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The GBA Recognizes Blockchain Trailblazers

Washington, DC, June 4 2023 – The Government Blockchain Association (GBA) honored exceptional individuals and organizations for their groundbreaking use of blockchain technology in solving public sector challenges. The Annual Achievement Awards, presented on May 24, 2023, in Washington, DC, celebrated this year's outstanding winners. Rosemarie McClean, Chief Executive Officer, and Dino Cataldo Dell’Accio, Chief Information Officer received the award on behalf of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF), the Organization Award for a digital identity solution that enabled over 23,000 retirees across 180 countries, to provide their

David Christopher Lee To Sell NFT Celebrity Portraits of Snoop Dogg and Lady Gaga, Which Will Be Linked to Exclusive Interactive Opportunities

Lee’s Celebrity Portraits Will Kick Off the Launch of Illuminate, A Digital NFT Agency and Platform for Experienced Artists  June 1st, Los Angeles - Renowned photographer David Christopher Lee announced the sale of celebrity portraits of Lady Gaga and Snoop Dogg as digital collectibles on the newly launched Illuminate.art. Collectors will be able to purchase these NFTs on June 1st through Illuminate.art’s user-friendly platform, which accepts credit card or cryptocurrency. Throughout the month of June, David Christopher Lee will be partnering with Illuminate.art to sell other celebrity portraits as NFTs.

Travelzoo META Opens for Founding Members

NEW YORK/PARIS/TOKYO, May 11, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - The future of travel is here. After months of anticipation, Travelzoo META, a members-only service offering groundbreaking Metaverse travel experiences, is now accepting its first one million Founding Members. Launched by Travelzoo® (NASDAQ: TZOO), a global Internet media company, Travelzoo META will give Founding Members the opportunity to be the first to experience travel in the Metaverse. Travelzoo META's experiences are intended to allow its members to explore hard-to-reach corners of the world, like summiting Mount Everest, or travel back in time—to

Digital Nigeria 2022, Day 2: Blockchain Adoption Can Increase Nigeria’s GNP, If…

"Developing countries like Nigeria, if we position ourselves, can increase GDP by at least 0.5 percent, which is almost US$ 25 billion" - Blockchain Summit @ Digital Nigeria 2022, Day 2 ABUJA, NG, Oct 28, 2022 - (ACN Newswire) - Developing nations like Nigeria stand a chance to benefit from the US$ 1.76 trillion market, if they can position themselves to adopt and leverage Blockchain technologies, Kashifu Inuwa, Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), said during Day 2 of the Digital Nigeria 2022 International Conferences, Exhibitions and Awards. Kashifu Inuwa,

Budgets and Black Holes

During our most recent Twitter Space Town Hall we were asked about our marketing plan. It’s a question that comes up regularly so we thought we’d cover it in a bit more detail, explaining what we’re doing and why we’ve chosen our current approach. Most of the time people are interested in our marketing plan for the same reason they’re interested in our exchange listing plan, speculation. It’s generally assumed that spending money on marketing will attract new users and this will increase the value of a project’s tokens. In

6th Annual ConV2X Telehealth 2022 Event Announced

The acclaimed annual telehealth event catalyzes C-suite global market executives driving the transformation of telehealth, data science, and edge technologies and includes healthcare leadership & breakthrough technology providers to inspire and guide informed decision making to successfully navigate a new digital health era. The full day event will present keynotes, panel discussions, and unparalleled business and research network opportunities The audience includes top multidisciplinary global leaders from platform providers, health systems, payors, universities, government, NGO, consultants, think tanks, clinicians, pharmaceutical & medical device manufacturers, VCs/Investors, students and startups. Date: Thursday,

Blockchain-Based App Wins UN Secretary-General’s Innovation & Sustainability Award

July 23, 2022, New York - The UN Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF) partnered with the UN International Computing Center (UNICC) to launch a Digital Certificate of Entitlement (DCE) app to modernize the tracking and eligibility of UN retirees. This app allows retirees to use their smartphone, tablet, or another personal device to submit an electronic certificate of eligibility instead of a paper-based submission. The DCE uses cutting-edge biometric/facial recognition, blockchain, and global positioning technologies to track the eligibility of retirees. The DCE project was piloted in 2020 with retirees

NexBloc Launches FREEDOM Blockchain Top-Level Domain to Support Global Humanitarian Relief

All purchases of .freedom domains will contribute to a better world, beginning with support for the Ukrainian war victims. March 18, 2022, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. NexBloc today announced the creation of the .freedom blockchain top-level domain (bTLD) for use in Web 3.0. Anyone worldwide can purchase .freedom domains such as yourname.freedom with net proceeds going toward global humanitarian aid. Immediate use of funds will focus on bringing relief for Ukrainian war victims. NexBloc is developing infrastructure for the decentralized web with their blockchain domain naming system (bDNS) to make

BCypher and NexBloc Partner to Bring Advanced Cryptocurrency Transaction Compliance to Blockchain DNS

NexBloc will use BCypher’s forensics and profiling tools to identify risky addresses that may be used for domain acquisition. March 14, 2022, Road Town, British Virgin Islands. NexBloc inc. today announced a partnership with BCypher, the blockchain intelligence company, to deploy their transaction monitoring capabilities for ongoing risk management within the NexBloc blockchain domain naming system (bDNS). BCypher is a leader in blockchain analytics whose platform allows for AML verification, risk analysis, transaction monitoring, and clustering of addresses across any blockchain or token network. NexBloc will use BCypher to ensure

Legacy Block (BLCK:Pancakeswap) partners with Power of One Foundation to end hunger.

Santa Ana  Mayor Vincent Sarmeinto giving Andre Roberson CEO Power of One the Key to the City. Santa Ana, CA - (PLATO) - February 28, 2022 - Power of One Foundation (“POOF”) has entered into a partnership with Legacy Block (BLCK:Pancakeswap). BLCK is an operating  division of Peerless Exponential Partners, LLC (PXP). By way of the partnership  POOF will use Legacy Block’s BLCK governance token as the governance token for a series of new blockchain based projects targeted at ending hunger in the United States.  These projects will materially increase