Tag: aid
Drug traffickers ‘increasingly’ used Bitcoin ATMs to aid illicit transfers in 2020
According to US Department of Justice’s Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), drug traffickers increasingly relied on crypto ATMs to aid illicit bulk money transfers, last...
Karma Finance: Privately-Funded UBI Possible With Decentralized Finance, Says Creator of the First ICO
Universal Basic Income (UBI) programs, in which a government provides its citizens with a fixed, regular payment regardless of income, are now being piloted...
Blockchain giant Circle obtains US government permission to use USDC to issue aid to...
Blockchain giant Circle obtains US government permission to use USDC to issue aid to Venezuelan residents Blockchain giant Circle announced on Friday that it...
Sleepy Swiss town launches Tezos-backed Coronavirus aid program
On Friday the Swiss town of Wetzikon -- formerly best-known for its idyllic pastures and churches -- launched a blockchain-based program to support small...
NEAR Goes Permissionless as Mainnet Transitions to Phase 2
The NEAR blockchain completed a major milestone this week after stakers and delegators voted on the governance rules of the network. The purposeful decentralization...