The Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF) announced the launch of its “Blockchain Academy” that offers the Kingdom’s first Blockchain Professional Qualification Programme, in addition to a series of Masterclasses and Workshops. With the professional qualification programme launching on January 6, 2019, the BIBF...

Luxembourg-based VNX Exchange has announced a partnership with the University of Luxembourg in a bid to improve the security of digital assets. VNX Exchange claims to be developing the world's first secondary market for venture capital (VC) investments – using blockchain technology. "In creating a...

A BP, Shell and Equinor-backed project to modernize physical energy post-trade processes using blockchain technology is set to go live by the end of the year, platform consortium Vakt said Monday at S&P Global Platts Digital Commodities Summit in London. The platform aims to help...

EY announced the launch of EY Ops Chain Public Edition (PE) prototype, the world's first implementation of zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) technology on the public Ethereum blockchain. This technology is a first that will allow companies to privately and securely create and sell product and...

Russian diamond miner Alrosa has joined the Tracr diamond industry blockchain traceability platform that fellow miner De Beers is developing. Alrosa’s involvement brings the world’s two largest diamond producers together in the pilot programme that aims to provide enhanced assurance for consumers and trade...

Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, today expanded its Blockchain as a Service (BaaS) offering to major global markets including South East Asia, the U.S and Europe. Alibaba Cloud's BaaS provides an enterprise-level platform service based on leading blockchain technologies and...