Encyclopedia on blockchain Everipedia has opened its first European office in Stockholm, Sweden. Originally started in 2015 by Sam Kazemian, Travis Moore, Mahbod Moghadam, and Theodor Forselius, Everipedia aims to “mo…
(Refer BTC/USD chart on Trading View) BTC/USD is trading in a narrow range on Friday as it hovers around 5-DMA. It is currently trading at 6528 levels at the time of writing (Bitstamp). On the upside, resistance is se…
The Port Authority of Valencia (APV) has announced its plans to build a “smart port” using blockchain technology and big data, CoinTelegraph reported. Jose Garcia de la Guía, head of new technologies of the APV, said …
Enterprise software company BlackBerry has announced a blockchain-based platform for storing and sharing of medical data. In its official release dated October 4, the former smartphone maker said that it seeks to crea…
Medici Ventures, the blockchain accelerator and wholly-owned subsidiary of Overstock.com, has announced that it has made a strategic investment in Israeli blockchain startup VinX. By leveraging blockchain technology, …
The Bank of Thailand (BoT) has announced that it has initiated a pilot of the DLT Scripless Bond Project that utilizes blockchain technology. The BoT will conduct the pilot in collaboration with a number of organizati…
Blockchain startup SKALE Labs has announced that it has raised $9.65 million in funding to develop blockchain scalability infrastructure. The amount raised comprises of an $8.86 million Simple Agreement For Future Tok…
BTC/USD: Bitcoin prices recovered during late European session Thursday, after remaining in the red zone for the past three days. At the time of writing, BTC/USD rose 1.03 percent to $6,570.50. Meanwhile, the near-ter…
Air France-KLM, a Franco-Dutch airline holding company, has partnered with Swiss travel platform Winding Tree to bring blockchain benefits to the travel industry. The companies will collaborate to leverage blockchain …
Japan Bank Consortium, a blockchain alliance led by SBI Ripple Asia – a joint venture between Ripple and SBI Holdings, has launched the much-awaited MoneyTap app, Ripple confirmed in a tweet on Thursday.
Cryptocurrency wallet provider Abra has announced a new token in order to widen the access to cryptocurrency investing. The startup has launched Bitwise 10 Crypto Index Token (BIT10), developed in partnership with San…
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon on Thursday announced a five-year plan to foster blockchain ecosystem, Yonhap News reported. Park announced a number of initiatives that aim to make Seoul a hub for blockchain development and…
Singapore’s leading containership operator has announced plans to trial blockchain technology to enhance supply chain management process. Pacific International Lines (PIL) is teaming up with IBM Singapore to leverage …
South Korean telecom giant KT has announced its plans to develop a blockchain-based peer-to-peer donation platform, ZDNet reported. The platform will be developed in collaboration with affiliate KT Group Hope Sharing …
Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has announced that it has secured insurance coverage for custodied digital assets that it holds on behalf its customers in its online hot wallet through a global consortium of industry-l…
Insurance broking firm Marsh, in collaboration with Evident, is developing a blockchain-based identity and insurance verification solution. The blockchain solution is designed to simplify the insurance and identity ve…
BTC/USD: Bitcoin prices remained slightly on the downside during late European session Wednesday, as investors still remain clouded by pessimism for the past few weeks amid earlier decisions by top financial authoriti…
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of 24-hour trading volume has invested more than $2.5 million in Australian startup TravelbyBit. Founded in 2017, TravelbyBit is a digital currency payment…
A number of companies including the likes of gaming giant Ubisoft and blockchain startup ConsenSys have come together to form the Blockchain Game Alliance. Other participating firms include Fig, EverdreamSoft, B2Expan…
Her Majesty's Land Registry, a non-ministerial department of the UK government, has announced that it is exploring blockchain technology for faster and simpler services. HM Land Registry has partnered with software fi…
Italian Banking Association (ABI) has announced that it has successfully completed the first phase of a blockchain project and is now entering the second phase. A group of 14 Italian banks began their work on the bloc…
Blockchain startup TRON has announced the details of a new project that will connect BitTorrent’s users to the TRON blockchain and incentivize them with crypto tokens. The company has revealed the details of Project A…
Crypto mining giant Bitmain has acquired Telescope, a bitcoin cash browser wallet, CoinDesk reported. Launched earlier this year, Telescope aimed to facilitate instant bitcoin cash transactions. The wallet can current…
Crypto exchange Coinbase has announced that Chris Dodds, who serves on the Board of Directors of The Charles Schwab Corporation and as a senior private equity advisor, has joined the company’s Board of Directors. Dodd…
Google is implementing stricter rules for Chrome extension developers – a move that should help reduce the risk of cryptojacking and hacks, CoinDesk reported. In an online post on Monday, the search engine giant annou…
Enterprise software firm SAP has launched two new consortia in a bid to accelerate industry-specific blockchain co-innovation with customers and partners. The consortium groups have been formed within the SAP Blockcha…
Messaging giant LINE has announced plans to launch five new decentralized apps (dApps) as it unveiled its plans to launch its own token economy. The dApps will be launched in five service categories including predicti…
we.trade, a blockchain consortium backed by banking giants, has announced that it is collaborating with three banks – CaixaBank, Erste Group, and UBS – from the former Batavia consortium. Initiated by UBS and IBM back…
Blockchain startup Ripple has announced that xRapid, its on-demand liquidity solution, is now commercially available and is moving into production with multiple customers. Launched in beta in late last summer, xRapid …
South Korean blockchain startup TEMCO has announced that it has secured institutional investment from Korea Investment Partners (KIP), one of the leading venture capital firms in the country. KIP is the latest to join…
Leading web browser Opera has entered into a partnership with Ledger Capital, a blockchain advisory and financial services firm, to further support its blockchain technology initiative. Under this partnership, the com…
DrumG Technologies, a fintech startup founded by a former R3 executive, has raised $6.5 million in its Series A minority investment round. Global blockchain company ConsenSys is the sole investor in this funding round…
IOHK, the company behind the top 10 cryptocurrency Cardano, has expanded the reach of its technology to a wide range of third-party developers with the launch of its first open source project. The company has launched…
The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), a consortium driving the adoption of Enterprise Ethereum, and Hyperledger, an open source collaborative effort advancing cross-industry blockchain technologies, have announced t…
BTC/USD: Bitcoin prices during late European session Monday, as pessimistic investor sentiments continued to cloud the cryptocurrency market for the past few months. However, the overall trend remained bullish. Accord…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has refuted recent reports that suggested it established an AI and blockchain technology-focused research unit. In August, leading Indian news outlet The Economic Times reported that th…
Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) has become the first financial institution on RippleNet to pioneer “multi-hop” feature. Using this new feature, the bank would be able to settle frictionless payments on behalf of other fina…
A cohort of fintech companies in the U.S. are joining forces to launch a lobbying group in Washington D.C., Bloomberg reported. Called “Securing America's Internet of Value Coalition (SAIV)”, the initiative includes R…
Indian government think tank NITI Aayog is seeking to leverage cutting-edge technologies to curb the rampant distribution of fake drugs in the country, The Hindu reported. On these lines, NITI Aayog has entered into a…
JD Finance, the finance affiliate of JD.com, has set up the Smart City Research Institute at its headquarters in Nanjing, CoinTelegraph reported referring to a report from People’s Daily. It is the first regional head…
