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4 Blockchain Startups Awarded $100K In Start-Up Funding Each

AE Ventures, one of the recently signed new partners of the Microsoft Innovation Centre has announced Assetify, Cannomy, King Football and Smart Credit as the four blockchain start-ups that have…

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Germany passes comprehensive blockchain strategy, vows to fight any efforts to issue parallel currencies

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HSBC and ING complete first transaction using Blockchain technology

HSBC Holdings Plc announced that it had performed the world’s first trade finance transaction using blockchain technology, a major step in boosting efficiency and reducing errors in the multi-trillion-dollar funding of international…

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More than a software company : Microsoft shaping the digital future

According to Microsoft's Regional Country Manager Peggy Antonakou, Microsoft is more than a software company. We shape the digital future. If you think your future is a digital one, Microsoft…

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EU countries to commit to doing more together on the digital front

Tomorrow the European Commission will bring ministers, representatives of EU countries, industry, academia and civil society representatives together to encourage cooperation in artificial intelligence, blockchain, eHealth and innovation. Discussions will…

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Malta Institute of Accountants President Interviewed

Last July, the Malta Institute of Accountants (MIA) elected its new President, William Spiteri Bailey, who sat down with The Malta Independent on Sunday to talk about the accounting profession and the…

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Blockchain in the energy transition: hope or hype?

Deutsche Welle reports that the technology that made Bitcoin possible could solve key challenges of a renewables-based energy system. The race is on to radically change how to we consume…

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World’s Biggest Cryptocurrency Exchange Is Heading to Malta

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by traded value, is seeking a fresh start in the Mediterranean. The company, founded last year in Hong Kong, is planning to open an…

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U.S. Republican report says coronavirus leaked from Chinese lab; scientists still probing origins

WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - A preponderance of evidence proves the virus that caused the COVID-19...

We need to get the travel industry moving again, UK PM Johnson says

LONDON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that he wanted to get...

Germany to offer booster against COVID-19, vaccines for children

BERLIN, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Germany will in September start to offer a booster shot against COVID-19 ...

Russia says U.S. asked 24 of its diplomats to leave by Sept. 3

MOSCOW, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Russia's ambassador to the United States said Washington had asked 24 Rus...

Britain may toughen summer travel rules for Spain – The Times

LONDON (Reuters) - The British government plans to warn holidaymakers against visiting popular tour...

New peace envoy gets hostile reception from Bosnian Serb leaders

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - German politician Christian Schmidt took up the post of Bosnia's international...

Malta: Women in long-term unemployment increase by 10 per cent

The overall rate of unemployment among women fell from 1,698 in June 2020 to 569 in the same month t...

Fauci says he expects no new U.S. lockdowns despite surging Delta cases

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday ...

UK says ‘highly likely’ Iran attacked tanker off Oman

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Sunday said it believed Iran carried out an attack on an Israeli-mana...

Belarus athlete ‘safe and secure’ in Tokyo as Poland, Czech offer visas

By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber, Karolos Grohmann and Chang-Ran Kim TOKYO, Aug 2 (Reuters) - A Bela...