Ripple Joins Other Tech Giants in Calling for Fair Elections

Its election day in the United States and the crypto world has something to say about it. Blockchain payments firm Ripple is joining a group of other non-partisan companies in calling for a fair voting process in what might end…

PayPal Services to be a Crypto Highlight in 2021

Global payments giant PayPal is planning a massive play into the crypto sector next year according to its top brass. At the firm’s quarter 3 earnings meeting for 2020, senior executives discussed at length, plans to push into crypto while…

HSBC Bangladesh Completes Landmark Blockchain-based Oil Transaction

HSBC Bangladesh has just conducted the country’s first Blockchain-based letter of credit transaction (LC) on the Contour DLT platform. The Bangladeshi branch of the global firm used the transaction to settle the importation of 20,000 tons of fuel oil from…

JP Morgan: Blockchain Close to Making Money

Blockchain technology has been much talked about since the market booms of 2017. Apart from Bitcoin’s higher highs, the technology has also been mentioned and applied in several sectors. We have seen it applied in data management, security, finance and…

Seven Giant Japanese companies invest in Blockchain data management system

According to a report by Japanese news outlet Nikkei, seven Japanese companies are looking at investing in a new trade management data system. The platform which has been developed by NTT Data makes use of Blockchain technology to keep out…

17 Million tourists Verify Health through Blockchain as Chinese tourism bounces back

Mainland tourism in China is back thanks to Blockchain-based health records. This report is according to Blockchain consortium FISCO BCOS. Tourism has fallen flat thanks to COVID-19 globally, with great tourist destinations like France, China, Kenya and Tanzania seeing their…

IBM Health set to unveil COVID-19 Blockchain-based Digital Health Pass

The pandemic has had many people bed ridden while industries have been paralyzed. Schools have been shut and many have been unable to go to work. IBM Watson Health is making a contribution to improving the situation by offering a…

DOJ announces New Anti-Crypto Crime Enforcement Framework

As more and more firms continue to gradually embrace Blockchain technology, there is caution over criminal practices by some malicious actors in the space. The U.S Department of Justice and attorney general Bill Barr announced the public release of a…

U.S House Rep: America Needs a Secure Digital Identity

Going digital has been the norm from the start of this century, and now money seems to be going that same way. A Chicago based group focused on regulatory clarity and industry security is now keen on the importance of…

KPMG has Developed Solution that Tracks Climate Emissions

Prestigious accounting firm KPMG is set to introduce its Blockchain-based Climate Accounting Infrastructure (CAI) that will help control greenhouse emissions. Thanks to KPMG’s CAI, organizations will now be able to measure, report and offset emissions. New system to help store…