The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) has announced a new initiative that aims to clearly define a token in non-technical and cross-industry terms, allowing anyone to easily understand them.
Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has added full support for segregated witness (SegWit), a crucial piece of code for scaling improvements in the bitcoin network, CoinDesk reported.
Thorn, a nonprofit organization focused on building technology to defend children from sexual abuse, is planning to use advanced technologies, including blockchain, to eliminate child sexual abuse material from the in…
Trading Technologies (TT), a global provider of trading software, has entered into a partnership with HDR Global Trading, a Republic of Seychelles incorporated entity and the owner of bitcoin-based trading platform Bi…
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) are going to hold the National Compliance Outreach Program for Broker-Dealers on June 27, 2019.
Chainalysis, a cryptocurrency compliance and investigation solutions provider, has raised an additional $6 million to close its $36 million Series B round with a strategic investment from Japan's largest financial ins…
Blue Cross, a Hong Kong-based insurance firm and a member of The Bank of East Asia Group, has launched a blockchain-based solution with the objective of speeding up medical insurance claims, preventing fraud, and savi…
French finance minister Bruno Le Maire has revealed the government’s plan to invest 4.5 billion euros in blockchain and other cutting-edge technologies over the next five years.
Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX) has announced that former Country Executive for ABN AMRO Bank Kurt Looyens has been appointed as its new chief executive officer.
Following the recent warning from Binace CEO Changpeng Zhao to delist Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV), other crypto exchange platforms seem to be following suit.
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck has added support for Ethereum (ETH) and Ripple (XRP) on its recently launched over-the-counter (OTC) trading platform.
Corporate Traveller, a UK-based business travel management services provider, has teamed up with blockchain payment provider BitPay to start accepting bitcoin (BTC) and bitcoin cash (BCH) payments from its SME custome…
Financial services giant Northern Trust has announced that it has enhanced its blockchain solution for private equity fund administration and deployed legal clauses as smart contracts.
Nestlé, Carrefour and IBM – the founding members of the IBM Food Trust platform – are working together on a project to use blockchain technology to track Mousline instant mashed potato.
20|30, a blockchain startup aiming to tokenize equity and other securities, has raised £3 million by selling tokenized shares on Turquoise, an equity trading platform operated by London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), Fi…
Japan’s ST Blockchain Fund has invested $200 million in the Series A round of Blockchain Exchange Alliance (BXA), the parent company of South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb, Cointelegraph reported.
The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) is teaming up with blockchain startup R3 to join the latter’s global network to share best practices regarding blockchain technology and develop s…
Harvard University’s endowment, a perpetual source of support for the University’s mission of teaching and research, is venturing into the blockchain space.
Venture capitalist Tim Draper was planning to meet with social media giant Facebook to discuss investing in the latter’s crypto project, Bloomberg reported April 10.
The National Payments Corporation of India (NCPI), an umbrella organisation for operating retail payments and settlement systems in India, is considering developing a highly scalable blockchain solution to reinforce d…
Two international financial institutions – the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank – are the latest to jump on crypto and blockchain bandwagon.
Samsung SDS, an IT subsidiary of South Korean tech giant Samsung Group, has signed a business agreement with Indian IT giant Tech Mahindra to drive the global expansion of its enterprise blockchain platform ‘Nexledger’.
Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx has announced the expansion of its C2C fiat-to-token trading platform to European markets with new currencies – Euro (EUR), Turkish Lira (TRY), and Russian Ruble (RUB).
China’s NDRC considers banning crypto mining activities The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), a macroeconomic management agency under the Chinese State Council, is considering eliminating bitcoin mini…
TEAMZ Inc hosted its TEAMZ Blockchain Summit on April 6th and 7th at Toranomon Hills in Tokyo, Japan, which saw participation from some of the biggest names in the industry.
Blockchain startup Digital Asset announced that it is working with cloud computing giant VMware to integrate its open-source smart contract language DAML with the VMware Blockchain platform.
The International Chamber of Commerce is interested in exploring how blockchain technology works and is forming a blockchain-focused group, Forbes reported.