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Central Bank-Backed Group Plans Blockchain Platform Launch in India

Researchers in India supported by the country's central bank are planning to launch a new blockchain platform this year.

Ni Stan Higgins

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LibraryChain? US Government Grants $100k for New Blockchain Research

A U.S. federal agency has awarded a $100,000 grant to a research group in Arizona looking to apply blockchain to public library systems.

Ni Stan Higgins

Research

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EU Politician Pushes Parliament to Test Blockchain Identity for Refugees

A blockchain task force within the European Parliament wants to explore how the technology could be used to provide digital identities to refugees.

Ni Stan Higgins

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WhopperCoin: Burger King Russia Launches Blockchain Loyalty Program

Burger King meets blockchain as the fast-food chain's Russian branch is set to launch a new cryptocurrency-based loyalty program.

Ni Stan Higgins

BK

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Brokers Beware: Insurance Consortium Reveals Codex 1 Blockchain Prototype

In a CoinDesk exclusive, blockchain insurance consortium B3i outlines how its DLT prototype could ultimately eliminate brokers from the equation.

Ni Michael del Castillo

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Russia's Vnesheconombank Unveils New Blockchain Research Centre

Vnesheconombank is partnering with the Russian government to establish a new blockchain and quantum computing research hub.

Ni Rachel-Rose O'Leary

VEB

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Damn Strate: Post-Trade Pioneer Monica Singer Is Going Full-Time Blockchain

Just days after resigning from South Africa's central securities depository, its former CEO reveals plans to enter the blockchain space full-time.

Ni Michael del Castillo

monica, singer

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ATMchain? Card Giant China UnionPay Files New Blockchain Patent

China UnionPay hopes to patent a system for connecting a network of ATMs using blockchain tech, public records reveal.

Ni Rachel-Rose O'Leary

UP

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Charlie Shrem's Next Act? Helping This Blockchain Startup Disrupt Music

With Charlie Shrem and a Pinterest executive as advisers, blockchain startup Viberate is looking to eliminate the music business's middlemen.

Ni Jonathan Keane

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Blockchain's 4 Biggest Assumptions

How can investors think critically about blockchain? Investor Wendy Xiao Schadeck poses four burning questions.

Ni Wendy Xiao Schadeck

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ECB President Christine Lagarde intervened to block Binance’s EU MiCA license: WSJ
Although the ECB holds no formal licensing authority under MiCA, high-level intervention led Greece to stall an application that regulators had previously deemed complete, the Journal said.
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Zcash targets November upgrade to make private payments up to three times faster
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