As part of a new mission for this year, the NEM.io Foundation, a non-profit set up to promote NEM blockchain technology, has announced a reboot of its operating structure. Alex Tinsman, the foundations newly elected...

The Bank of Thailand (BOT) has announced the results of the first phase of a project focused on domestic wholesale fund transfer using wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (wholesale CBDC). Called Project Inthanon,...

Global banking payments network SWIFT has announced that it has launched a proof-of-concept (PoC) to trial a new gateway to interlink trade and e-commerce platforms with gpi the new standard in cross-border...

Enterprise blockchain project Hyperledger has announced the addition of nine new members to the consortium. Founded in 2015, Hyperledger is an open source collaborative effort that aims to advance cross-industry...

The Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) and the United Arab Emirates Central Bank (UAECB) have announced the details of their joint digital currency initiative. Reports on the joint cryptocurrency project have been...

Japanese IT giant Fujitsu has announced that it has developed a blockchain-based system which will enable the exchange of surplus electricity among electricity consumers. The company explained, Demand Response (DR) a...

The two-day Blockchain Hackathon, hosted by Irelands Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in association with the Department of Finance, brought together a range of technical teams with the aim of identifying and...

U.S. think tank New Americas Blockchain Trust Accelerator (BTA), with support from Tata TrustsIndias oldest philanthropy, has released a Blueprint for Blockchain and Social Innovation. Established in 2016, BTA brings...

A consortium of 11 banking institutions in India is going to launch the countrys first blockchain-linked funding for small and medium enterprises (SME), The Economic Times reported. Participating banks include ICICI...

U.S. think tank New America, blockchain startup ConsenSys, and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have come together to develop a blockchain-based worker well-being system. In a press release dated January 24,...