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- HM Land Registry looks to R3’s Corda blockchain platform for faster and simpler services
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…
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- Italian interbank blockchain project enters second phase
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…
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- TRON unveils Project Atlas, aims to bring blockchain and crypto benefits to BitTorrent
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…
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- Crypto mining giant Bitmain acquires bitcoin cash browser wallet Telescope
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…
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- Charles Schwab advisor joins crypto startup Coinbase’s board of directors
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…
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- Google to roll out new changes to reduce risk of cryptojacking and hacks
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…
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- SAP launches two new blockchain consortia
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…
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- LINE introduces five dApps as it unveils plans to launch token economy
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…
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- CaixaBank, Erste Group and UBS join we.trade blockchain consortium
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…
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- Blockchain startup Ripple’s on-demand liquidity solution ‘xRapid’ goes live
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 …
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- Korea Investment Partners invests in blockchain startup TEMCO
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…
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- Opera, Ledger Capital team up to explore blockchain applications and use cases
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…
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- ConsenSys invests $6.5M in blockchain startup DrumG Technologies
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…
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- Blockchain firm IOHK launches first open source project “Cardano Rust”
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…
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- Enterprise Ethereum Alliance and Hyperledger become each other’s Associate Members
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…
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- Reserve Bank of India denies setting up blockchain and AI research unit
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…
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- Siam Commercial Bank brings frictionless payments to ASEAN via RippleNet’s “multi-hop” feature
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…
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- Ripple and others launch cryptocurrency coalition in Washington D.C.
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…
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- Indian government think tank taps blockchain to fight fake drugs
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…
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- JD.com establishes institute to build smart cities using AI and blockchain
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…
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- Digital Currency and Blockchain Weekly Round-Up – September 28th, 2018
US Congressman to introduce three bills to support blockchain and crypto development US Congressman Tom Emmer last week announced that he will introduce three bills to support blockchain technology and cryptocurrencie…
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- Blockchain startup Ripple officially announces social impact program
Blockchain startup Ripple has officially announced its social impact program – Ripple for Good – which will focus on projects related to education and financial inclusion. The company said that it is committing an add…
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- Austrian government to use Ethereum blockchain to notarize $1.3B bond auction
The government of Austria is going to notarize the auction of a government bond worth €1.15 billion (approximately $1.3 billion) using Ethereum blockchain, CoinDesk reported. The Finance Ministry on Tuesday announced …
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- Porsche increases investment in cutting-edge technologies including blockchain
German carmaker Porsche has announced that it has increased its total investment in venture capital activities by EUR 150 million for the next five years. According to the official release, the investment activities a…
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- Indian stock exchange NSE to trial blockchain for e-voting
National Stock Exchange of India (NSE), in collaboration with Elemential Labs, is going to test blockchain technology for e-voting for listed companies. NSE is a leading stock exchange of India with a market capitaliz…
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- China-based Bank of Communications issues $1.3B in securities on proprietary blockchain
Chinese banking giant Bank of Communications has issued a total of 9.3 billion yuan (or around $1.3 billion) worth of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBSs) via Jucai Chain – its proprietary blockchain network…
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- Goldman Sachs leads $25M Series B round in blockchain payment platform Veem
Veem, a global payment service provider, has announced that it has raised $25 million in a new funding round led by Goldman Sachs. Other investors include GV (formerly Google Ventures), Silicon Valley Bank, Extol Capi…
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- Austrian National Tourism Office looks to blockchain to fight ad fraud
The Austrian National Tourist Office (ANTO), in collaboration with Ethereum-based ad platform Adbank, is running a blockchain-based digital ad campaign. ANTO is piloting blockchain technology using Adbank’s Ethereum-b…
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- Marsh expands IBM collaboration to bring blockchain proof of insurance to more clients via Salesforce platform
Insurance broking firm Marsh is expanding its collaboration with IBM to provide clients with wider access to the industry’s first commercial blockchain solution for proof of insurance. The companies joined forces in A…
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- Telecom giant AT&T launches suite of blockchain solutions for enterprise customers
American telecommunications giant AT&T has announced a suite of blockchain solutions to help its customers solve their complex business problems. The solutions have been designed to work with technology from IBM and M…
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- Crypto exchange Bitfinex announces beta launch of EOSfinex
Crypto exchange Bitfinex has announced the beta launch of EOSfinex, a decentralised exchange built on EOSIO technology. The trading pairs available at launch include EOS/USD, BTC/USD, and ETH/USD. The announcement fol…
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- FedEx, Honeywell International and others join Hyperledger blockchain consortium
Hyperledger, an open-source collaborative initiative to advance cross-industry blockchain technologies, has announced the addition of 14 new members. With this, the consortium has grown to more than 270 member organiz…
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- Circle launches dollar-backed stablecoin “USD Coin”
Blockchain-based payments startup Circle, in collaboration with CENTRE, has introduced a new fiat-backed stablecoin “USD Coin” or USDC. In an online post, Circle co-founders Sean Neville and Jeremy Allaire said that t…
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- Evernym and Sovrin Foundation launch new initiative to bring identity blockchain to non-profits
Evernym, a developer of software solutions that leverage blockchain technology, in collaboration with the Sovrin Foundation, is launching a new initiative to help non-profits get on the identity blockchain. The initia…
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- SBI Ripple Asia gets payments license, moves closer to launch blockchain-based MoneyTap app
SBI Ripple Asia, the joint venture between blockchain startup Ripple and Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings, has announced that it has completed its registration with the Kanto Local Finance Bureau as a licensed ag…
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- Red Belly Blockchain achieves 30k txs/sec in global trial on AWS cloud
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) has completed a large-scale blockchain trial which demonstrated increased speed and energy efficiencies at a global scale. CSIRO’s technology ar…
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- Google to allow regulated crypto exchanges to advertise from October
Search engine giant Google has announced that it will start allowing regulated cryptocurrency exchanges to advertise in the U.S. and Japan, starting next month. The company had previously banned cryptocurrency and ini…
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- Gifto to explore NEM blockchain for improved scalability
Gifto, a blockchain-based decentralized application (dApp) ecosystem, has partnered with NEM, a leading blockchain application platform. Founded in 2017 by Asia Innovations Group (AIG) – a leading global social entert…
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- Zaif cryptocurrency exchange responds to business improvement order from Japan’s FSA
Following the recent $62 million hack suffered by Zaif cryptocurrency exchange, Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has issued the third business improvement order to Tech Bureau, the operator of Zaif, Reuters rep…
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- Australian real estate firm Vicinity to trial blockchain for energy management
Australian commercial real estate firm Vicinity Centres, in partnership with blockchain startup Power Ledger, has announced a blockchain trial aimed at facilitating its shopping centres to supply energy to neighboring…
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