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The BRICS alliance is worried that President-elect Donald Trump could impose a 100% tariff on semiconductor supplies entering the US. Trump recently warned the alliance of dire consequences if they move away from the US dollar for trade and transactions. The 47th President wants the US dollar to remain supreme and not fall prey to the ongoing global de-dollarization agenda. Also Read: BRICS: Global US Dollar Payments Fall Below 50% The latest report shows that Trump plans to impose a 100% tariff on semiconductor supplies making its way to the US if BRICS does not abandon the de-dollarization initiative. The new BRICS ‘partner country’ Malaysia stated that Trump is eyeing the semiconductors supplies to take on the alliance. Read here to know the sectors that will be affected if BRICS ditches the US dollar for trade. Also Read: Top Economist Predicts the Future of BRICS Currency BRICS: Trump to Weaponize Semiconductor Supplies? Source: Getty Images Malaysian Trade & Industry M...

VeChain is currently trading around the $0.023 mark on Monday and is up more than 2% in the day’s trade. VET performed well this month, as its price has been up close to 15% in the last 30 days. Its price has sustainably scaled up in the charts with only a few dips since September. The steady rise is making investors consider taking an entry position in cryptocurrency. Now that VET remains in the green, will the positive momentum carry forward for the rest of the month? This article will highlight how high or low VeChain could trade in mid-October 2024. Also Read: Malaysia’s Local Currency Ringgit Outperforms the US Dollar VeChain: VET Price Prediction For Mid-October 2024 Source: thecoinrepublic.com Leading on-chain metrics and price prediction firm CoinCodex has painted a bearish picture for VeChain. According to the price estimates, VET could begin to dip in the charts and cause losses to investors who take an entry position this week. The forecast estimates that the supply cha...

From insurance to telehealth, smart contracts are finding use cases across the healthcare industry. Smart contracts are self-executing lines of code that run atop blockchains and are triggered once a set of predetermined conditions are met. They are used to automate the execution of online agreements without the involvement of third parties. Today, they are used across many industries, including the healthcare industry. The healthcare sector stands to benefit a lot from the widespread implementation of these self-executing programs, especially when it comes to streamlining arduous manual processes, automating bureaucratic procedures and alleviating issues caused by human error. Today, many healthcare institutions rely on highly centralized conventional management systems to handle sensitive tasks such as record keeping, transactions and correspondences. While some traditional systems can undertake some of the tasks exceptionally well, many of them are prone to failure due to limited i...