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Blockchain Startups Raised over $4 Billion in VC Funding in Q2 2021
Most blockchain-based startups have seen funding from venture backers, despite the current cryptocurrency market downturn, recording over $4 billion in Q2 alone.
This massive venture capital backing is in keeping with the established trend…
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Central Bank of Colombia Announces First Blockchain Bond Pilot Program
The Central Bank of Colombia has announced its involvement in the first blockchain bond pilot program in the country, with the participation of the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) and Davivienda, a private commercial bank. The proof of…
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Amazon Wants a Leader For Its Digital Currency and Blockchain Product Unit
Amazon seems determined to maintain its reputation as an innovative company and is looking to experiment with cryptocurrencies through a digital currency payment and blockchain unit.
According to an announcement posted on Thursday, Amazon…
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French Central Bank Conducts Fifth Experiment on Tunisia CBDC
The French central bank, Banque de France (BOF), recently carried out its fifth experiment on the Central Bank of Tunisia (CBT)’s central bank digital currency (CBDC). According to a statement from BOF, the latest experiment is part…
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Reddit Chooses to Leverage Arbitrum’s Layer-2 Tech With Community Point ETH-Based Tokens
On July 22, developers working on the platform Reddit, the social news discussion aggregation forum, revealed that the team was scaling Reddit’s community points program with the Ethereum Layer-2 solution Arbitrum. Currently, Reddit…
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Argentinian Province Misiones Plans to Issue Its Own Stablecoin
The Argentinian province of Misiones plans to issue its own stablecoin in the future. This is one of the objectives that a recently approved law, the Missionary Financial Innovation Program with Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Technology,…
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Georgian Government Embraces Blockchain to Promote Its Wines Globally
As Georgia seeks to bring its millennia-old wine industry into the 21st century, it is collaborating with blockchain platform Wiv to put the nation’s winemakers in front of a global audience of wine collectors, producers, and…
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Mastercard Is Eying This Stablecoin’s $785,000,000,000 Transaction Volume
Mastercard has announced a pilot program with Circle, the payment technology company behind the widely-used stablecoin USDC.
Mastercard is testing USDC on its platform. The trial is designed to facilitate crypto-to-fiat conversions. It will…
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Polkadot Is the Only Blockchain Protocol Fitting the Revolutionary Bill: Interview With Parity
Polkadot is the only protocol that fits the bill of a blockchain project providing enhanced scalability, speed, security, and utilization, said Peter Mauric – the head of public affairs at Parity Technologies.
In an interview with…
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The American Cancer Society Looking to Hire a Cryptocurrency Product Supervisor
The non-profit organization – American Cancer Society – plans to hire a product supervisor to oversee its potential cryptocurrency and NFT roadmap. The best candidate needs to have experience in fintech, knowledge of payments…
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