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Unicef Blockchain Startup: new details

Today we talk about the new Unicef Blockchain Startup.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in fact, decided to invest in a South African startup related to the blockchain.

In February UNICEF revealed that its decision to fund projects focused on the distributed ledger thanks a new innovation fund created in 2015.

At the time, UNICEF explained it was interested in investing in the areas of digital identity and remittances, but later UNICEF decided to hire a person on blockchain.

Right now, the association is starting to fund companies in areas that support its mission to promote child and family welfare.

UNICEF invested in several startups, including 9Needs, which uses the blockchain to develop identity features for children’s education.

9Needs will receive about $100,000 in investment, which will be used to scale the platform already developed by the startup.

Chris Fabian of UNICEF’s Office of Innovation Ventures explained that the organization decided to fund 9Needs as it promotes social progress.

“The sense of the company we got of the company, in talks with them, they seem like a really cohesive group of people using a sophisticated technology to solve a pressing set of problems.”

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Amelia Tomasicchio

UNICEF Blockchain to improve child welfare

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UNICEF is looking for a software developer and consultant to develop and lead its blockchain project.
The United Nations Children’s Fund, in fact, revelaed how the organization wants to use the distributed ledger to improve child welfare worldwide.

Unicef Blockchain

To do so, UNICEF published a sheet where the fund explains that it is looking for new experts to improve its “research, consulting and prototyping applications for humanitarian purposes”.
UNICEF also has projects focused on identity and remittances.
Dana Zucker commented to Coindesk:
 
“We want to grow our knowledge and thinking, so we want to bring someone on who can help lead the charge on thinking, researching and creating use cases for how blockchain will play a role in UNICEF’s work.”
The role will help developing blockchain applications, including a commitment to funding startups.
The profile will work in New York with a 11 months contract and he/she will support the blockchain, together with MagicBox, the Innovation Fund Site and IOGT &uReport.

How to apply to the UNICEF Blockchain project

Interested and suitable candidates are requested to send their applications with Subject “Software Developer, Consultant” to [email protected] on or before 10 August 2016.

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US federal election commission to allow Bitcoin donations to political campaigns

(BitcoinExaminer) It’s official: after two months considering the proposal, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) has proposed a new rule that will allow political campaigns in the United States to accept Bitcoin. However, the candidates getting cryptocurrency donations won’t be able to spend the virtual coins, according to a draft made public this week. The document states that the campaigns will have to convert the received Bitcoins before actually using them, with the digital coins being considered an “in-kind” form of contribution, like a stock or bond, the site Politico reports. Basically, this means the FEC doesn’t consider Bitcoin as currency.
Because Bitcoins are neither the currency of any country nor negotiable instruments, Bitcoins are not ‘money’ under commission regulations. Therefore, a political committee that receives Bitcoin contributions may not treat them as monetary contributions.
The decision is finally here after the Conservative Action Fund PAC requested the Federal Election Commission an official position, in September, regarding Bitcoin donations to political campaigns. With this new ruling, cryptocurrency joins other types of non-monetary contributions like private stocks, commodities and equipment, which must all have their value listed in US dollars on the campaign finance reports. When converting the cryptocurrency to US dollars, the exchange will probably charge a fee that will have to be considered part of the initial donation. Also, with the value of the currency floating on a daily basis, the campaign managers will have to be careful not to accept donations above the federal limits. In the meantime, members of the public can submit comments on the draft until November 13. After that, the commission will officially decide if the proposal deserves to be formally adopted.

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