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Scientific concern over Bitcoin: global warming

Climate change scientists have expressed alarm over the Bitcoin’s carbon footprint, and its future potential impact on global warming, according to a recent report published on Nature.com. The report…

Blockchain’s Arch Nemesis: Scalability

Firstly, what in the world is scalability? It refers to the limits on the number of transactions the bitcoin network can process. Records (known as blocks) in the bitcoin blockchain are limited in si…

Announcement: AQOOM and LibertaFNC sign MOU!

On Monday 25th October, Hysoop Company (AQOOM Q&A platform) and LibertaFNC (Marketing and Consulting for blockchain companies) signed a Memorandum of Understanding, signalling the start of a part…

Blockchain in the Caribbean: Blockchain tech helping agribusiness in Haiti

Blockchain technology is to assist in the development of Haiti’s agribusiness sector! The Bank of the Republic of Haiti (BRH) will utilise the tech in three avenues: the development of the financial…

Editorial: Are Caribbean islands ready to implement Blockchain?

As a Trinidadian national now living in South Korea, and learning about blockchain through my job, I keep thinking that this technology can be quite useful in my Caribbean region. Why? Isn’t the Cari…

Crypto-laundering: Binance’s attack on white collar crime in its platform.

For years, cryptocurrency has been linked with money laundering, with some alluding to cryptocoins being the preferred currency of narco and war lords. However, Binance, the world’s largest crypto ex…

Blockchain Charting The Seas: how the technology is impacting navigation and hydrography.

Shipping was the first avenue that allowed man to explore his world. This exploration opened up trading, and over the centuries while air and space travel took off, shipping continues to be a main me…

Blockchain minerals: how Rwanda is utilising blockchain for its tantalum supply chain

In a continent known for its issues with ethically sourced minerals, the Rwandan government has started the world’s first blockchain initiative to track tantalum from the ground to refinery. This is…

Update on cryptocurrency in Venezuela: El Petro pre-sale officially launched.

Last week we published an article on Bitcoin’s trading volume reaching new highs amidst the massive fall in the Bolivar’s value. This week, Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, stated that there wil…