Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of 24-hour trading volume, has announced that its proprietary blockchain “Binance Chain” will be ready in the forthcoming months.
Hyperledger, a cross-industry collaborative blockchain initiative, has announced a new project – a shared cryptography library called ‘Ursa.’
Overstock.com’s subsidiary Medici Ventures has purchased a $2.5 million equity in GrainChain, a software startup seeking to bring easy and secure payments to farmers, buyers and grain elevators through blockchain tech…
The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has authorized Signature Bank, a New York-based full-service commercial bank, to offer a new digital payment platform named Signet.
Italian banking project on testing a blockchain application for interbank reconciliations has now moved to the next phase.
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA on Monday published the guidelines for FinTech Licence, a licence introduced by the Swiss parliament with relaxed requirements.
Financial authorities in South Korea are considering imposing cryptocurrency tax, Finance Magnates reported referring local news reports.
Four major names in the blockchain space have teamed up to establish a new association which represents blockchain originating organisations in Europe.
SK Holdings C&C, the IT solutions unit of South Korea’s SK Group, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with blockchain startup ConsenSys.
IPC, a U.S.-based provider of network services and trading communication technology to financial institutions, has partnered with enterprise blockchain software firm R3.
French supermarket giant Auchan has announced that it is going to implement blockchain-based food traceability solution in five countries.
Thailand’s Revenue Department is trialing blockchain technology to track value-added tax (VAT) payments, Bangkok Post reported.
At the recently held G20 meeting in Buenos Aires, world leaders have reiterated their commitment to regulate crypto-assets.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is interested in applications of blockchain forensic analytics, a new pre-solicitation notice has revealed.
Itaú Unibanco Holding SA, in collaboration with Standard Chartered, has launched a blockchain platform for small syndicated loans, Reuters reported.
Scanetchain, a commercialized augmented reality (AR) blockchain platform, has secured investment from a professional investment consultant firm Hillstone Partners, Edaily reported.
R3, an enterprise blockchain software firm leading a global consortium of more than 200 members and partners, has announced that 14 French corporates have successfully completed a trial of a know your customer (KYC) a…
UK-based global fund transaction network Calastone has announced that it will switch its entire global network, comprising of over 1,700 financial organisations across 40 global markets, to a blockchain-based system i…
BTC/USD: Bitcoin prices have almost wiped out the weekend gains, only to witness a major selling pressure across the board, with total capitalization being pushed back down to $130 billion again. At the time of writin…
Bitcoin mining giant Bitmain last week launched a new cryptocurrency index which tracks the performance of top cryptocurrencies, CoinDesk reported.
Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) is going to implement new Initial Coin Offering (ICO) regulations in a bid to protect investor interests, Cointelegraph reported referring to a report from Jiji Press.
Granular, an agriculture software company under the DowDuPont umbrella, has entered into a partnership with Nori, a blockchain-based marketplace for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, to help farmers increas…
Russian banking giant Sberbank and investment firm Interros Group have announced that they have concluded the first over-the-counter (OTC) repo deal using blockchain technology.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last week announced that it has settled charges against two world-renowned celebrities – professional boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and music producer Khaled Khaled (aka DJ Kha…
Real estate has emerged as one of the key sectors where public and private sector are seeking to implement blockchain technology. The objective is to enhance the efficiency and transparency by doing away with most of …
Microsoft Japan is collaborating with blockchain startup LayerX to accelerate the adoption of blockchain technology, CoinTelegraph reported.
Paxos, Symbiont and others team up to establish Code of Conduct for digital asset markets Ten leading firms in the crypto and blockchain space have teamed for a new initiative to establish a Code of Conduct for digita…
German banking giant Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) has joined Marco Polo, a trade finance initiative run by enterprise software firm R3 and trade finance technology specialist TradeIX, as a founder member.
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Pro has added support for Zcash (ZEC), Coinbase announced in a blog post dated November 29.
The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has revealed the details of its efforts to test the application of blockchain technology in capital markets.
The regulations for cryptocurrency exchanges and initial coin offerings (ICOs) will go into effect in Malaysia by the first quarter of 2019, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng was recently quoted saying by The Star.
Decentralized internet protocol TRON has announced its plans to establish a blockchain game fund, called “TRON Arcade”.
On Thursday, Sirin Labs has announced the commercial launch of its much-awaited blockchain smartphone ‘FINNEY’.
Cryptocurrency analytics startup Flipside Crypto has closed its extended seed funding round on November 21 in which it raised $4.5 million, CoinDesk reported.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced that it has added digital currency addresses to the sanctions list, administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), for the first time.
Cryptocurrency prices are unlikely to return to the sky-high rates seen in 2017, Kaspersky said in its latest report.
Huawei Cloud, Chinese tech giant Huawei’s cloud business arm, has launched its Blockchain Service (BCS) for global use on November 15, 2018.
Commodity trading firm Guvnor Group has announced that Vakt, a blockchain-based post-trade processing platform, has been launched on Wednesday, Reuters reported.
Two national initiatives focused on artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain technology have been launched at the recently held second UAE Government Annual Meetings in Abu Dhabi.
Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin has entered into a partnership with Simplex, a payment processing solutions provider headquartered in Israel.
