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With enough locations accepting crypto and with a way for the merchant to easily exchange it into the local currency , customers can use crypto as an alternative which enables them to preserve the value of their financial assets. In this, crypto can provide one more option that can make difficult conditions a bit easier. It enables people to help out one another, and this is what crypto should be all about. Napoleon AM : a unique regulated Asset Manager crypto focused . Napoleon Asset Management (NAPOLEON AM) is an asset manager, regulated in France by the AMF. First of all, it specializes in quantitative investment strategies applied to underlying assets exposed to crypto assets, among which Bitcoin and Ethereum . Napoleon AM Crypto Investment Funds “ Napoleon Bitcoin Fund ” is a French regulated fund giving a crypto exposure . It is a FPS (“Fonds Professionel Spécialisé” or specialized professional funds) reserved to professional investors and assimilated investors (in...

Spanish port uses IBM and Maersk blockchain platform . Thanks to a close partnership with Acciona, Correos will use carbon credits from projects hosted on the platform to offset CO2 emissions. A statement was made during the COP25 World Climate Summit in Madrid. Startup Climate Blockchain Initiatives has developed the Valencia-based Climate Trade platform to offset CO2 emissions through environmental projects that sell their carbon credits directly to polluting companies. Acciona will provide carbon credits to Acciona Energy and the Spanish postal service. The platform is based on a decentralized distributed registry that eliminates the need for third-party transaction management, making them cheaper, faster, and more transparent. Previously, such transactions required double counting. Earlier, the Swiss post together with the state-owned company Swisscom set about creating a blockchain platform for digitizing business processes. Also, U.S. Post UPS will lau...

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) , in partnership with blockchain companies Perlin and AirCarbon , will work to reduce carbon emissions in commercial aviation. Tokens help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. ICC said the partnership will provide $ 40 billion for climate projects in the aviation industry . The organizations decided to launch the scheme at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Madrid. “We strive to ensure that all large companies deal with climate issues, supporting research, development and implementation of solutions based on digital technologies. As part of the partnership, technological capabilities will be used to accelerate innovation in reducing carbon emissions,” said ICC Secretary General John W.H. Denton (John W.H. Denton). ICC will help spread AirCarbon’s carbon credits solution. The solution is a blockchain-based trading network for the Carbon Compensation and Reduction System for International Aviation (CORSIA). ...

Hardware wallet maker Ledger announced that it will add support for the Tezos cryptocurrency (XTZ) and the possibility of staking it into the Ledger Live app . This was reported on the Ledger website. Ledger Ledger Live is used by Ledger wallet owners to manage cryptocurrency assets and allows you to check your account balance, as well as s end and receive tokens without having to disclose private keys. “ Ledger aims to combine security with impeccable experience. The Tezos announcement of support is part of this mission. Ledger Live simplifies the use of cryptocurrencies , while Ledger hardware wallets provide a high level of security. Ledger Live users can now create and import Tezos accounts, stake in XTZ and passively earn rewards,” said Pascal Gautier, Ledger CEO. A little later, Ledger released a new version of its desktop application Ledger Live . In Ledger Live 1.9.1, the following interface languages ​​became available to users: Russian, French, S...

The Japanese energy company Kansai Electric Power will begin testing a blockchain-based system for trading renewable energy with the participation of the Australian cryptocurrency firm Power Ledger. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan decided to continue the sale of certificates for non-fossil fuels (NFV), which indicate the amount of energy received from renewable sources. NFVs allow you to check which power plants contribute to the preservation of the environment and the development of environmentally friendly industries, along with the usual certificates confirming the generation of electricity using renewable energy sources (REC). In this way, Kansai Electric Power will use the Power Ledger platform to track, trade and calculate the energy generated by solar systems. The blockchain will allow you to track certificates throughout their validity period, reducing the likelihood of their reuse. In addition, energy producers can sell its surplus on...

German FinTech banking provider, solarisBank, today announced the launch of a new custodial platform for digital assets . As with the company’s digital banking products, the platform is API-accessible, and integrates into its partner’s own websites and apps. FULLY LICENSED DIGITAL ASSET SOLUTION The new platform is run as a subsidiary of solarisBank , called solaris Digital Assets GmbH. However the custodial solution integrates fully with the rest of the solarisBank digital banking suite. SolarisBank is fully licensed and regulated in the German market, and the API-accessible nature of its platform means that partner companies can benefit from this when creating their own solutions. Essentially, partners can concentrate on building web and app-based front-ends which connect to the solaris APIs behind the scenes. Thereby they can remain secure and complaint, without having to design, build, and license their own custodial solutions. BALANCING SECURITY AND ACCES...

Bank of France announced plans to test digital currencies in 2020 . According to François Villeroy, Governor of the Bank of France, they are looking forward to begin experiments and to cast a call for projects by the end of March in 2020. The French Central Bank is pushing for the adoption of the blockchain and distributed ledger technologies (DLT) -based solutions and tokenization to facilitate fast and safe cross-border payment. According to the bank’s first deputy governor Denis Beau, the EU needs to leverage the existing technologies with the blockchain to move euros quickly. Speaking on Nov 21 during the AFME Annual Capital Markets Technology and Innovation Conference , Beu pointed out that France is considering testing a central bank digital currency (CBDC). He noted that the eurozone should give a CBDC a chance to avoid the existence of disorderly approaches. Why the EU Should Give Blockchain a Shot? He noted that DLT would be a viable solution for cros...