European Union to Invest €500,000 to Develop Blockchain Expertise

[kreslik.news]

The EU’s European Parliament has recently mandated the European Commission to implement a pilot project in order to build up technical expertise and regulatory capacity for blockchain technology. The European Commission in response announced that it intends to launch a call for tender for a service contract to set up an ‘EU Blockchain Observatory’, with an estimated budget of €500,000 over a period of 2 years.

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The EC wants the new body to consist of both an observatory and a forum to gather opinions and to voice concerns around blockchain and distributed ledger technologies ... (read more)