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...

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 ...