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Blockchain Goes Local (A Bit, Anyway)

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Late last week, Governor John Kasich signed legislation that will boost blockchain efforts, stretching across the record-keeping in a number of verticals, such as supply chain management. Ohio is also the fifth-largest hub for the financial services industry, as counted at the state level. The platform is slated to debut in roughly a year.

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Regulation Review Committee, vice chairman. National Management Association/Grand Lake chapter, treasurer and president. His commitment required him to travel 110 miles to Columbus, Ohio, every Thursday morning to do association work, and then back home to Coldwater, Ohio, to work at The Peoples Bank Co. Committee, chairman.

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Amazon HQ2, JPM Coin And The Weird, Wild Week Of Payments’ Left Turns

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The program, which was introduced in Columbus, Ohio, will be piloted in 10 markets before a nationwide rollout later in the year. Regulators have taken some recent interest in foods containing CBD, but so far cosmetics seem to be below their radar – though the FDA notes they are definitely keeping an eye on this.

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