Indian government-backed NPTEL teams up with IBM to offer blockchain course
Jun 28, 2018 09:59 am UTC| Digital Currency
The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), an initiative funded by the Indian Ministry of Human Resource Development and executed jointly by IITs and IISc prestigious education institutes of India, is...
JD.com, Lenovo and others join Hyperledger blockchain project
Jun 28, 2018 06:02 am UTC| Digital Currency
Cross-industry collaborative blockchain initiative Hyperledger continues to add new members to the consortium. The latest members hail from the U.S., Europe, and Asia, along with a major wave of the new members from...
UN agency partners with blockchain-based image verification platform Truepic
Jun 28, 2018 05:09 am UTC| Digital Currency Technology
The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is teaming up with Truepic, a California-based image authentication platform. With this partnership, the UN agency seeks to use a new photo verification technology to...
India’s Kotak Mahindra Bank joins Ripple’s blockchain network
Jun 28, 2018 03:34 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
India-based Kotak Mahindra Bank is the latest financial institution to join RippleNet, Ripples enterprise blockchain network. Kotak will use Ripples settlement solution, xCurrent, to provide its customers with real-time...
Food Trust: A new Walmart-led blockchain initiative for food supply chain
Jun 27, 2018 10:54 am UTC| Digital Currency
Global food giants Walmart, Nestlé and others have teamed up to develop a blockchain to improve the supply chain management of food products, according to the Wall Street Journal. Other participants of the Food...
Jun 27, 2018 09:21 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) has set up a working group to develop a potential regulatory response to blockchain technology and digital assets. The IIROC is a national...
70 pct of capital markets IT providers working on blockchain pilots: Nasdaq-Celent Report
Jun 27, 2018 05:58 am UTC| Digital Currency
Almost all market infrastructure (MI) providers in capital markets are involved in the development of distributed ledger technology (DLT) projects through partnerships, joint ventures, and industry consortia, a new study...
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