BTC/USD: Bitcoin prices jumped across the board during late European session Monday, hitting a 2-1/2-month high, with market participants believing that a massive sell-off in Tether (USDT) has forced investors to buy …
Japanese tech giant Sony today announced that it is developing a blockchain-based rights management system for digital content. The system is being jointly developed by Sony Corporation, Sony Music Entertainment, and …
SIX Group, a Swiss financial service provider, has acquired a minority stake in PassOn, a Zug-based blockchain startup. In July, SIX Swiss Exchange, which is a part of the SIX Group, announced “SIX Digital Exchange” –…
The team behind TRON (TRX) has entered into a partnership with Chinese search giant Baidu, Coinness said in a tweet last week. Coinness said that the team has itself confirmed the partnership adding that the announcem…
IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson and Emurgo CEO Ken Kodama have issued an open letter to the Cardano community highlighting the lack of performance by the Cardano Foundation. IOHK is focused on the development of the core c…
Leading cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is shutting down its index fund targeted at institutional investors, sources familiar with the matter have told CoinDesk and The Block. Coinbase Index Fund, which was announced…
Smartphone maker HTC has released a new teaser of its much-awaited blockchain smartphone “Exodus”. The company first announced the project in May, saying that the new phone will be “dedicated to decentralized applicat…
BTC/USD: Bitcoin prices recovered across the board during late European session Friday, after suffering heavily yesterday, following slight short-covering. Market participants are awaiting the United States’ Securitie…
China seeks to release three blockchain standards in 2018 An organization backed by the Chinese government is planning to release three blockchain standards on smart contracts, privacy and deposits, China Money Networ…
The government of South Korea is going to decide on the fate of initial coin offerings (ICOs) in the country once again in November, CoinDesk reported. During the National Assembly's annual audit, Hong Nam-ki, head of…
Clearmatics, a London-based blockchain R&D company, has announced that it has raised more than $12 million in a Series A funding round led by Route 66 Ventures. The round also drew support from private equity firm TNF…
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is currently testing blockchain technology as a proof of concept (PoC), a CBP official said recently. The member of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (CO…
Leading South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has sold over 38 percent of its equity to a Singapore-based blockchain consortium for 400 billion won (approximately $350 million), CoinDesk reported. The deal was …
BTC/USD: Bitcoin prices suffered heavily across the board during late European session Thursday, only to be followed by the United States’ Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) efforts to crack down on Initial Co…
Crypto exchange Gemini has announced the appointment of Jeanine Hightower-Sellitto as the new Managing Director of Operations. Jeanine previously served as the Chief Operating Officer at the International Securities E…
The Financial Stability Board (FSB), an international body monitoring the global financial system, has published a new report that highlights the analysis behind its proactive assessment of the potential implications …
Scanetchain, the first commercialized augmented reality (AR) blockchain platform, announced that it has entered into a partnership with iFashion Group, a Singaporean venture platform company focused on investing and a…
Indian government think tank NITI Aayog, in collaboration with IBM India, has announced an internship program to make students industry ready in areas such as artificial intelligence, Internet-of-Things, cybersecurity…
The Universal Protocol Alliance, a recently launched coalition of blockchain organizations, has officially announced its own stablecoin, called the Universal Dollar (UPUSD). In August, Uphold, Brave Software, Cred, Bl…
Global media giant Forbes has become the latest entrant into the blockchain space with its partnership with blockchain journalism startup Civil. Through this partnership, Forbes will not only experiment with this inno…
‘Big Four’ accounting firm PwC has announced that it has partnered with Cred, a blockchain startup focused on decentralized lending, to bring its expertise to stablecoins and the digital asset ecosystem. Previously Li…
BTC/USD: Bitcoin prices continued to remain range-bound during late European session Tuesday, amid lack of any market-moving news that gathered investors’ attention. At the time of writing, BTC/USD traded 0.23 percent…
NDS, a subsidiary of Korean food producer Nongshim, has partnered with blockchain startup Ambrosus to track and trace premium quality beef sold by food retailer Mega Mart. In an online post, NDS said that it has been …
In a new study, Juniper Research, a UK-based market research company, has said that it expects the value of annual Bitcoin transactions to slide further from the latter half of next year. Bitcoin price, which rose to …
Blockchain real estate startup Propy has announced that it has completed the first blockchain-powered property sale in the European Union. The sale took place in Seville, Spain and involved a Spanish seller and a Fren…
The Office of Communications (Ofcom), a UK government-approved telecom regulatory and competition authority, has announced that it has received £700k from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to …
CSIRO’s Data61, in collaboration with Commonwealth Bank (CBA), is testing blockchain potential in creating smart money. “Smart money” can be understood as programmable money which has certain conditions attached to it…
A blockchain pilot zone has been launched in south China's Hainan Province, Xinhua Net reported. The blockchain pilot zone, the first in China, includes a blockchain research institute which has been jointly establish…
Oasis Labs, a blockchain-based cloud computing platform, has announced a partnership with leading investors to launch a first-of-its kind program to accelerate privacy-first computing on blockchain. a16zcrypto, Accel,…
IBM has announced growing adoption of its blockchain-based food supply chain network, IBM Food Trust, which is now available after 18 months of testing. In August 2017, global giants including the likes of Walmart, Un…
BTC/USD: Bitcoin prices continued to remain range-bound during late European session Monday, amid lack of any market-moving news that gathered investors’ attention. At the time of writing, BTC/USD traded nearly flat a…
Leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced that it will donate all of its listing fees to charity. In an online post dated October 8, it said: “Binance will make a change to our listing fee policy. Starting…
Real estate giant Colliers International has entered into a partnership with security issuance platform Smartlands Platform in a bid to jointly build a Stellar-based real estate tokenization project. Under the partner…
An organization backed by the Chinese government is planning to release three blockchain standards on smart contracts, privacy and deposits, China Money Network reported. In May, reports suggested that the government …
Chilean lawmakers are seeking to bring blockchain technology to the country’s public sector, ZyCrypto reported. Two parliamentarians, Miguel Angel Calisto and Giorgio Jackson, have proposed blockchain implementation i…
Evernym, a blockchain startup focused on digital identity, has announced that it is joining the Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative (MOBI). Launched earlier this year, MOBI is a blockchain consortium that aims to make…
Ground X, the recently launched blockchain subsidiary of South Korean internet giant Kakao, has introduced the test net of its public blockchain platform ‘Klaytn’ to its partners, TechInAsia reported. The new platform…
Blockchain-based payments startup Circle has announced the acquisition of SeedInvest, an equity crowdfunding industry leader and an SEC and FINRA registered broker-dealer. While the acquisition is subject to regulator…
Cryptocurrency startup BitGo has added Dash to its expanding list of currencies, becoming the first multi-signature wallet and custodial solution that supports Dash. BitGo now supports 85 coins and tokens as part of i…
US lawmakers introduce new bill to establish common definition of blockchain US lawmakers have recently introduced a bipartisan bill to the House of Representatives that seeks to establish “a consensus-based definitio…
