Blockchain Can Stem Corruption in Construction Industry
American software corporation Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost said that blockchain could fight corruption in the construction…
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Catalan Government Considers Blockchain for Public E-Voting System
The head of the Catalan government's citizen participation council states that the authority is considering blockchain for the…
Columbia University, IBM Launch Two Accelerator Programs for Blockchain Enterprises
IBM and Columbia University have announced two blockchain accelerator programs that aim to help startups in the space innovate…
Russian Authors’ Society to Launch Blockchain Platform for Intellectual Property Loans
Major NGO the Russian Authors' Society (RAO) will launch a blockchain-based financial platform for intellectual…
Korea’s Largest Power Provider to Use Blockchain for Eco-Friendly Micro Grid
Korea’s largest power provider KEPCO says it will use blockchain and other innovative energy solutions to develop its…
China’s IT Ministry Calls for ‘Acceleration’ of Blockchain Standardization
A document published Nov. 12 on the official website of the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) calls on the country to…
Crypto Investment House Launches Two New Funds for Institutional Clients
Israel’s first dedicated crypto investment firm for institutional investors, Silver Castle Ltd., has launched two new crypto…
Major Swiss Stock Exchange SIX Lists the World’s First Crypto ETP Amidst Market Collapse
Switzerland's principal stock exchange SIX Swiss Exchange will list the world’s first crypto-based exchange-traded product…
How Stable Could Russian National Stablecoin Be?
On November 7, the chairman of Russia’s State Duma Committee on Financial Markets announced details of the “CryptoRuble,” a…
OmiseGo Partners With Singapore Ride Hailing App to Trial Blockchain Solutions
Ethereum-based payment platform OmiseGo and blockchain protocol Mass Vehicle Ledger (MVL) have partnered to research blockchain…
Interest in Crypto as Payment Method Makes Small Inroads Among Moscow Residents
Five percent of Moscow residents who use non-cash methods of payment are open to using cryptocurrencies, according to a…
New York Digital Investment Group Subsidiary Acquires New York BitLicense
The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has granted a BitLicense to NYDIG Execution, according to an official…
Spanish Telecoms Operator Partners With IBM to Manage International Calls With Blockchain
IBM and major Spanish telecommunications firm Telefónica have partnered to apply blockchain technology to managing…
Korea’s KAIST University Adds Blockchain Application Courses to Curriculum
South Korea’s leading technology university, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), is working with…
Insurance Giant Ping An, Sanya City Gov’t to Build ‘Smart City’ with Blockchain
China’s Ping An Insurance Group, one of the world's largest insurance corporations, and the Sanya municipal government signed a…
France Accounts for Minor Part of Global ICO Market, While US Leads the Industry
The Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) industry in France represents a minor part of the global ICO market, according to a report on…
Bank of America Wins Patent for Storing Clients’ Crypto Holdings in Enterprise Accounts
The Bank of America (BoA) has won a patent for a system for enterprises to store customers’ crypto deposits, published by the…
Xerox Wins Patent for Blockchain System That Tracks Revisions to Electronic Documents
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has awarded Xerox a patent for a blockchain-driven auditing system for electronic…
One Third of German Logistic Managers Think Blockchain Will Improve Supply Chains
More than a third of German logistics managers believe that blockchain technology has the potential to significantly improve…
Amex Files Patent for Blockchain System to Match Images of Receipts With Stored Records
Financial services giant American Express (Amex) has filed a patent for a blockchain-based system to capture and transmit the…
OKEx Adds Support for the Vietnamese Dong on Its Fiat-to-Crypto Platform
Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange OKEx has added the Vietnamese Dong (VND) on its Customer-to-Customer (C2C) trading system,…
Huobi’s US-Based Strategic Partner HBUS Hires Former Exec of VC Firm Draper Athena
HBUS, the strategic partner of top crypto exchange Huobi, has hired a former executive of venture capital (VC) firm Draper…
Commodities Firms Complete Blockchain Pilot for Black Sea Wheat
Swiss-based Transoil International and Solaris Commodities have conducted a blockchain pilot transaction of Black Sea wheat,…
Film Publishing Rights Firm Fintage House Now Accepts Crypto for Rights Transactions
Dutch rights management company Fintage House has signed a deal with blockchain-based social entertainment platform TaTaTu to…
Marshall Islands President Survives No Confidence Vote Prompted by National Crypto Plans
The President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands Hilda Heine has narrowly survived a no confidence vote that was partly…