Dubai advances real estate tokenization project, activates secondary trading for 7.8 million property tokens

Dubai's real estate tokenization could enhance market transparency, attract global investment, and position the city as a tech innovation hub. The post Dubai advances real estate tokenization project, activates secondary trading for 7.

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Former NYC mayor Eric Adams unveils NYC token, raising rug pull concerns

Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams has launched a Solana-based meme coin, which he says will help combat rising hate and inspire the next wave of innovation in the city. Dubbed the New York City token (NYC), Adams announced…

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Tether partners with Da Nang City to promote blockchain innovation in Vietnam

Tether's partnership with Da Nang City could accelerate Vietnam's blockchain adoption, fostering technological self-reliance and financial inclusion. The post Tether partners with Da Nang City to promote blockchain innovation in Vietnam appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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Tether Partners with Guinea to Boost Blockchain Growth and Digital Economy

Tether's new partnership with Guinea aims to foster economic growth through blockchain and P2P technologies, supporting education, innovation, and Guinea’s "Innovation City." The post Tether Partners with Guinea to Boost Blockchain Growth and Digital Economy appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Shiba Inu Lead Dev Proposes To Establish The ‘Silicon Valley Of Crypto’

Shytoshi Kusama, the lead developer of Shiba Inu, has unveiled an ambitious proposal to establish a “Strategic Hub for Innovation and Blockchain” (S. H. I. B. ) in a United States city aka the “The Silicon Valley of Crypto.

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Digital Assets On The Table: Kamala Harris Promises To Invest In America’s Future

Vice President Kamala Harris, who recently vowed to embrace the development of artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies, shook the political stratum. Related Reading: Trump Coins Go Public For $100: Minted In America, But Will It Sell? Speaking in New York City at a high-profile fund-raising event, she sold her economic agenda, which promises to strengthen innovation […]

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Dfinity, Cambodia agree on advancing smart city innovation

The Swiss-based backer of the Internet Computer Protocol will provide training and entrepreneurial support as well as decentralized computing.

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Bybit secures provisional VASP approval from Dubai’s VARA

Bybit's provisional VASP approval from Dubai's VARA underscores the city's emergence as a pivotal hub for crypto and blockchain innovation. The post Bybit secures provisional VASP approval from Dubai’s VARA appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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Detroit Aims to Drive Digital Asset Innovation on Day Three of the America Loves Crypto Tour

The Motor City and State of Michigan see opportunity in creating a business-friendly environment for the Bitcoin and crypto industry, welcoming the Stand With Crypto Alliance.

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California’s Santa Monica Launches First US Bitcoin Office

The city of Santa Monica, California, has officially launched its Bitcoin Office, the first of its kind in the US. The office will aim to educate residents on the use of the popular digital currency, explore new economic opportunities, and help the city build a reputation of being a hub of Bitcoin innovation.

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Blockchain Center in Abu Dhabi Aims to Lead Global Innovation

Abu Dhabi unveils the Blockchain Center, a new hub for innovation, education, and global blockchain events, aiming to establish the city as a leader in blockchain technology. The post Blockchain Center in Abu Dhabi Aims to Lead Global Innovation appeared first on NFT News Today.

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Astar Partners with the City of Fukuoka in Japan to Accelerate Web3 Adoption

The City of Fukuoka has joined forces with Astar Japan Lab to explore local Web3 use cases, as part of its mission to become a hotbed for blockchain technology innovation in the country.

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Chinese Municipal Government Pushes Metaverse Plans After Shanghai City’s 5-Year Proposal

On August 23, the Chinese local government body announced the "Beijing Urban Sub-Center Metaverse Innovation and Development Action Plan (2022 -2024)" The post Chinese Municipal Government Pushes Metaverse Plans After Shanghai City’s 5-Year Proposal appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Dubai metaverse strategy predicts 40,000 virtual jobs

The government in Dubai has set out an ambitious Metaverse strategy that will produce 40,000 virtual jobs and add $4 billion to the city’s GDP over the next half-decade. The country’s goal is to become one of the world’s top metaverse economies and a global hub for the metaverse community and Web3 innovation.

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Is Austin the next US crypto hub? Officials approve blockchain resolutions

The City of Austin gears up to become America’s next crypto hot spot by passing two resolutions focused on cryptocurrency and blockchain innovation.

