Blockchain
World’s First Traditional Equity Shares on the Blockchain Launches in Singapore
Blueshare, the world’s first traditional equity shares on the Ethereum blockchain, held its Singapore private launch dinner on June 24, 2019 at Mitzo restaurant of Grand Park Orchard Hotel. Dr. Zlatin Sarastov, Chief Financial Officer, and Mario Dimitroff, Head of
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A Blockchain-Based Alternative to Grab is Now Listed on Binance
Binance just announced a partnership with a Singapore-based blockchain company with a simple goal: keeping relevant information about a vehicle transparent and available on an immutable network. MVL is a blockchain protocol mainly known for running Tada, a blockchain-based alternative
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10 Years Old Blockchain Entrepreneur Steals the Show at Tech-Summit in Bangkok
One of the ASEAN region’s youngest entrepreneurs, KIDLetCoin CEO and Co-Founder, 10 year old Kaede Takenaka, spoke about blockchain and cryptocurrencies at this year’s Techsauce Global Summit in Bangkok. The entrepreneur spoke about educating young kids on smart currencies
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LuneX Backed Sparrow Launches Crypto Trading Platform
Fresh out of Beta, Sparrow, a Singapore-based options trading platform has launched a platform for Bitcoin and Ethereum options trading which are settled by smart contract. The company is backed by LuneX Ventures a crypto and blockchain dedicated VC fund
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LINE’s Partnership with VISA Might See the Duo Introducing Crypto Payments Soon
Japanese internet giant LINE announced that its fintech unit LINE Pay has inked a partnership with VISA, which will see both parties provide financial services for their collective user bases of millions of consumer and merchants worldwide. This development seems
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RCBC Waiting on Regulator Approval for Its Stablecoin on IBM’s Blockchain
RCBC Bank is currently awaiting regulatory approval to issue its own Philippine Peso-backed cryptocurrency on the newly announced IBM Blockchain World Wire, a real-time global payments network created for regulated financial institutions. RCBC Bank sees this as an opportunity to
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It’s Official, Laos Doubles Down on Crypto-Ban in Recent Announcement
The Central Bank of Laos has officially cracked down on cryptocurrency in the republic. The Bank of Lao PDR has warned everyone from commercial banks and businesses to your average Laotian against buy, selling or using cryptocurrency for money transactions,
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7 Blockchain Projects and Startups Leading the Way in Singapore
In recent years, Singapore has emerged as a hotbed for blockchain and crypto innovation, fuelled by the supportive stance from the government towards adopting cutting technologies. Sources say that there are over 634 companies have been incorporated in Singapore with a
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Louis Vuitton Launched a Blockchain for Luxury Goods in Ongoing Fight Against Counterfeits
ConsenSys and Microsoft just announced AURA, a blockchain platform that aims to offer the luxury industry with product tracking and tracing services. AURA is based on the Ethereum blockchain and Microsoft Azure, in partnership with the LVMH Group, which owns
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The World Bank’s Blockchain-Based Bonds Can Now Be Traded on a Secondary Market
The World Bank and Commonwealth Bank (CBA) have banded together to enable secondary market trading on blockchain for its block-i bond—and apparently it will be the first of its kind. The function was developed by CBA in conjunction with World Bank
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