The Lightning Network Lunch: A Bitcoin contactless payment story

The Lightning Network (LN) just got a bit faster, as the suitably named Bolt Card now enables Bitcoin (BTC) enthusiasts to pay for goods and services using contactless technology.  A data analyst at the company behind the card, CoinCorner, took the Bolt card on a trial run on the Isle of Man, a British Crown […]

Austrian Post combines NFT and NFC tech for digital postage stamp

Oesterreichische Post AG — Austria’s postal service — is set to adopt even more digital technology protocols for its nonfungible token postage stamps. In a recent announcement, the Austrian Post announced plans for NFC chips to Crypto Stamp 3.0 — the third iteration of its limited-edition NFT postage stamp collectible series. These embedded NFC chips will […]

Everledger and Glasgow Uni team up to fight counterfeit Scotch Whisky

The University of Glasgow’s Scottish Universities Environment Research Centre, or SUERC, is joining forces with supply chain company Everledger to tackle counterfeiting within the whisky industry, according to a Dec. 18 post. The market for collectable single malt Scotch whiskies reached over £57 million ($77 million) in 2018. However, SUERC researchers estimate that up to […]