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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.

SIRIN LABS, the creator of FINNEY blockchain smartphone, has announced its partnership with Virgin Gates ahead of the launch of FINNEY on November 29.

The Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, is going to launch a blockchain research programme, Bitcoin Exchange Guide reported.

Cryptocurrency exchange operator Huobi Group has established a Communist Party committee, South China Morning Post reported.

Switzerland’s principal stock exchange SIX is going to be the first to launch an exchange-traded product (ETP) tracking multiple cryptocurrencies, The Financial Times reported.

IBM, in collaboration with Columbia University, has announced two new accelerator programs for blockchain startups to drive the next generation of blockchain innovation.

In response to the recent comments from Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Bank of Thailand Governor Veerathai Santiprabhob said that it is unlikely that cryptocurrencies will be…

BTC/USD: Bitcoin prices plunged to fresh 2018 low during late European session Monday, as investors continued panic sell-off after a flood of regulatory warnings thronged the digital currency industry. The crypto king…

Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) last week announced its plans to regulate cryptocurrency wallet services, Bitcoin.com reported.

Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) has announced that it has started a project that aims to build a future microgrid using blockchain technology.

South Korea’s Ministry of the Public Administration and Security has announced its plans to establish an “intelligent government roadmap” with central and local government bodies to operate a “smarter” e-government by…

Tom Lee, co-founder of Fundstrat Global Advisors, has lowered his year-end target for bitcoin price to $15,000 from $25,000, CNBC reported.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled charges against two companies that sold digital tokens in initial coin offerings (ICOs).

Brazilian banking giant Banco Bradesco has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Japanese bank MUFG to launch a new blockchain-based cross-border payment service.

Blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT), which initially took the global financial sector by storm, is being tested and implemented across almost all industries.

Hong Kong-based Hang Seng Bank has announced that it has successfully completed a pilot trade transaction for two corporate customers using the recently launched eTradeConnect platform.

BTC/USD: Bitcoin prices continued to downtrend for the third consecutive day, during late European session Friday, tracking pessimism from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) annual enforcemen…

Bitcoin is an extremely clever idea, but not every clever idea is a good idea, says ECB’s Benoît Cœuré Bitcoin is the evil spawn of the financial crisis, a member of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) executive board s…

Three central banking authorities – the Bank of Canada (BoC), the Bank of England (BoE), and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) – have jointly published a report which assesses alternative models that could enh…

Bitcoin is the evil spawn of the financial crisis, a member of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) executive board said recently.

Tech titan Microsoft has announced the initial release of the Azure Blockchain Development Kit, built on the firm’s serverless technologies.

Cryptocurrency startup Gem has launched a crypto portfolio tracker with automatic exchange sync with 25 crypto exchanges.

It's been nearly a year since bitcoin’s price peaked at almost $20,000 (all-time high). However, the story has taken a turn this year and bitcoin’s value plummeted to sub $6,000 in a matter of hours on November 14.