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The One Industry That Stands To Gain The Most From Blockchain?

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This year could be the year that blockchain emerges from its current status as a largely hypothetical game-changer to one that’s put to the test. While few working applications of blockchain technology are in use today by financial service providers, the industry continues to place its confidence — and money — behind the technology.

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Mastercard Teams Up With Fred Segal Sunset And MADE

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Mastercard has teamed up with retailer Fred Segal Sunset and Made to sell limited-edition products that showcase female artists and designers, as well as demonstrate Mastercard’s blockchain-based Provenance solution, which illustrates the journey of a product from start to store. Luxury brands are especially susceptible, with $30.3

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DUST Identity Raises $10M For Supply Chain Security

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Pioneers of the first diamond-coated unclonable security tag for supply chain security and end-to-end tracking, DUST Identity has announced $10 million in Series A funding. The company’s technology addresses growing vulnerabilities and security disruptions as global value chains become more digital and dynamic.

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Amex Inadvertently Confirms Ripple Blockchain Platform Plans

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It’s not entirely clear yet how — or if — blockchain will transform the financial services market, but that hasn’t stopped industry players from scrambling to get a leg up on the technology and ahead of the competition.

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Bitcoin Daily: Jet Token Seeks $10M For Crypto-Based Jet Leasing Marketplace; Tradewind Blockchain Platform Launches Stablecoin Tracking System

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Billon , which created the first enterprise distributed ledger technology (DLT) system, announced that it is one of six companies that have been selected to participate in the Elevator Lab Partnership Program. The awarded idea is a DLT-based digital cash platform that allows transactions with tokenized euro stored on blockchain. “We

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Ghana Government Aims To Achieve Cashless Economy

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The government claims that it will have “electronically tagged” every home, including informal housing in slums, via GPS by early 2020. He added that digital technology will not only draw more people into the economy but will also help eliminate corruption.

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Circle, Backed By Goldman, Squares Up To Buy Poloniex  

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Circle , the payments firm that operates an app-based peer-to-peer payments network based on blockchain and which has financial backing from Goldman Sachs, said Monday (Feb. As noted by Reuters , the acquisition — where financial terms were not disclosed — boosts Circle’s efforts within blockchain. 26) it acquired the U.S.