More details about the cryptocurrency project of Facebook have emerged, revealing that the social media giant now has 100 people onboard the project, CNBC reported citing information from professional networking platf…
IBM has teamed up with Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) and Russia’s Nornickel, the world’s biggest palladium producer, to establish an educational program on blockchain technology.
Blockchain-based mobile election voting platform Voatz has raised $7 million in a Series A funding round, led by Medici Ventures and Techstars.
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals has entered into a partnership with healthcare platform Solve.Care to launch a blockchain-based patient-centric care network on the Solve.Care platform.
The European Union has relaxed the wealth of information that can be reused as raw material for blockchain- and artificial intelligence-related projects.
The Australian Tax Office (ATO), the country’s tax agency, is reportedly investigating 12 international tax avoidance schemes with cryptocurrency-related activities, The Sydney Morning Herald reported on Thursday.
One of Switzerland’s most influential think tanks Avenir Suisse released a report pushing the country’s central bank, the Swiss National Bank (SNB), to start issuing a national currency.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has denied having any knowledge of a bill that seeks to impose a complete ban on cryptocurrencies in the country, Bitcoin.com reported.
Despite pioneering crypto ATMs in the world, Vancouver’s authorities are turning their backs against the vending machine, saying it is “an ideal money-laundering vehicle,” and its mayor has also suggested a complete b…
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Blockchain startup Ripple has opened an office in Zurich, Switzerland to sell its native token XRP to institutional investors, UseTheBitcoin reported citing details on Moneyhouse.
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LINE Pay Corporation, the operator of fintech services of Japanese chat giant LINE, has entered into a strategic partnership with payments behemoth Visa to create new financial services experiences for their collectiv…
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European heavyweight club and Portuguese champions S.L. Benfica has entered into a partnership with cryptocurrency payment solution UTRUST to start accepting cryptocurrency payments.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed new fraud charges against fintech firm Longfin Corp. and its CEO Venkata S. Meenavalli.
The International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications (INATBA) held its first general Assembly meeting on Wednesday, June 05.
Korea Post, the national postal service of South Korea, wants to integrate blockchain technology to its billing system, local media outlet News1 Korea reported.
Leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance will reportedly issue its own stablecoin “in a matter of weeks to a month or two,” Bloomberg reported quoting the company’s Chief Financial Officer Wei Zhou.
Hydro-Québec, a public utility managing the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in Quebec, has launched a request for proposals (RFP) for the allocation of 300‑megawatt (MW) block of electricity t…
Italian tech company SIA has partnered with blockchain startup Quant Network to explore blockchain interoperability.
Facebook will reportedly unveil its cryptocurrency project this month, allowing its employees to receive their salary in the form of the new coin, CNBC reported citing The Information.
Japanese tax authorities are planning to take action against entities underreporting their cryptocurrency-based profits, according to local news outlet Asahi Shimbun.
Kodak Services for Business has announced a new blockchain-based document management platform which will help ensure the safety and security of information.
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Payment Inc. has teamed up with the country’s largest railway firm, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) to promote cashless payments.
Mark Karpeles, the former CEO of now-defunct Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, will allegedly “start from zero” with his new blockchain cloud firm Tristan Technologies Co., where he will serve as the chief technology officer,…
Russia’s third-largest food retail network Dixy has integrated blockchain technology to its corporate finance system, Cointelegraph reported.
CoinMarketCap, a provider of price and market cap data for cryptocurrencies, has announced the launch of blockchain explorer for the top two cryptocurrencies – Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin has announced its expansion into Europe and opening of its office in Malta.
Cadence, a New York-based startup digitizes private debt securities, has announced that all of its offerings are now fully discoverable on Bloomberg Terminal.
NEM Ventures, the venture capital and investments arm of the NEM blockchain ecosystem, has announced a seed round investment in ridesharing app, Mobi.
South Korea’s largest power provider, Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), has inked a deal with two local power suppliers to build a blockchain-based system for transacting Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), …
Blockport, an Amsterdam-based cryptocurrency exchange, has been declared bankrupt shortly after its security token offering (STO) failed to hit the soft cap of €1 million (around $1.13 million), The Next Web reported …
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sued Kik Interactive, the company behind the chat platform Kik, for conducting an illegal $100 million securities offering of digital tokens in 2017.
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has created a non-profit organization to help the government establish, maintain, and implement the country’s national digital currency called the sovereign (SOV), according …
The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has registered three new cryptocurrency exchanges, namely, Luno Malaysia, Sinergy Technologies, and Tokenize Technology.
Stably, a venture-capital backed startup, has announced that its US dollar-pegged stablecoin StableUSD (or USDS) will be issued on Binance Chain, the native blockchain platform launched by cryptocurrency exchange Bina…
The chairman of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) J. Christopher Giancarlo believes blockchain technology would have made a difference to the regulators during the financial crash in 2008.
Apple will unveil a new developer update called Cryptokit at this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC).
Bitfinex-owned cryptocurrency exchange subsidiary Ethfinex Trustless has launched its new on-chain decentralized over-the-counter (OTC) trading feature.
