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

[ad_1] UN Women — a United Nations entity for gender equality and empowering women — will use blockchain technology for cash transfers in Jordanian refugee camps, according to a UN press release September 18.Per the announcement, UN Women in partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP) will use blockchain technology for money transactions at Za’atari and Azraq camps. The cumulative population of both camps is over 115,000.Women refugees participating in
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Streaming Platform for Gamers Starts Public Beta Testing of Its Own Blockchain

[ad_1] On Sept. 19, the Play2Live streaming platform for gamers and esports fans has officially announced the launch of the open beta testing of their blockchain streaming platform to the general public.The new blockchain platform aims to let participants benefit from monetization schemes — involving streamers, viewers and esports tournament organizers. As Play2Live told Cointelegraph earlier, “Everybody can be part of the peer-to-peer interaction, and everybody,  even the viewer, is
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Major Russian Banks Highly Interested in ‘Working With Crypto,’ Local Sources Say

[ad_1] Several large Russian banks have expressed their strong interest in working with the industry of cryptocurrency and blockchain during a closed-door meeting held at the Moscow Exchange, sources told Russian news site RBC September 19.As an unnamed source familiar with the matter told RBC, the demand for cryptocurrencies in Russia is very high, but the banks are not able to meet it due to the lack of clearly defined
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US Lawmakers Say IRS Too Focused on Enforcement, Should Provide Clarity for Crypto Taxation

[ad_1] U.S. lawmakers have called on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to issue clarified and “comprehensive” crypto taxation guidance, in an open letter submitted yesterday, September 19.The letter was sent to acting IRS commissioner David Kautter by Congress members David Schweikert, Darin LaHood, and Brad Wenstrup, Kevin Brady and Lynn Jenkins from the Committee on Ways and Means.It opens by calling attention to a prior letter sent by the representatives
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Bitcoin Core Wallet Upgrade – The Bitcoin News

[ad_1] Bitcoin developers released a new version of Bitcoin Core Client on September 18 after fixing a “very frightening” bug that could have caused a malicious party to take many nodes offline.Upgrade as soon as possible In the release notes for Bitcoin Core version 0.16.3, Vladimir van der Laan confirmed that the vulnerability, known as CVE-2018-17144, had received an effective patch. The Bitcoin Core Client continues to be the most