IBM, in collaboration with Farmer Connect an entity that leverages blockchain technology to drive efficiencies in the agricultural supply chains, announced a blockchain-based app that will show consumers the origin of...

Spanish financial services giant CaixaBank has started offering access to blockchain technology to its customers. CaixaBank, along with two other members of the former Batavia consortium Erste Group and UBS, joined...

The OOC Oil Gas Blockchain Consortium has successfully tested the industrys first blockchain application for Authorization for Expenditure (AFE) balloting in collaboration with Canada-based software firm GuildOne. In...

The government of Guangdong province in China has rolled out a blockchain-based financing platform that will help small companies receive loans from commercial banks quickly, CoinDesk reported citing a report from Sina...

The National Payments Corporation of India (NCPI) has announced a distributed ledger platform for automated payment, clearing and settlement. Called Vajra Platform, the distributed ledger technology (DLT)-based system...

Blockchain startup Kadena is targeting January 15 for the full launch of its hybrid blockchain platform, Finance Magnates reported. Spun out of JP Morgan, Kadena raised $12 million through a Simple Agreement for Future...

Turkeys Istanbul Clearing, Settlement and Custody Bank (Takasbank) has announced the launch of its blockchain-based transfer platform for digital gold, Cointelegraph reported. Called BiGA Digital Gold, the...

Blockchain-based content sharing platform DLive will be joining the BitTorrent ecosystem and begin its migration to the TRON blockchain. DLive and BitTorrent will team up to bring blockchain-based peer-to-peer content...

Italian tech company SIA has announced that a trial of the national project aimed at digitizing the management of sureties using blockchain technology will kick off in Jan. 2020. Called the Fideiussioni Digitali...

The National Power Training Institute (NPTI), a national apex body for training in the power sector under Indias Ministry of Power, has started offering blockchain training in multiple cities across the country,...

The Bank of Korea (BoK), the central bank of South Korea, has announced its plans to form a task force focused on central bank digital currency (CBDC) research. The BoK revealed its plans its Monetary Policy for 2020...

The Central Bank of The Bahamas has announced that it will be launching the pilot phase of the Project Sand Dollar today, Dec. 27. The pilot will be launched in Exuma with plans to extend to Abaco in the first half of...

The Bank of Russia has started testing stablecoins cryptocurrencies pegged to real assets in its regulatory sandbox, central bank head Elvira Nabiullina told Interfax. Nabiullina clarified that they are only exploring...