China plans blockchain certification for green energy tracing

China’s State Council, the country’s central executive authority, has proposed integrating blockchain technology to enable full-chain verification of green electricity across its production and consumption lifecycle. The policy forms part of a broader effort to build a unified national power market by 2030. The directive has called for full-chain certification of renewable energy using distributed…

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XRP Buzz Grows After Reported Closed-Door Meeting Between SWIFT And Ripple Executives

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Speculation around XRP is gaining momentum after reports surfaced of a private, closed-door meeting between executives from SWIFT and Ripple. While no official statements have been released, the idea that leaders from the world’s dominant interbank messaging network and one of blockchain’s…

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Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov appointed to CFTC advisory body

The group brings together stakeholders from traditional and digital finance to advise on the growing role of technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence in commodity and derivatives markets. Sergey Nazarov, co-founder of Chainlink, a decentralized oracle network connecting smart contracts to external data sources, has been appointed to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Innovation…

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Prediction Markets Should Become Hedges for Consumers

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said he is starting to “worry” about the direction of prediction markets and suggested that they shift to become marketplaces to hedge against price exposure risk for consumers. Prediction markets are “over-converging” to “unhealthy” products that are focused on short-term price betting and speculative behavior as opposed to long-term building, Buterin…

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