The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced the release of “A CFTC Primer on Smart Contracts,” which aims to help explain smart contract technology and related risks and challenges.
Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA), the largest subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation – one of the world's leading traders of goods and services, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA) as part of its…
Forex exchange (FX) settlement giant CLS has announced that its blockchain-based payment netting service is now live with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.
South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT and the National Election Commission (NEC) have announced their plans to develop a blockchain-based online voting system.
Birks Group, a Canadian luxury fine jewelry brand, has announced that it has partnered with bitcoin payment processor BitPay and will now accept bitcoin at selective stores across the country.
South Korea-based Fantom, a Directed Acyclic Graph-based (DAG) smart contract platform, has announced a research partnership with The University of Sydney (USYD), including a donation to the University’s Faculty of En…
Leading bitcoin ATM network Coinsource has significantly expanded into Upstate New York with its expansion into Albany, Syracuse, Buffalo, and Rochester.
Following its acquisition by TRON earlier this year, BitTorrent has announced that it will now accept TRON (TRX), Binance (BNB) and Bitcoin (BTC) cryptocurrencies for its Pro and Ads Free products.
ICONLOOP, a blockchain-focused company headquartered in Seoul, has announced the launch of the ‘ICON Development Network’ on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace.
OKEx, the second largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of 24-hour trading volume, has announced that it will delist nearly 40 trading pairs which have weak liquidity and trading volume.
The Malaysia Automotive Institute (MAI) has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Cryptovalley Malaysia (CVM) to initiate blockchain applications in the automotive sector.
The Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF) has announced the launch of its “Blockchain Academy” that will offer Blockchain Professional Qualification Programme – the first such programme in the country.
Securitize, a compliance platform for the primary issuance and lifecycle management of digitized securities on the blockchain, has raised $12.7 million in a Series A funding round led by Blockchain Capital, CoinDesk r…
Malta-based crypto exchange OKEx has announced a new digital asset value-added service in order to provide users with a tool to earn daily interest with their spare assets.
Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi has become the latest company to receive the Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) license in Gibraltar, Unlock-bc reported.
Crypto wallet provider Ledger is expanding its presence in the United States and has announced the setting up of a new office in New York.
The Global Legal Blockchain Consortium (GLBC), an initiative focused on driving the adoption of blockchain in the legal industry, has added new members and has surpassed the 150-member milestone, Artificial Lawyer rep…
Abu Dhabi-based Al Hilal Bank has become the first Islamic bank to execute the resale and settlement of an Islamic Sukuk using blockchain technology, MENA Herald reported.
Overstock founder and CEO Patrick Byrne plans to sell the firm’s retail business in the forthcoming months and focus on blockchain technology, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is going to hold a two-day workshop on blockchain technology on February 14 and 15, 2019, CoinTelegraph reported.
(Refer BTC/USD chart on Trading View) BTC/USD is hovering around $4,000 on Monday (at press time) as it recovered slightly from the fresh 2018-low of $3,474 hit on November 25 (Bitstamp).
Modern Terminals, Hong Kong’s second largest container port manager, has joined the IBM and Maersk-led blockchain initiative that aims to transform the shipping industry, the South China Morning Post reported.
The National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository; Sberbank, the country’s largest bank; and telecom giant MTS, have announced the results of commercial bond placement using blockchain.
SBI Ripple Asia, a joint venture between Ripple and SBI Holdings, has announced a proof of concept (PoC) on sharing fraud information using blockchain technology together with nine major credit card issuers and two pa…
Global food giants and even governments have starting experimenting with distributed ledger technology, commonly known as blockchain, to provide end-to-end traceability of food products for the end user.
European Commission to launch blockchain-focused initiative ‘IATBA’ in Q1 2019 Spanish banking giant BBVA has announced that it is one of the five banks invited to join the launch of the 'International Association for…
The government of South Korea is seeking to use blockchain technology for tracking beef throughout its supply chain, Yonhap reported.
Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange OKEx has announced that the “OKEx Project” will be launched today, November 23.
Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) has completed a blockchain proof of concept (PoC) of a “self-sovereign” identity management system, Cointelegraph reported.
The Bitfury Group, a full-service blockchain technology company, has announced the addition of two new members to its advisory board.
The government of Norway has decided to end a power subsidy currently enjoyed by bitcoin miners, CoinDesk reported referring to a report from Aftenposten.
Telegram Open Network (TON), instant messaging service Telegram’s blockchain project, appears to be inching closer to its completion.
Zaif, a cryptocurrency exchange previously operated by Japanese fintech firm Tech Bureau, has been acquired by Fisco Cryptocurrency Exchange (FCCE).
The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX) has received a full license as a provider of distributed ledger technology (DLT) from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) under Gibraltar’s Financial Services Reg…
A number of Finnish companies are teaming up to develop a new blockchain-based platform that will digitalize the share ledger, issuance and trading of non-listed company shares.
The Saudi Arabia Monetary Authority (SAMA) is going to launch its own cryptocurrency in 2019, Mohsen Al Zahrani, Head of Innovation at the SAMA, said recently.
Singaporean investment company Temasek is creating new groups to look into the opportunities presented by advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain, Bloomberg reported.
The University of Tokyo has launched a blockchain-focused course after it received a donation of 90,000,000 yen (nearly $800,000) from a number of companies, CoinTelegraph reported.
