World Bank to Issue CHF Digital Bond Settled Using Swiss Franc Central Bank Digital Currency
The World Bank has announced that it will issue its first CHF digital bond on June 11. This 7-year, CHF 200 million ($219 million) bond is the largest CHF issuance…
Read More »BIS Unveils Blueprint for Instant Cross Border Payments System
The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) has released the blueprint of its instant cross-border payments solution dubbed Nexus. The BIS Innovation Hub says the Nexus solution will connect with Instant…
Read More »Blockchain Technology Tapped to Power China-Europe Rail Trade
Blockchain technology continues to find novel use-cases. Blockchain Technology Powers China-Europe Trade According to a report by Big News Network published on April 11, distributed ledger technology (DLT) is being…
Read More »Blockchain Is Used in Saving Lives of People Living Around Volcanic Areas
Blockchain technology has been utilized in saving the lives of people affected by the Covid-19 pandemic for a long time. Now, the distributed ledger technology (DLT) is to be exploited…
Read More »Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Industry is Becoming Emancipated as the Number of Women in It Is Growing
There has been a steady progress in the engagement of women in the field of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. The distributed ledger technology (DLT) industry has for long time been…
Read More »Global Insurance Heavyweight Launching Blockchain Pilot
Aon is joining forces with Nayms and Teller Finance to conduct a distributed ledger technology (DLT) pilot on the public Ethereum blockchain. The first-of-its-kind pilot aims to create robust insurance…
Read More »Japanese Conglomerate Taps Blockchain for Plastics Supply Chain Traceability
Marubeni has inked a partnership deal with Circularise in a bid to tap the latter’s distributed ledger technology (DLT) solution for the tracking of materials in its chemicals and plastics…
Read More »The 3 Biggest Achievements of Cryptocurrency Industry in 2020
The year 2020 was a big blessing on the side of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. This is the only year where using digital payments including Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, was…
Read More »Latin American, Caribbean Countries Use Blockchain to Fight Poverty
Blockchain technology promises to bring a tough fight against poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). LAC Tap Blockchain to Tackle Poverty According to a report by Borgen Magazine,…
Read More »UnionBank, Standard Chartered Tap Blockchain for $190 Million Bond Issuance
The Filipino branch of UnionBank and Standard Chartered, have joined forces to launch a distributed ledger technology (DLT) based bond issuance platform. The system has successfully been used to tokenize…
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