducted a survey of wealthy millennials in the UK and found that 20% invested in bitcoins (BTC) and the other cryptocurrencies. A survey published by FXStreet on September 17 showed that among those born between 1981 and 1996 with assets that could be invested in £ 5,000 ($31,000) or…
How Parsiq Changes Blockchain Analysis and Get New Opportunities
Today Parsiq offers new special tools to different kinds of business for true decisions. Meanwhile, markets rise very fast and need more and more modern skills to monitor blockchain in real time. That`s why we can call it great news. What is Parsiq? Parsiq is a blockchain platform with a purpose to cut manipulations and…
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…
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…
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…
Biotokens: An advantage to the Australian Environment – Commonwealth Bank of Australia
To begin with, the biggest bank in Australia, is making plans to launch a blockchain biotokens that will promote investment and sustainable development. Moreover, government at all levels, landowners, environmental agencies, and developers are all principal beneficiaries of this project. Commonwealth Bank’s “Biotokens” First of all, n the 21st of August 2019 the bank, through…
Ukraine Nuclear Plant Compromise: Crypto Miners under detention for Security Breach
First of all, Ukraine security agents have arrested operators of the Yuzhnoukrainsk nuclear power plant for engaging in crypto mining activities. Also, this development was revealed on the 21st of August by Ukrainian news platform, UNIAN. According it, the crypto miners breached the nuclear facility security protocol by using the mining plant’s internet services. So,…