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New York-based blockchain startup Digital Asset has announced the appointment of company co-founder Yuval Rooz as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately.

Digitec Galaxus AG, the largest online retailer in Switzerland, has started accepting bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

Bison Trails, a New York-based blockchain startup, has raised $5.25 million in a seed funding round led by Initialized Capital and Accomplice.

Crypto wallet startup Ledger has announced that Ledger Nano S – its multicurrency hardware wallet for cryptocurrencies – has received CSPN certification.

CoinMarketCap, a provider of price and market cap data for cryptocurrencies, has partnered with Flipside Crypto and has added Fundamental Crypto Asset Score (FCAS) metric to its platform.

Bithumb is reportedly the latest company in the cryptocurrency space to reduce its headcount, a report from CoinDesk has revealed.

The Cabinet of Japan has approved draft amendments to the country’s financial instruments and payment services laws, which will introduce new regulations for cryptocurrency margin trading, Nikkei reported.

The National Pork Board has entered into a partnership with blockchain startup ripe.io to pilot blockchain use in the U.S. pork industry.

IBM has announced the launch of IBM Blockchain World Wire – a real-time blockchain-based global payments network for regulated financial institutions.

Infosys Finacle, part of EdgeVerve Systems – a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infosys, has announced that Hatton National Bank (HNB), a Sri Lanka-based private sector commercial bank, has selected Finacle Trade Connect to…

Asian blockchain information platform CoinNess has announced that it has closed its Series A round funding led by Chinese leading venture capital ShunWei Capital, QF Capital, and FreesFund.

Samsung SDS last week unveiled a platform that connects Ethereum blockchain and Hyperledger Fabric, Business Korea reported.

Crypto investment app Donut has secured $1.8 million in a seed funding round, CoinDesk reported.

Italian asset management firm AcomeA SGR has announced that it has successfully completed the first test for distribution of funds using blockchain technology.

The American Bar Association Business Law Section has published a white paper on digital assets and cryptocurrencies.

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), has announced a total of 58 crypto assets that have been selected for its "Cryptocurrency Data Feed.”

South Korea’s Ministry of Information and Communication has published a recruitment notice for a Blockchain National Participation Evaluation Team.

The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), a non-profit organization supporting the development and growth of the open-source Stellar network, has announced that Denelle Dixon will join as its Executive Director and Ch…

On April 23-24 in Singapore, the global forum Blockchain Life 2019 welcomes 5000+ attendees and top companies at its third edition.

The government of Australia has announced its plans to develop a national blockchain roadmap to position the country as a global leader in the blockchain space.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is going to host a public forum focusing on distributed ledger technology (DLT) and digital assets on May 31, 2019.

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) have published a joint consultation paper on the regulatory framework for crypto-asset trading platforms.

German Finance Ministry seeks to introduce regulation for blockchain-based securities The German Federal Ministry of Finance has published a paper that discusses the introduction of regulation for blockchain-based sec…

Software development company Tendermint has announced that it has raised $9 million in a Series A funding round.

The Cosmos Network, a decentralized network of independent, scalable, and interoperable blockchains, has been officially launched this week.

Cargo Community Network (CCN), a Singapore-based logistics company, in collaboration with Microsoft, has rolled out a blockchain-based billing, costing and reconciliation system for air cargo, Air Cargo World reported.

Kaleido, a new venture launched by ConsenSys last year, has announced that its Blockchain Business Cloud is now available on Microsoft Azure's Marketplace.

The French National Council of Clerks (NCC), in collaboration with IBM, has successfully developed a blockchain solution for the management of the Register of Commerce and Companies (RCS) by the registries of the comm…

Blockchain startup Waves Platform has announced its plans to raise $120 million in a second investment round for the Vostok project.

Cryptocurrency futures exchange CoinFLEX has secured investment from Digital Currency Group (DCG) and Polychain. The details of the investment have not been disclosed.

Indian IT giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced that it is using technologies from Microsoft and R3 to develop scalable cross-industry blockchain platform solutions.

Spanish bourse BME has announced that it has successfully trialled blockchain technology for digitizing the certification process of collateral pledge.

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced that it has added support for Stellar Lumens (XLM) on its professional exchange, Coinbase Pro.

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has announced its plans to launch a digital asset trading system next year.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s chairman Jay Clayton has agreed to the analysis by the SEC staff that found that Ethereum is not a security.

Commercial Bank, a private sector bank operating in Qatar, has joined the blockchain banking consortium led by enterprise software firm R3.

The Universal Protocol Alliance, a coalition of blockchain and crypto companies formed in August 2018, has announced the launch of Universal Bitcoin (UPBTC) – an Ethereum-compatible Bitcoin that earns an annual 10 per…

Elwood Asset Management, a UK-based asset management firm owned by hedge-fund billionaire Alan Howard, is planning to launch a range of cryptocurrency products targeting institutional investors, Bloomberg reported.

The interest among media and newspaper giants to tap blockchain potential has been growing in the past couple of months.

Kaluza, a new division of UK-based energy giant OVO, has acquired a minority stake in blockchain energy startup Electron.