Alternative Airlines, a U.K based travel agency has partnered with Utrust, a digital payments processor to facilitate crypto payments to more than 600 airlines. Utrust which is swiss based recently announced its new collaboration with Alternative Airlines. Alternative Airlines hogged the limelight when it was included among the 100 Fast Airlines Tech in 2019. Thanks…
Power Ledger, a blockchain energy company based in Australia, has been conducting blockchain energy trading trials in different countries across the world. According to a recent press release on November 14, Power Ledger in partnership with BSES Rajdhani Power Limited, an electricity distribution firm in India, completed a similar project in South West Delhi and…
The Web3 Foundation, known for the creation of its Polkadot protocol, is currently studying how to integrate the Pact smart contract programming language created by a startup called Kadena to it. Right now, the two organizations have started a partnership to find solutions for this integration together. Pact was originally created as a way to…
Hacking, pyramid schemes, and other forms of attack have been used in the name of cryptocurrency thefts through the last decade. While the industry may be unregulated, there are many law enforcement officers that want to find an end to this crime, keeping consumers safe. At an upcoming conference in Australia, they may have the…
Bitstamp crypto exchange is opening the doors in Asia-Pacific (APAC) region and onboards a new executive of Saxo Bank and JPMorgan Cash in Andrew Leelarthaepin. The cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp announced that it’s expanding to the Asia-Pacific region. More than this, it has brought Andrew Leelarthaepin on board as the VP of Business Development for the expanding region.…
Popular chat messaging platform Telegram surpasses 500,000 tips using ParJar as over 21,000 users have used the service in over 500 different communities in its first year. In a tweet made on November 10, crypto firm focused on facilitating cryptocurrencies around the world, Parachute announced a new milestone. According to the claims made, it’s ParJar…
Wirex payments platform releases new VISA travelcard for APAC region offering with support for 150 crypto assets including Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin. Crypto and fiat multi-currency accounts provider, Wirex has officially launched its travel Visa card as of Monday, November 11, 2019. Considering the fact that the firm focuses on establishing connections around the world…
The Coffee Board of India (CBoI) and Eka Software Solutions partnership gets 30,000 farmers to join its newly created blockchain coffee tracking and trading platform. India’s blockchain platform that tracks coffee has received a significant boost. That is after 30,000 farmers chose to join the platform only a few months after it was initiated. Coffee…
Helping Singaporeans connect to a smarter and faster world, Omise has partnered with 9 major banks to speed up and create easier checkout times with a simple QR code. Asia-focused Payment Gateway, Omise announced that it will be offering PayNow to customers in Singapore reports Finance Magnates. Customers, namely small and medium-sized e-commerce businesses can…
Unilever, Sky, and O2 are now the latest companies to be a part of Joint Industry Committee for Web Standards’ (Jicwebs) blockchain project. The program, which is still in its pilot phase, was created as an effort to improve the trust and transparency in digital advertising. The blockchain pilot was announced back in May and it has…
Ant Financial, the fintech arm of Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group, has launched the testing stage for its consortium blockchain. Speaking at the World Blockchain Summit at Wuzhen, China, Jieli Li, senior director of technology and business innovation at Ant Financial, said the blockchain is set to go live three months after the testing period,…
Fold app, a bitcoin-based cash back rewards app for shopping online, adds AirBNB to list of supported services along with Amazon, Uber, Target and many more. The Fold payments app for Bitcoin is now supporting Airbnb transactions. The announcement was made by the firm on November 11th. More than this, Fold users can receive 3%…
New rules require exchanges to collect even more personally identifying information. The FATF’s recent guidelines have widespread implications on what private information exchanges need to track and collect from customers. Here are some insights on the recent regulation from CipherTrace’s Nov. 5 Cryptocurrency Travel Rule Compliance Conference and Hackathon. An event oriented around the integration of cryptocurrency into…
In light of China’s President praising blockchain technology’s future, it appears Huawei is partnering with the Chinese government to work on distributed ledger technology implementation. A China-based blockchain industry member recently reported that Huawei could be making forays in the blockchain market. Based on reports from the member by the name of Alice Crypto, Huawei…
Since NASDAQ acquired Cinnober last year, blockchain lead Eric Wall has left the exchange business for a bitcoin investment fund, joining the Oslo, Norway-based Arcane Crypto, he told CoinDesk. Aimed at high net worth Scandinavians and institutional investors globally, the fund is an investment branch of Arcane, a crypto firm running a technology team, trading arm and a…
