A big challenge that’s often associated with charitable giving lies in how well-intentioned consumers can end up being bombarded with calls and emails afterward. GiveSafely.io aims to change this by ensuring their data is secured on the Ardor blockchain—and confidential information is only passed on with the donor’s consent.
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- Australia's maize contribution to the UN World Food Programme's Seasonal Targeted Assistance program, Chitse, Mashonaland Central Province, Zimbabwe, 2013. (Photo by Victoria Cavanagh, WFP - AusAID )
UN: Blockchain and other FinTech can save the world
A United Nations report argues that new financial technologies like blockchain can reduce hunger, fight inequality, and eradicate poverty
Blockchain and other new financial technologies can help alleviate hunger, inequality, and poverty according to a new report from the United Nations.
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Coinbase: Cornell University is the best when it comes to cryptocurrency and blockchain education
The 2nd Annual Coinbase Report on Higher Education finds more than half of the world’s top 50 universities now offer these courses; enrollment in such classes has doubled
Cornell University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and New York University are the tops when it comes to offering courses in cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, according to a new report from Coinbase.
- BERKASOVO, SERBIA - OCTOBER 10, 2015: Worker of the UNHCR, the United Nations Agency for refugees, standing in front of a crowd of refugees, including a baby, at the border between Serbia and Croatia (photo by BalkansCat / Shutterstock.com)
United Nations turns to blockchain technology
The international body casts a wide net in its experiments
The United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime is reportedly planning to partner with telemedicine and telepsychology firm doc.com to provide free basic medical services in East Africa, where Focus Economics says three of the 10 poorest countries in the world are located.