Germany’s Commerzbank and multinational conglomerate Thyssenkrupp successfully conducted a foreign exchange transaction on a blockchain platform, Reuters reported Thursday. Thyssenkrupp transferred 500,000 euros using R3’s Corda platform through a EUR/PLN FX Forward deal, or a contract locking in an exchange rate between the euro and the Polish zloty at some point in the future. Because […]

US President Donald Trump has cancelled a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, saying the world had “lost a great opportunity for lasting peace”. He said his decision was because of “tremendous anger and open hostility” in a recent North Korean statement. The summit aimed to rid the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons and […]

If I am not looking forward to Lars von Trier’s The House That Jack Builtwhen it eventually comes to UK screens, it is not because of the violence against women and children that helped earn the film an early round of disgusted reviews. No, what really fills me with dread is the prospect of seeing a […]

Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, received a secret payment of at least $400,000 (£300,000) to fix talks between the Ukrainian president and President Trump, according to sources in Kiev close to those involved. The payment was arranged by intermediaries acting for Ukraine’s leader, Petro Poroshenko, the sources said, though Mr Cohen was not registered […]

An MIT test is providing a rare glimpse of how bitcoin might truly work at scale. Revealed to CoinDesk last week, the prestigious U.S. university has been quietly demoing an experimental use case for bitcoin’s lightning network, one that showcases how it might be combined with smart contracts to not only handle millions of transactions, but […]

A recently released filing by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) outlines a blockchain-based framework that Walmart has envisioned as part of its efforts to expand its digital services for retail shoppers. Walmart’s Blockchain Push Filed in 2017 and granted on May 17, 2018, the document is an example of Walmart’s push to embrace digital technologies for augmenting […]

Immaterial negative news stories about Tesla Inc have hit a “fever pitch”, and the electric carmaker’s stock is set to surge as output of its Model 3 sedan improves, according to an analyst. Baird Equity Research analyst Ben Kallo, in a note on Wednesday, said reports about factory accidents, employee turnover and production pauses have […]

Find out what special considerations you must take into account when creating a mission statement and business plan for your cannabis business. This article is part of Entrepreneur’s series on How to Start a Cannabis Business. We seek to promote financial inclusion through cannabis. In previous articles, we’ve looked into numerous aspects of getting into […]

Medical science is making huge leaps lately and sometimes some new therapies may look counterintuitive for laymen. For example, did you know that cooling down person‘s head after head injury may be a good idea? Scientists from The University of Edinburgh used a 3D simulation to show how brain cooling is beneficial when treating conditions […]

Ripple is planning to upgrade the technology of the cryptocurrency: Ripple is the 3rd most valued cryptocurrency currently. It is planning on upgrading the technology behind the cryptocurrency. This is surely positive news for the ripple investors. Any news of improvement would be beneficial not just for the investors but also the clients of the platform. 2 […]