BSN partners with INDUSTRIA, eyes UK market

China’s Blockchain-based Service Network (BSN) has announced a partnership with U.K. tech firm INDUSTRIA, as the state-backed blockchain infrastructure looks to make a foray into the European market.

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Fast facts

• The partnership marks BSN’s first attempt to enter the U.K. and European market, a BSN spokesperson told Forkast.

• BSN said in a Tuesday statement the partnership can help bring BSN products to the British company’s fintech and central bank digital currency clients.

• The partnership aims to expand applications in copyright protection, asset digitalization, contract management, and supply chain finance.

• The BSN is a Chinese state-backed project with two separate entities, BSN China and BSN International.

• BSN’s infrastructure contains permissioned blockchains, such as Corda, and permissionless blockchains, including Ethereum, EOS, and Neo.

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