Tyler Winklevoss: Cash is Trash, BTC is Treasure!

As the price of Bitcoin races towards the $18,000 a coin mark, speculation is rife. Opinions are also being tossed around freely with some foreseeing a retrace, while others see opportunities. As the possibility of heightened inflation stares us in…

IBM Spearheads Blockchain Use in the Tracking of Fabric Sources

The Blockchain is set to disrupt yet another industry. The fashion business is due an uplift thanks to IBM’s foray into the Blockchain. New York based tech giant, The Armonk, announced that it will be teaming up with German textile…

Blockchain Based Insurance Platform Seeks to Cover Smallholder Kenyan Farmers

The Blockchain is becoming a big industry disrupter that cannot be ignored by even the staunchest of critics. One of the industries being impacted by the Blockchain in a major way is agriculture. A November 15 announcement by the Chainlink…

Crypto ATMS Surge in Numbers in 2020

Bitcoin ATMs are nowhere near close to replacing traditional ATMs, but significant progress is being made to make them a common fixture in global society. 7 years since the first BTC ATM debuted thanks to a company known as Robocoin,…

Africa’s Largest Economy Eyes $10B in Blockchain Revenue by 2030

Nigeria could potentially expect a revenue stream of between $6 billion to 10 billion in the next decade thanks to Blockchain technology according to a key government official.  Director-General Kashifu Inuwa of the Nigeria National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)…

Vitalik Buterin and Binance’s CZ agree that a Blockchain-based Voting System is Needed

A new Blockchain voting system is desperately needed according Binance CEO CZ and Ethereum CEO Vitalik Buterin. According to these two crypto bigwigs the democratic electoral process in the US needs a Blockchain solution. The need to cut final tally…

The Associated Press is Using Blockchain to Transmit US Poll results

The Associated Press news agency has reportedly been publishing incoming US election results onto the Ethereum and EOS Blockchains. As poll results keep trickling in from different states and counties, the developer webpage has detailed how to access its AP…

UN Advises East Africa’s Largest Economy to Employ Blockchain Against Corruption

An official from the United Nations’ drugs and crime agency is advising East Africa’s largest economy Kenya, to explore Blockchain technology in its fight against corruption. According to David Robinson, the regional anti-graft advisor at the UN drug and crime…

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…