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City official said they are seeking comments from crypto innovators on how to integrate blockchain within the municipal government. origin »
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CEO Jeffrey Berns says the smart city could incorporate digital currency payments for goods and services as well as records on the blockchain.
2021-2-14 22:30 | |
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Is Busan a "blockchain city" in name only?
2020-9-19 11:04 | |
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At Computing‘s recent Cloud and Infrastructure Live event, Business 5. 0 expert and senior advisor to IBM and McKinsey & Co. , John Straw, predicted that blockchain would render the City of London irrelevant.
2019-10-25 14:00 | |
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Local governments aren’t known for being forward-thinking, so it might surprise you to learn that a city in the U. K. has found a novel application for blockchain technology: saving the planet.
2019-6-4 00:03 | |
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Blockchains LLC, an innovative and ambitious blockchain company, has announced plans to build an entire smart city utopia in… The post Blockchain Smart City To Be Built in Nevada appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2018-11-3 18:00 | |
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People from around the world are moving from rural areas to major city centers. This rapid urbanization, largely occurring… The post 4 Blockchain Projects Leading the Smart City Revolution appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2018-8-4 14:25 | |
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The city of Nanjing which is the capital of the Jiangsu Province in China, has committed to investing a total of 10 Billion Yuan ($1. 5 Billion) in a blockchain investment fund geared at promoting public blockchain projects and the general token economy.
2018-7-23 20:42 | |
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Blockchain technology can be used in many different industries to improve processes and other products. And indeed, several countries, governments and companies are working with distributed ledger technology (DLT).
2018-7-22 19:31 | |
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The Liverpool City Council (LCC) announced it will be using blockchain tech to mitigate the city’s climate impact, local news outlet edie. net reported July 19. On its way to a 110 percent offset, edie.
2018-7-21 21:43 | |
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The city of Liverpool will use Malta-based Poseidon Foundation’s blockchain platform to offset the city’s climate impact by 110%
2018-7-21 20:00 | |
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Indian authorities are planning on utilizing blockchain technology to combat cases of corruption and property fraud. Amaravati city farmers and local landowners are worried that corruption is in play in the state’s land-pooling process as some have yet to receive compensation from the government for their bartered assets.
2018-7-21 14:59 | |
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Liverpool City Council has partnered up with blockchain platform company, Poseidon Foundation, to take part in a blockchain-based carbon credits system. The partnership is part of the council’s efforts to achieve the goal of making Liverpool the world’s first climate-positive city.
2018-7-21 11:00 | |
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A state-backed financial asset exchange in China’s Chongqing city is turning to blockchain to make online auctions tamper-proof and transparent. According to a patent application filed in December and revealed on Friday by the China State Intellectual Property Office, the Chongqing Financial Asset Exchange (CQFAE) is exploring how to create a system that allows multiple parties
2018-7-20 16:56 | |
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Word has just come in that John McAfee won’t be attending the ongoing Blockchain World Conference 2018 in Atlantic City, NJ. The unexpected development was confirmed by McAfee himself via social media.
2018-7-13 17:44 | |
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In the last decade, the term “smart city” has evolved from a geeky name drop opportunity, evoking Venus Project-esque undertones, to the gold standard of serious urban planning. With the world’s population scratching the 8 billion mark from below, and urbanization rates at all-time highs, it’s not hard to see why city planners are pinning […]
2018-7-13 20:00 | |
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Tech giants IBM seem to be entering the blockchain industry through every door possible. As a company that has made its living through innovation at the cutting edge of technological design, IBM do need to take a hold of the blockchain and run with it.
2018-7-12 13:30 | |
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Imagine if Bitcoin got its own Disney World. A magical land built upon imagination and in this instance, blockchain technology. Well, according to BTCManager, we’re about to see a project of this nature spring up within a 3,000 acre plot in Elko County, Nevada, USA.
2018-7-11 17:30 | |
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Taking over Harrah’s Resort in Atlantic City from July 11th – 13th, Blockchain World Conference (BWC) has announced that its three-day conference will conclude with the first-ever, casino. .
2018-7-10 20:54 | |
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Internet-of-Things crypto platform IOTA has just announced that the EU Commission has given the green light to a smart city initiative, which will have IOTA involved. The smart city consortium called +CityxChange is a project to be hosted and led by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and to be funded by the […] Consortium Project Involving IOTA Wins EU Commission Approval to Roll Out Smart Tech in Several European Cities was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News.
