The Banque de France is planning to launch test experiments for the development of its own central bank digital currency (CBDC) geared towards financial firms. The announcement was made during a conference where two French...

Hainan, an island province of China, has released a set of measures to accelerate the development of blockchain industry in the region, Xinhua reported. The measures were announced by Chinas first blockchain pilot zone...

Blockchain startup Credits is teaming up with Alibaba Cloud to enter Chinas logistics industry with blockchain-based solutions. The logistics sector is currently facing a number of issues related to tracking and tracing...

The British Virgin Islands (BVI) has announced the development of its own digital currency. Called BVI-LIFE, the digital currency will take the form of a stablecoin and will be pegged to the U.S. dollar 1:1. The BVI has...

UBS and Commerzbank have successfully completed a transaction that was recorded on a digital ledger. The two financial juggernauts swapped a basket of corporate bonds and German government bonds, with Clearstream Banking...

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has published an open call to blockchain developers to help it create a know-your-customer (KYC) platform proof of concept (POC). The announcement was posted on Nov. 29 at the CBSLs...

The Muroran Institute of Technology, a national university in Hokkaido, Japan, is teaming up with Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West to use blockchain technology for verification of educational records, Nikkei Asian...

An expression of interest (EOI) floated by the Tea Board of India has drawn responses from a number of tech and banking giants, according to a report from the Press Trust of India. In October, the Tea Board had floated...

The State Information Centre (SIC), China Mobile, and UnionPay jointly sponsored the first Blockchain Service Network Partner Conference on Dec. 01, according to local news outlets. An announcement to establish the...