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In blockchain we trust

The government wants to offer secured, safe and transparent process to residents eliminating extra cost and time incurred by the government offices and residents themselves too.

Central Bank of Papua New Guinea Adopts Blockchain Technology

Central Bank Governor Loi Bakani, known as a champion of new technologies as a way to enable financial inclusion, recently hosted a conference to showcase his country's commitment to blockchain technology

The Bitcoin Sovereign Wealth Fund

A proposal by Estonia's agency in charge of "e-residency" applications (more on this later) has suggested raising money by selling "estcoins" to the public.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has become the latest bank to implement AI

It gives companies the option of sending an automatic prompt to customers whose debts are outstanding.

That IBM blockchain? Northern Trust says it works

What remains to be seen is how well the technology spawned by bitcoin can perform with more frequent transactions

Russian Real Estate Firm Experiments With Selling a Luxury Mansion for Bitcoin

The owner hired the real estate company to sell his mansion for $8 million worth of BTC.

EXANTE launches World's First Altcoin Fund

EXANTE clients can trade XAI fund shares - they are regular exchange traded instruments and they are accessible via the general trading platform.

AI company gets $5.8m injection to push Singapore’s Smart Nation bid

Today's announcement a boon to Singapore's efforts to become a leader in AI.

Will the human-robo approach to wealth management become best practice?

There are limits to a robo-only approach.

Thailand's 1st global robotics and A.I. fund launched

Asset Plus launches "ASP-ROBOT" fund IPO 21 August – 1 September 2017

Hampleton Partners Sees Strong Tech M&A Activity in 2H 2017 Market Reports

Overall, our research shows that technology M&A cooled down in the first half of 2017,” says Miro Parizek, Principal Partner of Hampleton Partners.

Bank ABC becomes the first MENA financial institution to join R3

The over 80-strong consortium of the world's biggest financial institutions is spearheading research and development of blockchain-inspired distributed ledger technologies

Cryptocurrency Investment Fund Completes $1.8 Million ICO

Any net profits generated through the fund will also be issued to token-holders

Bitcoin storage company receives Gibralter e-money license

Although “Brexit” has complicated some things, Gibraltar’s membership of the EU is strategic for Xapo as it not only provides competitive tax treatment and a top rated offshore financial infrastructure but most importantly, the ability t

Fidelity allows clients to see digital currencies on its website

Fidelity Investments Inc has started allowing clients to use its website to view their holdings of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies held through digital wallet provider Coinbase.

Blockchain to accelerate impact investing progress globally

Impact investing's great intention of enabling social and environment development has made good progress.

UK’s ‘First Luxury Exchange’ Offers Formula 1 Cars For Cryptocurrency

Most surprisingly perhaps is the platform’s offer of Formula One cars for cryptocurrency, ostensibly via a partnership with Heritage F1.

Will cryptocurrency get caught in HMRC’s non-dom net?

More and more businesses in the UK are willing to accept cryptocurrencies.

Russia’s Banks Get Serious About Digital Currencies

Applications like these may reshape the global financial system and other industries.

Fintech investments in Singapore hit $83 million

Blockchain is expected to remain a relatively hot area of investment across much of Asia, in addition to payments and lending, KPMG said.

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