ETHNews: Korea Customs Service Eyes Blockchain For Fraud, Smuggling Prevention

Sweetbridge: Byline in IBT: “Blockchain for good: The human rights supply chain”

Friday, 09 March 2018 19:41

International Business Times — Mac McGary, President of Alliances at Sweetbridge, looks at how blockchain can improve supply chain transparency and product traceability, thus reducing worker vulnerability and promoting human rights.File photo from IBT[From the IBT article] Today’s supply chains, which comprise ⅔ of the world’s global GDP, are often tainted…

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Sweetbridge: Video: CoinCrunch AMA w/ Scott Nelson

Friday, 09 March 2018 20:23

Dan from CoinCrunch interviews Sweetbridge CEO Scott Nelson for an explanation of Sweetbridge’s unique cryptoeconomicsMarch 4 interview on the CoinCrunch YouTube channel discussing the mechanics and supply chain origins of the Sweetbridge project for bringing liquidity into a new economy.https://medium.com/media/9b0d74d1a5e206d7e8666c8a83382d60/hrefWatch the entire episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/XwNoGhK7JbMAbout SweetbridgeSweetbridge…

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ETHNews: PBoC Governor: Digital Currency Could Replace Cash In China

Friday, 09 March 2018 20:40

The governor of the People’s Bank of China has suggested that physical money may be supplanted by its digital counterpart in the country.

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ETHNews: Congressional Committee To Hold Cryptocurrency, ICO Hearing

Friday, 09 March 2018 21:21

On the morning of March 14, 2018, the House Financial Services Committee will host a hearing on cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICOs).

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ETHNews: PACcoin, A Tiny Cryptocurrency, Just Returned From The Moon

Friday, 09 March 2018 19:02

On Friday, a tiny, virtually unknown cryptocurrency went to the moon for a few minutes. It appeared that in a straight-line trajectory, PACcoin suddenly began trading for more than 1000 times its historical price.

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ETHNews: Canadian Regulator: FBI Encouraged Facebook To Remove Crypto Ads, Google Should Follow Suit

Friday, 09 March 2018 20:08

A senior investigator at the Manitoba Securities Commission has revealed that the choice by Facebook to remove cryptocurrency-related ads was not brought on by the company’s collective nagging conscience, but by pressure from the FBI. Google might soon be feeling that pressure as well.

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ETHNews: Wyoming Legislature Goes All In On Blockchain, Cryptocurrency Bills

Friday, 09 March 2018 01:06

From money transmitter licenses and utility tokens to blockchain-based records management systems and cryptocurrency tax exemptions, Wyoming’s legislature has been tremendously active in the digital asset space.

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ETHNews: SWIFT Glows Over Successful DLT Proof of Concept

Thursday, 08 March 2018 23:37

The global banking cooperative SWIFT has released an analysis of its recent proof of concept that relied on IBM’s Hyperledger Fabric v1.0 DLT platform. While it’s too soon for the cooperative’s entire network of banks to adopt a DLT solution, SWIFT representatives appeared extremely pleased with the…

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ETHNews: European Commission FinTech Action Plan Addresses Cryptocurrencies, ICOs, And Blockchain Technology

Thursday, 08 March 2018 22:10

On Thursday, the European Commission published an 18-page FinTech action plan. Among other things, the plan addressed the regulatory treatment of crypto-assets, licensing schema for crowdfunding platforms, and potential rulemaking related to blockchain technology.

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