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Brazilian Mayor Eduardo On Why He’s Keen On Investing Part Of City’s Treasury Reserves In Bitcoin

The mayor of Rio de Janeiro intends to put 1% of the city’s Treasury reserves into cryptocurrencies. He wants to turn the second-most populous city in Brazil into a hub for cryptocurrency. Rio de Janeiro Mayor Warms To Bitcoin Speaking at a panel during the Rio Innovation week on Thursday, Rio de Janeiro mayor, Eduardo […]

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Rio de Janeiro mayor to allocate 1% of the city treasury to Bitcoin

Rio de Janeiro is about to become a crypto hub and the first Brazilian city to buy Bitcoin as a store of value, according to its mayor Eduardo Paes, who made the announcement at the Rio Innovation Week, O Globo reported.

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Rio De Janeiro to Buy Bitcoin

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Brazilian mayor to reportedly invest 1% of city reserves in Bitcoin

Rio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes talked about Bitcoin with Miami mayor and BTC bull Francis Suarez at Rio Innovation Week.

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Shanghai Pilots Offshore Use of Digital Yuan on Conflux Blockchain

The city of Shanghai opened a blockchain research lab out of the Shanghai Maritime University for enhanced fintech innovation. The post Shanghai Pilots Offshore Use of Digital Yuan on Conflux Blockchain appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Akon’s $6 billion ‘AkonCity’ is only a placard in a Senegalese greenland

A little over a year ago, Senegalese-born songwriter Akon proposed to build a new city worth around $6 billion that would be the “beacon of innovation and human development” in Senegal. The post Akon’s $6 billion ‘AkonCity’ is only a placard in a Senegalese greenland appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Jackson, Tennessee Mayor Praises Bitcoin’s Benefits Against Inflation, Aims to Create a BTC Hub

Jackson, Tennessee’s mayor is a fan of bitcoin and he wants the city to become a bitcoin hub in order to entice technology companies and innovation. Jackson’s mayor Scott Conger is in the midst of discussing creating legislation that allows Jackson residents to pay property taxes with bitcoin.

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Miami, New York City, Push to Overtake Wyoming in Bitcoin Innovation

Miami city authorities have passed a resolution that will make bitcoin (BTC) an integral part of the city’s financial ecosystem, as the legislation will make it possible for workers to get paid in BTC.

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Beijing pulls ahead of Shenzhen as China’s top blockchain city

The 2020 Chinese Blockchain Innovation rankings have been released.

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China Adds a New City to Their Fintech Pilot Initiative

China’s central bank adds a new city to its fintech innovation supervision pilot.

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Two more universities get into blockchain education with specialized online courses

This week sees two more universities get into the blockchain game by offering courses in cryptocurrency, fintech, and distributed ledger technology. Earlier this week, Ireland‘s Minister for Business, Enterprise, and Innovation Heather Humphreys launched the country’s first Master’s in blockchain technology.

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Op Ed: 3 Reasons Why Crypto Has an Exchange Problem

While the Crypto Winter may be lingering with us into the spring, crypto exchanges are doing just fine. According to CoinMarketCap, there are now 255 major crypto exchanges.

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Shanghai Launches Smart City Program with MXC Blockchain Startup

China has a strong record of spearheading technological innovation, and it appears to be continuing the trend with its interest in blockchain and IoT supported Smart Cities. Recent developments indicate that the government of Yangpu – a district in the major Chinese city of Shanghai, has initiated an agreement with the MXC Foundation to drive.

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Universa.io Platform Founder Requires A Mechanism To Allow New Innovation Cluster To Assess IP

Aleksandr Borodich, the founder of Universa.io, has been working on a blockchain-based city innovation cluster that is due to launch this summer. The plans were first announced this month, which will make it possible to connect multiple techs and business brands while making it possible to find partners for collaborations. However, a new statement from […]

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Russian Government to Launch iMoscow Blockchain-Based IT Innovation Cluster By Summer 2019

A new blockchain-based city innovation is currently being planned by the municipal government of Moscow. This new platform will be used as an IT innovation cluster for the city and the goal will be to enable the participants to find potential business partners, as well to learn more about many topics, such as crypto equipment […]

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Living on Bitcoin Day 7: A Supposedly Fun Thing I’d Definitely Do Again

This is the seventh instalment of reporter Colin Harper's "Living on Bitcoin" experience in San Francisco. Find out what happened to him earlier on Day 1 , on Day 2 , on Day 3 , onDay 4, on Day 5 and on Day 6.

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Las Vegas is Thinking of Using the Blockchain for Service Delivery

Recent reports claim that the city leaders in Las Vegas want to integrate the blockchain into their service delivery. They hope that this will help them improve service delivery for city dwellers. This does make a lot of sense.

