Cannabis

Blockticity mints hemp and cannabis certifications on Avalanche (Unsplash)
Blockticity Mints Hemp and Cannabis Certifications on Avalanche
The process works by Blockticity printing a QR code on a product and the QR code then links to a Certificate of Analysis minted as an Avalanche NFT.
Blockticity mints hemp and cannabis certifications on Avalanche (Unsplash)

Could Crypto Save the Cannabis Industry?
Could Crypto Save the Cannabis Industry?
As part of CoinDesk’s Sin Week, U.S. Regulatory Reporter Cheyenne Ligon joins “The Hash” hosts to discuss the parallels between the cannabis and crypto industry and their lega...
Could Crypto Save the Cannabis Industry?

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Can Crypto Save the Cannabis Industry?
The legal cannabis industry’s problems go much deeper than a lack of access to banking. This piece is part of CoinDesk's Sin Week.
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Involuntarily Unbanked: How the Cannabis Industry Makes the Case for Crypto
Involuntarily Unbanked: How the Cannabis Industry Makes the Case for Crypto
Khurshid Khoja, CEO & Founder of Greenbridge Corporate Counsel joins Wasserman's Senior Director Mary Pryor at Consensus 2022 to discuss the experiences of the state-legal U.S...
Involuntarily Unbanked: How the Cannabis Industry Makes the Case for Crypto

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Crypto, Cannabis and SAFE Banking
Better banking regulation must pass, but why wait for banks to protect cannabis when crypto offers solutions today? This post is part of Payments Week.
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How Crypto Can Help the Nascent Cannabis Industry
Plus a Morgan Stanley report on Lightning Payments.
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Bitcoin miners
UK Police Raid Suspected Cannabis Factory, Find Bitcoin Mining Operation
"It's certainly not what we were expecting!" one of the officers said.
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A Former Beauty Queen Raised $12M to 'Revolutionize' Cannabis. The Courts Can't Find Her
Here's how a weed-smoking model raised millions of dollars with a 2017 token sale in California, then disappeared during an ongoing lawsuit.
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Cannabis and Lending Firm Seeks SEC Permission to Raise $50M in Crypto Sale
Ceres, started by graduates of the U.S. Military Academy, recently filed paperwork with the SEC seeking permission to sell its digital token and Ceres coin.
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Zap founder Jack Mallers speaks at the 2019 Lightning Conference in Berlin. (Photo by Will Foxley for CoinDesk)
Cannabis Shops Are Using Zap's Lightning App During Coronavirus Cash Crunch
The Lightning Network startup now offers fiat-friendly bitcoin payment tools. Cannabis dispensaries in Colorado are an early proving ground.
Zap founder Jack Mallers speaks at the 2019 Lightning Conference in Berlin. (Photo by Will Foxley for CoinDesk)