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22 European Nations Form New Blockchain Partnership
Over 20 European countries have jointly established a new blockchain group to share technical and regulatory expertise.
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Telecoms Blockchain Group Touts Demo Success, New Members
Several multinational telecoms firms have joined the Carrier Blockchain Study Group to advance blockchain use cases in the industry.
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Banks and the Blockchain Blues
Banks excited about their blockchain work may do well to monitor their signal-to-noise ratios in 2018.
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South Korean NH Bank Joins R3 Distributed Ledger Consortium
South Korea's NongHyup Bank has joined the R3 distributed ledger consortium, saying it will launch a pilot blockchain project.
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PetroBLOQ Becomes Latest Member of Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
Oil and gas supply chain management platform PetroBLOQ has joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance.
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Austrian Bank Raiffeisen Enlists in R3 Blockchain Consortium
Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) has become the first Austrian banking group to join the R3 distributed ledger consortium.
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Colombian Financial Watchdog Joins R3 Blockchain Consortium
Latin American financial regulator, the Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia, has become the latest member of the R3 blockchain consortium.
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R3 Unveils Cross-Border Payments Platform Built on Corda DLT Tech
R3 and 22 of its member banks have announced a cross-border payments platform built on top of the company's Corda distributed ledger.
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Chinese Search Giant Baidu Joins Hyperledger Blockchain Consortium
Chinese search engine giant Baidu has become the latest premier member of the Linux Foundation-led Hyperledger blockchain consortium.
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Bank Consortium to Launch Joint Venture for Blockchain Trade Platform
A group of banks, now including Santander, is planning to create a business venture in Ireland for its in-development blockchain commerce platform.
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