France’s biggest seaport, the Port of Marseille Fos, has successfully completed a blockchain pilot in freight forwarding. Cargo tracker...
Author - Miranda Wood
AXA withdraws blockchain flight delay compensation experiment
This week, AXA ceased operations of its blockchain experiment fizzy, a parametric insurance solution for delayed flights. Launched in...
Korea’s Shinhan Bank to build blockchain platform for SME loans
Today, Korean media outlets reported that Shinhan Bank has partnered with the Small Business Market Promotion Corporation (or SEMAS) to...
China’s Ant launches blockchain open alliance for SMEs
Alipay owner Ant Financial officially launched the Ant Blockchain Open Alliance to reduce barriers of entry to SMEs. Now in public beta...
Russia to confiscate crypto, central bank against private digital currency
Yesterday, two pieces of commentary on digital currencies came from Russian authorities, neither particularly supportive. The head of...
Tunisia issues central bank digital currency
Today, the TASS news agency reported that the Central Bank of Tunisia is to be the first to release a digital currency. The ‘E-dinar’...
Standard Chartered joins Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
Yesterday, Standard Chartered announced it has joined blockchain consortium Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA). The international bank...
Top Chinese banks expand Shanghai trade blockchain platform
Today, China’s Sina reported that multiple leading banks released new blockchain features for the ‘Shanghai International Trade Single...
China central bank: digital currency issuance a “horse race”, won’t need bank accounts
Yesterday, Mu Changchun, deputy director at the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) and director of its Digital Money Institute, spoke at Hong...
CargoSmart, COSCO, HSBC, PwC complete blockchain interoperability trial
Yesterday, CargoSmart announced the completion of an interoperability proof of concept (PoC) with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s...
