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KEOS, a Seoul-based startup focused on taking the EOS community forward, today announced that KEOS tokens have been listed on EOSDAQ.

Global food company Smithfield Foods has joined a new blockchain consortium focused on the food industry.

Spanish telecom giant Telefónica is collaborating with tech giant IBM to implement blockchain technology to streamline core business processes.

The Gibraltar Stock Exchange (GSX) has announced a joint venture with leading Asian fintech firms which will focus on developing new blockchain protocol to support issuance, trading, and clearing and settling of digit…

Singaporean cryptocurrency platform KuCoin has secured $20 million in a Series A funding round from IDG Capital, Matrix Partners, and Neo Global Capital.

Arket, the in-house brand of clothing retail giant H&M, is testing blockchain technology for product traceability, The Next Web reported.

South Korean internet giant Kakao has entered into a partnership with stablecoin project Terra to apply its Klaytn platform to the latter’s blockchain-based payment system, The Korea Times reported.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Bank of Canada have started work on linking their respective blockchain platforms to explore the possibility of instant, 24/7 settlement of cross-border payments transaction…

SIX Swiss exchange expects its planned blockchain-based platform to completely replace its traditional trading platform within a decade, Reuters reported.

Blockchain payments startup Circle has announced a new reward program aimed at breaking the barriers to investing in cryptocurrencies.

The Thai Democrat Party has used blockchain technology to elect its new party leader in a recently held primary election.

The Chinese city of Loudi, located in central Hunan province, has rolled out a blockchain-based platform for recording real estate data, CoinTelegraph reported referring to a report from People’s Daily.

OKEx, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of 24-hour trading volume, has added a fiat currency, Vietnamese Dong (VND), to its C2C trading market on November 12, 2018.

VAKT Global, a company formed by a consortium of commodity traders, energy majors and banks, is planning to launch a blockchain-based post-trade processing platform for the energy industry by the end of 2018, CoinDesk…

Blockchain startup Axoni has announced that banking giant HSBC has joined its Series B financing round.

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization’s (CSIRO) Data61 division and Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) have announced that they have successfully trialed a new type of blockchain-powered s…

Nine leading ocean carriers and terminal operators are teaming up to form a consortium to develop the Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN), an open digital platform based on distributed ledger technology (DLT).

Transoil International and Solaris Commodities have conducted a blockchain pilot transaction of Black Sea wheat, S&P Global reported.

Great Lakes Science Center, an Ohio-based museum and educational facility, will start accepting Bitcoin as a payment method from today, November 13, Crain’s Cleveland Business reported.

Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance and NTT DATA have announced the successful completion of a proof-of-concept (PoC) for applying blockchain technology to marine cargo insurance claims.

Accenture has announced that it has deployed new software license management application which was developed using Digital Asset’s platform.

Auditing giant KPMG is collaborating with the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA) to develop blockchain standards for the transportation industry.

The Guangzhou City Blockchain Industry Association, the Hong Kong Blockchain Industry Association, and the Macau University Innovation Center have established a new blockchain alliance in order to foster synergy and i…

VersaBank, a Canadian chartered bank, has announced that its subsidiary, VersaVault, has initiated commercialization of its digital safety deposit box following its successful beta testing phase.

Following the launch of its exchange in Singapore, reports suggest that South Korean crypto exchange Upbit is seeking to enter Thai and Indonesian markets.

South Korean crypto exchange Zeniex has announced that it will terminate its services on November 23.

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is inching closer to the planned network upgrade via hard fork scheduled on November 15.

Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) expects to certify the first initial coin offering (ICO) portal this month, the Bangkok Post reported.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Singapore Exchange (SGX) have announced that they have successfully developed Delivery versus Payment (DvP) capabilities to settle tokenised assets across different bl…

Malaysia’s Ministry of Education (MoE) last week announced the setting up of a blockchain-focused university consortium and the launch of an “e-Scroll” system – a university degree issuance and verification system bas…

PBoC now targets airdrops in its cryptocurrency crackdown efforts The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) is now targeting airdrops as part of its efforts to crack down on cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICOs) …

Kaleido, a new venture launched by ConsenSys earlier this year, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), has announced the launch of a full-stack platform that will help enterprises build and implement blockch…

Korea Post, the country’s postal service, has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen business cooperation with China and Japan and introduce new technologies including blockchai…

Crypto exchange Coinbase has announced the launch of full trading of the Basic Attention Token (BAT) at Coinbase.com and in the Coinbase Android and iOS apps.

South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb, in collaboration with Asian e-commerce firm Qoo10, is going to roll out a cryptocurrency payment service.

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of 24 hours trading volume, has launched its new analysis division, Binance Research.

Crypto lending platform Cred has announced that it now offering USD loan, collateralized by XRP – the cryptocurrency native to the Ripple network.

Leading data storage solutions provider Seagate Technology is teaming up with IBM to curb product counterfeiting using blockchain and security technologies.

Nippon Wealth, a Hong Kong-based Restricted Licence Bank, has announced an alliance with three other enterprises including blockchain startup ConsenSys, Japan-based Shinsei Bank, and Singapore-based Tribay Capital.

The Finance Commission of France’s lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, has backed a plan to cut the tax on bitcoin sales, Reuters reported.