Four major Belgium-based banks Belfius, BNP Paribas Fortis, ING Belgium, and KBC have signed on to use a blockchain application to streamline Know Your Customer (KYC) process. The banks have teamed up with the Isabel...

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) announced in a press release that it has partnered with Siemens in organizing a series of lectures and seminars about blockchain. The partnership is part of their efforts to...

Live streaming platform SportsCastr has launched its own cryptocurrency called FanChain (FANZ), the company announced on Wednesday. The token has been launched on FanWide, a digital platform for fan clubs that helps...

Hacker Noon has just announced that it deployed its first blockchain-based feature on its publishing platform. Were kicking off the year with the deployment of our first feature built on the blockchain: decentralized...

Open-source collaborative blockchain project Hyperledger has announced a new community group that will aim to leverage blockchain technology to achieve the climate goals of the Paris Agreement. At the World Economic...

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Bank of Thailand (BOT) have published a report on the outcomes of a joint Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) research project. Called Project Inthanon-LionRock, the...

The government of Singapore is teaming up with a number of firms across multiple industries to facilitate and accelerate the adoption of digital technologies in trade and commerce. The initiative involves participation...

Konya, a major city in Turkey, is developing a new cryptocurrency to serve its citizens better, Mayor Uğur İbrahim Altay announced this during a local congress in Ankara on Jan. 16, Sputnik Turkey reported. Altay...

Six major central banking authorities have teamed up with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) to look into potential cases for central bank digital currency (CBDC). Participating central banks include the Bank...

Blockchain e-money startup Monerium has entered into a non-exclusive partnership with Algorand, an open source, permissionless, pure proof-of-stake blockchain protocol. Under the partnership, Monerium will issue its...