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 in...

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...

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...

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 that...

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 the...

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...

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 Americas Internet of Value Coalition (SAIV), the initiative includes Ripple...

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 an...

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 Peoples Daily. It is the first regional...

Hot on the heels of the launch of the PUBLISH Protocol, TokenPost, a leading blockchain and cryptocurrency media outlet, has taken a step forward and announced a new initiative to bring blockchain benefits to the media...

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...

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...

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 are...