One of the greatest challenges for digital content creators is the ability to maintain copyright over their works, and blockchain tech can help them. The narrative around blockchain technology as a great enabler of cross-sector innovation has endured since the technology’s perceived potential was assertively decoupled from fluctuations in the price of Bitcoin (BTC) in…
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The Islamic Development Bank’s research organization has partnered with Blocko to build a blockchain credit management system. The research arm of Suadi Arabia’s Islamic Development Bank Group is aiming to develop a blockchain-based smart credit management system. To achieve this, the bank’s Islamic Research and Training Institute, or IRTI, has partnered with the Samsung-backed blockchain…
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Waves Enterprise wants to ‘separate the chaff from the wheat’ when it comes to speed claims from blockchain networks, helping potential users make educated decisions. Waves Enterprise has created a framework for load testing of blockchain networks under real-life scenarios in order to provide greater transparency for potential clients. Original sin Transactional capacity or lack…
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Fireblocks will now utilize Chainalysis’ Know Your Transaction tool to streamline compliance and Anti-Money Laundering measures. Blockchain analysis company Chainalysis is partnering with institutional digital-asset security specialist Fireblocks to integrate its Know Your Transaction (KYT) system to monitor crypto transactions within the platform. According to an announcement on June 15, the addition will strengthen Fireblocks’…
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Institutional interest in digital assets is growing as major financial players continue to enter the cryptocurrency space. A growing number of indicators suggest that institutional players are continuing to enter the digital asset markets, which have been dominated to date by high-net-worth individuals and actively trading crypto enthusiasts. Case in point: Crypto markets are seeing…
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Nikola Stojanow has launched a €100 million venture capital fund to support blockchain opportunities in underdeveloped regions of Europe, Asia, MENA and Africa. Aeternity Blockchain co-founder Nikola Stojanow announced a new €100 million ($112.5 million) venture capital fund focused on blockchain development in emerging markets on June 15. Meta Change Capital (MCC) claims it will…
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Major telecoms provider Zain has joined the governing council for distributed ledger platform Hedera Hashgraph. Zain Group — a leading telecoms provider in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region — has joined the governing council for enterprise-grade distributed ledger platform Hedera Hashgraph. Zain provides mobile voice and data services to over 49.5 million…
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The high-profile wallet maker will be integrating its security and infrastructure solutions with Universal Protocol technology and assets. Digital asset hardware wallet firm Ledger has joined a blockchain interoperability coalition, the Universal Protocol Alliance. In an announcement on June 11, UPA revealed that the high-profile French hardware wallet maker will be integrating its blockchain security…
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Ledger’s Glen Woo believes that China’s central bank digital currency could be deployed using existing payment rails without citizens noticing the change. China has emerged as the world’s leader in central bank digital currency, or CBDC, development, driving speculation surrounding the country’s domestic and international ambitions for its CBDC. Speaking to Cointelegraph, Glenn Woo, Ledger…
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The Compound community approved a proposal calling for the distribution of the COMP token to all users of the DeFi protocol. Compound’s governance token will be available for distribution to all users of the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol beginning on June 15. According to a June 10 tweet from Compound, the lending platform responsible for…
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