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Instead of working individually, Vietnamese farmers should band together and become “industrial workers,” an expert says. Dang Kim Son, former director of research with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said at the Vietnam Economic Forum on…
Since the advent of the internet, users have marvelled at the ability to create a persona of themselves online – be it in the first virtual communities, social networks, retail sites and multi-player games. Increasingly, a greater proportion of our personal…
More operators have joined the joint blockchain trial being conducted by HKT’s PCCW Global and telecoms and data center services company Colt. Members of the ITW Global Leaders’ Forum (GLF), including Australia’s Telstra, Hong Kong based HGC Global…
MVL says drivers will not have to pay commission, and the company will make a profit from selling data. A blockchain-powered ride-hailing app which requires no commission fee from drivers will be arriving in Vietnam this July in the wake of Uber’s departure…
E-commerce payments and ID platform Nuggets has been selected to join the Access India Programme (AIP) – a prestigious initiative providing support to high-potential UK businesses seeking to establish a presence in India. In partnership with the UK India…
Brothers Frideric and Alexandre Prandecki’s journey to success in the home repair business started with a simple problem – their air conditioner broke in the Las Vegas heat. Rather than scan the local yellow pages, the brothers called in a repairman with a…
Tech-savvy Koreans in their 20s and 30s are increasingly turning to blockchain to bypass the privacy and financial restrictions they regularly encounter online. International blockchain pioneers now frequent the country to give presentations at conferences in…
JD.com, one of China’s largest e-commerce companies, has launched a new accelerator program called AI Catapult that focuses on blockchain and artificial intelligence startups. Based in Beijing, AI Catapult will start with an inaugural roster of companies that…
Confidence in cryptocurrency markets may have taken a major hit in recent weeks, but the same cannot be said of the value of the technology it relies on – the blockchain. Bitcoin’s price plunged this week to less than US$11,000, from almost US$20,000 in…
Blockchain, the technology behind the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, is taking root in a sector far from finance: the world of humanitarian aid. By offering refugees a virtual identity, reassuring donors that their money is being well spent, or rushing funds where…
South Korea’s financial regulators set the pace for sweeping cryptocurrency regulations to curb speculative overheating and illegal activity, including banning foreigners and minors from opening new cryptocurrency accounts. Financial Services Commission Vice…
The potential for blockchain technology to bring about widespread change has been predicted since 2011 and the emergence of Bitcoin. But in 2017 when the concept really started to capture people’s attention. Blockchain-focused financial services startups…
U.S. business schools are beefing up training in the software that underlies digital currency bitcoin, a technology expected to be a game changer in many industries. The move makes sense as more students seek careers in financial technology, or “fintech,”…
Blockchain technology – the foundation beneath Bitcoin – has “immense potential to disrupt and transform the world of money, business, and society” in the years ahead. The technology tops a new list of IT projections from Dimension Data, which also cites…
Supply chains revolutionized how our society runs, now supply chains are being revolutionized. The name of the NEW game: blockchain! Supply chains can lack transparency and traceability. Two things at which blockchain is great at. Systems work based on…
Everex, a developer of applications based on the Ethereum blockchain, is expanding its operations towards global, blockchain-enabled mobile microcredit and fiat remittance services. In a blog post announcing the new service, the company stated that it seeks…
