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The Italian Banking Association (ABI) has announced that its blockchain project for interbank reconciliation is entering the “pre-production phase,” Finextra reported.

The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) has opened its regional office in China and appointed Dr. Weijia Zhang, Wanchain’s vice president of engineering, as the EEA’s Regional Head.

The University of California, Berkeley has launched a new accelerator to support startups working on blockchain technology.

London-based blockchain startup Vakt has appointed former JPMorgan Chase executive Etienne Amic as the new chief executive officer.

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced that a new feature that would allow users to backup an encrypted version of private keys of their Coinbase Wallet.

Hyundai Commercial, a Seoul-based subsidiary of automotive giant Hyundai Motors, is partnering with tech giant IBM to tap into the potential of blockchain technology and accelerate digital transformation.

The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX) has added support for ICNQ token on its Digital Asset Exchange (GBX-DAX).

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.

Digital asset management firm Morgan Creek Digital has announced a new $40 million blockchain venture fund backed by two major pension funds.

Remittance startup SendFriend has raised $1.7 million in total capital from MIT Media Lab, Barclays, the Mastercard Foundation, Ripple, Techstars, Mahindra Finance, 2020 Ventures, and 8 Decimal Capital.

Chainalysis, a New York-based startup which provides cryptocurrency compliance and investigation solutions, has raised $30 million in a series B funding round led by Accel.

Financial services giant Standard Chartered has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Linklogis, a China-based supply chain financing service provider.

South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb is launching a licensed fiat-to-crypto exchange in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), CoinDesk reported.

Crypto exchange and payments platform Coinify has announced support for three new cryptocurrencies – Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Bitcoin SV (BSV), and Stellar Lumens (XLM) – on its buy and sell platform, Bitcoin.com reported.

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.

The Australian government’s Digital Transformation Agency (DTA), which assists in guiding, overseeing and driving the government’s digital and ICT transformation agendas, has recommended a “pragmatic” approach to agen…

FinFabrik, a Hong Kong-based fintech startup, has closed its seed funding round led by BitMEX Ventures. The amount raised has not been disclosed.

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.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is working to offer additional guidance to help people determine if their token offerings fall under securities laws.

Ethereum has surpassed Ripple’s native token XRP to reclaim the second spot in the list of cryptocurrencies by market capitalization.

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.

The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has launched a consultation on cybersecurity in the wake of recent technological advancements such as distributed ledger technology (DLT).

The Mauritian Financial Services Commission (FSC) has announced that a regulatory framework for digital asset custodian services will go into effect on 01 March 2019.

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…

Crypto futures platform ErisX has announced that former executives from Barclays, YouTube, and the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) have joined the company to fill various roles.

Researchers at the Bank of Korea (BoK) have published a study that looks into effects of central bank digital currency (CBDC) issuance on financial stability.

Crypto payment gateway provider CoinPayments has added support for BitTorrent (BTT) tokens, allowing customers to use BTT to purchase goods and services from hundreds of online merchants.

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.

Blockchain startup DOVU has announced its plans to schedule a Security Token Offering (STO) in partnership with TokenMarket in April 2019.

B2C2, a UK-based cryptocurrency liquidity provider, has received regulatory approval from the country’s financial regulator.

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 …