Japanese and South Korean banks launch Ripple pilot for cross-border payments
Dec 21, 2017 06:21 am UTC| Digital Currency
A group of Japanese banks and South Korean banks have come together for a new blockchain pilot. The Japan Bank Consortium has launched a new Ripple pilot with two leading South Korean banks, Woori Bank and Shinhan...
ABI Lab trials R3’s Corda DLT platform for interbank payments reconciliation
Dec 21, 2017 04:59 am UTC| Digital Currency
ABI Lab, in collaboration with NTT Data Italia, is working on a blockchain proof-of-concept for straight-through processing of interbank reconciliations using R3s Corda platform, Finextra reported. ABI Lab will look...
Waves launches blockchain incubator ‘Waves Lab’
Dec 21, 2017 04:09 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain platform Waves has announced the launch of Waves Lab a blockchain incubator that will support pre-ICO projects and teams who are building disruptive solutions using its infrastructure. Waves Lab will provide...
How blockchain technology could transform the food industry
Dec 20, 2017 18:08 pm UTC| Digital Currency Insights & Views
There has been a lot of noise on cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin of late. While some suggest cryptocurrencies are a fraud, others believe them to be the next biggest economic revolution the world has seen since the internet....
Chamber of Digital Commerce launches non-profit organization to support blockchain research
Dec 20, 2017 04:57 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Chamber of Digital Commerce has launched an affiliate organization, The Foundation of the Chamber of Digital Commerce. The nonprofit charitable organization will sponsor and support research and educational...
Indian state of West Bengal to tap blockchain to secure online records
Dec 19, 2017 08:49 am UTC| Digital Currency
The government of West Bengal, a state in eastern India, is planning to implement blockchain technology to protect its online records from cyberattacks, Outlook India reported. A senior official of the Information...
BCPG collaborates with blockchain startup Power Ledger on p2p renewable energy trading
Dec 19, 2017 05:35 am UTC| Digital Currency
Australian blockchain energy trading company Power Ledger has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Thai-Government backed renewable energy developer BCPG to bring peer-to-peer renewable energy trading to...
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