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Digital Nigeria 2022, Day 2: Blockchain Adoption Can Increase Nigeria’s GNP, If…

"Developing countries like Nigeria, if we position ourselves, can increase GDP by at least 0.5 percent, which is almost US$ 25 billion" - Blockchain Summit @ Digital Nigeria 2022, Day 2 ABUJA, NG, Oct 28, 2022 - (ACN Newswire) - Developing nations like Nigeria stand a chance to benefit from the US$ 1.76 trillion market, if they can position themselves to adopt and leverage Blockchain technologies, Kashifu Inuwa, Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), said during Day 2 of the Digital Nigeria 2022 International Conferences, Exhibitions and Awards. Kashifu Inuwa,

Blockchain-Based App Wins UN Secretary-General’s Innovation & Sustainability Award

July 23, 2022, New York - The UN Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF) partnered with the UN International Computing Center (UNICC) to launch a Digital Certificate of Entitlement (DCE) app to modernize the tracking and eligibility of UN retirees. This app allows retirees to use their smartphone, tablet, or another personal device to submit an electronic certificate of eligibility instead of a paper-based submission. The DCE uses cutting-edge biometric/facial recognition, blockchain, and global positioning technologies to track the eligibility of retirees. The DCE project was piloted in 2020 with retirees

VeChain prepares for much-awaited hard fork after exchanges announce support

It might be a slow day for the crypto-market, but one blockchain community is gearing up for a major upgrade. One that has been in the works for some time now. Not chained to the past Several exchanges have announced that they will be supporting the VeChain [VET] network upgrade and hard fork. This is due to take place today, on 16 November, at around 8:00 UTC or a block height of 10,653,500. The upgrade is part of VeChainThor v1.6.0, which activated POA2.0 Phase 1 on the blockchain’s testnet on

Facebook Metaverse NFTs Are Coming | This Week in Crypto – Nov 1, 2021

 Facebook’s Metaverse will support NFTs, Mastercard reveals new crypto offerings, and guess which actor is now the new face of cryptocurrency? These stories and more this week in crypto. Facebook unveiled an ambitious framework for creating a virtual world known as the Metaverse. The new company name, Meta, reflects the company’s aim to integrate real and digital worlds ever more seamlessly, using technologies such as virtual reality and augmented reality. Part of that vision also includes a role for non-fungible tokens and its forthcoming cryptocurrency, Diem. Financial giant Mastercard

Guardian Link Announces Partnership with BeyondLife.Club, Launching Amitabh Bachchan’s First-ever NFT Collection

Press Release: No-code NFT platform Guradianlink.io announces its strategic partnership with Beyondlife.Club, an exclusive platform for artists, brands, and celebrities from different fields of entertainment.  3 September 2021, Singapore — Influential Indian actor, producer, and TV host Amitabh Bachchan is all set to launch his first set of NFTs with BeyondLife.Club, powered by Guardian Link. The blockchain R&D company will partner with the exclusive brand platform BeyondLife.Club, owned by Rhiti Entertainment, Singapore to make the purchase of NFT art belonging to Amitabh’s legacy a reality for any individual.  Taking NFT

Molecule Partners with VitaDAO and Nevermined Creating First Ever Biopharma IP-to-NFT Transfer for Longevity Research

Press Release: Molecule, a decentralized biopharma marketplace, has developed a novel IP-to-NFT framework with Web3 technology innovator Nevermined. In a historic transaction, the first biopharma IPNFT was successfully transferred to research collective VitaDAO to fund novel longevity therapeutics at the University of Copenhagen. 19th August 2021, Basel, Switzerland — For the first time in history, NFTs are being used for a transfer of IP ownership in medical research. This unique milestone is a result of a partnership between biopharma IP marketplace Molecule, and VitaDAO, a decentralized collective (DAO) funding longevity

Molecule Partners with VitaDAO and Nevermined Creating Pioneering Biopharma IP-to-NFT Transfer

[Press Release – Please see Disclaimer] Molecule, a decentralised biopharma marketplace, has developed a novel IP-to-NFT framework with Web3 technology innovator Nevermined. In a historic transaction, the first biopharma IPNFT was successfully transferred to research collective VitaDAO to fund novel longevity therapeutics at the University of Copenhagen. 18th August 2021, Basel, Switzerland — For the first time in history, NFTs are being used for a transfer of IP ownership in medical research. This unique milestone is a result of a partnership between biopharma IP marketplace Molecule, and VitaDAO, a decentralized

Q&A: How Blockchain Could Transform the Art Industry

The art world has had a tough time lately. The coronavirus pandemic has forced many galleries and museums to close, with sales of premium pieces also affected.But there could be a solution that helps the industry get back on its feet and achieve much-needed digitization: blockchain. Here, we talk to Niko Kipouros, founder and CEO of 4ARTechnologies, about how this technology could transform the way we purchase and own artwork — and even ensure that the provenance and authenticity of masterpieces are never doubted.1. What are the biggest challenges facing

Title Token for Blockchain Estate Registry, Part 3

The advantage of the cross-blockchain protocol for public registries is that it can unite any number of existing ledgers in one ecosystem and does not need to upgrade the protocols of such blockchains. In simple terms, the protocol works as an aggregator of tokens across blockchains. The protocol conceptually comprises two major elements:The format requirements for an entry by knowing the standard of a record, the user’s machine can automatically collect records from various ledgers in one bundle.The hook, which is the algorithm that scans blocks of ledgers and extracts