Blockchain Daily Digest – January 17th, 2020

1.   United Nations Development Programme to Conserve and Increase Kazakhstan’s Forestland Using Blockchain

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has been working with blockchain development firm BitFury in an effort
to help the country reduce its greenhouse emissions by more than 15 percent as this would conserve and boost Kazakhstan’s Forestland as a part of the United Nations sustainable development goals.

2.   $134 Million Deal Closed By Real Estate Company Using Blockchain in Switzerland

Switzerland has just recorded one of its first real estate tokenization and sale on the blockchain. The asset involved in this transaction is a building sitting on the prestigious Bahnhofstrasse in Zürich. This is seen to have happened in a time where the adoption of blockchain in real estates has started to heat up.

3.   Perianne Boring: Blockchain Will Be the Foundation of the New Financial System

Perianne Boring is the Founder and President of the Chamber of Digital Commerce—the world's first and largest blockchain trade association. Boring began her career as a legislative analyst in the U.S. House of Representatives, advising on finance, economics, tax, and healthcare policy. Prior to forming the Chamber, Boring was a television host and anchor of an international finance program that aired in more than 100 countries to over 650 million viewers.

4.   Deribit Dominates CME and Bakkt in BTC Options Volume

Existing bitcoin exchange Deribit has bested institutional newcomers CME and Bakkt in terms of Bitcoin options trading volume at the start of 2020.

5.   Gemini Launches Insurance Company Resulting in the Highest Custody Insurance Coverage in the Crypto Market

Gemini announced the launch of its own cryptocurrency insurance company in its blog post, which resulted in becoming crypto custody with the broadest coverage at the moment.

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