The Seoul Metropolitan Government has announced that it will invest 1.2 trillion won ($1.07 billion) in startups by 2022 via an investment fund, CoinDesk reported. The investment will be made via the Seoul Innovation...

Oman-based BankDhofar has started using Ripples technology for cross-border payments to India, Cointelegraph reported. Navin Gupta, the managing director of South Asia and MENA at Ripple, made the announcement via a...

The government of India has inaugurated a Cryptocurrency Forensics Lab, local news outlet The Hindu reported. The crypto forensics lab is, in fact, a unit of the National Cyber Forensic Lab (NCFL) inaugurated by Union...

Japanese banking giant Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) has completed a proof-of-concept (PoC) using Marco Polo, blockchain-based trade finance platform. Launched in September 2017, Marco Polo is a platform...

The IOTA Foundation has partnered with Liverpool-based cofoundery Nova to support startups working with distributed ledger technology (DLT). Incorporated and registered in Germany, the IOTA Foundation aims to support...

Tech giant IBM has announced that Cigna and Sentara Healthcare have joined the recently announced blockchain initiative focused on the healthcare industry. Last month, Aetna, Anthem, Health Care Service Corporation...

ICT services group Exprivia|Italtel has announced that the launch of a blockchain-based number portability solution. According to the official release, the firm is introducing an updated version of i-RPS (Routing ...

The government of Germany has launched a consultation process on how to utilize blockchain technology as it prepares to present a strategy by the summer, Reuters reported. Sources familiar with the matter told the media...

Chinese search engine giant Baidu last week announced that it has launched Baidu Blockchain Engine (BBE), Cointelegraph reported. Baidu Cloud made the announcement in an online post on February 14. It said that by using...

UAE-based recycling and waste management company Beeah is teaming up with the Hamriyah Free Zone Authority (HFZA) to launch a blockchain-based Waste Permit Portal, Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported. The initiative is...