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How this all-in-one app bridges the gap between traditional banking and crypto

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The financial landscape is evolving as new services emerge, offering a range of features that make it easy for users to convert and move funds between crypto and traditional banking. The overlap between traditional finance and crypto currencies has become more pronounced in the last few years, with some online crypto services offering Visa-backed cards supporting crypto payments. However, the infrastructure gap between traditional banking and crypto is barely narrowing. Banks are generally much slower to adopt innovative technologies due to their complex and strict regulatory environment. Management consulting firm McKinsey found that bank IT applications are older than average across industries, indicating sluggish change. When it comes to crypto adoption, banks are even more hesitant, as digital assets rely on decentralized infrastructure while many jurisdictions still cannot propose clear regulations. Many banks stay away from crypto Many traditional banks stay away from cryp...

The role of blockchain in agriculture and how it advances the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

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As this AgTech company demonstrates, blockchain is advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals through transparency, empowerment and efficiency. Many global challenges need to be addressed through a collaborative effort. Blockchain can play a role in accelerating some of the major goals, such as ending poverty and fostering inclusive economic growth. In 2015, the United Nations (UN) presented its Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), which consist of 17 global goals aimed at tackling critical challenges related to poverty, equality, climate change, education, infrastructure, land and water management and more. These goals are part of the UN’s broader agenda for 2030. A 2022 report by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) found that 83% of companies worldwide had openly supported the SDGs, aligning their strategies with one or more goals. With the adoption of blockchain technology across major industries, including agriculture, many blockchain-oriented companies have the opportunity ...