February 27, 2019
Istanbul-based telecommunication services provider Turkcell has introduced a blockchain-based service for ID management, news outlet Daily Sabah reported on Feb. 26.
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February 25, 2019
HSBC has settled $250 billion (£194.15 billion) worth of forex trades using blockchain in the last year, it said on Monday, suggesting the heavily hyped technology is gaining traction in a sector until now hesitant to embrace it.
February 25, 2019
Japan’s solar power supplier Kyocera has partnered with LO3 Energy to test blockchain-based virtual power plants (VPP) for improved energy distribution, according to a press release published on Feb. 25.
February 14, 2019
London-based banking giant HSBC has revealed its blockchain-powered platform cut costs for foreign exchange (forex) trade settlement by a quarter, Reuters reported on Feb. 14.
February 13, 2019
Sugar traders are following the world’s top agricultural merchants in looking at using blockchain technology to help streamline trading and shipping transactions.
February 13, 2019
Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has officially announced it will launch a new blockchain-based payment system, according to a press release published on Feb. 12.
February 13, 2019
Intel has launched a commercial blockchain package based on the Hyperledger ecosystem, according to marketing materials published on Feb. 12.
February 11, 2019
A collaborative IBM project using blockchain and the Internet of Things (IoT) to tackle drought is underway in the United States state of California, according to a press release published Feb. 8.
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February 11, 2019
The Commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suggested the use of blockchain for an open pilot scheme for the pharmaceuticals industry. The pilot focuses on improving supply chains and was announced in a notice published Feb. 8.
February 6, 2019
Last week, Russia’s Ministry of Education and Science introduced a blockchain-enabled platform for tracking diamonds.
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February 5, 2019
Google is now in the blockchain search business. Less than a day after Forbes broke the story that the internet search giant would be launching a suite of tools built by, and for, open source developers, those tools are live.
February 5, 2019
The Chamber of Digital Commerce Canada will “promote the acceptance and use of digital assets and blockchain-based technologies”
February 5, 2019
Over the past two years, we’ve witnessed the cryptocurrency market explode onto the scene, minting billionaires overnight, followed by an implosion that has wiped out up to 80 percent of the market’s value. All along, the true believers have continued to insist that this is just the growing pains of a new and dynamic financial industry even as instances of fraud have further damaged the market.
February 5, 2019
Facebook is investing big in blockchain technology.
February 5, 2019
Multinational metal and oil mining giant BHP has successfully tested blockchain in a conjoint experiment with Japanese shipping company NYK, shipping news magazine Dry Bulk reports Tuesday, Feb. 5.
February 4, 2019
Transparency and instantaneity are the main strengths of blockchain technology, an HSBC executive claimed in an interview with French business and tech journal L'Usine Digitale, Feb. 4.
February 4, 2019
Retail giant Overstock.com’s blockchain-based land registry subsidiary has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Mexico to develop a digital land records platform. The news was revealed in a press release published by Nasdaq on Feb. 4.
February 1, 2019
IBM is continuing its foray into blockchain trade management, completing a new trial which shipped 108,000 mandarin oranges to Singapore, a press release confirmed on Jan. 31.
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January 31, 2019
HSBC has settled $250 billion (£194.15 billion) worth of forex trades using blockchain in the last year, it said on Monday, suggesting the heavily hyped technology is gaining traction in a sector until now hesitant to embrace it.
January 31, 2019
30 minutes. First 2/3 is by Grahame Lyons, Advisor to First Block Capital, about the merit of DLT in the global economy and how to get exposure via FBCN on the NEO Exchange. Then sub-advisor Bruce Campbell, CFA of StoneCastle goes through his 3 level disciplined investment process, and current MARKET OUTLOOK.
January 30, 2019
Like many other emerging technologies that have risen to the pantheon of global “game-changer” status (remember Google glass?), it’s not surprising that nine years following blockchain’s introduction we see some increased skepticism regarding the tech’s potential impact on business and society at large.
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January 24, 2019
IBM is collaborating with a group of major players in the healthcare space to improve the way sensitive data is shared and make health claims and transactions more efficient – all in the form of a “blockchain-based ecosystem.”
December 31, 2018
30 minutes. First 2/3 is by Grahame Lyons, Advisor to First Block Capital, about the merit of DLT in the global economy and how to get exposure via FBCN on the NEO Exchange. Then sub-advisor Bruce Campbell, CFA of StoneCastle goes through his 3 level disciplined investment process, and current MARKET OUTLOOK.
December 17, 2018
McKesson's Change Healthcare is close to buying blockchain health-tech start-up PokitDok
December 15, 2018
A tech-minded approach to drug fraud could squash those who enable the deadly opioid crisis.
December 15, 2018
Blockchain tech helps farmers and vendors access financing.
December 15, 2018
UK-based Travelport announced on Wednesday it was expanding its partnership with US tech giant IBM after the successful use of IBM Blockchain in a proof-of-concept (PoC) trial to automate validation, distribution, and settlement processes for hotel content between hotels, travel agencies, and its platform.
December 14, 2018
After months of monitoring and observing the “promising and challenging” potential of distributed ledger technology (DLT), the European Union (EU) is finally making a turn into the blockchain industry.
December 14, 2018
One of the largest banks in Spain, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), has completed a $170 million (€150 million) loan with Porsche Holding using blockchain technology, according to a report.
December 13, 2018
Blockchain developer is this year’s fastest-growing job in the U.S., according to LinkedIn, which released its 2018 U.S. Emerging Jobs report on Thursday.
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