The Department of Agriculture from the U.S. state of Vermont announced plans to use technology blockchain in order to follow the hemp locally grown and thus strengthen the protection of the consumers. The Vermont Agency of Agriculture Food and Markets (VAAFM) has entered into a strategic partnership with the blockchain startup Trace. According to the…
The private blockchain project based on Ethereum and developed by the bank JP Morgan Chase & Co could be transferred to ConsenSys, publisher of Ethereum blockchain solutions. Quorum is a private implementation of the Ethereum blockchain. The permissible blockchain project is developed in open source at the initiative of the banking group JPMorgan Chase &…
Although the adoption of bitcoins follows a very slow pace, there is still growth sustained by merchants, regardless of market declines. According to BitPay CMO, Bill Zielke, that payment processor facilitated cryptocurrency transactions worth $ 1 billion in 2019, with bitcoin leading the group. Likewise, a Coinbase spokesman said Coinbase Commerce has processed $ 135…
The payment solutions provider Poynt has partnered with BitPay in order to integrate the payment in Bitcoin and crypto-currencies in his POS terminals used by more than 100,000 merchants. The leader in crypto-payment Bitpay now provides its solution to the American company Poynt. Blockchain payment rails BitPay have been integrated into terminals Point Of Sale…
While Hedera Hashgraph was already taking advantage of Google Cloud Platform, the consortium blockchain strengthens its relationship with the internet giant by selecting its service as " preferred cloud provider "For the ecosystem Hedera. In a blog post, Allen Day, developer advocate at Google Cloud, explained that the Distributed Ledger (DLT) could "increase security and…
The blockchain specialist Mavennet Systems and the investment fund manager 3iQ have created a joint venture – Canada Stablecorp – and jointly launched a stablecoin backed by the Canadian dollar. Launched today, QCAD is presented as "the first stablecoin in Canadian dollar designed for the mass market. " With their token, the two Canadian companies…
The total value engaged in the Decentralized Finance recently exceeded billion dollars. Maker, Synthetix and Compound are the 3 projects Challenge who have mobilized the most funds so far. The Decentralized Finance or DeFi (for Decentralized Finance) refers to decentralized applications and smart contracts dedicated to finances and built on the blockchain (usually on Ethereum)….
Credit: Eivind Pedersen – Pixabay The Litecoin foundation has entered into a strategic partnership with the American crypto-lender cred in order to propose a savings service to holders of litecoins (LTC). According to a press release, the organization in charge of the development of the cryptocurrency litecoin now collaborates with the Californian company cred. Following…
Blockchain and cryptocurrencies have been titles in Goana after Bitcoin for both positive and negative reasons for several years. From security and privacy issues to its wider adoption, 2019 has been a good year for the industry. New cryptocurrencies, partnerships and blockchain protocols have been launched. Even governments have begun to show interest in blockchain…
During 2020, interest in Bitcoin futures contracts has grown significantly. A report released by analysis firm Skew shows that the number of open contracts reached $ 235 million by January 17. By comparison, in the first half of December 2019, the value of these contracts was only $ 100 million. Interest in Bitcoin futures contracts…
