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...

The European Central Bank (ECB) has joined the growing list of central banks that are actively looking into central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). On Dec. 17, the ECB published a paper Exploring anonymity in central...

Spanish payment service company Iberpay has announced that it has commenced a proof-of-concept (PoC) for blockchain-based smart payments with five banks Banco Sabadell, Banco Santander, Bankia, BBVA and...

The decentralized communication network pioneer, Beowulf Blockchain, has announced a strategic partnership with one of Vietnams leading universities, Tien Giang University. Through this partnership, Beowulf will help...

Chinese multinational conglomerate Alibaba Group has secured two U.S. patents that could help accelerate the speed of its blockchain network. The patents will accomplish two things. First, it will reduce the time to...

Blockchain-based commercial payment service Paystand has announced that it has entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tokyo-based credit card firm JCB. The partnership means to replace the legacy system in Japan...

The decentralized communication network pioneer, Beowulf, has announced a strategic partnership with one of Vietnams most elite universities, Ho Chi Minh City University of Science. Under this partnership, Beowulf will...

Indian multinational tech company Infosys announced the launching of three blockchain-powered distributed applications developed for various sectors. These applications have been designed as a ready-to-subscribe business...