The Alibaba Cloud has just taken its blockchain-as-a-service platform to the US, Europe and Asia, making the BAAS global. Blockchain-as-a-service, which is built on Alibaba's Ant Blockchain system, was launched for the Chinese market in the autumn of 2017. But this week, Alibaba announced that it is taking its BAAS globally. Alibaba says that their…
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Deutsche Bundesbank and Deutsche Börse have just announced that they have successfully completed the performance tests of their jointly specified prototypes for securities settlement based on blockchain technology. The prototypes support the settlement of securities transactions, payments, interest payments and repayments at the maturity of a bond. It was developed on both Hyperledger Fabric (version…
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Binance, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has launched Binance Uganda, thus stepping in the oldest continent in the world. Africa has long been discussed as one of the "yet-to-be-explored" crypto heavens. Now, Binance is taking the cryptocurrency game in Africa to the next level by focusing on fiat to cryptocurrency trading services for…
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The blockchain and cryptocurrency market are constantly facing regulatory backlash from around the world. The SEC in the US has just launched a special fintech office to better understand, and eventually, help regulate the ever growing market. Now, China has stepped up and has proposed certain blockchain-related regulations that may help the rest of the…
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ScoutChain, a blockchain-based recruitment platform, has just announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement with Block Crafter, an expert in blockchain acceleration, on October 4th. This partnership will promote collaboration between ScoutChain and Block Crafters with the goal of transforming the recruitment system and paradigm. ScoutChain is currently developing a recruitment system and culture…
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Initial coin offerings are no longer the "hot" topic in the cryptocurrency world. It seems there is a new winner - cryptocurrency hedge funds. According to PRWeb, around 90 cryptocurrency hedge funds were started in the first three quarters of 2018. The total number is expected to go to 120. It is interesting to notice…
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Quanta Chain, a public blockchain infrastructure has launched to unlock instant liquidity for millions of tokens, and address the poor scalability potential of existing blockchains. This release precedes Quanta DEX, the first truly de-centralized exchange, creating a fast, truly trustless asset exchange for real time trading. Quanta Chain, the public blockchain infrastructure 15x times faster…
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The United Arab Emirates announced its plans to make initial coin offerings legitimate funding options for local businesses. Reuters reported that the new rule is to be introduced some time in 2019, allowing ICOs to "replace" IPOs, if companies decide to do so. The new rule means that ICOs will be equal in "weight" and…
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Air France-KLM (EPA:AF) and Winding Tree have just announced a new partnership to develop Blockchain technology in the travel industry. The aim of this new agreement is to provide, via Blockchain technology, a more advantageous travel offer for customers which is more profitable for suppliers, in particular by reducing the number of intermediaries. Thanks to…
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CoinDesk, the digital media, events, and information services company for the crypto asset and blockchain technology community, has announced that it has compiled a list of the United States’ top blockchain universities. In recent years, universities around the world have invested heavily in developing curriculums and resources around blockchain technology. While it is impossible to…
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