The US SEC Launched FinHub To Advise Startup Related To Crypto and Blockchain Technology
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) launched an initiative called “Strategic Center for Innovation and Financial Technology” (FinHub), which will have its primary objective to advise new ventures that use crypto and blockchain technology, digital financing, or…
China Authorized a Blockchain Technology Zone, While It Keeps Its Negative Stance on Cryptocurrencies
This Monday has officially inaugurated the “blockchain zone” in the free trade zone of Hainan, south of China. This zone wants to boost the research and application of distributed ledger technology in the world. It is also the…
Prime Minister Of Malta Stated Before the UN Assembly That The Blockchain is The Future Of Money
The Prime Minister of Malta, Joseph Muscat, stated that cryptocurrency and blockchain are “the inevitable future of money” because it is more transparent technology. He made this argument before the UN assembly, during the speech he held on September…
Thai Bank Teams Up With Visa To Use Blockchain-Based Visa B2B Connect Platform for Cross-Border Payments
Thailand’s fourth-largest bank, Kasikornbank, has just signed up with Visa B2B Connect’s blockchain-based cross-border payments solution, according to the local Thai publication The Nation. Kasikornbank is the first Thai Bank to adopt Visa B2B Connect blockchain technology-based solution…
Teal, A Swiss Startup, Plans To Launch A Decentralized Marketplace on Blockchain Technology
The Swiss start-up Teal wants to create a decentralized blockchain-based marketplace that is easily accessible thanks to artificial intelligence, to compete with Amazon and eBay in the e-commerce sector, as the company announced yesterday in a press release….
Blockchain Technology Might Be Used In Environmental Protection, A New World Economic Forum Report Stated
Recently, some 65 ways of using blockchain technology in environmental protection initiatives were presented in a study conducted by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in conjunction with PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. It…