German bank WEG has partnered with Anquan Capital to explore DLT applications in the banking and financial services industries. Ten31, the FinTech arm of Germany’s WEG Bank, has partnered with Singaporean technology incubator, Anquan Capital. While the entities have yet to detail the specific projects they’ll work together on, a press release announced that the […]
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A new project from Accenture and Fujitsu aims to solve DLT interoperability and joins the Hyperledger Greenhouse. While interoperability continues to pose serious challenges for enterprises leveraging blockchain networks, companies may be one step closer to breaking down these barriers. An open-source project initiated by Fortune 500 company Accenture and Fujitsu joined Hyperledger’s Greenhouse on […]
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Lamborghini is launching its first blockchain-based collectible digital stamps to ensure history and uniqueness of each piece. Lamborghini, a famous Italian manufacturer of luxury sports cars, continues to utilize the Blockchain in its corporate operations. Among the latest technology developments, the well-known brand is applying blockchain to digitize its collectible stamps. Lamborghini is launching its […]
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The director-general of the National Bank of Cambodia revealed that the central bank’s DLT payments platform will go live by the end of the year. Cambodia’s central bank will launch a distributed ledger technology (DLT) network to enable greater interoperability in the country’s payments sector and to take on the almighty greenback. Consumers will be […]
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Research Fellow Martin Chorzempa argued that China’s blockchain strategy is entirely focused on domestic objectives during Consensus. Martin Chorzempa, a research fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, provided insight into the motivations and objectives underpinning the development of China’s state-backed Blockchain Service Network (BSN) while speaking at Consensus:Distributed on May 12. Chorzempa highlighted […]
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Gibraltar’s minister for digital and financial services spoke to Cointelegraph about regulating market manipulation in the blockchain sector. The British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, a pioneer of blockchain-friendly regulations, will introduce a new regulatory principle for the DLT sector addressing market manipulation risks in the coming months. In an interview with Cointelegraph, Albert Isola, Gibraltar’s […]
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While Facebook’s Libra project appears to have stagnated after facing international pushback from regulators, rival blockchain platform Celo is gaining momentum. Klaytn, the public blockchain platform developed by Ground X, an affiliate of the major South Korean internet company, Kakao, joined Celo’s Alliance for Prosperity on May 8. Celo, a distributed ledger technology, or DLT, […]
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IBM’s head of blockchain in Australia and New Zealand has shared the firm’s outlook for the integration of DLT into supply chain systems. In an interview with Cointelegraph, Rupert Colchester, the head of blockchain at IBM Australia and New Zealand, discussed how distributed ledger technology is transforming supply chain systems worldwide. Colchester also provided insight […]
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Gibraltar’s financial minister says every jurisdiction recognizes crypto payments in the absence of policies explicitly outlawing them. In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, Albert Isola, Gibraltar’s minister for digital and financial services, argued that every country that respects contract laws recognizes crypto payments in the absence of regulation which prohibits them. On the question of […]
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Fintech firm GSX Group says their securities tokenization platform is phase one of its global security token ecosystem. Global Stock Exchange Group, a Gibraltar-based fintech firm that deploys blockchain solutions to drive interoperability between the cryptocurrency and traditional markets, launched its Grid tokenized securities platform in Estonia on May 7. The Grid facilitates the tokenization […]
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