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Last week, a small delegation of Australian blockchain companies visited Shanghai as part of a government-backed trade mission to strengthen ties between the countries in the industry.
China continues to create its own crypto history, implementing a policy of banning cryptocurrencies and supporting blockchain technology. Last week, the Supreme Court of the Middle Kingdom recognized records on the blockchain as reliable evidence.
After a long wait and careful testing, the latest version of the Litecoin Core network software has been released.
Lightyear is about to merge with blockchain startup Chain. According to a Stellar blog post, Lightyear is a not-for-profit company that was created to enable innovative financial institutions to easily join the Stellar ecosystem.
The Ministry of Agriculture of Kyrgyzstan held a presentation on Thursday on blockchain and the use of this technology to optimize the supply chain in the agricultural sector, according to the ministry's official website.
IBM recently announced that it is launching Blockchain World Wire (BWW), an international payment system with lower costs and faster transaction times, which is expected to phase out the need for banking intermediaries.
Google's data analytics service, called BigQuery, will now display information about the Ethereum blockchain.
The new department of the Deutsche Börse joint-stock company will be called “DLT, crypto-assets and new market structures”, the team will consist of 24 people led by Jens Hachmeister and will study blockchain technology and its application in the infrastructure of financial markets. In addition, there are plans to develop new products to expand the range offered by the company.
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