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Huobi Is Rolling Out Futures Trading on a New Platform

At this year’s CryptoFrontiers Conference in New York City, digital currency exchange Huobi announced that it will begin offering derivatives contract trading. The service will be available via Huobi’s Derivative Market (Huobi DM) to customers of select countries and will allow them to open both short and long positions for a handful of coins.

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Plans For The Ethereum City Unveiled

“68,000 acres, roughly the size of Reno and am told half the size of Prague. The governor of Nevada just recently deemed it innovation park.” So begun Jeffrey Berns, CEO... The post Plans For The Ethereum City Unveiled appeared first on Trustnodes.

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Op Ed: Bitcoin’s Energy Consumption Is Neither Frivolous Nor Excessive

As the CEO of Hut 8, one of North America’s largest cryptocurrency miners and the world’s largest publicly traded cryptocurrency miner, I’m often asked questions about energy consumption in the mining of cryptocurrency.

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An entrepreneur’s guide to Mexico City’s tech scene

In March of this year, Mexico was lauded by tech experts for becoming the first country in Latin America to pass a law regulating fintech, thus unlocking the potential of blockchain technologies to solve entrenched problems relating to political transparency and financial inclusion.

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An entrepreneur’s guide to Chihuahua, Mexico’s tech scene

As the world’s most populous Spanish speaking country, Mexico is well positioned to be a startup power. Since the signing of the NAFTA in 1994, Mexico’s real GDP skyrocketed has risen to $1. 3 trillion, placing the country second in Latin America and 15th in the world in terms of GDP.

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With the CBAC, East Meets West in Search of Adoption and Innovation

The noise that surrounds economic relations between the United States and China is amping up exponentially. You can thank the latest trade wars for that, as fresh tensions boil over between the two nations who are currently trading new tariffs on imports, with no shortage of ill will underpinning the moves.

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Kambria Gears Up To Release Its Mainnet Platform Press Release

SANTA CLARA, Calif.  and HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, Sept. 26, 2018 — Kambria (http://app. kambria. io), the “first-ever” open innovation blockchain project that enables and incentivizes collaboration in R&D, manufacturing and commercialization of advanced technology; today announced the launch of its mainnet platform.

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[promoted] GXChain and the Blockchain Data Economy

Imagine a new digital economy, one that allows everyday people to take full control of their personal data. Complete with a public chain for data transactions and application development, this system would foster a trustworthy, domain-wide data exchange that capitalizes on the torrent of advancements taking place through blockchain technology.

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Nanjing City in China Launches $1.5B Fund to Support Blockchain Projects

After taking a hard stance on cryptocurrencies and ICOs, China is slowly warming up to them and allowing blockchain and crypto innovation to flourish in the country. The latest effort is a $1.5 billion fund launched by the city of Nanjing which will support crypto and blockchain initiatives in the country. The fund is in […]

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Chinese Gov’t Partners with Ethereum’s ConsenSys to Develop Blockchain Innovation Hub

Government officials in Xiongan New Area have established cooperation with ConsenSys with a view to create blockchain solutions for China’s “dream city.” The post Chinese Gov’t Partners with Ethereum’s ConsenSys to Develop Blockchain Innovation Hub appeared first on CoinSpeaker.

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China’s Xiongan ‘Dream City’ Partners With ConsenSys For Blockchain Innovation

In a report released by the South China Morning Post, ConsenSys has agreed to a partnership with Xiongan New Area. Their partnership should greatly help with the development of blockchain technology projects for a new effort called China’s “Dream City.

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IBM Continue To Lead The Way For Blockchain Partnerships

Tech giants IBM seem to be entering the blockchain industry through every door possible. As a company that has made its living through innovation at the cutting edge of technological design, IBM do need to take a hold of the blockchain and run with it.

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Particle Keen City Venture Allowed €20 Million in EU Funding

The +CityxChange consortium, which includes the IOTA Foundation, has won a bid to lead a new smart city lighthouse project under an EU research and innovation program. A total of €30 million euros worth of backing has been committed, the majority from the EU, for seven EU cities to experiment with smart positive energy innovations.

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IOTA Smart City Project Granted €20 Million in EU Funding

The +CityxChange consortium, which includes the IOTA Foundation, has won a bid to lead a new smart city lighthouse project under an EU research and innovation program. A total of €30 million euros worth of backing has been committed, the majority from the EU, for seven EU cities to experiment with smart positive energy innovations.

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Updated Edition of Blockchain Revolution Fills In Some Big Gaps

“When Blockchain Revolution came out, bitcoin was worth around $7 billion. Today, it’s more than twenty-two times that. Bitcoin is the workhorse of the cryptocurrency world and the cryptocurrency that launched a thousand ships.

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