Martijn Wismeijer, a Dutch man who implanted a NFC (Near Field Communication) chip in each hand to store his Bitcoin private keys, back in 2014.<\/strong><\/p>\nHowever, the RFID technology \u2013 approved in the United States \u2013 has had not enough support from people, despite being present in startups like Amazon Go or Verichip, the latter being the first implant for humans approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, in 2004.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, the application of patents linked to blockchain technology has taken its place within the business plan of tech companies, which have advanced their researches on cases of Bitcoin and Distributed Ledger Technology, over the course of the years. Evidence of this are cases like that of JP Morgan, Walmart and even Sony.<\/p>\n
Even if it is a not so popular option, the growing interest on it is making way for a world of probabilities that not only would change financial processes, but the life style of millions of people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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