Russia is trying everything to revive its economy gripped by international sanctions. After the latest measures of the Russian Central Bank - BCR - (increase to 12% of the reference rate) to revive the fate of the ruble in inevitable free fall, today is the news that Moscow has started the phase of [...]
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(by Filippo Moreschi, lawyer and Head of AIDR “Digital Agrifood” Observatory) One of the most significant characteristics of the so-called “Data driven agriculture” is its double “internal” and “external” profile. Internal, as regards the data concerning the production, safety and traceability of processes and agri-food products. In the original perspective of "Data driven [...]
read more25 million euros for the cities of Turin, Rome, Bari, Prato and L'Aquila. Liuzzi: "Ready to create a network of centers for the development of innovative technologies on the territory" The ranking with the list of 5 projects presented by the cities of Turin, Rome, Bari, Prato and the Italian Republic has been published by the Ministry of Economic Development. 'Eagle, [...]
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(by Nassisi Claudio, Aidr partner) Cryptocurrencies, in particular Bitcoin, and blockchain technology (which is its heart) have catalyzed the attention of employees and the sector and not in recent years. Bitcoins were introduced in 2008, at a time when trust placed in institutions was at an all-time low. In prey [...]
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(by Giancarlo De Leo) The introduction of new digital technologies in Healthcare is one of the main objectives of Italian and European institutions. It is evident that the cost of traditional health care is destined to become unsustainable and therefore being able to adopt measures that manage to contain expenditure without compromising the level of care has become absolutely priority. [...]
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Since May, 55 banks have been operational on Spunta, the sector blockchain of the banking world in Italy. In fact, another 23 banks went into production, in addition to the 32 already operational since March. The technological highway of nodes on which the banking sector in our country can count is strengthened and enriched. Check Bank DLT [...]
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(Mauro Nicastri - Aidr president) The editorial series dedicated also to non-professionals is inaugurated, with the aim of making people discover technologies and digital in a simple way Rome, 5 March - Arrive in all the homes of citizens, including non-experts, bringing, in this case, answers on blockchain technology and [...]
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All data from one year processed. Spunta Banca Project, the project promoted by ABI and coordinated by ABI Lab, has in fact successfully completed the technical test relating to the loading of 200 million data, simulating the behavior in production of the entire banking world operating in Italy. A new step forward for the project [...]
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The update of the Agreement for the maintenance of reciprocal accounts between banks with regard to the interbank check was approved. In perspective, this allows the Spunta process to be fully operational in a new way, using the so-called Distributed ledger technology (DLT) from 1 March next year. [...]
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The technical tables to deal with the issue of national distributed ledgers and blockchain are underway at Mise. It is Agid, however, that will have to give the final seal. Five issues to resolve: legal validity of documents, protection of data and digital identities. In the meantime, a fund has been set up for the development of the "block chain", with [...]
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Having passed some test phases, the Spunta Banca Project, the project for applying a blockchain to interbank check, is in pre-production. To date, 18 banks, which represent 78% of the banking world in Italy in terms of number of employees, are actively involved in the experimentation, choices and implementation activities of the new technology [...]
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The workshop "Logistics, Aeronautics and beyond" was held at "Casa dell'Aviatore" which saw the institutional, academic, industrial and business worlds talk about 'blockchain' from the perspective of an organization in the Defense sector. , at the Aviator's house, the workshop "Logistics, Aeronautics and beyond", an event organized by the AM Logistic Command in collaboration [...]
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(by Francesco Rugolo) In recent months, the rapid increase (and partial decline) of the value of many crypto-coins has sparked heated debates, often based on wrong and little-known concepts. A widely used term when talking about crypto currencies is "blockchain": it is the technology that underlies virtual currencies such as Bitcoin, [...]
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The popularity of Bitcoin and the emergence of around 1.500 other digital coins or tokens have drawn more hackers into the cryptocurrency cyber, expanding opportunities for crime and fraud, according to cybersecurity firm Digital Shadows, in a report on Thursday. Cybercriminals follow the evolution of cryptocurrencies in an unregulated world in [...]
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Russia is looking for financial engineering solutions to circumvent the imposed sanctions that inevitably tie Moscow's economy. Here, then, is the “cryptorube”: an electronic currency to be used to carry out international trade, circumventing sanctions. This was reported by the Financial Times citing a speech by Sergei Glazev, economic adviser to President Vladimir Putin. On [...]
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