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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone is looking to invent a new contract agreements system based on blockchain technology.

A blockchain startup has raised $8 million in a seed funding round with a mission to develop a protocol to serve the unbanked.

Barclays Bank proposed using blockchain to make various banking processes more efficient in a pair of patent applications.

The world's four biggest auditing firms will join 20 banks to trial a blockchain service for validating public companies' financial reports.

A digital services firm owned by a Singapore government agency and a major port operator has launched a blockchain platform for cross-border trade.

Billionaire investor and fund manager Marc Lasry said the price of bitcoin has the potential to reach $40,000.

Legendary musician and former Genesis lead singer Peter Gabriel has invested in blockchain startup Provenance.

Chinese internet search giant Baidu has created a proprietary token to power its new blockchain-based photo validating and sharing service. 

Paxful says business is surging in developing nations, where mobile phones are abundant and cheap, but access to exchange platforms remains scarce.

Blockchain startup Nervos Network just raised $28 million from Sequoia China and Polychain, as well as several token funds and traditional VCs.

Charlie Lee took to reddit Tuesday to clarify his and the Litecoin Foundation's roles in the new acquisition of nearly 10 percent of a German bank. 

Mastercard is looking to improve crypto by designing a payments system that will link accounts holding both fiat currency and cryptocurrencies.

The blockchain subsidiary of the Russian e-payments firm Qiwi plans to incentivize staff by giving them tokens tied to the firm's net profits.

Japanese digital services firm GMO Internet has just launched a new web bank that it says will soon use blockchain to facilitate payments.

The latest attempt to create a crypto pegged to the U.S. dollar, or stablecoin, combines 21st-century technology with an invention from the 1930s.

NatWest, part of Royal Bank of Scotland, has joined Marco Polo, a blockchain consortium started by R3 and trade finance specialist TradeIX.

VCTRADE, the new crypto exchange built by financial giant SBI Holdings, is finally open to all Japanese residents after months of delays.

In a fresh round of funding, Block.one has added to its line-up of major investors PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel and bitcoin mining giant Bitmain.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority is poised to launch a live blockchain trade finance platform within two months.

Global investment management company BlackRock may be mulling a move into bitcoin futures, according to a report.

Credit card giant American Express may be looking into developing a new proof-of-payment (PoP) system based on blockchain technology.

The Tezos Foundation is launching a grant program to encourage its community to participate on its platform starting next month.

Billionaire Steven Cohen, once dubbed the "Hedge Fund King," has reportedly invested in a crypto hedge fund.

If all goes according to plan, TokenPay and Charlie Lee's Litecoin Foundation will transform a tiny German bank into crypto's smoothest on-ramp.

Binance is reportedly among a number of investors backing a decentralized, blockchain-based bank to be launched in Malta.