Blockchain growth to rise to $2.3B by 2021?
Another fat, and expensive (US$650) report predicts massive growth for blockchain technologies. This time it forecasts the ‘overall’ size of blockchain expenditure four years out.
The Report has a snappy title: “Blockchain...
Blockchain and crypto currencies – what world problems do they actually solve?
There is a seemingly endless round of global conferences focused on blockchain as the solution to everything. Many of these conferences seem to be little more than a thinly disguised attempt...
Hdac unveils new blockchain development plans
Blockchain company Hdac Technology (Hdac), founded by Hyundai BS&C CEO Dae Sun Chung, announced its new PoS (Proof-of-Stake) blockchain development plan at Korea Blockchain Week 2019. Initiated as a new PoS...
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) launches Carbon Council
As part of its Earth Day 50th anniversary celebrations, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has launched a new climate action initiative – the ICC Carbon Council. Working to enable carbon...
WORBLI and Agenix introduce Compliance as a Service
Compliance as a Service (CaaS) is coming to WORBLI with Agenix. The pairing claims they will offer significant time and cost reductions for companies building financially compliant products.
"CaaS is another great...
Philippine rural banks partner with UnionBank for blockchain
Four rural banks have partnered with UnionBank for a blockchain technology-reliant payment system. Officials of the publicly-listed universal bank vow to help the smaller banks become more efficient.
In a briefing, UnionBank...
CertiK to audit smart contracts on LTO Network
CertiK is introducing an LTO Network Live Contract Audit. The relevant, auditable, Live Contracts run on LTO Network, a hybrid blockchain platform for decentralised workflows which launched its mainnet in January...
Spanish bank consortium chases ‘the blockchain’
Cecabank and Grant Thornton are establishing a Blockchain Banking Consortium in Spain. El Pais claims the new group includes Abanca, Bankia, CaixaBank, Kutxabank, Ibercaja, Liberbank and Unicaja. It is seeking to lay...
Swiss regulator FINMA publishes ICO guidelines
In guidelines published last week, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority - FINMA - set out ICO guidelines. These describe how it intends to apply financial market legislation in handling enquiries...
Mphasis and QEDIT partner to develop ZKP on blockchain for enterprises
Mphasis is partnering QEDIT to help businesses transact and leverage their business data in a privacy-compliant manner. Under this partnership, the two entities will co-innovate and develop privacy-enhancing technology using Zero-Knowledge...