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71+ Million User Volunteer Platform to Launch Blockchain-Based DApp

Reportedly the world’s largest volunteer service platform, Zhiyuan Hui, has announced a partnership with crypto startup EveriToken

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China Banking Body to Develop Multi-Use Blockchain Platform With Major Banks

China’s new interbank blockchain platform to be sponsored in part by the United Nations Development Bank

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UN Partnership to Roll Out Blockchain-Based Telemedicine, Telepsychology in East Africa

The UN has partnered with blockchain-based telemedicine and telepsychology firm to expand free basic healthcare services in Eastern Africa

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Ethereum’s Buterin: Misapplication of Blockchain Tech Leads to ‘Wasted Time’

Ethereum cofounder Vitalik Buterin said that the application of blockchain technology in certain spheres is unsuitable, and leads to “wasted time”

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‘The Big Issue’ Newspaper Launches Blockchain Platform to Promote Impact Investing

The Big Issue, a newspaper sold by the homeless in the U.K. and other countries, is launching a social investment platform on blockchain in six months

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UN, Sierra Leone Launch Blockchain-Based ‘Credit Bureau of the Future’

Sierra Leone’s president, Julius Maada Bio, announced a new initiative to create a national, blockchain-based credit bureau in partnership with the U.N. and tech non-profit Kiva

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UNICEF France Accepts Donations in 9 Cryptocurrencies

UNICEF France Accepts Donations in 9 Cryptocurrencies The French office of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has started accepting donations in 9 of the most popular cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin cash (BCH) and bitcoin core (BTC). The announcement comes after earlier this year the UN agency launched several other crypto-related initiatives. Also read: Taiwanese Candidate Accepts Crypto Donations, California Bans Them UNICEF […]

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Celsius Network to Manage Funds for United Nations Initiative

Celsius Network has become a founding member of the SDG Impact Fund within the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals initiative, aiming to raise money for charity

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UN Women to Use Blockchain Technology in Refugee Work Program in Jordan

A UN organization for gender equality and empowering women, UN Women, will apply blockchain technology for dispersing payments at Jordanian refugee camps

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Ex-Liberia Central Bank Chief Under Probe for Missing $104M, State Seeks FBI Help

Ex-Liberia Central Bank Chief Under Probe for Missing $104M, State Seeks FBI Help More than a dozen government officials, including former central bank governor and his deputy, have come under investigation in Liberia after $104 million of newly printed banknotes vanished from the state purse. Liberia has issued a travel ban to Milton Weeks, the ex-Central Bank of Liberia chief, his deputy Charles Sirleaf, son of former president Ellen […]

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