SpaceChain has received a £ 440,000 grant to develop a decentralized satellite infrastructure as part of the European Scientific Cooperation Agency EUREKA’s Globalstars initiative. In addition to the British project SpaceChain, Addvalue Innovation and Alba Orbital will participate in research and development. SpaceChain said it will use the funds to create a blockchain-based system that will display data from satellites in real time. The LEO satellite network is “democratizing” the emerging space industry, giving more

Bitwise Asset Management, a crypto asset management company, has opened access to the purchase of shares of the Bitwise 10 Crypto Index Fund through the OTC Markets Group. Previously, it was only possible to buy shares of the fund directly from Bitwise and at par. However, any investors now have access to trading index fund shares through their brokerage accounts. The fund is traded on the OTC Markets Group platform under the symbol BITW and

The French Ministry of Finance has prepared a package of documents tightening the regulation and requirements for user identification (KYC) for cryptocurrency platforms. In addition to tightening KYC requirements, the resolution proposes to ensure regulation of all cryptocurrency transactions, even without the participation of fiat currencies. The French cryptocurrency association ADAN has been granted access to the document as a “trusted participant” in issues related to digital assets. According to ADAN President Simon Polrot, the

For the first time, the Dutch bank ING disclosed information about preliminary testing of a digital asset storage solution that was developed as part of the Pyctor project. At the Singapore Fintech Festival, ING Blockchain Leader Herve Francois spoke about the work done under the Pyctor project. The project develops infrastructure for storage and post-trading of cryptoassets, and this year was included in the regulatory sandbox of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Pyctor is

Alex Gladstein, Strategy Director of the Foundation for Human Rights, called bitcoin a “humanitarian remedy” against the sale of personal data and government control over the population. This was announced by Alex Gladstein at a conference on the development of bitcoin and blockchain, during which the topics of social loans in China and hyperinflation in Venezuela were discussed. Gladstein paid special attention to digital privacy, or rather, its absence. We are talking about the sale

International fashion brand Desigual has announced that it will track shipments of goods on Finboot’s Marco platform to make supply chains more transparent and reliable. As part of this initiative, Desigual will use Finboot’s Marco blockchain platform to track the supply chain of products from initial order to arrival at distribution centers. According to the company, there are a number of logistical milestones that need to be overcome before the goods hit Desigual stores. These

The Chinese cryptocurrency exchange CEO Global has suspended the input and output of cryptoassets for an indefinite period due to the arrest of the founder of the trading platform. The journalist Colin Wu reported on Twitter that the bank card of the founder of the exchange has repeatedly received “underground” funds that are hidden from taxation. Upon learning of this, local authorities detained the head of CEO Global for 15 days to conduct an investigation.

The CEO of the international financial conglomerate Citigroup, Michael Corbat, reported on engaging with several governments to develop digital currencies. Corbat believes that in the near future there will be “inevitable” independent digital currencies created with the participation of banks, so such assets will hardly be called “cryptocurrencies.” Citigroup began to study issues related to the development of digital currency and its introduction into circulation. However, Korbat did not disclose with which states the bank

The US Financial Stability Board has called on regulators and federal authorities to tighten controls over firms and payment systems that handle cryptocurrencies. The department is engaged in identifying the risks and threats that the US financial system may face. According to the Financial Stability Board’s report, digital assets have both benefits and many potential risks. The authors of the report touched upon the topic of digital currencies from central banks. Most banks are interested

The United Nations (UN) has partnered with startup LTO Network to unveil a blockchain-based “goLandRegistry” solution to help the Afghan government solve real estate problems. The solution will be shown to the Afghan Ministry of Urban Development this month. The project was developed within the framework of the UN-Habitat program aimed at sustainable urban development in Afghanistan. The developers said that the blockchain-based platform will help solve problems that usually arise in slums or temporary