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Austrian fiber producer Lenzing has announced its plans to use blockchain technology for end-to-end traceability of its fibers.

Automotive giants General Motors and Honda are teaming up for joint blockchain research focused on electric vehicles and smart grids, Nikkei reported.

The city of Seoul in South Korea is planning to implement blockchain technology in citizen cards, Cointelegraph reported referring to a report from Queen.co.kr.

Global funds transaction network Calastone has announced that its blockchain-enabled Distributed Market Infrastructure (DMI) is now live.

Inverter manufacturer ABB has rolled out a blockchain pilot to determine how technology can enhance the role of solar energy in peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading.

Dutch bank ABN Amro announced on Friday that it plans to launch a digital blockchain platform that aims to securely and effectively manage post-trade processing of commodity transactions.

ECB official sees more potential in stablecoins than bitcoin An official of the European Central Bank (ECB) recently said that all cryptocurrencies are not created equally, Bloomberg reported. Speaking in Paris this w…

South American crypto startup Ripio has released a trading platform and an over-the-counter (OTC) desk, as reported by Cointelegraph.

The European Central Bank and the National Bank of Belgium have issued a call for papers, including those focused on blockchain and cryptocurrencies, for a payments innovation conference to be held on 26 and 27 Novemb…

LVMH, a French multinational luxury goods conglomerate which owns brands like Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior, in collaboration with ConsenSys and Microsoft, has formed blockchain consortium targeted at the luxury in…

The central banking authorities of Hong Kong and Thailand are teaming up to promote financial innovation and undertake joint research projects, including one focused on central bank digital currency (CBDC).

French director Dominique Boutonnat has submitted a recommendation report to the National Center for Cinematography (CNC), with a heavy emphasis on blockchain technology.

5G services are now becoming a reality and have been recognized as vital to the 4th industrial revolution infrastructure. There is a high level of enthusiasm regarding the impact the technology will have in our daily …

The World Bank and Commonwealth Bank (CBA) have successfully recorded a secondary bond market trade on a blockchain, according to a press release dated May 16.

Blockchain startup Blockstream has announced a new platform that will allow businesses to issue their own tokens on the Liquid Network.

Materials science company Avery Dennison and supply chain firm EVRYTHNG have launched a blockchain solution for the fashion industry in collaboration with designer Matthew Williams’ fashion label Alyx.

Tech titan Microsoft this week unveiled a decentralized identity (DID) network built on the bitcoin blockchain.

Vinturas announced on Tuesday that it will launch a blockchain-based digital platform to offer automotive end-to-end supply chain visibility.

American payments start-up Uphold is teaming up with Ledger, a provider of security and infrastructure solutions for cryptocurrencies and blockchain applications, to improve security, as reported by Cointelegraph.

Kadena is eyeing to launch its public blockchain Chainweb by October 2019.

Hyperledger has unveiled its newest project – a new blockchain-based identity management system.

The government of the German state North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) has announced plans to establish a European Blockchain Institute.

Kakao’s blockchain subsidiary Ground X has revealed that it will launch its blockchain platform on June 27, 2019, Cointelegraph reported.

Brazil’s banking giant Banco Bradesco has joined Marco Polo, a trade finance network on R3’s Corda blockchain platform.

London-based fintech company Finastra has on-boarded three more banks on its blockchain-based platform, Fusion LenderComm.

Security token platform Polymath, in collaboration with Ethereum and Cardano co-founder Charles Hoskinson, has announced plans to build the world’s first security token blockchain, Polymesh.

Blockchain startup LiquidShare has announced its partnership with ConsenSys’ PegaSys team for its blockchain-based post-trade settlement infrastructure.

Belfast City Council has entered into a partnership with UK & Israel based tech startup Colu to launch a city-wide digital currency.

The US House of Representatives has announced the launch of two task forces – one focused on financial technology (fintech) and the other on artificial intelligence (AI).

GE Aviation, a subsidiary of General Electric, has developed a supply chain blockchain using Microsoft Azure, CoinDesk reported.

World Economic Forum teams up with over 100 organisations on blockchain-based supply chain initiative The World Economic Forum, a Switzerland-based non-profit organization that aims to improve the state of the world, …

The Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) has formed the “Dubai Future Council for Blockchain” in order to foster blockchain implementation in various sectors.

European financial services giant Nordea has announced that it is launching blockchain-based we.trade platform for its small and middle-sized business customers (SMEs).

Samsung SDS, the IT subsidiary of Samsung, is planning to include blockchain technology in its enterprise solution packages, CoinDesk reported.

South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) has announced nine additional financial services that have been approved to be tested in the financial regulatory sandbox.

Austrian banking giant Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) has joined Marco Polo, a trade finance network on R3’s Corda blockchain platform.

Voltron, a blockchain-based trade finance initiative, recently completed trials involving the simulation of multiple digital Letter of Credit transactions with more than 50 banks and corporates, Finextra reported.

Tech giant Microsoft has released the new Azure Blockchain Development Kit for the Ethereum blockchain.

​Indian IT giant Wipro, in collaboration with blockchain startup R3, has developed a blockchain-based solution prototype to enable digital currency for interbank settlements in Thailand.

Syniverse, a telecom services provider, and tech giant IBM have successfully trialed a blockchain-based mobile roaming solution with two international telecommunication companies, Orange and Mobile TeleSystems (MTS).