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The COVID-19 Global Pandemic Raises Serious Privacy Problems
22.4.2020
Fighting the global pandemic without sacrificing your personal private data: Is it possible?
Blockchain Startup Launches App to Encourage People Stay at Home Amid COVID19
22.4.2020
Israeli blockchain startup Orbs has launched a tracking app to encourage people to stay at home during the coronavirus pandemic
From Proof of Health to UBI: How Everything Changes Post COVID-19, Feat. Joe McCann
21.4.2020
From domestic manufacturing to economic nationalization by proxy to proof of health on a blockchain, a preview of the decade to come
DentaVox: Market Statistics Powered by Blockchain
16.4.2020
Back in November 2017, the Netherlands-based Dentacoin Foundation launched its market research platform DentaVox among other software products to raise oral health awareness with the help of blockchain. Two and a half years later, DentaVox has already gained international traction as a trustworthy...
ConsenSys Health Launches Coronavirus-related Virtual Hackathon
7.4.2020
The virtual Ethereum-based hackathon aims to leverage blockchain in favor of preventing future pandemics
Italy’s Top News Agency Uses Blockchain to Fight Fake Coronavirus News
7.4.2020
Italy’s top news agency ANSA launches Ernst & Young’s blockchain solution to fight against fake coronavirus news
Africa Using Blockchain to Drive Change, Part Two: Southern Solutions
5.4.2020
While the enthusiasm for widespread blockchain adoption remains, lack of education and a dearth of technical know-how continues to be a stumbling block across Africa
Blockchain Experts Weigh in on Russia’s Controversial Coronavirus Tracking App
4.4.2020
Blockchain experts weigh in on Russia’s controversial coronavirus tracking app
Crypto Wants Stronger Public Response to Coronavirus, CoinDesk Survey Shows
2.4.2020
People in blockchain tend not to love government. But they don't want it to be idle in a crisis, a CoinDesk survey suggests
Today’s N95 Facemask Market Is Crazy, But It Helps Us Understand Crypto
31.3.2020
In the midst of fear, hype, demand and supply drivers, the current N95 face mask market looks like the Wild West of crypto
COVID-19: Health Workers Battle Amidst Shortage, Crypto-Community Steps Up to Help
31.3.2020
The numbers keep rising. In the 3 months since it was first detected, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has infected upwards of 725,000 people all around the world, claiming over 34,000 lives, and counting. Amidst this global pandemic, healthcare workers are selflessly working around the clock...
Ryuk Ransomware Targets Hospitals Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
30.3.2020
Despite the pressures already placed on healthcare organizations by COVID-19, ransomware operators continue to target hospitals
Talking Digital Future: Artificial Intelligence
28.3.2020
Does quantum supremacy’s achievement remain a theoretical dream of a distant future, or is the day of the quantum revolution not so far away?
World Health Organization Launches Blockchain Platform to Fight COVID-19
28.3.2020
The World Health Organization's DLT platform was built on Hyperledger Fabric in partnership with Hacera, IBM and Microsoft
World Health Organization Teams With IBM, Oracle on Blockchain-Based Coronavirus Data Hub
27.3.2020
Big names like IBM, Oracle and the World Health Organization (WHO) will use blockchain technology to track data relating to the coronavirus pandemic
Get Static
26.3.2020
In this piece, Eric Meyer argues that performance is more important than ever right now — especially for websites that contain critical information for the public:
If you are in charge of a web site that provides even slightly important information, or important services, it’s time to...
Encryption Standards Threatened Under Pretext of Battling Coronavirus
22.3.2020
Governments around the world have been trying for some time to bypass encryption and backdoor messaging apps. End-to-end encryption was preventing authorities from stopping terrorist attacks, we were told, and personal privacy had to be sacrificed for the greater good. Now, as the coronavirus...
How Bitcoiners Can Protect Their Mental Health During the Coronavirus Crisis
21.3.2020
CoinDesk reporter Leigh Cuen is joined by cognitive economist Leigh Caldwell, author of “The Psychology of Price,” to talk about mental health and cryptocurrency in a time of coronavirus crisis
Scammers Impersonate World Health Organization to Steal BTC COVID-19 Donations
19.3.2020
Online scammers are now impersonating the World Health Organization to get Bitcoin donations for its COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund
New Blockchain System to Track Individuals Not Infected With High-Risk Viruses
19.3.2020
New blockchain-based system will monitor the movement of healthy individuals to help them avoid potentially life-threatening diseases