Blockchain
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has directed that the government should finish testing its national central bank digital currency (CBDC) by end of 2020. The digital currency dubbed ‘Digital Lira’ is the country's national blockchain-based digital currency, and is planned to be issued by its Central Bank
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Blockchain
Coca-Cola bottlers now utilize blockchain technology to manage cross-party transactions and supply chain logistics. As reported by Business Insider, Coke One North America (CONA) – which serves as IT managers to over 70 franchises of the Coca-Cola Company Worldwide, revealed it is using a blockchain solution developed by German software company
Bitcoin
China has released the 14th edition of its bi-monthly cryptocurrency rankings published by the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technlogy (CCID). According to the latest CCID Global Blockchain Technology Assessment Index, EOS, Tron and Ethereum rank as the top 3 cryptocurrencies respectively. The ranking which focuses on three (3)
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France is set to introduce an educational curriculum which includes Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency studies for high schools. Following an announcement by the French Education ministry, its amended study plan for Economics and Social Sciences will incorporate courses on the number one cryptocurrency - Bitcoin; with educators expected to teach
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The government of Guangzhou, Southern China has lunched a $140 million subsidy fund to encourage the development of blockchain initiatives. According to media reports, the government will set out 1 billion yuan ($141 million) to sponsor two blockchain projects per year. Details say the blockchain-related projects will include: a federated
Africa
Tawanda Kembo – the Founder and CEO of Zimbabwe’s first cryptocurrency exchange Golix, claims to have lost the password to one of the exchange’s Bitcoin (BTC) cold wallets. Reported by local news outlet iHare on Nov.1, CEO of the once flourishing exchange allegedly lost the password in May
Blockchain
Electronic and smartphone giant - Samsung has added support for Elrond (ERD) token on its blockchain wallet. Announced as part of a “mutually beneficial” partnership, the ERD token will now be integrated on Samsung’s native wallet and blockchain ecosystem; with users able to trade the token in their wallet.
Education & News
The Association of German banks have presented a paper in which they highlighted several arguments in favour of a digital euro currency, and a common pan-European payments platform. According to the paper released by the body (Bankenverband), which serves as the organization of over 200 private commercial banks in Germany
Bitcoin
Today October 31, 2019 – marks the eleventh year since the publication of the Bitcoin White Paper by its creator Satoshi Nakamoto. Released on October 31, 2008 and titled “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System”, the bitcoin whitepaper proposed the creation of a digital currency, as well as a decentralized peer-to-peer
Africa
Following the Oct 25 cyber attack on the Johannesburg city website, city authorities have refused to pay the $30,000 (4 BTC) ransom to the hackers; 3 days after the given ultimatum. In an official tweet confirming the incident, the Johannesburg City Council says the hack had affected web services
Education & News
October 23 – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg officially testified before the US House Financial Services Committee in a hearing focused on Facebook’s proposed Libra cryptocurrency; which was announced in June this year. Zuckerberg’s testimony comes months after hearings which saw Facebook representatives answer questions concerning the Libra coin; following