Krung Thai Bank, a state-owned bank in Thailand, has signed a letter of intent with Shwe Bank and blockchain startup Everex to introduce the first cross-border blockchain-based money transfer services between Thailand and...
Federal Reserve Bank of New York launches Fintech Advisory Group The Federal Reserve Bank of New York last week launched the Fintech Advisory Group that will focus on providing insights into existing and emerging...
Indian private sector bank Federal Bank has entered into a partnership with blockchain startup Ripple to accelerate cross-border remittance services. In its intimation to the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE), the...
Kakaos blockchain subsidiary Ground X has released the public testnet of its public blockchain platform Klaytn, called Baobab, along with the updated position paper, which highlights the platforms technical architecture...
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry of the government of India has launched a blockchain-based e-marketplace for coffee. Commerce Secretary Anup Wadhawan launched the coffee e-marketplace through video conferencing in...
The Sovrin Foundation, a nonprofit that provides the business, legal, and technical support for the Sovrin Network, has launched the Sovrin Alliance, which aims to become the worlds leading destination for self-sovereign...
BitTorrent, a peer-to-peer file sharing service owned by TRON, has announced its plans to incorporate blockchain technology into its new BitTorrent Live streaming service. BitTorrent Live is a new live streaming app...
For the first time, two commercial transactions have been carried out using Marco Polo, a trade finance network on R3s Corda blockchain platform. Launched in September 2017, Marco Polo is a platform developed by the...
The Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) discussed cryptocurrency regulation and the adoption of distributed ledger technology (DLT), among other things, on Wednesday,...
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York last week launched the Fintech Advisory Group that will focus on providing insights into existing and emerging financial technologies. The group will primarily aim to present views...
Hyperledger, an open source collaborative effort that aims to advance cross-industry blockchain technologies, has announced the addition of nine organizations to its cohort. The new members include the first general...
Blockchain advertising consortium AdLedger has added three new members to its cohort, AdWeek reported. Founded last year, AdLedger is a nonprofit research and development consortium that aims to implement global...
French multinational luxury goods conglomerate LVMH is going to launch a blockchain for the provenance of high-priced goods, CoinDesk reported. LVMH, which counts Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Sephora, and others among...
The National Development Council (NDC), the policy-planning agency of Taiwan, has announced that it currently in the process of setting up a blockchain alliance, Taiwan News reported referring to a report from Liberty...
Tribe Accelerator, a Singaporean government supported blockchain accelerator, has announced its partnerships with BMW Group Asia, Intel Corporation and Nielsen. In December 2018, venture capital firm TRIVE partnered...