2018-7-10 17:19 | |
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Local police, recently, arrested a group of Chinese technology professionals in Da Lian City over charges of running a $2 million illegal crypto mining scheme. Of the 20 suspects, 11 were released on bail while 9 others have been jailed.
2018-7-10 16:14 | |
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This year’s Blockchain World Conference (BWC) will be closing with the first-ever, casino sanctioned, all crypto poker tournament, according to an announcement released today. Taking place in Atlantic City, New Jersey, between the 11th-13th July, Blockchain World Conference is an event where blockchain and cryptocurrency experts can meet and discuss the most up-to-date and current information […] The post Blockchain World Conference to Host World’s First Crypto Poker Tournament appeared first on Coinjournal.
2018-7-12 15:58 | |
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+CityxChange is set to put the IOTA (MIOTA) Tangle technology to the test again in a multi-point, smart city project that has just received the green light and funding from the European Union. Greenlit and Funded Following the successful partnership with Taipei to create the first ever blockchain based smart city project, IOTA with +CityxChange will take on.
2018-7-9 16:30 | |
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Cryptocurrency run ‘utopias’ are popping up on both land and sea. These blockchain backed projects, outfitted with sustainability technology, paint a possible look into the future. On Land: Bitcointopia in Nevada Local news outlet The Nevada Independent, reported today that Bitcointopia, Inc.
2018-7-9 11:00 | |
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Coinbase UK CEO Zeeshan Feroz is working to achieve a crypto revolution amidst hesitant bankers in a city torn over Brexit. During London Teck Week, he made a speech on blockchain’s potential to connect the unbanked and rebuild the entire financial system.
2018-7-6 15:00 | |
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Shortly after a successful comeback to Germany with BlockShow Europe 2018, the team gets to work again and announces BlockShow Americas 2018 - the next 2-day show and the very first one to be held in USA.
2018-7-6 14:58 | |
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4 июля NEO Foundation объявила о появлении нового консенсусного узла, сообщает Cryptoslate. NEO entered the era of decentralization!https://t. co/JOA7UibNnU — NEO Smart Economy (@NEO_Blockchain) July 4, 2018 После бесперебойной работы в тестовой сети в течение шести месяцев нода, управляемая City of Zion, была избрана новым узлом консенсуса.
2018-7-5 12:06 | |
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Financial Conduct Authority Approves Crypto Companies for 4th Cohort of Regulatory Sandbox One of the most important regulatory agencies in the country, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), unveiled on July the 3rd, all the firms that were successfully approved to begin testing the fourth cohort of the sandbox. The City regulator named some cryptocurrency and […]
2018-7-5 00:22 | |
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Despite that finding, and other obstacles, another study confirms the recently reported increase in capital raised through coin offerings this year. Also in today’s Bitcoin in Brief, the Swiss city of Zug concludes successfully its experimental vote on blockchain.
2018-7-4 18:46 | |
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With the currently depressed cryptocurrency market, most investors are a bit hesitant to enter the scene. This cautious stance likewise permeates the Canadian city of Ontario where a new study revealed that only five percent of its residents, currently, own digital currencies.
2018-7-4 18:24 | |
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Правительству Великобритании следует не только более широко использовать технологию распределенного реестра в государственном секторе, но и ввести новую должность — главы по блокчейну. С таким призывом в опубликованном в среду, 4 июля, докладе ‘Unlocking Blockchain’, выступил Эдди Хьюз, член Парламента от Консервативной партии, сообщает City A.
2018-7-4 15:12 | |
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Hailed as a “success” by local officials, the vote was held using a trial digital ID system announced in June of this year. City authorities, who have issued digital identities to residents since 2017, are currently evaluating different applications of blockchain technology for governance.
2018-7-4 09:58 | |
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The Swiss city of Zug’s first local blockchain-based municipal vote has been successfully completed, the Swiss News Agency reported yesterday, July 2. Zug, also known as Crypto Valley, announced plans to trial a blockchain voting system using the city’s digital ID (eID) system, launched in November 2017, that allows citizens to vote on their mobile
2018-7-3 18:11 | |
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Zug’s blockchain-based municipal vote trial was deemed a “success” by the city’s head of communication, despite low voter turnout
2018-7-3 15:37 | |
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The car is one of the most essential needs that anyone who lives in the city has. It is an industry that happens to be worth billions of dollars. Like most IoT things, it has proven difficult to monetize the data generated by modern vehicles.
2018-7-3 09:51 | |
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Of the numerous humanitarian applications of blockchain that are being tested, and in some cases already used around the world, implementing cryptocurrency in places where populations are under-served by financial institutes is considered a winner.
