Comcast to make Block-graph Commercially available in 2019

Comcast, an American telecommunications conglomerate aims to make its blockchain initiative, Blockgraph commercially available in the new year as reported in a December 21 press release. Comcast is currently working hand in hand with NBCUniversal to test Blockgraphs’s capabilities ahead…

Binance to Release First Projects from its Incubation Program

A press release shared to popular crypto publication, cointelegraph, revealed that Binance labs, an arm of the largest crypto exchange in the world, Binance, will be releasing its first batch of blockchain projects from its incubation program. Binance labs have…

Major European Telecoms Form Industry Group to look into the Blockchain

The Blockchain is increasingly drawing interest from a number of quarters. Recently the European telecommunications standards institute (ETSI) has thrown its hat into the ring. The European telecommunications body has set up an industry-specific group that will look into the…

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Signs Deal with IBM for a Blockchain Pilot across its Value Chain

The latest Blockchain adoption news comes from the Middle East with the Abu Dhabi national oil company (ADNOC) partnering with IBM to pilot blockchain-based transaction management for its commodities right from the oil rigs to the eventual end users. The…

Chinese Miners increasingly Shorting their Positions to Survive the Bear Markets

The current bear market is seeing Chinese miners increasingly shorting their positions on crypto. Chinese miners are reportedly the biggest short sellers both in the country and abroad. The increased short selling has been precipitated by severe crypto market decline…

Crypto-regulations on the Horizon in Chile thanks to Government Efforts

The Chilean finance minister, Felipe larrain has claimed that state institutions are making steady progress in the development of crypto regulation. According to Larrain, the finance ministry is working hand in hand with the financial stability board, as well as…

ErisX raises 27.5 million in order to improve blockchain infrastructure

Crypto exchanges are not being left out this sales season with crypto exchange ErisX, raising 27.5 million from fidelity investments, NASDAQ ventures, among other investment firms. The NASDAQ is the world’s second largest stock exchange while US-based fidelity investments maintain…

Russian Intellectual Property Court Successfully tests Blockchain Technology for Storing Copyright Data

An intellectual property court in Russia has successfully tested a blockchain network for storing copyright data. According to a Russian major news agency, TASS, the technology was used for the first time around the judicial area on Monday, December the…

Dj Khaled and Floyd Mayweather Jr Charged with Promoting Crypto without Revealing they’d been Paid

Floyd Mayweather Jr and music producer DJ Khaled have been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission for promoting crypto investments in initial coin offerings (Icos) without letting it be known that they were getting paid for it. The two…

The US FDA Looks to Blockchain to Enhance Food Security

An E.coli outbreak in the United States linked to Romain lettuce has led the Food and drug administration (FDA) body, to consider better track and trace methods which will involve blockchain technology. Dr. Scott Lieb, the FDA commissioner announced that…