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India to deploy blockchain for railway system ‘tamper-proof’ signaling
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9 July, 2023

India to deploy blockchain for railway system ‘tamper-proof’ signaling

Blockchain could potentially improve India’s railway processes, given its transparency and tamper-proof nature, according to IIT-Kharagpur Professor Aurobinda Routray.
China’s Jinan city accepts digital yuan as payment for bus rides
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9 July, 2023

China’s Jinan city accepts digital yuan as payment for bus rides

The pilot will run from July 1 until September 30 and is designed to enable administrators to test-run a full-scale...
UK universities team up to develop generative AI
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9 July, 2023

UK universities team up to develop generative AI

Top universities in the United Kingdom have drafted guiding principles toward generative AI, a swift turn from an earlier stand...
Denmark: Saxo Bank ordered to dispose digital currency holdings
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9 July, 2023

Denmark: Saxo Bank ordered to dispose digital currency holdings

EU's MiCA would allow financial institutions to hedge their assets, but the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority argues that the law...
Alison Gatoff on CoinGeek Backstage: Unlocking efficiency for businesses with Bitcoin’s P2P transactions
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8 July, 2023

Alison Gatoff on CoinGeek Backstage: Unlocking efficiency for businesses with Bitcoin’s P2P transactions

Having previously worked in finance, nChain’s Alison Gatoff knows how complicated processes make services slow and expensive—blockchain’s single source of...
57 firms certified for FedNow launching in late July: US Fed
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8 July, 2023

57 firms certified for FedNow launching in late July: US Fed

The U.S. Federal Reserve says the 57 firms will be ready to send and receive payments on FedNow upon launch...