Today, April 26, 2023, the National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics - ICI Bucharest launched the first European institutional platform for trading digital assets, which manages NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) and operates based on decentralized Blockchain and Web3 technologies: https://nft.ici.ro/, within the Critical Infrastructure Protection Forum, at the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest.
The launch of the platform was carried out in the presence of the Minister of Research, Innovation and Digitization, Mr. Sebastian Burduja, the Minister of Economy, Mr. Florin Spătaru and the State Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, Mr. Mihai Diaconu, who presented a message from the Minister of Finance, Mr. Adrian Câciu.
"Today, we are living a historic moment. We are launching the first European institutional trading platform for digital assets. We only tried to bring the ecosystem of state institutions into the area of new technologies because it represents the future to which we must all adapt. Together we can create proposals to create an environment conducive to development because prosperity means wider democracy. This is only the beginning, and we want to continue the partnership between public institutions, the business environment, the academic area, the cultural area, and civil society because only together can we succeed, and the good of each is reflected in the good of all." Said Adrian-Victor Vevera, director of ICI Bucharest.
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The National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics – ICI Bucharest, in collaboration with InfoCons, launched today, December 10, 2024, the first European project at a global level to raise awareness, educate and inform the market regarding the security and securing of visual concepts and beyond.
On Tuesday, December 10, 2024, starting at 1:30 p.m., ICI Bucharest and Agerpres, in partnership with the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalization (MCID), will launch the second stage of the "AI Application - Agerpres News" project, marking the transition from the national to the regional flow. In this stage, the project involves partnerships with the counties of Bistrița-Năsăud, Dâmbovița, and Prahova, expanding the use of artificial intelligence to ensure quality journalism [...]
