The United Nations Security Council’s Sanctions Committee on North Korea has accused the country of using a Hong Kong-based blockchain firm as a front to launder money. The United Nations Security Council’s Sanctions Committee on North Korea has accused the country of using a Hong Kong-based blockchain firm as a front to launder money. As…
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Xpring, Ripple’s investment arm and tech incubator, has made an investment into smart contract platform Flare Networks. Xpring, Ripple’s investment arm and tech incubator has completed a strategic investment into smart contract platform Flare Networks. Joining the XRP ecosystem On Nov. 5, Flare Networks reported that it secured a partnership and investment with Xpring that…
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Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz leads a $5 million funding round for Arweave, a blockchain startup focused on permanent online data storage. Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has led a $5 million funding round for Arweave, a blockchain-startup focused on permanent online data storage. On Nov. 5, the Arweave project reported that it had attracted…
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Blockchain-powered gold trading platform has launched a new system to track the provenance of its physical gold and other precious metals. Tradewind Markets has launched a new system on its platform to track the provenance of its physical gold and other precious metals. On Nov. 5, Coindesk reported that Tradewind Markets, a blockchain-based digital trading…
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Stellar Lumens’ massive token burn might be the trigger needed to activate a new bullish market cycle on XLM? On Nov.4 Stellar Lumens announced the completion of a 50% token burn of their total supply. This led to the destruction of 55 billion (XLM) tokens and the Stellar Development Foundation explained that the token burn…
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The core development team of blockchain platform Æternity announced the release of the software of its latest hard fork, Lima. The core development team of blockchain platform Æternity announced the release of the software of its latest hard fork, namely Lima. Æternity announced in a press release published on Nov. 5 that the introduction of…
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CipherTrace’s support for BNB and Binance Chain will not affect Binancians’ security and data protection, Binance COO Samuel Lim says. American blockchain security firm CipherTrace will provide Anti-Money Laundering (AML) controls for Binance Chain and its native asset Binance Coin (BNB). CipherTrace to increase AML checks on Binance Chain Binance Chain, a public blockchain of…
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Charity organization Oxfam announced the success of its blockchain-based delivery system of microinsurance to farmers in Sri Lanka. The United Kingdom-based charity organization Oxfam International announced the success of its blockchain-based delivery system of microinsurance to paddy field farmers in Sri Lanka. In a Nov. 4 press release, Etherisc announced that Oxfam’s blockchain-based insurance system…
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The UN believes that North Korea is training its most talented young IT talents to become elite cryptocurrency hackers – and thinks Pyongyang is a using a fake Hong Kong blockchain company as a front for money laundering schemes. Per South Korean media outlet Chosun, South Korean MP and parliamentary committee member Cho Won-jin says…
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Coinbase’s legal chief Brian Brooks believes the private sector should be responsible for creating the United States digital dollar. Coinbase’s legal chief, Brian Brooks, feels that the United States government should take a step back and allow the private sector to create the U.S. digital dollar. Private sector should build the technology In a Fortune…
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