QUICK TAKE AliPay operator Ant Financial’s enterprise blockchain platform is set to go live next month Guofei Jiang, vice president of Ant Financial, said that the...
China’s nationwide blockchain network, the Blockchain-based Service Network (BSN), will launch in April 2020, six months after it was rolled out for testing. Backed by Chinese government policy...
Thailand’s oldest bank Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) has partnered with Ripple to create a mobile application powered by blockchain to deliver instant, low-cost cross-border payments. Per...
Yesterday Chinese search engine firm Baidu launched an entry-level blockchain hosting solution called “Open Network”. The offering is targeted at SMEs and developers and is based...
On Jan. 3 Spain-based CaixaBank added the blockchain-powered finance platform We.trade to its list of services. CaixaBank has now become one of the first banks in...
In the United States, Virginia’s state legislature looks to study blockchain to improve elections and voting. Prefiled on Dec. 27 and scheduled for offering on Jan....
Today the European Central Bank (ECB) published a paper exploring how a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) could be designed primarily for payments, and to discourage its use...
In Israel, the number of blockchain and crypto-related companies increased by 32% in 2019, according to a report from the Israeli Bitcoin Association published on Dec. 30. The report...
Earlier this week, Turkey’s Istanbul Clearing, Settlement and Custody Bank (Takasbank) launched its digital gold trading platform based on blockchain technology. Dubbed as BiGA Digital Gold,...
Researchers at Ireland’s Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) have proposed that using a blockchain-based “forward trading system” can provide a more effective incentive for the...
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