UniCredit completes first blockchain-based international transaction via we.trade
Aug 03, 2018 03:27 am UTC| Digital Currency
Italian financial services giant UniCredit has successfully completed its first international transaction via blockchain-based trading platform we.trade. UniCredit is one of the founding members of we.trade an...
Aug 02, 2018 11:20 am UTC| Digital Currency
Prysm Group, a blockchain economics and governance design firm led by PhD-level economists, has appointed two renowned economists to its recently launched Board of Senior Advisors. Harvard Professor Oliver Hart and Dr....
IHS Markit estimates global blockchain business value to surge to $2 trillion by 2030
Aug 02, 2018 09:49 am UTC| Digital Currency
IHS Markit, a leading provider of critical information, analytics and solutions, has estimated that global blockchain business value to increase from $2.5 billion in 2017 to $2.0 trillion in 2030. Blockchain business...
US Treasury department proposes regulatory sandbox to foster fintech innovation
Aug 02, 2018 06:16 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
The U.S. Department of the Treasury released a report earlier this week which highlights the improvements needed in the regulatory landscape to better support nonbank financial institutions, embrace financial technology,...
Blockchain entrepreneurs react to Bloomberg’s report on slowdown in blockchain space
Aug 02, 2018 05:16 am UTC| Digital Currency
In an article published earlier this week, Bloomberg said that blockchain-based projects may be suffering a slowdown. The article referred to a recent report from Forrester Research that estimated that in 90 percent of...
Shwe Bank to enable blockchain-based remittances in Myanmar-Thailand corridor via Everex partnership
Aug 02, 2018 03:29 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
Blockchain startup Everex has entered into a partnership with Myanmars Shwe Urban Rural Development Bank to facilitate blockchain-powered digital remittance services between Myanmar and Thailand. Back in 2016, the...
Overstock.com subsidiary to build blockchain land titling program for Zambian government
Aug 01, 2018 11:51 am UTC| Digital Currency Technology
Medici Land Governance (MLG), a blockchain-based property rights subsidiary of e-commerce giant Overstock.com, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the government of Zambia to develop a program for...
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