As cryptocurrencies have gained prominence, US-based financial institutions like Fidelity have been largely absent from the field. But interest in digital currencies is growing, particularly with the type of clients Fidelity’s new company plans to cater to. Major universities like Yale, Harvard, Stanford and MIT have begun investing in cryptocurrency funds, and with a company like Fidelity, which administers $7.2 trillion in assets, offering trading and custody services, more institutions may follow suit. “In our conversations with institutions, they tell us that in order to engage with digital assets in a meaningful way,…
Day: October 16, 2018
Kenyan Gov’t to Use Blockchain in New Affordable Housing Project
Kenya’s government plans to deploy blockchain technology to manage a government housing project of 500,000 units, Kenyan news outlet the Star reported Oct. 15. Within the affordable housing program the government of Kenya reportedly aims to build 500,000 units by 2022, and assist contributors earning less than 100,000 Kenyan Shillings ($992) as they cannot afford mortgages. According to the Star, out of the 2.48 million Kenyans employed in 2016 only 77,000, or 3.1 percent, earned over Sh100,000. The Star reports that blockchain technology will be used to ensure the proper…