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SC Ventures and SBI Holdings sign MOU to accelerate portfolio expansion and build ecosystems

9 May 2022, Singapore - SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’ s innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm, announced that it had entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SBI Holdings, Inc to expand their portfolio, both at a business and geographic level, and to explore new ecosystems through this partnership. SBI is a major Japanese financial conglomerate, with verticals in asset management, financial services and biotechnology-related businesses. Its venture capital fund has a diverse investment portfolio covering internet technology, fintech, artificial intelligence and big data, blockchain and crypto assets. SC

NexBloc Launches FREEDOM Blockchain Top-Level Domain to Support Global Humanitarian Relief

All purchases of .freedom domains will contribute to a better world, beginning with support for the Ukrainian war victims. March 18, 2022, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. NexBloc today announced the creation of the .freedom blockchain top-level domain (bTLD) for use in Web 3.0. Anyone worldwide can purchase .freedom domains such as yourname.freedom with net proceeds going toward global humanitarian aid. Immediate use of funds will focus on bringing relief for Ukrainian war victims. NexBloc is developing infrastructure for the decentralized web with their blockchain domain naming system (bDNS) to make