Education & News
High Points * South Korea discusses CBDC for 2020. * Central Bank of Bahamas begins pilot testing of digital currency. The Bank of Korea (BOK) – South Korea’s Central Bank will constitute an organized task force to undertake a central bank digital currency (CBDC) research slated for the new year. BOK in
Africa
Rwanda will play host to its first blockchain school in 2020, courtesy of the Africa Blockchain Institute (ABI). Speaking at a recent interview, ABI Executive Director – Kayode Babrinde (Nigerian) revealed that the school will offer five key courses focused on extensive blockchain technology education. The courses include a Blockchain Essentials
Bitcoin
An anonymous bitcoiner has petitioned the Unicode Consortium – the official organization in charge of creating emoji sets for iOS and Andriod devices, to add the Bitcoin "₿" to the list of emojis/currency symbols. The petition which was posted on Change.org is yet to take off but has
Blockchain
United Nations (UN) secretary-general Antonio Guterres has said the organization must embrace blockchain technology as part of foremost technologies to be adopted by the institution. According to an official report by Forbes, Guterres is quoted as saying: "For the United Nations to deliver better on our mandate in the
Education & News
YouTube cryptocurrency videos were deleted by the Google-owned platform this week. YouTubers received notifications earlier this week. They were informed that their videos violated the terms of service of the platform. Youtube Calls Cryptocurrency Videos Deletion a Mistake The change seemed to hit smaller outlets and websites concentrating on material
Bitcoin
Days after video platform YouTube was accused of shadow banning and removing crypto content, the Google-owned platform has responded to crypto YouTubers describing the incident as an error. Notably, Carl The Moon (@themooncarl) - a crypto YouTuber posted an official reply from @TeamYouTube on Twitter. It reads: “Hey there, this
Blockchain
The University of Ljubljana, the oldest and largest university in Slovenia has created a blockchain-powered Christmas tree which allows anyone to control the colour of its lights by ending Ethereum (ETH) coin donations. The project developed by students of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering has again demonstrated the numerous use
Blockchain
The University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) recently concluded its first accredited course focused on blockchain and distributed ledger technology. The accredited discipline was birthed following requests by the Blockchain Acceleration Foundation (BAF) – a nonprofit organization consisting of students, professors and other blockchain technology advocates willing to contribute to
Africa
New West African currency, ECO launches in 2020. It replaces the CFA franc which is currently used by eight West African nations and six nations in Central Africa. French President, Emmanuel Macron, made the announcement during a trip to Ivory Coast. A New Era for West Africa? The move is
Bitcoin
CEO of US crypto exchange Coinbase has received approval patent for an invention to allow users transact Bitcoin (BTC) directly using email. The patent was first filled in March 2015 till its approval by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on December 17. Through the patent, users will
Education & News
Bill Pulte, the successor of Pulte Group, a Detroit real estate company, has set his intention to deliver Bitcoin to people in Africa who are in need of financial assistance. Pulte is a strong proponent of Bitcoin and has been known to give hundreds of thousands of dollars to people
Education & News
Global "Big Four" accounting firm EY releases its new blockchain technology, Nightfall, which reduces ethereum transaction costs by 90%. EY’s technology uses third-generation zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) technology which is based on cryptographic processes that allows private transactions on public blockchains. Reducing Ethereum Transaction Costs with Zero-Knowledge Zero-knowledge