Since the release of Apex Legends earlier this month, Fortnite and Epic Games have been heckled with Apex memes and gifs whenever they post on social media, as gamers embrace the competing battle royale that has broken numerous Fortnite growth records in its first two weeks. Now, Epic Games is battling back, announcing this week […]
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Chinese Internet Court Uses Blockchain To Combat Online Plagiarism
An Internet Court launched in Eastern Chinese City Hangzhou will now use blockchain to fight plagiarism for online writers, local Chinese news outlet China.org.cn reported. China launched its first internet court in the city of Hangzhou to deal with internet related cases, save time and reduce overhead costs of getting justice out of the system. At … Continued
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Major Indian Business School Issues Blockchain Certs to Combat Fake Degrees
India’s top ten business school, SP Jain School of Global Management, has issued 1,189 blockchain-based certificates to graduands who recently obtained degrees and professional certifications. The certificates which are now live on the Ethereum blockchain will allow prospective employers and other parties to verify the authenticity of a job seeker’s educational qualifications without having to … Continued
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FarmaTrust, Mongolian govt. to combat counterfeit drugs
London, UK-based pharmaceutical supply chain security firm FarmaTrust announced in a press release CoinReport received from Blonde 2.0, FarmaTrust’s PR agency, that it, along with the government of Mongolia, will be launching the pharmaceutical sector’s first blockchain track and trace project desig…
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Ticketmaster Acquires Blockchain Startup in Bid to Combat Ticket Fraud
Major global ticket sales and distribution company Ticketmaster has acquired Upgraded, a blockchain startup using DLT and “smart tickets” to combat fraud within the industry. Share of Controversy Ticketmaster — which merged with Live Nation in 2010 to form Live Nation Entertainment — is a live music behemoth that either leases, operates, or has equity
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Binance Partners With Chainalysis to Combat Crypto Fraud
Binance, the world’s leading crypto exchange, has partnered with Chainalysis, a provider of cryptocurrency tracking tools to companies and law enforcement, to better monitor fraudulent transactions on its platform. According to the announcement, Binance has adopted Chainalysis’ compliance software, Chainalysis KYT (“know your transaction”), which works to raise live alerts on transactions involved in suspicious activity. This system […]
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Monero Launches Initiative to Combat Cryptocurrency Mining Malware
Earlier this week, the Monero (XMR) community announced the launch of a new website that aims to educate users on cleaning up crypto-jacking malware and ransomware. Easing Malware Victims’ Confusion and Frustration The ease of mining and privacy of Monero are standout features for the coin. However, the features attract bad actors who use the coin
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Elon Musk Joins Forces With Dogecoin’s Creator to Combat Crypto Scam Bots
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has had enough of the cryptocurrency scam bots that plague Twitter. In a recent tweet, Musk called on Jackson Palmer, creator of the popular meme-based cryptocurrency Dogecoin (DOGE), to help rid Twitter of these bots that commonly mimic popular accounts to trick unsavvy investors into sending their digital assets under the guise […]
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Crypto Startup Taps Larry King in Shared Effort to Combat Climate Change
In a message on GEAR Token’s website, iconic political talk show host Larry King says that global climate change is threatening humanity’s existence and is “a potentially catastrophic issue from the combustion of fossil fuels … putting immense pressure on the environment and on our health.”
King says that “this is simply not sustainable” and “the pace of innovations and investment in green energy and renewables is not enough to help counteract the use of dirty fuels.”
Blockchain Technology to Combat Dodgy Ticket Resales
Secondary ticketing in the UK is a billion-dollar problem, one that Aventus hopes to solve with blockchain technology.
Whether it’s your favorite football match or your music idol’s concert, front-row tickets are probably what you’re after. However, if they happen to be sold out by the time you can afford them, you might be tempted to purchase these tickets from unscrupulous secondary parties.
Prepare to be met with counterfeit tickets and sky-high prices. According to The Guardian, secondary tickets for shows for big artists, such as Adele, can fetch up to $ 12,000. Preventing these so-called ticket touts seems to be a decades-old issue, but something that blockchain technology could solve.
Op Ed: We Can Combat Poor Data Privacy with Blockchain Applications
By now we’ve all seen the headlines about Facebook’s poor data practices: as many as 87 million users’ personal records affected by Cambridge Analytica, 2.2 billion users’ profiles scraped by third parties, and so on.
But what went wrong isn’t limited to Facebook. The problem is that an internet run by centralized digital superpowers leaves users with little control over their data.
Centralization’s Weaknesses
Think of the internet as an extremely efficient copy machine that anyone can use. This makes it very easy to share information — including information you want to keep private.
North Korea Could be Using Monero to Combat Money Woes
A security firm has found evidence that North Korea may be using mining software to obtain Monero and transfer it to a Pyongyang university.
Running a regime while sidestepping pesky sanctions is an expensive endeavor and one that North Korea seems to have plenty of experience in. However, according to a California-based cybersecurity firm, cryptocurrency could be a cost-effective solution.
Sneaky Monero Mining
ABC News recently reported that the firm, AlienVault, discovered a crypto mining software application, which appeared to be created last month, being unknowingly installed on victims’ computers. The mined crypto in question, Monero, was then transferred to Kim Il-sung University in Pyongyang.