HYPERLEDGER HAS LAUNCHED A NEW TOOL FOR BLOCKCHAIN DEVELOPERS Blockchain consortium Hyperledger has launched a new tool for developers – modular cryptographic library Ursa for sharing. Hyperledger consortium announced that the Ursa library, a repository of “proven” cryptocurrency implementations, is designed to…

FOUR EUROPEAN BANKS CONDUCTED A TRANSACTION FOR $100 000 ON THE CORDA BLOCKCHAIN FROM R3 Four European banks, Commerzbank, ING, Natixis and Rabobank, settled a transaction with a short-term debt instrument on the Corda platform developed by the R3 blockchain consortium. As…

THE LARGEST LATIN AMERICAN BANKING CONGLOMERATE ITAU HAS CREATED A BLOCKCHAIN PLATFORM FOR RETAIL LENDING Itau Unibanco and Standard Chartered provide international banking services. In order to launch a new credit platform, the two companies jointly developed their own Proof-of-Concept algorithm for…

ASTANA IS IMPLEMENTING A BLOCKCHAIN IN THE SYSTEM OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS FINANCING Astana office for Investment and Entrepreneurship Development has signed a Memorandum of understanding and partnership with the non-profit South Korean organization Mile Unity Foundation, which will promote the introduction of the…

FRENCH AUCHAN USES BLOCKCHAIN TO CONTROL THE QUALITY OF PRODUCTS The largest French retailer Auchan began implementing blockchain solutions to optimize product monitoring in several countries, including France, after successful testing in Vietnam. Unlike its direct competitor, the French company Carrefour, which…

NATIONAL LOTTERIES IN AFRICA WILL BE PLAYED USING THE BLOCKCHAIN As part of the plan to expand the business, GG WORLD Lottery plans to hold national online lotteries in several countries of the African continent, with the support of local authorities. The…

BLOCKCHAIN PLATFORM FOR TRADELENS SEA PORTS GOT A PARTNER IN HONG KONG The second largest operator of sea terminals in Hong Kong, Modern Terminals Company joined the TradeLens blockchain platform – created to track the supply chains of sea cargo to ports….

THE OPPOSITION LEADER IN NIGERIA PROMISES TO DEVELOP A FAIR REGULATION OF CRYPTOCURRENCIES IN CASE OF WINNING THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION In preparation for the Nigeria President General election, which will be held in February 2019, Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate from the People’s…

BLOCKCHAIN SYSTEM OF AUTHENTICATION OF DIPLOMAS ATTRACTS 21 MILLION DOLLARS The TrustED platform, created to simplify the process of verifying the authenticity of education diplomas, plans to raise $ 21 million during the January ICO. Academic achievements and diplomas are crucial for…

TELEGRAM OPEN NETWORK (TON) PROJECT IS READY FOR 70% Pavel Durov’s Telegram Open Network (TON) blockchain project is 70% ready. It became known from the documents published in a network dated 5th of September. They were published by the co-founder of  Button Mike…

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AND IBM LAUNCHED 2 ACCELERATORS FOR BLOCKCHAIN STARTUPS Columbia University and IBM announced two accelerator programs designed to help blockchain startups scale, IBM said in a press release on November 19. Both programs will work on the basis of the…

ITALIAN AUTHORITIES WILL ALLOCATE 1 BILLION EUROS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLOCKCHAIN, AI AND VR Deputy Prime Minister of Italy said that the government will allocate 1 billion euros to support startups working in the areas of blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI), as…

THE FORMER BLOCKCHAIN ENTHUSIAST DENIES THE USE OF PRIVATE BLOCKCHAINS FOR ORGANIZATIONS Former supporter of blockchain technologies Angus Champion de Crespigny noted that the introduction of blockchain into the work of organizations is extremely inefficient, since the blockchain was created to solve…

BITGO ADDS NEW STABLECOIN DUE TO DEMAND FROM INSTITUTIONAL CLIENTS Developer of cryptocurrency wallet and other custodial solutions BitGo now provides storage services for 101 blockchain assets. As the company stressed, the last wave of assets added to its platform included USD…

FOUR FAKE BLOCKCHAIN WALLETS ARE FOUND IN GOOGLE PLAY Analyst Lukas Stefanko discovered in Google Play four applications that only simulated blockchain wallets, but in fact collected user data or forced users to send funds to the addresses of attackers. The apps…

ChainPoint International Blockchain Conferance in Armenia On November 14th the first stage of ChainPoint 18 took place in Yerevan, Armenia. The main purpose of the conference was to present business opportunities and proposals of the regional tech ecosystem by uniting in one…

Switzerland Will Host The Largest Blockchain Leadership Summit 2018 Event On November 23-24, 2018 in the Congress center of Basel, Switzerland will host the largest blockchain summit-Blockchain Leadership Summit. The key event will be attended by more than 2,500 participants: investors, politicians,…

American Express Is Developing A Blockchain System For Verification Of Cash Receipts By Photo American Express Finance Corporation has applied for a patent describing a solution for recognizing cash receipts and payment receipts from photos. Then, during the verification process, this data…

Blockchain Will Make Possible A New Concept Of “Digital Silk Road” In China, during the Silk Road Business Summit 2018, the official closed meeting of the Chairman of the international chamber of Commerce of the Silk Road –  Li Zhonghang and representatives of…