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Debate Over Digital Privacy Amid Coronavirus Pandemic Remains ‘Archaic’

Cointelegraph interviewed Alogrand founder and Turing Award recipient Professor Silvio Micali to discuss blockchain-based solutions to contact-tracing amid the coronavirus crisis. With some countries beginning to lift lockdown restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic, many are focusing attention on the technological tools that can help public authorities to comply with the World Health Organization’s guidance for…
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China Officially Recognizes Blockchain Jobs as New Occupation

China to officially set blockchain engineers as a new occupation to promote employment amid global COVID-19 pandemic. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is transforming blockchain companies, and its impact is not always negative for the blockchain industry. Amid the latest coronavirus crisis-fueled changes, China is taking another step toward blockchain adoption to officially recognize industry jobs.…
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The Remote Work Renaissance Will Demand Decentralized Technology

The coronavirus pandemic forces humanity to shift to digital services, and blockchain could provide the required trust and security. Milton Friedman called it the tyranny of the status quo. It is a resistance to change that imprisons us in the moment and blinds us to potential. Yet, despite it all, innovation proves inevitable and change…
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External Custody for Crypto Derivatives Aims to Make Collateral Transfers Faster

Crypto derivatives platform Deribit launched a new external custody solution designed to reduce auto-deleveraging risks amid tumultuous markets. Crypto derivatives platform Deribit is launching a new external custody solution designed to help with faster collateral transfers and reduce auto-deleveraging risks in tumultuous markets.  On May 14, the Panama-based exchange announced its full integration of the…
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Enterprise Blockchain Market Will Hit $21.07 Billion By 2025, Says Fortune Business Insights

New research claims that the enterprise blockchain market will continue to rise to $21.07 billion by 2025. A new study from Fortune Business Insights, a company offering market studies and consulting services, estimates the blockchain technology market will reach $21 Billion by 2025, according to GlobeNewswire’s report on May 12.  It stated that:  “The blockchain technology…
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Interpol Teams Up With Kaspersky to Declare ‘Anti-Ransomware Day’

Both parties agreed to increase awareness of the ongoing threat of ransomware attacks across the globe. International crime-fighting organization, Interpol, joined forces with cybersecurity firm, Kaspersky, to launch a campaign called “Anti-Ransomware Day”. The date is set on the third anniversary of the most significant ransomware attack on record, WannaCry. According to the announcement, the…
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China’s Central Bank Wants to Speed Up Blockchain Adoption

Officials from the People’s Bank of China push to accelerate adoption of the country’s Fintech Development Plan. The People’s Bank of China, or PBoC, Financial Technology Committee held its first meeting of the year this week. During the meeting, the central bank’s deputy governor, Fan Yifei, urged that the country’s blockchain adoption strategy be accelerated.…
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New Crypto Toolkit Can Measure Speculation in a Token’s Price

Flipside Crypto and Prysm Group have partnered to release the Economic Suite, which lets blockchain projects measure how speculative and decentralized they are. The Economic Suite, developed by Flipside Crypto and Prysm Group, is a new blockchain economic tool that will let projects view advanced economic data about their ecosystem.  The partnership, whose results were…
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Austrian Government-Backed Project Will Use Blockchain to Find Waste Heat Spots

The Austrian government is backing a project that would let citizens submit data about industrial waste heat spots for district heating, receiving tokens as reward. An Austrian project is set to use blockchain to help find waste heat hotspots in the cities of Vienna and Graz.  Launched by the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) on…
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Blockchain Technology: A Remedy for De-Globalization?

In light of the cracks revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic, blockchain is needed now more than ever to create a new global paradigm. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted the world both economically and socially, serving to aggravate political tensions while driving nationalist protectionism. Despite the full extent of the pandemic being…
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