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António Guterres, the secretary-general at the United Nations (UN), claims that the world-spanning group must take advantage of blockchain technology, reports Forbes. Speaking directly to the publication, Guterres notes: “For the United Nations to deliver better on our mandate in the digital age, we need to embrace technologies like blockchain that can help accelerate the…
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JCB, one of the best credit card companies in Japan, will be working with blockchain technology soon, according to a report from CoinTelegraph. These clients will work with multiple businesses in establishing blockchain networks. The group has signed what is called a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Paystand, a blockchain startup, in order to save…
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EY, a company that builds business applications on a blockchain, has just released what it calls a “third-generation zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) blockchain technology.” According to a press release from the company, this would be released to the public on the Ethereum blockchain, and would “help make private transactions on public blockchains more scalable” thanks to…
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A blockchain company is partnering with the OOC Oil & Gas Blockchain Consortium to “successfully test the industry’s first blockchain application for Authorization for Expenditure (AFE) balloting.” Authorization for Expenditure are utilized within the oil and gas industry for funding projects, among other things, and would be converted over to the decentralized technology thanks to…
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As the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry is early on, and there aren’t many regulations and rules to keep companies in check, many scams and startups looking to take advantage of this lack of regulation have appeared over the years. This latest one is the Blockchain of Things Inc. company or BCOT, which apparently held an…
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Stanford University has recently provided money to fund a new blockchain and cryptocurrency startup that says it wants “to be the Microsoft for blockchain,” reports Bloomberg. The startup is called Alchemy, and it plans to improve blockchain infrastructure and provide a variety of services for developers in the space, among other things. So far, it…
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Haipo Yang, the chief executive of CoinEx, talked to LearnBonds.com about the cryptocurrency market, Facebook’s Libra, Central Bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and a new altcoins season. He said that Libra may become a landmark of the blockchain industry and that CBDCs show governments are starting to recognize the potential of blockchain technology. He added that…
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Bloom Technology, a South Korean blockchain startup, claims to have solved what is to be considered a “decade-long” speed problem with blockchain technology. Essentially, they’ve found a new way to scale a blockchain network, reports UPI.com. As you may know, traditional blockchain networks work by placing a set amount of transactions into a block. Once…
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A government accelerator in Singapore has just brought in around 21.5 million Singapore dollars to help fund blockchain startups specifically. This converts to around $16 million USD, reports The Block. The accelerator is called Tribe, and the Enterprise Singapore division of the government is backing it. This money here is for nine startups spread out…
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Sam Cassatt, once the Chief Strategy Officer of ConsenSys, is now leaving the company to create his own venture fund called Aligned Capital. According to a blog post from Cassatt himself, the goal is for his company to “anticipate civilization-scale, evolutionary changes in human behavior, and to invest in their core technologies.” He goes on,…
