Seoul, the capital and largest city in South Korea, is set to roll out a point system that will reward its citizens with S-coins for using public services, like paying taxes and participating in polls. As per a report...

Blockchain startup VeChain has announced that over 20 wines have gone live on the Wine Traceability Platform (WTP), powered by its one-stop BaaS platform VeChain ToolChain. In June 2018, VeChain, DNV GL, D.I.G., the...

Mastercard will use blockchain technology to trace the provenance of limited edition fashion items during an upcoming showcase of women fashion designers. The payment giant revealed it will support limited-edition...

The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) has revealed its new board member appointee, Aya Miyaguchi, the executive director of Ethereum Foundation, and unveiled its new Mainnet Initiative. Miyaguchi, who is also an...

Samsung announced that it is adding 13 new apps to its official DApp store, called Blockchain Keystore. The DApp Store was officially launched last March and initially had four apps only. Following the release, the...

South Koreas Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) is creating a blockchain platform as it aims to enhance its business operations. The countrys military acquisitions agency has signed an agreement with...

Sinsang Market, a South Korean business-to-business fashion platform, has joined Terra Alliance, Cointelegraph reported citing local news portal EconoNews. Terra is a stabecoin project backed by a roster of prominent...

IBM and Chainyard have announced a new blockchain initiative that aims to address the challenges related to supplier information management. On Monday, the companies announced Trust Your Supplier (TYS) a new blockchain...

Litecoin, the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap at the time of writing, has halved its block reward for miners, CoinDesk reported. Litecoin founder Charlie Lee announced the halving event in a...

Leading Car brand Volvo Cars has produced the first electric cars which contain recycled cobalt mapped on a blockchain, Reuters reported. Volvo Cars was part of the Swedish Volvo Group until 1999 when the company was...

Digital asset exchange OKEx has rolled out a new comprehensive data insights platform that covers the trading trends of derivatives. Users of the OKEx platform can reportedly check data on the exchanges futures and...

Shinhan Financial Investment, the brokerage arm of South Koreas oldest banking institution Shinhan Bank, has reportedly signed an agreement with financial service provider Directional to develop a blockchain-based,...

The Peoples Bank of China (PBoC) has revealed its intention to accelerate the pace of the research and development of its digital currency in the forthcoming months. The central bank held a video conference on August 02...

The epic poem of Beowulf has survived for thousands of years, and has inspired generations of readers across the world. Written using unrhymed poetry, it tells of the exploits of the monster-slaying hero Beowulf in the...