Qore3 and Bhutan’s GCIT Partner to Bring Blockchain Technology to a Himalayan Village

The long-term partnership, formalised through an MOU signed during TOKEN2049 Week, spans applied research and DeFi education for students, faculty, researchers and Bhutan's wider tech ecosystem Singapore digital asset infrastructure firm Qore3 and Gyalpozhing College of Information Technology (GCIT) , a college of the Royal University of Bhutan, are turning a Himalayan farming village into a testbed for blockchain-based community finance. Their first joint applied research initiative will equip 21 rural households in Rukha Village with MPC wallet solutions, introduce digital liquidity through a utility token-based model for community finance, and pilot AI-assisted digital wallets.