The Crypto Report
Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) has filed a patent for a blockchain-based delivery management system, according to a Coin Telegraph report.
The patent application details a blockchain-based system of lockers that will reserve a delivered item until the buyer can pick it up. The blockchain system would determine which lockers are occupied and which are free to use.
The retail giant is no stranger to blockchain, previously filing patents to apply the technology to medical wearables, energy consumption, food and package tracking.
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Up north, Canadian crypto exchange Coinsquare launched Coinsquare Licensing, a division of the exchange that will offer digital currency solutions to domestic and international businesses.
"The demand for a product like this is a testament to the growing appetite for digital currency integration both in Canada and abroad,” said CEO Cole Diamond in a statement.
The Toronto-based trading platform also announced a partnership with blockchain investment bank DLTa 21 to launch a digital currency trading platform in Japan.
The trading platform will be created using Coinsquare’s technology.
The Cann Report
Canntab Therapeutics Ltd (CSE:PILL) has announced a profit-sharing collaboration with medicinal marijuana producer FSD Pharma Inc.
FSD will help the Canadian company obtain a license to produce and sell cannabis under the country’s new legislation.
As per the deal, Canntab will give FSD half of the profits it receives on any retail sales of Canntab products through FSD Pharma’s channels. FSD can also retain half of the profits on its sales of Canntab products.
Canntab will also receive 10,000 square feet of space at FSD’s Ontario facility to build its own manufacturing facility.
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In other medicinal cannabis news, Michigan has approved new conditions for its medical marijuana program, per a High Times report.
The health conditions that qualify now include arthritis, autism, obsessive-compulsive disorder and Parkinson’s disease.
Conditions that were left off the list include anxiety, asthma, diabetes and depression.
The change is effective immediately.
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