2018-7-2 12:30 | |
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Hoshocon is a blockchain security conference that will be held in the city of Las Vegas from October 9th to 11th. The conference that will last for three days is expected to impact the attendees with knowledge pertaining to blockchain security.
2018-7-1 18:40 | |
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Union Square Ventures, a New York-based venture capital firm that manages $1 billion in assets, is planning on it rich by investing in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry — which it views as potentially being worth a trillion dollars in the future.
2018-7-1 16:00 | |
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A court in China's Hangzhou city has ruled that evidence authenticated with blockchain technology can be presented in legal disputes.
2018-6-28 15:35 | |
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The Ukrainian National Police announced the arrest of four suspects, who reportedly ran six fake cryptocurrency exchanges in the country. They were arrested last week from Dnipro city, after which their homes were raided, and several computers and smartphones were seized.
2018-6-23 14:57 | |
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Kiev, the capital city of Ukraine, will soon have a monument to Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto. The exact location for the statue is yet to be finalized, but if a group called the Satoshi Nakamoto Republic has their way, it will be placed at the intersection of Kiev’s main Khreshchatyk Street and the Taras Shevchenko Boulevard.
2018-6-22 21:42 | |
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Five-time Grammy-nominated artist Akon announced his very own cryptocurrency that is cleverly called “Akoin. ” The 45-year-old songwriter also plans on building a futuristic city in West Africa, where he hopes to utilize his own cryptocurrency as the primary means of transaction.
2018-6-21 22:58 | |
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Renowned singer Akon, who’s songs include hits like, Lonely, Right Now and Sorry, Blame It On Me, is launching a new kind of cryptocurrency called ‘Akoin’ and it will be available for sale in two weeks in the hope that it will bring more help his Lighting Africa Project, which aims to bring solar power to the whole of Africa.
2018-6-20 15:30 | |
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“When Blockchain Revolution came out, bitcoin was worth around $7 billion. Today, it’s more than twenty-two times that. Bitcoin is the workhorse of the cryptocurrency world and the cryptocurrency that launched a thousand ships.
2018-6-19 22:15 | |
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Image: Shutterstock Ripple recently gathered over two dozen central banks from around the world to explore how new technologies enable the next generation of payments. The Central Bank Summit on Blockchain, hosted at Carnegie Hall in New York City, gathered central banks’ senior leadership, payment strategy leads and oversight staff for a focused discussion on … Continued The post Ripple Hosts World’s Central Banks to Explore Next Generation of Payments appeared first on Ripple.
2018-6-17 12:50 | |
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The city, through a recent press release, announced the creation of a special “focus group,” whose purpose is to “develop and eventually implement objectives related to blockchain technology”. One could notice Felice’s competence in talking about ICOs, cryptocurrencies and blockchain as a tool to speed up government procedures. Will the focus group in Naples be
2018-6-16 18:46 | |
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Southern Italian city launches a working group to develop blockchain initiatives, exclusive interview with Naples Mayor
2018-6-16 16:22 | |
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Shaped in form of a coin with a width of seven meters and weighing a sizeable three tons, the first Blockchain monument was mounted in Slovenia’s fourth largest city Kranj at a roundabout in the center of the city earlier this year.
2018-6-16 12:25 | |
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The municipal government of Chongqing city, China, has sent the crypto community into a frenzy after it mentioned in a website statement that it will work on a “blockchain digital asset exchange.
2018-6-15 15:28 | |
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The municipal government of Chongqing city, China, is mulling the formation of a “blockchain digital asset exchange,” but no one is quite sure what it means. Apart from attracting more specialized talent with additional funds, the notice said it will focus on building a blockchain ecosystem, which most notably included “establishing a blockchain digital asset exchange.”
2018-6-15 14:08 | |
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US Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump made his much-anticipated appearance at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville on July 27. Trump made several promises to the crypto voters in attendance, including what he would do to the US government’s Bitcoin holdings if elected.
Big banks and the powerful players in the US government don’t want decentralized financial technology to change the way of the world.
The U.S. government is the largest Bitcoin holder among nations worldwide, with approximately $14.7 billion worth of BTC
The U.S. government wallet has moved Bitcoins previously confiscated from a well-known darknet platform.
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In a new motion submitted to New York courts, the U.S. Department of Justice wants to exclude all of Sam Bankman-Fried’s expert witnesses from testifying on the case.
In a new motion submitted to New York courts, the U.S. Department of Justice wants to exclude all of Sam Bankman-Fried’s expert witnesses from testifying on the case.