RBI taps top banks including HDFC, ICICI, SBI for blockchain-based trade financing projectThe pilot project, called ‘proof of concept’ in industry parlance, will harness blockchain technology where ‘blocks’ of transaction data ar...
25 Jun, 2022, 01.11 PM IST
How can blockchain help in the environmental crisis ?Over the last few years, governments and organizations worldwide have focused on using various technological tools to mitigate climate chan...
04 Jun, 2022, 11.53 AM IST
5ire wins the AIBC 2022 'Social Impact Project of the Year' award5ire is founded by two entrepreneurs of Indian origin, Pratik Gauri and Prateek Dwivedi, along with crypto financier Vilma Mattila from the...
29 Mar, 2022, 01.30 PM IST
China selects pilot zones, application areas for blockchain projectAlthough China is promoting blockchain technology, it has banned bitcoin, which is based on the technology. Regulators in September cracked...
31 Jan, 2022, 09.21 AM IST
PM Modi makes impromptu visit to another building of IIT Kanpur, holds interaction with studentsPM Modi, earlier today, launched blockchain-based digital degrees at the 54th convocation ceremony of the Indian Institute of Technology (I...
28 Dec, 2021, 05.53 PM IST
PM Modi to inaugurate Kanpur Metro Rail Project on Dec 28According to Prime Minister's Office (PMO), prior to this, PM Modi will also attend the 54th Convocation Ceremony of Indian Institutes of T...
26 Dec, 2021, 05.39 PM IST
MeitY releases national strategy on blockchain for its adoption in govt systemsThe government expects that the strategy document will provide the necessary guidance and support for realising the vision and creating a n...
03 Dec, 2021, 09.12 PM IST
Industry bodies push back against MeitY’s new blockchain roadmapIndustry bodies said they want minimal interference from the government at this stage of the blockchain industry given that is a movement t...
25 Feb, 2021, 04.34 PM IST
China-backed crypto guru wants to unify the world’s blockchainsConnecting fragmented blockchains is key to moving the technology underpinning cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin beyond just trades and specula...
27 Jul, 2020, 09.11 AM IST
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance sets up $50 million Indian blockchain fundThe fund, which plans to invest upwards of $100,000 per startup, promises to open up direct access to Binance’s global blockchain ecosystem...
17 Mar, 2020, 07.39 AM IST
Dubai- the world capital of blockchain developmentDubai has become the world capital of blockchain development, having implemented 24 use cases across eight industry sectors -- finance, edu...
20 Feb, 2020, 04.30 PM IST
Adopting Blockchain is at the top of govt’s to-do ledgerSanjay Dhotre, minister of state for electronics and IT said, “Blockchain technology is one of the important research areas having applicat...
28 Nov, 2019, 08.29 AM IST
MeitY planning strategy for national use of BlockchainIn a response to a question in the Lok Sabha, Sanjay Dhotre, minister of state for electronics and IT (MeitY), said that "Blockchain Techno...
27 Nov, 2019, 04.32 PM IST
I am fully confident India will embrace profound technology: Joseph Lubin, Ethereum“Once people explain things to you and you see the power of technology, you also understand that it can protect systems better. I am fully ...
20 Jul, 2018, 07.56 AM IST
Regulation must to keep blockchain coders hereIncrypt survey says over 80% of developers will be forced to move abroad or work only on foreign projects if the government does not adopt ...
17 Jul, 2018, 04.43 PM IST
NITI Aayog works on strategy to leverage blockchain technologyWork underway for a project that is based on the idea of having a common blockchain infrastructure which will make use of the existing digi...
17 Mar, 2018, 08.32 AM IST
RBI arm tests tech behind BitcoinBlockchain is a public ledger that enables historical recording of all transactions that has occurred in a network in a way that it cannot ...
16 Jan, 2017, 12.24 PM IST