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  • South Korea Budgets a Trillion Won for Blockchain Tech in 2019

    South Korea’s government has earmarked a 5 trillion won ($4.4 billion) budget toward its ‘Growth through Innovation’ investment program in eight critical sectors with a particular focus on blockchain and AI. In a meeting in Seoul on Monday, South Korea’s finance minister Kim Dong-yeon confirmed plans of a 5 trillion won investment toward its innovation…

  • $11 Million: Identitii Launches Australia’s Second ASX Blockchain IPO

    Identitii Limited, a blockchain-based digital identity management innovator, has launched an $11 million IPO on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The Australian company aims to sell 14.6 million shares at the rate of 75 cents per unit. The proceeds will be used for the additional development and marketing of Identitii’s anti-money laundering solution, Serra. The…

  • Goldman Sachs, Wall Street Banks Sink $32 Million into Enterprise Blockchain Startup

    We may, as Lightning Labs CEO Elizabeth Stark said earlier this year, be entering a “bitcoin not blockchain” world, but the global banking cabal isn’t ready to capitulate on its support for enterprise blockchain products just yet. Indeed, Axoni, an enterprise blockchain startup founded in 2013, has just concluded a $32 million Series B funding…

  • Jeju Island Aims to Become an ICO-Friendly Blockchain Hub Inspite of South Korea Ban

    South Korea’s Jeju island is proposing a plan to become a blockchain haven wherein initial coin offerings (ICOs) would be allowed in the autonomous province despite the ongoing ban in the mainland. According to a report by the JoongAng Daily on Monday, the governor of Jeju Island has formally proposed that the central government of…

  • India’s Govt Considers Allowing Crypto Tokens for Metro Cards, Airline Tickets: Report

    India’s government is reportedly mulling the launch of crypto tokens of its own for financial transactions in the country despite an ongoing banking ban on decentralized cryptocurrencies. An inter-governmental committee tasked to study and propose a regulatory roadmap for the cryptocurrency sector is also examining the usability of crypto tokens in the public sector, domestic…

  • Blockchain for Bureaucrats: China’s Communist Party Publishes DLT Primer

    People’s Daily Publishing House, led by the Chinese Community party, has published a book on blockchain technology titled Blockchain – A Guide for Officials, which will cover all aspects of the new technology and serve as a guide for bureaucrats. The news was first reported by local media outlet People’s Network. The book provides details of distributed…

  • Facebook: We’re Not Building a Cryptocurrency on Stellar

    Social media conglomerate Facebook denied reports that its blockchain task force is considering launching a cryptocurrency project through a partnership with Stellar. Citing a Facebook spokesperson, financial news outlet Cheddar reports that the company will not be building on the Stellar protocol, nor has its cryptocurrency division held discussions with the project about forking Stellar…

  • IBM Files Patent for a Blockchain Database Management System

    Industry giant and proactive decentralized tech mover IBM has filed a patent for certain aspects of blockchain technology, a newly published document revealed. The patent for “Managing a Database Management System using a Blockchain Database” explains the IBM’s intention to build a reliable database tampering detection system (IDT-DS). The proposed system would detect inconsistencies in a set…

  • Interview: Blockchain Startup Havven Brings EOS its First Stablecoin

    Havven, a decentralized payment network and stablecoin, has decided to launch on the EOS blockchain and will airdrop half of its new HAV tokens on the EOS blockchain to existing HAV holders on Ethereum. Havven wants to ensure that the payment network’s success does not depend on one blockchain. The Havven/EOSIO partnership was announced at the…

  • Crypto Conglomerate Bitmain’s $18 Billion IPO Will Initiate FOMO Among Investors

    Bitmain, the biggest crypto conglomerate in the global market, is expected to conduct one of the largest initial public offerings (IPOs) in history, alongside Visa and Facebook. $18 Billion IPO Throughout July, Bitmain, the Chinese crypto and blockchain corporation, touted its plans to initiate an IPO valued at $15 billion. It invested in multi-billion dollar…