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PortuguêsThe Australian National Blockchain Roadmap Steering Committee has reached out to the wider blockchain community in order to create working groups to explore specific applications of the technology within the…
Continue ReadingKraken, a major United States-based cryptocurrency exchange, has identified new potential attacks against the popular hardware wallet, Ledger. Kraken Security Labs, the exchange’s cyber security division, has discovered two new…
Continue ReadingBlockchain firm Quarkchain has announced a partnership with the ecological department of Northeastern Chinese province Shanxi. Quarkchain and the Shanxi province will jointly develop an environmental governance platform on blockchain…
Continue ReadingOcean Protocol, a blockchain-based data-sharing platform, has completed a proof-of-concept (PoC) with Daimler, showing how the Mercedes-Benz maker can begin monetizing data streams within the company and across its supply…
Continue ReadingAfghanistan’s healthcare ministry and several local pharmaceutical companies will use Fantom’s blockchain to combat counterfeit drugs. According to Fantom on July 6, its Opera blockchain will be used to track…
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Continue ReadingBlockchain technology and the Internet of Things (IoT) can solve some of the food industry’s most pressing challenges and save it $100 billion a year, according to a recent report by…
Continue ReadingBinance’s new blockchain research institute in China has forged a strategic partnership with a state-level supply chain innovator to jointly develop digital infrastructure for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in…
Continue ReadingImagine sitting down at your favorite restaurant and ordering a fresh filet of salmon, only to later discover that the “salmon” dish wasn’t actually salmon. As horrifying as it may…
Continue ReadingJune 15, Unilever unveiled a $1 billion initiative aimed at fighting climate change in which blockchain technology will play an integral role. Traceability & transparency Unilever is establishing a €1…
Continue ReadingSIMBA Chain, a blockchain-as-a-service company with deep ties to the Department of Defense, has two years and $1.5 million to research and develop a blockchain for supply chain logistics for…
Continue ReadingThe Offshore Operators Committee, a nonprofit organization focused on offshore energy, has found a blockchain management system reduces costs and time for transporting wastewater. The (OOC)’s Oil and Gas Blockchain…
Continue ReadingWorld’s top ecommerce firm, Amazon, filed a patent for a blockchain system that tracks goods as they move on the supply chain. Amazon’s patent — dated May 26 — describes…
Continue ReadingAmazon, a kingmaker of e-commerce and shipping, has patented a distributed ledger-based (DLT) system for proving the authenticity of consumer goods. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office approved the Seattle…
Continue ReadingThe largest commercial port operator in India has teamed up with blockchain-based logistics platform TradeLens in an effort to digitize its supply chains. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd.…
Continue ReadingThe largest multi-port operator of India, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZ), has partnered with the blockchain-based supply chain solution platform TradeLens. APSEZ plans to integrate TradeLens’s blockchain…
Continue ReadingOntology recently partnered with German digital identity and cloud wallet provider, Spherity, to collaborate on expediting development on digital identity solutions for products and enterprises. The partnership will see Spherity’s…
Continue ReadingU.S. berry producer California Giant Berry Farms joined the blockchain-based food tracking solution IBM Food Trust. Fruit and vegetable news outlet The Packer reported on May 17 that California Giant…
Continue ReadingBlockchain has become one of the most discussed technologies in relation to supply chain management, given its ability to provide transparency and traceability within a number of value chains. The…
Continue ReadingIn an interview with Cointelegraph, Rupert Colchester, the head of blockchain at IBM Australia and New Zealand, discussed how distributed ledger technology is transforming supply chain systems worldwide. Colchester also…
Continue ReadingTradeshift, the digital trade finance platform that uses blockchain to make payments instant and transparent, has proposed a scheme to the government of Denmark that will free billions of dollars…
Continue ReadingAustralian livestock tracking platform Aglive has completed a pilot that monitored shipments of beef to China. Aglive’s trial was launched during late-January and was conducted in partnership with global shipping…
Continue ReadingVeChain, Mastercard and Alipay are among the heavy hitters backing the new APAC Provenance Council, which has already secured millions in funding for supply chain tracking and financing pilots throughout…
Continue ReadingThis week’s headlines from Japan included Rakuten Wallet, GMO Coin and DMM crypto exchanges achieving regulatory registration, SBI Holdings’ VC Trade exchange announcing a 1,700% increase in fiscal year pre-tax…
Continue ReadingKentucky Fried Chicken has rolled out a blockchain pilot program across the Middle East aimed at improving digital advertising and media buying. KFC Middle East expects the blockchain-powered platform to…
Continue ReadingAergo and Blocko, two blockchain firms backed by both Samsung and Sequoia Capital, announced the launch of a regional think-tank intended to bolster the adoption of innovative technologies across the…
Continue ReadingShortages of personal protective equipment, or PPE, used by health care professionals are posing a tremendous challenge to the United States health care system as a result of the coronavirus…
Continue ReadingThe World Economic Forum published a report looking at how the deployment of blockchain-based solutions can address the supply chain inefficiencies and failures that have been exposed by the COVID-19…
Continue ReadingThe global economy has been feeling the hardships from the mandated lockdowns various nation states have implemented during the last month and a half. Oil prices have dropped below zero…
Continue ReadingBahrain-based tech startup MVC Global and logistics firm Cox Logistics Group will jointly launch a so-called SmartHub logistics warehouse to improve the distribution of pharmaceuticals across the Gulf Cooperation Council.…
Continue ReadingCos, the luxury subsidiary of the fast-fashion brand H&M, appears to have partnered with blockchain platform, VeChain, to provide detailed supply chain tracing data to customers. While H&M is yet…
Continue ReadingFederated Co-operatives Limited, or FCL, one of Canada’s 50-largest companies, has partnered with blockchain-based supply chain middleware platform, Morpheus.Network. FCL plans to integrate distributed ledger technology, or DLT, based tracking.…
Continue ReadingDole Food Company, the world’s largest producer of fruit and vegetables, has revealed a five-year plan to expand its adoption of distributed ledger technology, or DLT, for supply chain tracking.…
Continue ReadingThe Dole Food Company has a five-year blockchain plan for stronger food safety. Dole aims to launch blockchain product tagging and other “advanced traceability solutions” across its three business divisions…
Continue ReadingBritish researchers are trialing a new blockchain-based certificate designed to manage COVID-19 risks across supply chains. In a statement on April 21, Professor Nassim Belbaly, director of Birmingham City Business…
Continue ReadingTeleport, the logistics division of major airline, AirAsia, has launched a blockchain-based cargo booking system called Freightchain. According to an April 16 announcement, Freightchain is “the world’s first digital air…
Continue ReadingThanks to our current state of lockdown, global carbon emissions are down somewhere between 20 and 40 percent, according to various estimates. But that’s merely a fraction of the reductions…
Continue ReadingDutch multinational banking and financial services company Rabobank recently announced the settlement of a $12 million intercontinental commodity trade using blockchain technology. Rabobank and other logistics companies collaborated with the…
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