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.
Giga Watt, a U.S.-based cryptocurrency mining firm, has filed for bankruptcy while the company owes millions of dollars to creditors, CoinDesk reported.
The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), a statutory board of the Singapore government, in putting up seed funding to foster blockchain ecosystem in the country, The Business Times reported.
Leading global retailer Carrefour has launched a blockchain-based food traceability system in Spain for one of its food products – ‘Quality and Origin’ chicken.
Spanish banking giant BBVA has announced that it is one of the five banks invited to join the launch of the 'International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications' (IATBA), a European platform to promote the u…
Siemens has announced that it has joined the Energy Web Foundation (EWF), a non-profit organization that aims to accelerate the commercial deployment of blockchain technology in the energy sector.
American airplane manufacturing giant Boeing, in collaboration with SparkCognition, has announced its plans to launch a new blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) based company in its efforts to enable “the futur…
BTC/USD: Bitcoin prices have started to witness a minor recovery during late European session Wednesday, after having lost over 25 percent in the past two trading days, owing to general pessimism in the crypto market …
Huobi Global, the operator of the fourth largest cryptocurrency exchange by the same name, has announced the beta launch of its cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform.
MV Index Solutions, a subsidiary of investment management firm VanEck, has announced the launched of a bitcoin index based on the U.S. price feeds from established OTC digital asset trading operations.
Binance Labs, a blockchain technology incubator, has made an investment worth $3 million in US over-the-counter (OTC) cryptocurrency trading desk Koi Trading, CCN reported.
Blockchain startup æternity has announced that it has joined the Initiative For Cryptocurrencies & Contracts (IC3).
North Korea is going to hold its first blockchain conference in April 2019, Ethereum World News reported.
SWIFT India, in collaboration with fintech company MonetaGo, is going to launch a blockchain-based pilot program to facilitate fraud prevention for banks in a secure, reliable environment.
Crypto payment processor BitPay has partnered with Paxos and has integrated Paxos Standard token (PAX) as a settlement option for its merchants.
Crypto exchange Binance is collaborating with Refinitiv, formerly the Financial & Risk business division of Thomson Reuters, for an automated Know Your Customer (KYC) application.
BTC/USD: Bitcoin prices once again plunged to fresh 2018 low during late European session Tuesday, as the crypto bloodshed continues amid a panic sell-off among investors. A report from FxStreet confirmed that the dig…
The government of India is reportedly inching closer to establishing a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), a financial regulatory body in the United Kingdom, is going to consult on crypto perimeter guidance by the end of this year, Christopher Woolard, Executive Director of Strategy a…
(Refer BTC/USD chart on Trading View) BTC/USD continues to trade in the red on Tuesday as bears flex their muscles. The pair has broken below the key psychological level of $5,000 to hit a fresh 2018-low of $4,237 (Bi…
The Government of Catalonia is reportedly considering introducing blockchain technology in the community’s e-voting system.
