The government of Singapore is teaming up with a number of firms across multiple industries to facilitate and accelerate the adoption of digital technologies in trade and commerce.
Square Crypto, a bitcoin-focused unit of payments company Square, has announced that it is developing a “Lightning Development Kit” to help wallet and app developers easily create custom experiences.
Three key executives have resigned from SIX Group’s blockchain-based digital asset trading venue, SIX Digital Exchange (SDX), ahead of its launch date which was set late this year, CoinDesk reported.
Konya, a major city in Turkey, is developing a new cryptocurrency to serve its citizens better, Mayor Uğur İbrahim Altay announced this during a local congress in Ankara on Jan. 16, Sputnik Turkey reported.
Six major central banking authorities have teamed up with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) to look into potential cases for central bank digital currency (CBDC).
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said that it did not ban cryptocurrencies but only ringfenced banks from it due to the risks associated with trading these virtual assets, The Economic Times reported.
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Brave New Coin (BNC), a data and research company focused on the blockchain and crypto industry, is launching sentiment data for leading cryptocurrency, bitcoin, this week.
Blockchain e-money startup Monerium has entered into a non-exclusive partnership with Algorand, an open source, permissionless, pure proof-of-stake blockchain protocol.
Emurgo, the official commercial and venture arm of the Cardano blockchain project, is setting up a blockchain task force in partnership with the government of Uzbekistan.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced on Friday that he has approved the opening of an international crypto-run casino at Ávila National Park’s Hotel Humboldt, Bitcoin.com reported.
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has approved Raiz’s plan to bring Bitcoin to the masses, The Australian Financial Review reported.
Indian telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has reached out to the National Informatics Centre (NIC) and requested them to improve the quality of public schools using blockchain technology, according to the Press Trus…
MUFG Bank has announced that it has successfully executed a live digital transaction on komgo, a blockchain-based commodity trade finance platform led by KomGo SA.
Crypto-fiat trading platform Zipmex has received the approval of Thailand’s Ministry of Finance and the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to operate in the country, according to a press release shared with…
The finance ministry of South Korea is mulling to impose a 20 percent income tax on cryptocurrency transactions, the officials announced on Monday, The Korea Times reported.
Senator Nathan Dahm has drafted a new bill for Oklahoma that calls for a state-backed financial institution that will be fully supported by blockchain technology, Cointelegraph reported.
Commercial Bank, a private sector bank in Qatar, has announced its participation in the first Blockchain Open Account Trade Finance Trial on the Marco Polo Platform. It is purportedly the biggest trial on the R3 Corda…