Maerki Baumann Is the Latest Swiss Bank to Embrace Crypto Maerki Baumann — a private bank based in Zurich, Switzerland — has announced it will manage its clients’ cryptocurrency assets. This makes it the second Swiss bank to make such an announcement following Hypotheka…… Read More
West Virginia to Offer Blockchain Voting Options for Midterms American troops serving overseas will be able to cast their votes in West Virginia through a mobile voting platform based on blockchain technology in the federal elections in November 2018.The mobile voting platf…… Read More
Queensland Backs Cryptocurrency Point-of-Sale Project for Tourism The Queensland government in Australia is backing a cryptocurrency point-of-sale system that officials believe will help boost tourism throughout the area. Thus far, they have given over $8 million in Australian …… Read More
Behlendorf: Google Can Benefit From “High-Velocity Development on Fabric” Google is the latest tech giant to offer blockchain technology to its customers. The company announced that it would be introducing open-source integrations for applications built with both Ethereum and Hyperledg…… Read More
EU’s Report on Cryptocurrencies: Says Officials “Should Not Ignore” Them The EU’s Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies released a report entitled “Virtual currencies and central banks monetary policy: challenges ahead.” Authored by Marek Dabrowski an…… Read More
Argentinian Bank Allows Cross-Border Payments with Bitcoin Banco Masventas in Argentina announced via its Facebook page that it is introducing a new program that will allow customers to make cross-border payments using bitcoin. The institution has partnered with the Lati…… Read More
Polish Credit Office to Deploy Blockchain Solution for Credit Histories The Polish Credit Office BIK, the largest credit office in Central and Eastern Europe, in partnership with Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) provider Billon, will implement a blockchain technology solution for …… Read More
“Where Coffee Just Grows”: Connecting Ethiopian Agritech to the Blockchain Blockchain technology holds great promise in Ethiopia, the largest coffee producer in Africa, but getting a foothold in the country is a challenge due its constraining bureaucracy. One blockchain company is findi…… Read More
Op Ed: Can Solar Power Drive Bitcoin Mining in Africa? While many in the West often overlook Africa as an emerging blockchain innovation center, a deeper look across the continent tells a very different story. The Blockchain Africa Conference came to a close last mon…… Read More
Goldman Sachs Plans to Trade Bitcoin Futures Contracts Goldman Sachs, one of the most well-known investment banking and financial services providers in the world, announced plans to trade bitcoin futures contracts – a Wall Street first. Goldman’s competitors like JP …… Read More