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FunFair’s New Crypto Wallet Intended for Blockchain Mass Adoption
FunFair, a decentralized gaming platform has developed a new non-custodial crypto wallet, intended for propelling blockchain mass adoption.
Blockchain-based Agricultural Startup Plans to Unite the Coffee Industry of Honduras
GrainChain being an agricultural start up backed up by Medici Ventures and has shown some prospects so far, plans to bring together the coffee industry of Honduras.
Alibaba Unveils Its First Home-Grown AI Chip
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba unveiled its first artificial intelligence inference chip on Wednesday, a move which could further invigorate its already rip-roaring cloud computing business.
CFTC’s New Chief Supports Blockchain Technology
The Commodity Futures and Trading Commissions, CFTC appointed a new chief who is also pro-crypto. Just as his predecessor J. Christopher Giancarlo, appears to have supported the established pro-crypto/pro-blockchain approach. In a recent interview, the newly appointed chief, Heath Tarbert gave a favorable opinion of blockchain technology.
NEO Joins .NET Foundation as the First Blockchain Member
.NET Core is an open-source and cross-platform version of .NET that is maintained by Microsoft and the .NET community on GitHub and is now joining forces with crypto giants NEO.
Coincover Sets Eyes on Crypto-based Insurance Service
Coincover, a Cardiff based start-up in the United Kingdom, has gone a notch higher by introducing a crypto-based insurance service. The primary objective of this move is deterring asset loss and theft in the cryptocurrency space.
Cisco Partners with SingularityNET to Decentralize Artificial Intelligence with Blockchain
Tech conglomerate Cisco and decentralized artificial intelligence (AI) firm SingularityNET have reached a partnership to develop a decentralized Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) project. The ambitious project aims to create more advanced AI technologies that will soon be able to exceed human abilities to learn and perform new tasks.
Ping An of China’s Blockchain Unit Chooses US over Hong Kong for IPO
Chinese insurance giant, Ping An Insurance’s financial technology arm, OneConnect is leaning towards choosing New York over Hong Kong for its initial public offering (IPO) this year in mid-November.
BTI Report Reveals Kraken and Coinbase as the Cleanest Crypto Exchanges
The September issue of the Blockchain Transparency Institute’s market surveillance report, verifying that the cryptocurrency exchange volumes of Kraken and Coinbase are the cleanest in the industry.
Intercontinental Exchange Bakkt Bitcoin Futures Trading Platform Goes Live
Launched as of 8 pm EST on Sept. 22, Bakkt’s physically settled Bitcoin futures trading has launched and is now live for trading on the Intercontinental Exchange Futures US (ICE).
