Regardless of previous small forays into the blockchain space, Amazon is now officially a part of the blockchain occasion after launching two new blockchain oriented offerings.

The offerings known as Amazon Managed Blockchain (AMB) and Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB) were announced yesterday at Amazon’s re:Invent conference, reports TechCrunch.

In line with the AMB website, the platform will deliver a “totally managed service” that makes it possible for customers to effectively enhance and managed “scalable blockchain networks.” It might sound like everything blockchain has been missing, but time will tell whether or no longer this finally ends up being the case.

South Korea became the primary East Asian country to legalize scientific cannabis following a pivotal vote this week by way of the nation’s countrywide meeting, MJBizDaily studies.

Lawmakers voted to revise South Korea’s Act on the administration of Narcotic medications to permit for the prescription of low-THC, CBD-rich medical hashish merchandise. The plant will probably be regulated by the Korea Orphan Drug middle and patients will receive entry on a strictly case-through-case foundation.

“South Korea legalizing medical hashish, even supposing it will be tightly managed with confined product selection, represents a huge step forward for the global cannabis industry. The importance of Korea being the primary country in East Asia to permit medical cannabis at a federal stage should no longer be understated. Now it’s a matter of when other Asian countries follow South Korea, not if.” — Vijay Sappani, CEO of Ela Capital in Toronto, by way of MJBizDaily

The move was shocking for a tradition and country that — following Canada’s landmark legalization efforts — has distanced itself from cannabis reforms and prompt to its residents they would be prosecuted if they were discovered to have used cannabis at the same time residing, travelling, or finding out overseas.

Neighborhood, Thailand and Malaysia have additionally viewed scientific cannabis reforms but, for now, South Korea joins Sri Lanka in being the one international locations in Asia that have taken steps to reform absolutely the prohibition of hashish.