Hedera Hashgraph, a public distributed ledger for building decentralized applications, has announced the initial members of the Hedera Hashgraph Council. The Hedera Hashgraph Council will govern changes to the software...

Consulting giant KPMG has entered into a partnership with software security firm Guardtime to harness the potential of blockchain technology to build transparent, traceable, and secure business processes. Founded in...

BIG Blockchain Intelligence Group, a provider of crypto risk-scoring and data analytics tools, has signed a multi-service client agreement with SBI BITS, a subsidiary of Japanese financial services giant SBI...

The Chamber of Digital Commerce, a leading blockchain trade association, has released its proposed National Plan for Blockchain. Perianne Boring, founder and president, Chamber of Digital Commerce, said that the plan is...

Japanese general trading company Marubeni, in collaboration with blockchain energy startup LO3 Energy, has begun a pilot project. According to a press release dated February 20, the project will see LO3 Energy...

Spanish banking giant BBVA has announced that it has negotiated the terms and conditions of 35 million structured green bond using blockchain technology. According to the official release, the funds will go towards...

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...