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French retail giant Carrefour has announced that it has applied its blockchain-based food traceability system for a new product.

Social media giant Facebook has set up a blockchain team in Tel Aviv, Israel and is looking to fill various positions, Globes reported.

Crypto brokerage platform Tagomi has raised $12 million in its latest funding round, bring its total funding to $28 million to date, CoinDesk reported.

Switzerland’s principal stock exchange, SIX Swiss Exchange, has launched trading of Ethereum-based exchange-traded product (ETP), Forklog reported.

The Gibraltar Stock Exchange (GSX) Group has announced the successful deployment of a GSX Digital Stock Exchange prototype and a demo bond issuance, on the Securities Trading Asset Classification Settlement (STACS) Ne…

NEM Ventures, the venture capital and investment arm of the NEM blockchain ecosystem, has made its first portfolio investment in Vimba, a New Zealand-based crypto savings platform.

Blockchain-based payments startup Circle has announced that it has closed the acquisition of equity crowdfunding platform SeedInvest after it received regulatory approval by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…

Bitcoin prices will likely triple the value and erase much of its losses made last year by end-2019, largely driven by a recovery in investors’ demand and renewed optimism among market players, FxWirePro poll showed.

Decentralized internet protocol TRON has announced that it is teaming up with stablecoin project Tether to introduce USDT to the TRON blockchain.

Cryptocurrency exchange Covesting has announced support for DigiByte token, which also marks the first ever listing on its platform.

Gustave Roussy Institut, Europe's leading cancer center, has entered into a partnership with healthcare blockchain network Embleema to develop blockchain-based health data sharing applications for oncology clinical re…

The Central Bank of The Bahamas has announced key technology solutions providers for its planned digital fiat currency project.

BTC/USD: Bitcoin prices slumped during North American session Monday, albeit at a proportionately lower rate than its immediate peers, owing to what analysts believed as the technical and sentimental reasons. Given th…

The European Union has formed the “International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications” (or INATBA) as part of its efforts to support blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) in overcoming barriers…

Leading cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase’s recent acquisition of blockchain analytics firm Neutrino has come under fire as some facts about the latter have come to light.

Estonian blockchain healthcare startup Solve.Care has entered into a partnership with on-demand rideshare service Lyft to improve public access to medical care.

TradingView, a leading financial trading charts and analysis platform, has listed Huobi's crypto-based index, HB10.

PUBLISH, Inc., the company behind an innovative blockchain media protocol and content management system for newspapers, has announced that it has joined The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, commonl…

The government of India has told the country’s apex court that the deliberations on the crypto regulatory framework are currently in the final stages, Bitcoin.com reported.

Kakao Ventures, the venture capital subsidiary of South Korean internet giant Kakao, has made a strategic investment in stablecoin project Terra, NXT Alpha reported.

The Asia Pacific Conservative Union (APCU), a Taiwan-based organization that aims to protect the “Peace and Prosperity” of Asia, has launched a blockchain-based network with the objective of fighting authoritarianism,…

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced a trading competition in order to increase awareness of its decentralized trading platform Binance DEX.

Tradedoubler, a Swedish digital marketing firm, has announced a blockchain-based platform that will facilitate automated and transparent direct relationships between advertisers and publishers.

South Korea’s FSC seeks to open banks’ financial payment network to fintech firms South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) has proposed a plan to establish an open banking system which would grant fintech fir…

Reebonz, a Southeast Asian online luxury marketplace and platform, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with blockchain startup VeChain to use blockchain technology for end-to-end tracking and authentication…

Social media giant Facebook has reportedly held talks with cryptocurrency exchanges about selling “Facebook coin” to consumers.

Financial services group Investec, in collaboration with automated payments clearing house BankservAfrica and decentralised identity platform provider uPort, has demonstrated a blockchain-based digital identity system…

South Africa-based Standard Bank is planning to launch a permissioned blockchain payment system for conducting overseas foreign exchange trades on behalf of its corporate clients, Finextra reported.

ThunderCore, a technology company specializing in decentralized solutions, has raised $50 million in the latest funding round.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is considering setting up a regulatory sandbox to facilitate regulated use of innovative technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence in the securities …

Dagang Net, a subsidiary of Malaysia-based Dagang NeXchange Berhad (DNeX), has partnered with blockchain startup LuxTag to offer e-Services based on blockchain technology.

Consulting firm PwC has announced that it is trialing its blockchain-based Smart Credentials platform.

The Macao Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT), established by the Macao government, has signed an agreement with WeBank, a Chinese digital bank initiated by Tencent, to collaborate in the development of Sma…

Figure Technologies, a blockchain-based home equity loan platform, has raised $65 million in a series B equity funding round led by RPM Ventures and partners at DST Global.

Saudi Arabia-based ATM provider Alhamrani Universal (AU) has partnered with blockchain-based identity authentication platform ShoCard to develop a blockchain-powered biometric authentication ATM compatible with local …

South Korean blockchain project ICON has announced that it sponsored a briefing session for establishing the Jeju Blockchain Regulatory Sandbox with private companies in attendance in Seoul.

Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has joined the British Telecommunications (BT) Radianz Cloud community, BT Radianz said in a press release dated February 27.

Wirex, the UK-based digital money platform, has announced the release of its latest version, Wirex 3.0.

Coin Metrics, a Cambridge-based blockchain analytics startup, has raised $1.9 million in a seed funding round led by Castle Island Ventures.

South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) has proposed a plan to establish an open banking system which would grant fintech firms access to banks’ payment network.