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China Testing Digital Currency in Major Cities, Including Beijing and Hong Kong

17.8.2020
China’s Ministry of Commerce has announced the pilot run of the country’s central bank-backed digital currency in major cities, including Beijing, Hong Kong, and Macau. It will also be tested during the 2022 Winter Olympics games in Beijing, the ministry said. China Announces Testing...

China Set for Huge Expansion of Digital Currency Pilot

14.8.2020
The Chinese central bank is reportedly set to massively expand the scope of its digital yuan pilots – as the nation edges closer to a central bank digital currency (CBDC) issuance. Per a report from the Wall Street Journal, the nation’s Ministry of Commerce said that the pilot – so far active...

Blockchain Energy Trading Pilot Using Bitcoin Sidechain Goes Live in LA

7.8.2020
A U.S. startup is setting up a blockchain energy trading pilot in Los Angeles to promote electric van sharing

California Agency Backs Green-Energy Pilot Using RSK’s Bitcoin Smart Contracts

7.8.2020
The California Energy Commission is funding an experimental market for carbon-credit trading on the RSK blockchain, which runs on top of Bitcoin

Tourist Hotspot’s Bitcoin, Ether, Altcoin Pay Pilot in Full Swing

7.8.2020
Haeundae beach. The company behind a crypto pay pilot program at two of South Korea’s busiest beaches said that it believes token-powered payments could be set to change the way people in the country pay for goods and services. As previously reported, the pilot project is being run by...

Japanese Power Firm, Crypto Exchange Claim Digital Token Pilot Success

6.8.2020
Source: Adobe/Игорь Головнёв Japan’s Kansai Electric Power and crypto exchange DeCurret said that a recent “digital token”-powered, blockchain-based payment pilot was a success – and could be used for settlements in peer-to-peer (P2P) electricity transactions. Per a press release from DeCurret,...

Eftpos Australia Launches DLT Micropayments Pilot With Hedera

23.7.2020
Australia’s leading point-of-sale technology provider, Eftpos, is launching a proof-of-concept exploring DLT-powered micropayments in partnership with Hedera

Chinese Blockchain-powered Cross-border Trade Pilot Handles USD 4.4bn

21.7.2020
Operators of a Chinese blockchain-powered cross-border trade pilot platform are set to expand the platform’s scope – with multi-million dollar trade deals now being conducted in a key testbed area. Per Haiwainet, the central government is testing the efficacy of the network in the Guangdong-Hong...

China Adds a New City to Their Fintech Pilot Initiative

20.7.2020
China’s central bank adds a new city to its fintech innovation supervision pilot

French Central Bank Picks Accenture, HSBC and Others for Digital Euro Pilot

20.7.2020
The central bank of France is about to start several experimental trials centering the digital euro

China’s Giant Ride-Hailing Service Didi to Pilot the Central Bank’s Digital Yuan

9.7.2020
The Chinese government and the country’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), are currently in the midst of testing a digital yuan or central bank digital currency (CBDC). Now the Chinese ride-hailing corporation Didi Chuxing will be trialing the newly developed digital yuan...

Digital Yuan Set for Real-world Ride Sharing Pilot with Apple-backed Didi

8.7.2020
China’s digital yuan launch appears to be inching yet closer to rollout after reports in the Middle Kingdom surfaced linking a ride-share operator with pilots for the new central bank-run token. Per Beijing Business Today and Bloomberg, a digital currency unit of the central People’s Bank of China...

Japan’s Central Bank to Begin Digital Yen Feasibility Pilot

3.7.2020
The central Bank of Japan (BoJ) will conduct a controlled pilot for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) to see how a digital yen would function from a technical standpoint. The BoJ said it will begin a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) and wants to test the digital fiat in a controlled environment before...

Vanguard’s Blockchain Platform for Foreign Exchange Will Go Live in Q3 2020

26.6.2020
Mutual fund giant Vanguard has completed another blockchain pilot that aims to change the risk profile of foreign exchange (FX) transactions

Vanguard Ran Its Digital Asset-Backed Securities Pilot in 40 Minutes

23.6.2020
Vanguard and a handful of high-profile players are piloting ways to record the entire lifecycle of an asset-backed security on a blockchain. Here's why

‘400 Companies’ to Use Chinese Blockchain Pilot Zone + More News

22.6.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Blockchain news Some 400 companies are participating as Guangzhou, in Guangdong Province, launches China’s first blockchain pilot...

Unicef Funding Startups With Cryptocurrency for Covid-19 Relief

21.6.2020
The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has announced its largest cryptocurrency investment funding of startups. Eight companies in seven countries will use Unicef’s crypto fund to develop prototypes, pilot, or scale their technologies. Several of them are working on mitigating...