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Australian stock exchange abandons blockchain revamp

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Australia’s primary securities exchange, ASX, has ditched its plans to embrace blockchain and signed an agreement with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to provide a next generation clearing and settlement platform to service the Australian market.

ASX will implement TCS’ flagship...

Gillmore Centre for Financial Technology launches Crypto Dashboard

The Crypto Dashboard, created by the Gillmore Centre for Financial Technology at Warwick Business School, has been launched today to revolutionise monitoring capabilities for various cryptocurrency assets, providing users with enhanced real-time insights and advanced analytics.

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GSBN partners with ZAN to harness Web3 to tokenise eBLs

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Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN), a not-for-profit consortium enabling efficient, paperless and sustainable growth in global trade with its data infrastructure and ecosystem of partners, has partnered with ZAN to explore technical innovations for tokenising the electronic Bill of Lading...

Vodafone and Sumitomo announce brand for Economy of Things venture

Vodafone and Sumitomo Corporation have unveiled Pairpoint, the new brand for their recently created venture previously known as Digital Asset Broker, which will help customers and business take advantage of the opportunities presented by the growing Economy of Things (EoT).

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OneSpan unveils quantum-safe blockchain storage

OneSpan, a digital agreements security company, has announced a unique new capability to its market-leading e-signature solution, OneSpan Sign, to give organisations a better way to safeguard the provenance of a document against emerging security threats.

The newest addition to...

Vodafone and Chainlink offer PoC for blockchain trade solution

Vodafone’s digital asset broker (DAB) has demonstrated a proof of concept (PoC) in concert with three other companies which claims to show the potential for blockchain technologies in the global trade ecosystem.

The demonstration, alongside Chainlink Labs, consultants InnoWave, and...

InvoiceMate partners with the DFINITY Foundation

The DFINITY Foundation, a not-for-profit research and development organisation based in Switzerland and a major contributor to the Internet Computer blockchain (ICP), has partnered with InvoiceMate, a a blockchain & AI-powered invoicing platform.

InvoiceMate.tech will migrate from...

Circle’s new services help Web2 developers shift to Web3

Circle has updated its suite of services designed to empower developers with the tools necessary to seamlessly transition from Web2 to Web3.

The most recent updates, Gas Station and Smart Contract Platform, aim to tackle some of the major obstacles hindering mainstream adoption of...

Solana Foundation joins Dubai’s Crypto Centre

The Solana Foundation has joined the DMCC (Dubai Multi Commodities Centre) – a world-leading free zone and Dubai’s authority on commodities trade and enterprise – as an ecosystem partner at its Crypto Centre.

This strategic partnership is set to enhance DMCC’s existing...

HeLa Labs launches stablecoin-powered layer one blockchain network

HeLa Labs, a hi-tech company, has launched a next-generation layer one blockchain network with privacy-preserving and consensus protocols for real-world adoption.

Kerching Choo, co-founder of HeLa Labs, said: “Our aim is to bring real-world adoption benefits to all industries,...

Liquid Crypto welcomes new partner JFIN Chain to its ecosystem

Liquid Crypto has announced a new partnership with JFIN Chain, Thailand’s biggest blockchain developed by J Ventures, a subsidiary owned by Jaymart Group Holdings Pty.

J Ventures, a technology platform and digital transformation developer in the Jaymart Group, announced its...

Crypto Quantique introduces free IoT security SaaS platform

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Crypto Quantique, a provider of quantum-based security for the Internet of Things (IoT), has launched QuarkLink Ignite, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform that enables developers and engineers to achieve secure connectivity management free-of-charge for up to 50 ESP32...

Renee Francis, Take3: The transformative potential of Web3

The Block caught up with Renee Francis, Founder and Director of Take3, to discuss the transformative potential of Web3.

With a background in marketing and extensive experience with platforms such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google, Francis offers a unique perspective on the issues...

SushiSwap is a community-driven decentralised exchange

SushiSwap, a community-driven decentralised exchange, is expanding to Aptos, the Layer 1 blockchain bringing users scalability, reliability, security and usability.

This integration is a milestone as it marks Sushi's first expansion onto a non-EVM chain. With the integration of...