Lemonade partners with blockchain bigwigs to combat climate change

Insurance company Lemonade has partnered with prominent blockchain companies to form the Lemonade Crypto Climate Coalition (L3C) decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) to protect farmers from climate change by offering blockchain-based insurance.  The insurance firm founded Lemonade Foundation, a nonprofit focused on creating social and environmental change with the use of blockchain-enabled technologies. The foundation will work closely with members of the L3C including Chainlink, Avalance, DAOstack, Etherisc, Hannover Re, Pula and Tomorrow.io. The climate insurance will take the form of a decentralized application (DApp) on the Avalanche platform. The DApp…

Blog: Director’s Update – why Covid-19 has shown the FOI Act has never been more important to UK society

The past two years have highlighted how transparency and accountability are fundamental to our democracy – the impact of decisions made by public bodies throughout the pandemic have affected us all in some way. At the start of the pandemic the ICO made clear, along with our colleagues internationally, that transparency about decision making and good record keeping during this period would be essential and a vital means of maintaining public trust. This remains the case. We also set out how we would take account of the significant pressures some…

A Right Way for Investors

To offer the best option for all investors from traditional securities to cryptocurrency investment. 1. Berkshire Hathaway, a Magnate Unequal to Retail Investors Berkshire’s investment practice is full of initiative. It makes use of its sensitive business sense to take the initiative and always maintains the professional quality of discovering value targets, Of course, every investment of Berkshire is in line with the long curve growth trend. ●      Anxiety of Retail Investors Berkshire’s record or Buffett’s charm makes people want to exchange all their chips for more because everyone wants…

Number of African Cryptocurrency Users up by Nearly 2,500% – Featured Bitcoin News

The number of cryptocurrency users in Africa grew by almost 2,500% between January 2021 and January 2022, while the average number of monthly transactions went up by 1,400%, a new report by Kucoin has said. Widespread Adoption of Cryptocurrencies According to a new report by crypto exchange Kucoin, the number of cryptocurrency users in Africa grew by nearly 2,500% between January 2021 and January 2022. During the same period, the average number of monthly transactions also went up by almost 1,400%, the report added. Although the African continent’s cryptocurrency transactions…

Brazilian UFC star to receive fight earnings in BTC

Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter Matheus Nicolau is the latest world-famous athlete to opt to receive his fight earnings in the largest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (BTC). The eighth-ranked UFC flyweight fighter, Nicolau received his first salary in Bitcoin on Monday through a deal assisted by Bitwage payroll service, according to a joint announcement shared with Cointelegraph. The Brazilian sportsman has opted to take a paycheck in BTC to hedge against the rising inflation. Nicolau said that earning Bitcoin will help him secure the value of his hard work and not to worry…