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The Big Issue, a newspaper sold by the homeless in the U.K. and other countries, is launching a social investment platform on blockchain in six months Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Sierra Leone’s president, Julius Maada Bio, announced a new initiative to create a national, blockchain-based credit bureau in partnership with the U.N. and tech non-profit Kiva Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
The French office of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has started accepting donations in 9 of the most popular cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin cash (BCH) and bitcoin core (BTC). The announcement comes after earlier this year the UN agency launched several other crypto-related initiatives. Also read: Taiwanese Candidate Accepts Crypto Donations, California Bans Them UNICEF … Read more
Celsius Network has become a founding member of the SDG Impact Fund within the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals initiative, aiming to raise money for charity Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
A UN organization for gender equality and empowering women, UN Women, will apply blockchain technology for dispersing payments at Jordanian refugee camps Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
More than a dozen government officials, including former central bank governor and his deputy, have come under investigation in Liberia after $104 million of newly printed banknotes vanished from the state purse. Liberia has issued a travel ban to Milton Weeks, the ex-Central Bank of Liberia chief, his deputy Charles Sirleaf, son of former president Ellen … Read more
Blockchain technology is at the heart of the United Nations’ newly-created ‘High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation’ Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
UN says it is looking to “expedite [its] mission as an organization” using blockchain tech from IOTA Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Today’s Bitcoin in Brief features several examples of harnessing crypto and blockchain technologies to improve quality of life around the world. The United Nations is involved in a crypto-funded project to power Moldova’s Technical University with solar energy. Initiatives in Malta and India will employ blockchain technologies to create more reliable public transportation and land … Read more
In today’s edition of Bitcoin in Brief we’re focusing on developments in the realm of international politics and economics regarding cryptocurrencies. The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development is looking into the possible uses of digital coins and the associated technologies. Kazakhstan is calling for the adoption of common crypto rules by the United Nations, … Read more
