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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
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Blockchain news
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
Ghana’s Central Bank Confirms It’s Still Looking to Pilot a Digital Currency
10.6.2020
The Bank of Ghana’s first deputy governor says the institution remains committed to piloting a central bank digital currency
Shell, Exxon and More Complete ‘Successful’ Blockchain Pilot
3.6.2020
Major oil and gas companies could be set to do away with conventional payments systems in favor of blockchain-powered solutions – after a 10-company consortium including energy giants such as Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon successfully piloted oilfield water-handling payments at an American shale...
Oil and Gas Blockchain Consortium’s Pilot Test Produces Successful Result
3.6.2020
A 10-company oil and gas blockchain consortium saw promising results from its blockchain pilot test for oilfield water-handling
BMW Blockchain Pilot, Bitcoin Competition + More News
1.6.2020
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BMW’s blockchain platform Vantage is set for a pilot in South Korea,...
Austrian Bank Raiffeisen Works on National Digital Currency Pilot
18.5.2020
Raiffeisen Bank International is extending collaboration with Polish-British fintech Billon for a new form of blockchain-based national currency tokenization
China’s Blockchain Love Affair Continues With New Financial Pilot
9.5.2020
A pilot program is underway in Hainan’s province that aims to strengthen cross-border payments via blockchain technology
USD 515M Crypto Fund, Blockchain-Powered Remittance Pilot + More News
30.4.2020
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.
Investment news
a16z crypto, the crypto arm of venture capital giant Andreesen Horowitz, has raised USD 515 million for its second...
KFC Launches Blockchain Pilot for Digital Advertising and Media Buying
29.4.2020
KFC Middle East has begun experimenting with blockchain technology in its advertising and media operations