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Rwanda Government to Tag and Trace Conflict Metal Tantalum on a Blockchain

Cryptocoin News 18 Oct 2018

The Rwandan government is now eyeing to track the supply chain of metal tantalum, which is used in consumer electronics, with blockchain technology ... Announced by Francis Gatare, the CEO of the Rwandan Mining, Petroleum and Gas Board as well as a minister in the government, the blockchain platform is built on Hyperledger Fabric, the open source enterprise-grade private permissioned ledger by The Linux Foundation....

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Rwandan Government to Use Blockchain Tech to Track Conflict Metal Tantalum

The Bitcoin News 17 Oct 2018

Rwanda has partnered with a U.K.-based blockchain startup to trace the mining of the conflict metal tantalum in the country, according to the startup’s press release, published Oct ... The companies have partnered to use Circulor’s blockchain platform, built on the Hyperledger Fabric, an open source enterprise-focused digital ledger software hosted by the Linux Foundation, for tracing the tantalum’s supply chain....

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IAMGOLD Makes Strategic Investment in Emergent Technology

Market Watch 17 Oct 2018

17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ - IAMGOLD Corporation ("IAMGOLD" or the "Company") today announced that it has made a strategic investment in Emergent Technology Holdings LP ("EmTech"), a financial technology company that uses blockchain technology to track the provenance of responsibly sourced gold ... "Investors and fabricators are increasingly demanding ethically sourced gold from miners and refiners....

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Europe Surpasses US and Asia in Cryptocurrency Token Sales

Helena Bitcoin Mining 17 Oct 2018

Europe is rapidly becoming the world’s cryptocurrency hub, with a significant amount of EUR funding being directed into cryptocurrency projects. So far this year, the value of token sales in Europe is close to exceeding that of Asia and the U.S. combined. Fabric Ventures, a venture capital fund investing in blockchain and decentralized network projects, ... ....

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IBM’s Blockchain Patents: From Food-Tracking and Shipping to IoT and Security Solutions

The Bitcoin News 15 Oct 2018

The adoption of blockchain technology is slowly taking shape across a multitude of industries ... Their beginnings in the space were focused on research on the capabilities of blockchain ... Putting the blockchain in IBM ... “Blockchain, as a technology, is extremely interesting and intriguing ... The IBM Blockchain platform is fully functional today, utilising the Linux Foundation’s Hyperledger Fabric which IBM contributed to creating....

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FinCEN Issues Advisory On Iran’s “Illicit” Use of Crypto to Bypass Sanctions

NewsBTC 13 Oct 2018

FinCEN on Iran’s Exploitation of Financial Markets ... sanctions.” ... However, FinCEN reports that Iran’s usage of cryptocurrency dates back to 2013 ... FinCEN urges cryptocurrency exchanges to review blockchain transactions for any activity that could be tied to Iran ... Iran is said to be planning to use their national cryptocurrency to more easily evade sanctions, by using a private blockchain-based on Hyperledger Fabric technology ... ....

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This Week in Cryptocurrency: October 12, 2018

The Bitcoin News 12 Oct 2018

IBM Launches Food Blockchain. On Monday, IBM announced the launch of IBM Food Trust, a food-tracking blockchain for commercial use ... The Food Trust network runs on the Hyperledger Fabric blockchain protocol and costs $100 to $10,000 per month to utilize. Other than the Food Trust, IBM also runs blockchain initiatives regarding shipping, global trade, insurance, and even entertainment ... Utilizing the Bitcoin Blockchain to Verify Documents....

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SEC Shuts Down Blockvest ICO Over False Regulation Claims

The Bitcoin News 11 Oct 2018

The SEC secured a court order freezing the assets of Blockvest and halting the operations of an allegedly fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme ... In addition, Ringgold, who also goes by the name Rasool Abdul Rahim El, misrepresented the types of products and services that his companies would provide, fabricated client testimonials and used a fake agency called the “Blockchain Exchange Commission,” to promote the ICO ... source ... ....

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ndau CT) Ken Lang on the First “Bouyant” Digital Currency

The Bitcoin News 09 Oct 2018

Elections take place through blockchain methods to ensure integrity of the process ... Virtually all of the legitimate criticisms of the industry are being worked on diligently by us and others, and as they all get resolved, perception of what cryptocurrency and blockchain will mean in the fabric of society will prove to be bigger than that of smartphones or even the internet itself....

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IBM launches blockchain-based, global food tracking network

IT World 08 Oct 2018

... of its Food Trust tracking network, IBM said several food retailers and suppliers have joined those piloting the blockchain technology, which is based on the Hyperledger Fabric open-standards protocol....

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Singapore’s Biggest Shipper Partners IBM in Developing Blockchain for Crucial Trade Paperwork

Cryptocoin News 04 Oct 2018

The two firms will collaborate in designing and creating an electronic Bill of Lading (e-BL) which will exist on a blockchain ... Blockchain to the Rescue ... Early last year, for instance, IBM teamed up with the world’s biggest ocean container shipper, Maersk Line, in employing the blockchain framework implementation known as HyperLedger Fabric in operations stretching across a network of ports, ocean carriers and freight forwarders....

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SAP Boosts Blockchain Integration and Customer Flexibility, Launches New Industry Consortia

Omaha World-Herald 03 Oct 2018

SAP) today announced new services that help customers integrate blockchain and launched two new consortia that accelerate industry-specific blockchain co-innovation with customers and partners ... This follows SAP's technology-agnostic approach and complements the existing support of Hyperledger Fabric and MultiChain on the SAP Cloud Platform Blockchain service....

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Hyperledger & EEA: The Two Biggest Blockchain Consortiums Join Forces

Cryptocoin News 02 Oct 2018

Come July 2017, the Linux Foundation-led consortium released Hyperledger Fabric, its first production-ready blockchain software for industries and enterprises. The blockchain software has since seen adoption in a number of industries, including the notable example of the world’s largest shipping company Maersk deploying the Hyperledger Fabric to track shipments....

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