Oracle has announced that Czech financial firm SDK.finance has integrated Oracle Blockchain Platform into its core payment platform for banks and financial institutions.
Japanese financial giant Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is expanding its collaboration with Akamai Technologies to establish a new joint venture to offer a new blockchain-based online payment network.
Pharmaceutical giant Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) is teaming up with IBM Canada to look into the use of blockchain technology in clinical trials.
Financial services giant Standard Chartered has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Linklogis, a China-based supply chain financing service provider.
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by 24-hour trading volume, is targeting February 20 for the launch of public testing of Binance Chain, CEO Changpeng Zhao announced in a tweet.
TRON Foundation has announced that it is teaming up with the ALS Association for an awareness campaign on Lou Gehrig's disease.
Blockchain startup Bitfury and Longenesis, Bitfury’s joint venture with artificial intelligence-focused company Insilico Medicine, have partnered with Medical Diagnostic Web (MDW), a radiology blockchain marketplace.
General Motors Financial Company, the financial services arm of General Motors, has entered into a partnership with blockchain startup Spring Labs.
Enterprise blockchain platform XinFin has announced that it is joining the blockchain consortium led by blockchain startup R3 to host its standardized and decentralized applications on the R3 Corda marketplace.
Finablr, a UAE-based platform for payments and foreign exchange solutions, has announced that UAE Exchange and Unimoni are now live on RippleNet, Ripple’s blockchain-based global payment network, Trade Arabia reported.
South Korea’s main opposition Liberty Korea Party has entered into a partnership with Taiwanese startup ioeX to implement a blockchain-based voting system.
IBM Research has announced a new project that will focus on demonstrating how blockchain and remote IoT (Internet-of-things) sensors can measure groundwater usage in a transparent and accurate manner in real-time.
US SEC solicits companies for blockchain data The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking sources that can provide blockchain data to support its efforts on ensuring compliance and risk monit…
Eleven new universities have joined Ripple’s University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI), which aims to support and accelerate academic research, technical development and innovation in blockchain, cryptocurrency…
South Korean blockchain project ICON has announced that the Seoul Metropolitan Government issued mobile letters of appointment to its Blockchain Governance Team using its public blockchain.
Banco Best, a Portuguese financial institution, and Credit Suisse Asset Management have successfully processed live end-to-end fund transactions using blockchain technology.
An incident underscoring the risk of blockchain use for illicit activities has come to the forefront as someone added images of child sexual abuse to the core ledger of Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV), also known as the …
The Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at The University of Texas at Dallas has entered into a partnership with the Blockchain Research Institute (BRI), a Canada-based blockchain research initiative led by …
The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA), a non-profit advocacy group for blockchain technology, has joined the global blockchain consortium led by enterprise software firm R3.
The Council of Institutional Investors (CII) has called upon the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to encourage the application of blockchain technology to improve the proxy voting process.
Systems Planning and Analysis (SPA), a U.S.-based company providing technical and analytical support to national executive decision makers, has partnered with blockchain startup Factom to expand the federal government…
Digital Isle of Man, an executive agency of the Department for Enterprise, has announced new initiatives aimed at encouraging blockchain businesses in the country.
Medici Land Governance, a blockchain subsidiary of Overstock.com focused on land administration, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the municipality of Tulum in Quintana Roo, Mexico to develop a digit…
Denmark’s state-owned energy company Energinet has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the IOTA Foundation to trial the latter’s distributed ledger technology (DLT) in the internet-of-things (IoT) and ener…
Japanese firm Itochu has announced a proof-of-concept (PoC) aimed at developing a blockchain-based traceability system for procurement and supply of raw material for its investment companies and trading parties.
Go-Ahead, one of the UK’s leading public transport providers, has entered into a partnership with blockchain startup DOVU.
Swiss cybersecurity, blockchain and IoT company WISeKey has opened a new blockchain center in Geneva.
South Korea to keep ICO ban in place South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) has announced that it does not plan to lift the ban on initial coin offerings (ICOs), which was imposed in September 2017, CoinDes…
Digital identity solutions provider Evernym has announced the names of five initial recipients of its Identity for Good Initiative (ID4G).
Pacific International Lines (PIL) has successfully completed a real-time pilot tracking shipment of mandarin oranges from China for the Lunar New Year celebrations using blockchain technology.
PUBLISH has announced its first strategic partnership with the major Korean IT media outlet Inews24.
As part of a new mission for this year, the NEM.io Foundation, a non-profit set up to promote NEM blockchain technology, has announced a reboot of its operating structure.
The Bank of Thailand (BOT) has announced the results of the first phase of a project focused on domestic wholesale fund transfer using wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (wholesale CBDC).
Global banking payments network SWIFT has announced that it has launched a proof-of-concept (PoC) to trial a new gateway to interlink trade and e-commerce platforms with gpi – the new standard in cross-border payments.
Enterprise blockchain project Hyperledger has announced the addition of nine new members to the consortium.
The Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) and the United Arab Emirates Central Bank (UAECB) have announced the details of their joint digital currency initiative.
Japanese IT giant Fujitsu has announced that it has developed a blockchain-based system which will enable the exchange of surplus electricity among electricity consumers.
The two-day Blockchain Hackathon, hosted by Ireland’s Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in association with the Department of Finance, brought together a range of technical teams with the aim of identifying …
U.S. think tank New America’s Blockchain Trust Accelerator (BTA), with support from Tata Trusts—India’s oldest philanthropy, has released a Blueprint for Blockchain and Social Innovation.
A consortium of 11 banking institutions in India is going to launch the country’s first blockchain-linked funding for small and medium enterprises (SME), The Economic Times reported.
