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LydianCoin (LDN) is a utility-token that permits the purchasing of digital marketing services for blockchain brands requiring crypto-audience targeting using artificial intelligence.

Microsoft has announced in an official post that the company will embrace decentralized identity systems built on blockchains such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. One of the main corporations on the financial market will support blockchain-based decentralized IDs (DIDs) via the Microsoft Authenticator app.

A new Committee concerning blockchain use has been set up by both the Gaming Standards Association (GSA) and Gaming Standards Association Europe (GSA Europe) according to an announcement GSA made at ICE Totally Gaming, where the organization celebrated its 20th anniversary.

Frasindo, Indonesia’s rapidly expanding car rental company is set to break into the Cryptocurrency market with the launch of their Fras Coin token.

Two Bitcoin ATMs had been working in Lithuanian shopping center GO9, but the State Tax Inspectorate of Lithuania (Valstybinė mokesčių inspekcija - VMI)  asked the owner company to shut them down. The authorities explained that the ATM can’t work on the financial market until they have appropriate certifications.

Galaxy eSolutions, a popular Hong Kong-based ecommerce tech giant which recorded 20 million in total sales in its first year in the market has announced a token sale to help advance it’s pre-owned electronics platform. The company has projected further growth in 2018 with a potential industry market cap in the billions.

Scottish nobility started to give their names to their own tokens, based on Blockchain. The first example is given by Baroness Michelle Mone, that informed Coinidol.com about her decision to "encourage more women to invest in the tech industry".

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has announced plans to use a blockchain-based airline loyalty digital wallet in six months in a statement on the official website of the company. A new KrisFlyer digital wallet app holding this innovative financial technology will possess a private blockchain that includes only merchants and partners.

The singapore-based company, EBC Foundation, which is the organization developing the fintech project EBCoin, has announced its plans to launch a cryptocurrency exchange in Japan. In addition to their own exchange, they have also talked to some other big name exchanges in the country, such as BitFlyer, GMO, and Zaif to have EBCoin listed on them as well. The listings on these exchanges will happen soon after their crowd sale ends on February 13, 2018.