Insurance Group B3i Endorses R3’s Corda Blockchain Platform Blockchain insurance consortium B3i announced Monday it would use R3’s Corda platform to develop its products.… Read More
Russia’s Largest Banks Are Piloting Bitcoin and Crypto Portfolios Two of Russia’s largest banks are planning to launch a cryptocurrency portfolio product for their private banking clients, Kommersant reported.… Read More
Chip Maker Nvidia Adds Blockchain-AI Startup to Incubator Nvidia is supporting a blockchain startup as part of its Inception Program, which seeks to support artificial intelligence development.… Read More
In the Scramble to Fix Digital Identity, uPort Is a Project to Watch Digital identity is scattered and insecure. ConsenSys’ uPort project wants to rework the internet to make “self-sovereign identity” a reality.… Read More
Sweden’s Land Registry Demos Live Transaction on a Blockchain Swedish Land Registry and Blockchain project have concluded their third phase of testing with a full demonstration.… Read More
Walmart Patent Eyes Crypto Payments for Power Supply Precision Retail giant Walmart is exploring a way to let households manage their electricity bills with prepayments in cryptocurrency.… Read More
JD.com’s Finance Arm to Issue Asset-Backed Securities on a Blockchain JD Finance, a subsidiary of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com, has announced a pilot issuance of asset-backed securities over a blockchain.… Read More
Congressional Bill Calls for Study of Crypto Use in Sex Trafficking The House of Financial Services Committee is introducing a bill that would launch an investigation into how cryptocurrencies enable sex trafficking.… Read More
Forget Prices, Ethereum Is Offering a Different Value in Afghanistan According to Fereshteh Forough, the founder of Code To Inspire, ether bounties can be a tool for teaching Afghan women about financial empowerment. … Read More
Kakao, Korean Government to Solve Social Problems with Blockchain Kakao’s blockchain subsidiary has announced it will work with a government-backed agency to develop blockchain projects focused on social services.… Read More