Thailand is looking to adopt blockchain technology in mid-2020 to oversee the excise tax for the oil industry. As it stands, the current legacy system is extremely outdated and illicit actors have been exploiting it to...

The Marco Polo trade finance consortium just got bigger with the addition of the Bank of New York Mellon into its network running on R3 Corda. The financial institution is currently studying the advantages that Marco Polo...

Monash University, one of the oldest universities in the State of Victoria, Australia, has just launched a blockchain lab that aims to increase the awareness of the technology for its students. Called the Monash...

The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced a distributed ledger technology (DLT) pilot project targeted at the corporate bond business. The project has been announced as part of the Master Blueprint...

Singapore-based technological company BCB Blockchain has signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with the Philippines in a bid to support blockchain startups in the country. The partnership was forged during the 3rd...

The Bavarian government is looking to digitize training certificates using blockchain technology that would make it easier for employers to check the authenticity of the document of would-be applicants. In a press...

Thailands Trade Policy and Strategy Office (TPSO) has revealed that it is initiating a project to use blockchain technology to monitor agricultural products, starting with organic rice. The country is well-known as a...

Oman Oil and Orpic Group have successfully executed a trade finance transaction using blockchain technology. The transaction, conducted in collaboration with HSBC Bank Oman SAOG, involved the shipment of polypropylene,...

The European Commission (EC) has launched a dedicated EU equity investment fund for artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain technologies in collaboration with the European Investment Fund (EIF). Bjrn-Sren Gigler,...