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Russian air carrier S7 Airlines has partnered with state-owned oil giant Gazprom Neft to use blockchain-based smart contracts for aircraft fuelling, a press release confirmed Friday, August 24. S7, which has developed several blockchain use cases in the past two years, will now use the technology to increase efficiency of fuel delivery and payment, as…

Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten will launch its own cryptocurrency exchange, dubbed Rakuten Wallet, this June, Cointelegraph Japan reports today, March 29.As per the official announcement from Rakuten, the exchange will start accepting applications for opening accounts on April 15. Rakuten Wallet is set to go live in June.According to Rakuten, its trading platform will allow…

France’s Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, has stated that blockchain technology is a priority for his country’s government. Le Maire made his remarks during an interview with French economics and business magazine Capital on April 15, ahead of the Paris Blockchain Week Summit from April 16-17.As proof of France’s commitment to the…

1,005 BTC valued at $29 million have been moved from an old Bitcoin wallet after 13 years, drawing parallels to recent dormant BTC movements. 353 Total views 6 Total shares A Bitcoin (BTC) wallet containing 1,005 BTC mined in 2010 has reawakened, with an anonymous user moving the long dormant coins to new addresses in…

Bitcoin (BTC) is becoming investors’ favored escape from fiat misery and punitive economic policy — and central banks are only helping.In a tweet on Aug. 11, popular commentator Holger Zschaepitz described Bitcoin as the “new darling” for those seeking shelter from hurdles such as negative interest rates.Bitcoin primed to become “fastest horse”The past few months…

Blockchain projects that comprise the greater cryptocurrency sector’s market cap are unquestionably bootstrapped — a product of ingenuity and crowdsourced blockchain fundraising.But with the industry evolving further in the last few years, gaps between mature projects and less developed ones are more noticeable, exhibited by issues that a well-funded or more thorough team of development…

In 2008, a momentous occasion took place with the release of the Bitcoin (BTC) white paper. With author Satoshi Nakamoto explicitly calling for the deconstruction of financial intermediaries, regulators around the world were put on alert, particularly as Wall Street faced one of its biggest crises since the 1930s. While Bitcoin’s lack of a stable…

After YouTube terminated, and subsequently restored, his Crypto Crow channel, Jason Appleton explained the whirlwind of events for which Youtube has still provided no explanation.“This situation was crushing honestly,” Appleton told Cointelegraph in an April 10 email. “An emotional roller coaster.”A quick turn of eventsThe past several months have yielded numerous high profile crypto YouTube…

US antitrust officials are reportedly worried that Nvidia is penalizing buyers that don’t exclusively use its computer chips, a claim Nvidia rebuffed.