SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. is set to launch decentralized identifier (DID) service that uses blockchain technology to uniquely identify buildings as well as to diagnose the safety of dangerous structures. DID is a term used to describe an online-based electronic identification system that uses blockchain technology to manage the certificate [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it has expanded support for blockchain users trading virtual assets on its Galaxy smartphones amid rising interest in cryptocurrencies. The South Korean tech said its latest update will allow users to easily manage their transactions by importing their virtual assets stored on select cold [...]
LOS ANGELES, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Acuant, the global trusted identity platform for fraud prevention and AML compliance, today announced its partnership with Chainalysis, the blockchain analysis company, to help financial institutions and cryptocurrency businesses assess risk, automate workflows, safeguard against illicit transactions and protect their reputations with superior Anti-Money Laundering (AML) solutions. Acuant and Chainalysis [...]
HAMBURG, Germany, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — G999 Blockchain technology, a spam-hacker-free email service, a voice & chat system in compliance with environmental regulations and a current need to manage personal data in a completely secure and risk-free space, away from the mainstream web network through a decentralised data centre and to protect privacy, this [...]
TOKYO, JAPAN, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – QURAS, a public blockchain project that can protect privacy, officially launched the main network on December 19, 2020. 3 years after the project started, the blockchain rooted in practical use finally started running. The QURAS project is focused on protecting the privacy of users on the public blockchain. [...]
Auckland, New Zealand, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — (via Blockchain Wire) New Zealand-based software development firm Sylo has deployed wallet support for public blockchain Tezos in their multi-chain wallet-messenger decentralized app, the Sylo Smart Wallet, which currently boasts over 250,000 users around the world. The Tezos blockchain supporting firm TZ APAC is advising Sylo on their technical integration of Tezos, to [...]
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — via NetworkWire – The Worldwide Asset eXchange™ made blockchain history today when the “GPK Goes Exotic” series of digital trading cards sold out in a record 67 minutes. The series included 20,000 digital packs, containing a total of 240,000 individual GPK trading cards and a sales [...]
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — via NetworkWire — William Shatner continues his mission to explore strange new worlds as he unveils memorabilia from his personal album via the WAX Blockchain. Mr. Shatner is releasing his non-fungible token (NFT) collection on the WAX blockchain for fans all over the world to collect and trade. [...]
BUSAN, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Busan announced Tuesday that it will invite citizens to try out a new mobile identification system that uses Decentralized Identifier (DID) technology. DID technology refers to a digital ID management system that enables users to manage their ID information online. Anyone can try out the DID [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. announced Thursday it has joined the governing council of a public distributed ledger for building decentralized applications to better study advanced blockchain technologies. The South Korean firm is the sole home appliance maker to join the Hedera Governing Council and is its 14th member, joining global [...]