A report published today by the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) and IBM found that a large majority of...
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Credit Suisse, Societe Generale to use Paxos blockchain for equities settlement
Yesterday, asset tokenization firm Paxos announced that Credit Suisse and Societe Generale will be among the first to use its post-trade...
Deloitte blockchain adopts QEDIT zero-knowledge proof privacy tech
Today, technology provider QEDIT announced that it has integrated its privacy solution with Deloitte’s blockchain. Deloitte’s Eduscrypt...
China “likely to be the first” to issue central bank digital currency, says official
Over the weekend, the three day Bund Financial Summit began in Shanghai. Lu Lei of the nation’s foreign exchange administration revealed...
BASF, Greentown Labs select blockchain circular economy firm for accelerator
Today, cleantech incubator Greentown Labs announced that it has chosen five startups to fund for its Circularity Challenge, run with...
Digitary joins Evernym’s self-sovereign identity program
On the 23rd October, academic credentialing firm Digitary announced it had joined Evernym’s Early Access Plan. The plan gives...
China’s foreign exchange dept exploring blockchain for cross-border trade
Yesterday, Reuters reported that China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) is looking at blockchain and artificial...
Chinese president Xi Jinping emphasizes importance of blockchain
On Friday, it was reported that the president of China, Xi Jinping, had overseen a government study on innovation and blockchain. In a...
Chinese internet court adopts blockchain smart contracts, processes 1.9 bn transactions
Yesterday, the Hangzhou local government announced that its blockchain judicial platform has adopted smart contracting. The platform...
Tencent whitepaper: Libra a threat to WeChat Pay, AliPay
Yesterday, Chinese tech giant Tencent launched its 2019 whitepaper on its blockchain development, with a section on Facebook’s Libra...