Tag: Blockchain

Has blockchain found a use beyond crypto trading?

by Joseph Boyle  Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — The bitcoin boom spawned new billionaires and videos of beach parties and Lamborghinis. The crypto crash brought devastation for small investors and bankruptcy for many companies. Blockchain technology underpins crypto and has been hailed as a world-changing innovation, but does it have any use beyond creating speculative financial instruments? AFP asked crypto critic Stephen Diehl, author of recently published “Popping the Crypto Bubble”, to run the […]

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Blockchain revolution comes to world of humanitarian aid

by Juliette Michel © Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — 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 they are needed most, aid charities are experimenting with the technology in the hopes that it can improve their work. “We are at the very […]

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