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Chinese City Known for Bitcoin Mining Seeks Blockchain Firms to Burn Excess Hydropower

A Chinese city in the world's bitcoin mining hub is publicly encouraging the blockchain industry to help consume excessive hydroelectricity.

Hydropower plant image via Shutterstock

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How Crypto Professionals Are Staying Sane During Quarantine (Video)

Days of lockdown have turned into weeks. Here's how crypto is handling the COVID-19 crisis from home.

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Tecnología

This App Tracks the Impact of Your Donation to Combat Coronavirus

"Let's start a positive epidemic," says the team behind the #SpreadLoveNotCorona app. "The more people get infected, the more money goes to charity."

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Overstock Subsidiary to Put Wyoming County Land Registry on the Blockchain

Medici Land Governance has inked a deal to build a blockchain-based land registry for Carbon County, Wyoming – its second such deal in the state.

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Regulación

Inside China's Plan to Power Global Blockchain Adoption

China is about to launch its national blockchain platform, part of Beijing’s grand strategy to lead the digital transformation of the world economy.

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Researchers Are Tapping Blockchain Tools in Fight Against Coronavirus

A variety of projects are tapping blockchain tools to securely store and carefully share personal information in the ongoing fight against COVID-19.

Researchers are increasingly turning to blockchain tools to mitigate the COVID-19 impact, which saw lockdowns and stay-at-home orders in numerous countries. (Credit: Shutterstock)

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World Economic Forum Looks to Blockchain for Supply Chain Woes

The World Economic Forum said Monday that blockchain and digitization can help supply chains survive crises like COVID-19.

Businesses "usually have little to no knowledge of suppliers further up the [supply] chain,” wrote the WEF contributors. (Credit: Shutterstock)

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Nestlé Partners With Rainforest Alliance to Trace Coffee Beans

Nestlé has added its Zoégas coffee brand to the IBM Food Trust blockchain and partnered with the Rainforest Alliance to bolster the coffee’s data traceability.

IBM Food Trust will get part of Zoegas' data from the sustainable product certification nonprofit the Rainforest Alliance and the rest from Nestlé. (Credit: Susanne Nilsson/Flickr)

Finanzas

As Governments Rush to Track Coronavirus, Honduras May Offer a Privacy-First Model

A blockchain startup working in Honduras may show world governments how to limit surveillance overreach while still fighting the deadly coronavirus.

Emerge CEO Lucia Gallardo working with migrants in Mexico in 2018. (Credit: Emerge)

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Brazilian Financial Regulators Will Vet Companies and Political Appointees on a Blockchain

Brazil’s major financial regulators have unified their intelligence troves under a blockchain-backed sharing system called PIER.

"Our objective is that this system promotes gains to the market," said CVM President Marcelo Barbosa. (Image via Edilson Rodrigues/Wikimedia Commons)