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The Blockchain battlefront: Technology, business, and regulation

CIO

The great regulatory bureaucracy has awakened to the significance of blockchain-enabled technology, led by the SEC. . All of this will of course increase the overhead in running these projects, slowing innovation in the short term. Ripple created the XRP coin, designed for blockchain-based payments. Blockchain, Regulation

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Blockchain in Education: Use Cases, Challenges, and Examples

Openxcell

One of the newest introductions to the field is blockchain technology. Cryptocurrencies like Ethereum and Bitcoin have often been associated with blockchain technology. A blockchain is essentially a digital ledger that duplicates and distributes transactions among all of the computer systems that are part of the network.

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Blockchain startup XREX gets $17M to make cross-border trade faster

TechCrunch

Blockchain startup XREX was launched to help cross-border businesses in emerging markets perform faster transactions with products like a payment escrow service and crypto-fiat exchange platform. He began thinking of how blockchain can support financial inclusion in emerging markets like India. Growing up in the U.S.

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Fortis Digital Ventures closing $100 million raise for new crypto fund

TechCrunch

Even as more traditional financial players enter the crypto world, blockchain investor Fortis Digital Ventures is closing a $100 million crypto fund that aims to bridge the gap between the old and new finance worlds. “By million or higher, a spokesperson said.

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120+ live online training courses opened for January and February

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Get hands-on training in Kubernetes, machine learning, blockchain, Python, management, and many other topics. Learn new topics and refine your skills with more than 120 new live online training courses we opened up for January and February on our online learning platform. Blockchain. Introducing Blockchain , January 22.

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Pitch Deck Teardown: Simba Chain’s $25M Series A deck

TechCrunch

This is a blockchain pitch. The pitch deck is for Simba Chain , a blockchain company that raised $25 million in a Series A. If you follow me on Twitter , you’ve probably noticed that of every three or four tweets, one has me making fun of blockchain tech. Supported blockchains slide. seed deck. Scaling Simba slide.

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Blockchain: The Secret Sauce to Supply Chain Visibility 

Perficient

While distributed ledger technology including blockchains did not exist when Ray Kroc was meeting with his farmers/suppliers, they do exist now and allow all members of a supply chain to see current inventory and materials in transit. Companies advertise this service as a distinguishing feature of why customers should choose to use them.