A proposal on a gold-backed cryptocurrency will be reviewed by the central bank of Russia, Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina was quoted saying by TASS. The crypto is intended to help facilitate mutual...

Bharti Airtel, an Indian telecom giant, has awarded a multi-million dollar contract to IBM to deploy a blockchain-based pan India anti-spam call solution, the Economic Times reported. Last July, the Telecom Regulatory...

The Lusaka City Council (LCC) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Medici Land Governance (MLG), Overstock.coms blockchain subsidiary focused on land administration, for the issuance of 250,000 certificates...

Japans leading carmaker Toyota has teamed up with the University of Tokyo and TRENDE, a renewable energy retailer, to initiate a blockchain-based electricity trading solution. Toyota revealed its plan to jointly conduct...

The Russian National Settlement Depository (NSD), a subsidiary of the Moscow Exchange Group, is eyeing to launch its own digital asset ledger in June, CoinDesk reported. NSD will incorporate its long-awaited D3ledger...

Four financial institutions have successfully issued a promissory note using a blockchain platform, Cointelegraph reported. The participating banks DekaBank, dwpbank, DZ Bank and Helaba have carried out a pilot...

IT firm Wipro has developed a blockchain solution for digital payment solutions company Travacoin to enable digital currency-based payments for the airline industry. Travacoin is a digital payment system that enables...

Crypto brokerage firm Voyager has joined the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA), a non-profit advocacy group for blockchain technology, as a corporate member. Founded in 2015, the WSBA aims to promote comprehensive...

Insurwave, the EY and Guardtime marine insurance blockchain joint venture company, has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Chinas Zhuhai Port holdings. In May 2018, EY and Guardtime launched Insurwave a...

Mozilla has announced that it is introducing new privacy protection features in the latest update of its Firefox browser which would allow users to block crypto mining scripts, among other things. Last August, the...