ECLAC officer eyes blockchain technology to save Caribbean countries from bank abandonment
Throughout the past years, several big banks have been pulling out from the Caribbean due to risks.
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Samsung to take charge of Seoul government’s public sector blockchain platform
The project will cover welfare, public safety, and transportation by 2022.
Core Developer’s DragonMint 16T aims to overthrow Bitmain’s mining empire
The war has spilled over to the mining hardware arena. But will the DragonMint live up to its claims?
Singaporean dollar gets a blockchain token upgrade
Singapore is in on the blockchain race.
Recent Tether hack stirs up rumors of BTC pump-and-dump conspiracy with Bitfinex
Questions about how Bitfinex is staying afloat with no publicly known bank backing them is inciting dangerous theories.
Police nab Turkish kidnappers who target Bitcoin millionaires
The gang targeted a wealthy businessman after seeing posts of his luxuries.
$232 million startup Tezos in legal war with investors, their own president, and possibly the SEC
The fallout could spell an awful precedent for ICO’s.
New Visa prepaid card lets you swipe and pay using your cryptocoins
For a 0.5% fee, the card lets you debit purchases directly from your LBX cryptocoin balance.
Blockchain-regulated renewable energy in Germany taps on another decentralized resource: neighbouring houses
If you think blockchains and energy are inversely correlated, think again.
For British Columbia’s consideration: IBM proposes putting Marijuana on a blockchain
The blockchain may just be the perfect ally in Canada’s move towards responsible cannabis use.
Another slip-up: “accidental” kill command freezes $285 million in Ethereum multi-sig wallets
Ethereum smart contracts suffer one expensive bug after another, raising the question as to whether they should be deploying at industry-wide scale at all.