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California Agency Backs Green-Energy Pilot Using RSK’s Bitcoin Smart Contracts
7.8.2020
The California Energy Commission is funding an experimental market for carbon-credit trading on the RSK blockchain, which runs on top of Bitcoin
Tourist Hotspot’s Bitcoin, Ether, Altcoin Pay Pilot in Full Swing
7.8.2020
Haeundae beach. The company behind a crypto pay pilot program at two of South Korea’s busiest beaches said that it believes token-powered payments could be set to change the way people in the country pay for goods and services.
As previously reported, the pilot project is being run by...
Japanese Power Firm, Crypto Exchange Claim Digital Token Pilot Success
6.8.2020
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Japan’s Kansai Electric Power and crypto exchange DeCurret said that a recent “digital token”-powered, blockchain-based payment pilot was a success – and could be used for settlements in peer-to-peer (P2P) electricity transactions.
Per a press release from DeCurret,...
Eftpos Australia Launches DLT Micropayments Pilot With Hedera
23.7.2020
Australia’s leading point-of-sale technology provider, Eftpos, is launching a proof-of-concept exploring DLT-powered micropayments in partnership with Hedera
Chinese Blockchain-powered Cross-border Trade Pilot Handles USD 4.4bn
21.7.2020
Operators of a Chinese blockchain-powered cross-border trade pilot platform are set to expand the platform’s scope – with multi-million dollar trade deals now being conducted in a key testbed area.
Per Haiwainet, the central government is testing the efficacy of the network in the Guangdong-Hong...
China Adds a New City to Their Fintech Pilot Initiative
20.7.2020
China’s central bank adds a new city to its fintech innovation supervision pilot
French Central Bank Picks Accenture, HSBC and Others for Digital Euro Pilot
20.7.2020
The central bank of France is about to start several experimental trials centering the digital euro
China’s Giant Ride-Hailing Service Didi to Pilot the Central Bank’s Digital Yuan
9.7.2020
The Chinese government and the country’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), are currently in the midst of testing a digital yuan or central bank digital currency (CBDC). Now the Chinese ride-hailing corporation Didi Chuxing will be trialing the newly developed digital yuan...
Digital Yuan Set for Real-world Ride Sharing Pilot with Apple-backed Didi
8.7.2020
China’s digital yuan launch appears to be inching yet closer to rollout after reports in the Middle Kingdom surfaced linking a ride-share operator with pilots for the new central bank-run token.
Per Beijing Business Today and Bloomberg, a digital currency unit of the central People’s Bank of China...
Japan’s Central Bank to Begin Digital Yen Feasibility Pilot
3.7.2020
The central Bank of Japan (BoJ) will conduct a controlled pilot for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) to see how a digital yen would function from a technical standpoint.
The BoJ said it will begin a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) and wants to test the digital fiat in a controlled environment before...
Vanguard’s Blockchain Platform for Foreign Exchange Will Go Live in Q3 2020
26.6.2020
Mutual fund giant Vanguard has completed another blockchain pilot that aims to change the risk profile of foreign exchange (FX) transactions
Vanguard Ran Its Digital Asset-Backed Securities Pilot in 40 Minutes
23.6.2020
Vanguard and a handful of high-profile players are piloting ways to record the entire lifecycle of an asset-backed security on a blockchain. Here's why
‘400 Companies’ to Use Chinese Blockchain Pilot Zone + More News
22.6.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Some 400 companies are participating as Guangzhou, in Guangdong Province, launches China’s first blockchain pilot...
Unicef Funding Startups With Cryptocurrency for Covid-19 Relief
21.6.2020
The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has announced its largest cryptocurrency investment funding of startups. Eight companies in seven countries will use Unicef’s crypto fund to develop prototypes, pilot, or scale their technologies. Several of them are working on mitigating...
Austrian Gov't Pilot Aims to Secure COVID-19 Communications With Blockchain Tech
19.6.2020
A-Trust’s QualiSig project has received 60,000 euros of Austrian government funding to provide secure crisis communications between authorities and citizens
Bank of Thailand Launches Digital Currency Pilot Project
19.6.2020
The Bank of Thailand launched a project to pilot test its CBDC payment system with the largest building material provider in the country
Belarus Banks Announce Upcoming Token Pilot Program
12.6.2020
Belarus Central Bank authorizes several banks in the country to begin issuing tokenized offerings
Belarusian Banks to Issue Digital Tokens in Central Bank Pilot
12.6.2020
Belarus’ central bank will allow 12 commercial and state-owned banks to launch tokens and conduct business using their digital offerings in an ambitious new pilot.
The central National Bank’s plans, per Sputnik Belarus, will involve a pilot that will run from January 1, 2021, to January 1, 2024...
Blockchain-powered Cross-border Trade Pilot Claims Breakthrough
12.6.2020
A Chinese pilot zone specializing in free trade and blockchain technology claims to be enjoying blockchain-powered cross-border trade success – while the central government is now getting serious about blockchain-powered cross-border trade, and will draw up a list of “key blockchain...
Mutual Fund Giant Vanguard Wraps Phase 1 of Digital Asset-Backed Securities Pilot
11.6.2020
Vanguard worked with blockchain startup Symbiont, BNY Mellon, Citi, State Street and others to model the full lifecycle of digital ABS settlement