Technology — Page 57

Nestlé and Carrefour are expanding the use of blockchain technology to track and trace infant milk products.

Samsung SDS, an IT subsidiary of South Korean tech giant Samsung Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with blockchain privacy solutions startup QEDIT.

HSBC Singapore is teaming up with Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Temasek for a trial that aims to look into the use of distributed ledger technology (DLT) for end-to-end digitalization of fixed income securities.

JICWEBS, an organisation representing the digital advertising industry, has announced the addition of more participants in its cross-industry blockchain pilot that aims to enhance trust and transparency in digital adv…

The decentralized communication network pioneer Beowulf Blockchain has announced a global partnership with E-TELECONNECT, the Philippines’s leading company for business call center service. In this partnership, E-TELE…

Paxos has just released a new solution that allows people to easily swap between fiat and stablecoin, with Binance the first company to use the product.

China’s planned digital currency is not a way in which authorities are trying to gain full control of information belonging to the people, a senior People’s Bank of China (PBoC) was quoted as saying by Reuters.

Chainalysis is currently developing the Krytpos software in order to bring transparency into cryptocurrency markets and players, helping financial institutions to better understand their current risk exposure and prov…

Huobi Chain is now an open-source network, meaning that blockchain developers, enterprises and others can contribute to its development.

The Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) has refuted recent reports about the launch of its digital currency, e-dinar.

The decentralized communication network pioneer Beowulf has announced a global partnership with Olivarez College, a leading private educational institution in the Philippines. In this partnership, Olivarez College wil…

Logistics giant UPS has partnered with agritech company HerdX to deliver blockchain-verified traced beef from a U.S. farm to Japan.

China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), an administrative agency under the State Council, has expanded its blockchain-based cross-border financing pilot program, GlobalTimes reported.

Blockchain, the technology that underpins digital currencies such as bitcoin, is being actively explored and implemented in multiple industries including finance, supply chain, real estate, international trade and more.

The central bank of France is currently looking for a crypto analyst and development engineer to study and create proposals that can be applied to the financial sector.

Central banks are trying to foster cooperation with each other amidst the evolution of the financial sector and corporate giants entering the payment industry.

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz will be launching a 7-week crypto educational program in February that aims to foster the growth of blockchain adoption and attract talented individuals.

The blockchain-based coffee e-marketplace launched by the Coffee Board of India (CBoI) earlier this year has gained significant momentum in the past couple of months with thousands of farmers registering on the platform.

Update: The Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) has refuted recent reports about the launch of its digital currency, e-dinar. It has quashed the reports of not only the issuance of the digital currency but also its relation…

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), in collaboration with J.P. Morgan and Temasek, has developed a blockchain-based prototype for multi-currency payments.

DigiFinex Korea, a leading digital asset exchange, has been selected as SCOPE’s debut stage where security is key to business

European Union to create encompassing law for Libra, other stablecoins Recent reports suggested that the European Union may be looking to create its own central bank digital currency (CBDC). But it appears that the un…

British banking giant Standard Chartered is the latest to join the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), a member-led organization that aims to advance enterprise blockchain deployments leveraging Ethereum-based technol…

The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be using blockchain technology for tracking oil imports from Canada.

A blockchain alliance has been struck between the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, Shanghai Customs, and six other banks that aims to streamline the custom department’s operation.

Digital travel company Webjet has announced the launch of a blockchain platform that will enable users to eliminate discrepancies in hotel bookings.

The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) and the Shanghai commerce commission essentially reiterated Xi Jinping’s stance on blockchain technology and its importance in the country’s digital evolution.

Singapore-based DBS Bank and commodity trading company Trafigura are collaborating with Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) to develop an open-sourced blockchain trade platform.

Open source public blockchain project Nervos Network has announced the launch of its mainnet after it raised $72 million in a token sale.

Japanese financial giant Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is setting up a new blockchain consortium focused on developing next-gen financial transaction service.

Azerbaijan’s blockchain-based ID system will reportedly be completed by the end of 2019 and will be adopted in 2020, which will help credit firms manage personal data of its clients.

Singaporean fintech startup Xfers is launching a pilot stablecoin initiative powered by Zilliqa blockchain platform.

Hong Kong just launched a massive event this week that will explore initiatives like AI and digital ledger technology aimed at helping the fintech ecosystem grow.

The Responsible Sourcing Blockchain Network (RSBN) has successfully completed a pilot project and is now targeting to go live in spring 2020.

Hyperledger blockchain consortium has launched a new program that will offer training and professional certification to service providers to ensure that they are well equipped to install, configure, operate, manage an…

Blockchain security company CipherTrace has announced anti-money laundering (AML) on-chain analytics for Binance Chain, Binance’s public blockchain platform.

The decentralized communication network pioneer, Beowulf Blockchain, today has enlisted the services of Sydney-based Trade Promotion Agency with a multichannel distribution strategy to expand business development effo…

Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has mandated the development of the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) to be finished by 2020 to attract global investors.

Chinese tech giant Huawei has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with the People’s Bank of China’s (PBoC) Digital Currency Research Institute for fintech research.

Coca Cola’s bottlers are looking to blockchain technology to improve the management and efficiency of cross-company transactions, Business Insider reported.