Russia Not Ready for the Petro, Proposes Plan to Aid Venezuela Without It
Acknowledging Venezuela’s efforts to deal with inflation and sanctions by creating a state-issued cryptocurrency, Russian officials have nevertheless declined a proposal to use the oil-backed coin in bilateral trade....
Private Blockchains Have Few Applications, Study Finds
Despite all efforts, so far businesses haven’t been able to come up with significant applications for private, centralized blockchains as opposed to public distributed ledgers, a new study shows....