Yesterday, Chinese media outlet Sina reported that the Guangzhou Huadu District People’s Hospital had launched a blockchain-based...
Author - Miranda Wood
Libra co-creator talks global finance and central banks with ING
On Tuesday, Libra co-creator Christian Catalini spoke with ING’s lead economist for digital finance, Teunis Brosens, about global...
Zuckerberg’s Libra testimony: “not going to do anything decentralized”
Yesterday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of the US House Committee on Financial Services on Libra and how big tech...
Accenture, SAP to use Corda for central bank real-time gross settlements
Today, at CordaCon 2019, it was announced that Accenture and SAP have partnered with R3 to build a blockchain real-time gross settlement...
Gartner’s four phase blockchain spectrum: true value unlocked in 2023
Yesterday, Gartner published the ‘Blockchain Spectrum’, its prediction for the evolution of blockchain in four phases. Today, we are in...
Commerzbank, Deutsche Börse complete blockchain post-trade settlement test
Today, Commerzbank announced that it has completed a test using distributed ledger technology (DLT) for post-trade services. The bank...
ING improves Corda blockchain privacy with zero-knowledge notary
Today, Dutch bank ING has announced it has solved one of R3’s pain points on the Corda blockchain. Corda’s ‘digital notary’ service...
Cambodian central bank exploring blockchain for cross border payments
On the 10th October, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) partnered with Malaysian Maybank for innovation in cross border payment and...
Tencent’s WeBank to launch blockchain car database
On Friday, Tencent initiated Weizhong Bank, or WeBank, and Jingyou Technology announced that they will build a blockchain-powered...
ConsenSys Space founded, launches blockchain satellite tracker
Today, ConsenSys announced its new branch, ConsenSys Space, for decentralized space endeavors. It was formed after last year’s...