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Bitcoin Daily: Target Ventures Into DLT For Supply Chains; Overstock Evaluates Blockchain Opportunities In Africa
Bitcoin // June 11, 2019

Retail giant Target revealed that it has been working on a blockchain-powered solution for supply chain management since mid-2018, and has recently pledged to support the Hyperledger Grid project, which is a supply chain framework that has seen participation from food giant Cargill, one of...

Liberia’s Lost $100M Found In Central Bank
International // March 01, 2019

Two of Liberia’s central bank officials have been detained over widespread malpractice at the bank related to $104 million in missing bank notes. In September, the Justice Ministry in Liberia announced that it was investigating what happened to the newly printed bank notes that disappeared. The...

Liberia Investigates $104M In Missing Bank Notes
International // September 20, 2018

The Justice Ministry in Liberia announced on Thursday (Sept. 20) that it is investigating $104 million in newly printed bank notes that disappeared. According to news from The Wall Street Journal, citing authorities in Liberia, the bank notes were for the central bank. If the disappearance...

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Liberia’s Lonestar Cell, WorldRemit Team On Cross-Border Remittances

September 14, 2020
Liberia-based mobile financial services firm Lonestar Cell is partnering with WorldRemit to offer customers mobile remittances straight to their Lonestar Cell MTN Mobile Money (MoMo) accounts, according to a press release. The service will be available free of charge, and the release stated it will make it possible for Liberians to receive instant remittances from […]

Bitcoin Daily: Target Ventures Into DLT For Supply Chains; Overstock Evaluates Blockchain Opportunities In Africa

June 11, 2019
Retail giant Target revealed that it has been working on a blockchain-powered solution for supply chain management since mid-2018, and has recently pledged to support the Hyperledger Grid project, which...

Liberia’s Lost $100M Found In Central Bank

March 01, 2019
Two of Liberia’s central bank officials have been detained over widespread malpractice at the bank related to $104 million in missing bank notes. In September, the Justice Ministry in Liberia announced...

Liberia Investigates $104M In Missing Bank Notes

September 20, 2018
The Justice Ministry in Liberia announced on Thursday (Sept. 20) that it is investigating $104 million in newly printed bank notes that disappeared. According to news from The Wall Street Journal,...