The US FDA Looks to Blockchain to Enhance Food Security

An E.coli outbreak in the United States linked to Romain lettuce has led the Food and drug administration (FDA) body, to consider better track and trace methods which will involve blockchain technology. Dr. Scott Lieb, the FDA commissioner announced that…

Bahrain’s Finance Training Institute Launches the Country’s First Blockchain Academy

The Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF) is set to launch a Blockchain Academy, according to a November 26 announcement, which will be a first in the country. The Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF), was established in…

Nigerians May Usher-in a Pro-Crypto Government in 2019

The Nigerian 2019 general elections are just around the corner, with political heavy weights set to do battle on the ballot box in three months’ time. The upcoming political contest may just bring good tidings for crypto-enthusiasts in Africa’s largest…

Bearish bitcoin: what to expect in price!

Bitcoin has had a very turbulent season which has seen it struggle to thrust past the $5000 support level without much success. Over the past seven days, the leading crypto asset has struggled to sustain above the $4000 support level…

Overstock’s Founder Plans to Sell the Company’s Retail Arm inorder to Concentrate on Blockchain Projects

The founder and owner of retail giant Overstock, Patrick Byrne, has revealed plans of soon selling the retail arm of the company to focus on the blockchain, by early next year, according to a November 23 issue of The Wall…

Norway Scraps Electricity Subsidies for Norwegian Bitcoin Mining Firms

Aftenpost, Norway’s largest newspaper, has confirmed that the Norwegian government will stop giving electricity subsidies to crypto mining firms in the country. Bitcoin mining firms in the country had been paying a lowly $0.05 per kilowatt which will soon rise…

Amazon Web Services Glitch Puts Major Crypto Exchanges Offline

Nationwide failure of critical Amazon web services (AWS) servers caused two major South Korean crypto exchanges to go offline Thursday morning. Major internal server failures plaguing AWS, one of the leading cloud services providers led to activities at crypto exchanges,…

Kobe to Headline TRON’s 2019 Crypto Summit as Special Guest Speaker

Basketball legend and 2 time Olympic gold medalist, Kobe Bryant, will be headlining the 2019 TRON conference as a special guest of TRON owner, Justin Sun. Kobe Bryant will be giving a landmark speech to inspire young entrepreneurs and crypto…

Cyber Security Firm Trustwave Detects Crypto-jacking Malware on the Make-A-Wish Foundation’s Website

A November 19 post by cybersecurity firm Trustwave has indicated that hackers had infected global non-profit organization, make-a-wish foundation’s network, with dangerous malware. Trustwaves’s researchers have revealed that the crypto-jackers managed to virtually lodge a JavaScript (js) miner CoinImp, into…

Shell and BP back Blockchain platform that will boost trading in the energy industry

Oil industry giants BP and Shell are among a group of business entities plotting the launch of a Blockchain platform that will automate post-trade processes in the energy industry this year. This news was revealed by VAKT Global, a consortium…