# Technology News Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology?page=64 Page 64 of 90. Articles are ordered by original publication time, newest first. Summaries below are excerpts; follow each full-text link for the complete article. ## [Sierra Leone launches blockchain-based National Digital Identity Platform](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3139) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-08-22T11:42:14.000Z Updated: 2019-08-22T11:42:14.000Z Kiva, a San Francisco-based non-profit organization, has announced the launch of Africa’s first blockchain-based and decentralized identity platform. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3139.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3139.json) ## [Travelport, IBM, BCD Travel to develop blockchain solution for hotel commissions](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3132) By Charissa Echavez | Technology Published: 2019-08-22T07:23:16.000Z Updated: 2019-08-22T07:23:56.000Z Travel technology company Travelport has partnered with IBM and travel management firm BCD Travel to develop a blockchain solution to guarantee commissions paid to travel agencies. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3132.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3132.json) ## [South Korea’s Woori Financial to develop blockchain-based financial services with Ground X](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3131) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-08-22T06:19:58.000Z Updated: 2019-08-22T06:19:58.000Z South Korean financial services giant Woori Financial Group is teaming up with Kakao’s blockchain subsidiary Ground X to develop blockchain-based financial services. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3131.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3131.json) ## [Beowulf Blockchain partners with Vietnam’s largest state-owned hospital to deliver a comprehensive telemedicine system](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3127) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-08-22T04:36:25.000Z Updated: 2019-08-22T04:37:06.000Z Beowulf Blockchain and Bach Mai Hospital, one of the largest and oldest state-owned hospitals in Vietnam, with satellite hospitals across the country, signed an agreement to implement Beowulf Telemedicine technology, … [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3127.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3127.json) ## [Thailand’s Siam Cement Group seeks to expand Corda-based ‘Procure to Pay’ solution to 2,400 suppliers by 2020](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3118) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-08-21T11:09:19.000Z Updated: 2019-08-21T11:09:19.000Z Siam Cement Group (SCG), the largest cement and building material company in Thailand and Southeast Asia, is looking to expand its blockchain-based procurement and payment solution to 2,400 suppliers by 2020, Bangkok … [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3118.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3118.json) ## [Japan's Amaten, Aelf to revolutionize gift card market using blockchain](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3114) By Charissa Echavez | Technology Published: 2019-08-21T09:02:04.000Z Updated: 2019-08-21T09:02:18.000Z Japan’s biggest gift card exchange Amaten is planning to use blockchain to issue tokenized gift cards as it plans to revamp the traditional gift card system. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3114.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3114.json) ## [Commonwealth Bank of Australia develops blockchain-based marketplace and token to protect biodiversity](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3110) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-08-21T06:15:30.000Z Updated: 2019-08-21T06:15:30.000Z The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), in collaboration with BioDiversity Solutions Australia (BDS) – a privately owned regional business based in Port Macquarie NSW, has developed a blockchain prototype to support… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3110.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3110.json) ## [EMURGO inks MOUs with South Korean trade associations to boost Cardano adoption](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3107) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-08-21T05:06:47.000Z Updated: 2019-08-21T05:06:47.000Z EMURGO, the official commercial and venture arm of the Cardano blockchain project, has signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with Korea Blockchain Contents Association (KBCCA) and Korea Mobile Game Association (K… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3107.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3107.json) ## [China may launch its central bank digital currency ahead of Facebook's cryptocurrency Libra](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3103) By Charissa Echavez | Technology Published: 2019-08-21T04:14:42.000Z Updated: 2019-08-21T04:15:00.000Z The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) is close to releasing its own government-backed digital currency, according to China Daily. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3103.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3103.json) ## [Bank of America files patent for multi-tiered crypto wallet](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3106) By Charissa Echavez | Technology Published: 2019-08-21T03:59:49.000Z Updated: 2019-08-21T03:59:49.000Z Bank of America, the second-largest bank in the U.S. by assets, has applied for a patent for a digital currency wallet with multiple layers of asset access. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3106.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3106.json) ## [HSBC inks agreement to tap Identitii’s blockchain-based information exchange platform ‘Overlay+’](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3101) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-08-20T12:12:23.000Z Updated: 2019-08-20T12:12:23.000Z HSBC Bank Australia has signed a new license agreement with Australian fintech startup Identitii to tap the latter’s intelligent information exchange platform, Overlay+. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3101.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3101.json) ## [Deloitte unveils demonstrational platform for blockchain solutions](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3088) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-08-20T05:39:28.000Z Updated: 2019-08-20T05:39:28.000Z ‘Big Four’ consulting giant Deloitte has introduced a new mobile demo platform for blockchain-based prototyped solutions. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3088.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3088.json) ## [World Bank raises another $33M for Kangaroo bond via blockchain technology](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3081) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-08-19T12:35:17.000Z Updated: 2019-08-19T12:35:17.000Z The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD or the World Bank) has announced that it has raised an additional AUD 50 million (or approximately USD 33 million) for its Kangaroo bond due August 2020 … [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3081.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3081.json) ## [Binance seeks to empower countries to spur new currencies via new open blockchain project ‘Venus’](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3077) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-08-19T10:33:41.000Z Updated: 2019-08-19T10:33:41.000Z Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has unveiled its new open blockchain project. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3077.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3077.json) ## [Indian state of Maharashtra to implement blockchain in different applications](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3071) By Charissa Echavez | Technology Published: 2019-08-19T06:22:24.000Z Updated: 2019-08-19T06:22:24.000Z The government of the Indian state of Maharashtra is planning to introduce a regulatory sandbox to use blockchain technology in different applications. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3071.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3071.json) ## [Santander to expand Ripple-powered remittance service to Latin American countries](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3070) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-08-19T06:02:27.000Z Updated: 2019-08-19T06:02:27.000Z Spanish banking giant Santander Group has revealed that it is building a “payment corridor” that would allow Latin American customers to send money to the U.S. instantly via One Pay FX at no fees CoinDesk reported. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3070.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3070.json) ## [US Customs and Border Protection advisory committee to run live test of blockchain-based system](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3067) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-08-19T04:29:33.000Z Updated: 2019-08-19T04:29:33.000Z An advisory committee under the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced its plans to soon launch live testing of its blockchain-based intellectual rights (IPR) proof-of-concept (POC). [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3067.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3067.json) ## [South Korea's Jeju Island launches new blockchain initiative](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3064) By Charissa Echavez | Technology Published: 2019-08-19T03:39:31.000Z Updated: 2019-08-19T03:39:31.000Z South Korea’s Jeju Island announced the launching of the Blockchain Hub City Development Research Service, which will be investing 175 million won ($145,000) for research that will be conducted until December. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3064.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3064.json) ## [Fintech company Konstellation joins media blockchain consortium PUBLISHalliance](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3061) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-08-16T23:34:10.000Z Updated: 2019-08-17T07:54:23.000Z PUBLISH Inc., a provider of blockchain solutions for media businesses, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Konstellation, a provider of blockchain solutions for the financial services industry. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3061.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3061.json) ## [Digital Currency and Blockchain Weekly Round-Up – August 16th, 2019](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3062) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-08-16T13:17:11.000Z Updated: 2019-08-16T13:17:11.000Z US SEC defers decision on three bitcoin ETF proposals The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has further delayed its decision on three bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) proposals, CoinDesk reporte… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3062.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3062.json) ## [Beowulf Blockchain Partners with MD24 House Call to Provide a Comprehensive Telehealth System](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3060) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-08-16T12:05:51.000Z Updated: 2019-08-16T12:05:51.000Z Beowulf Blockchain, a full-service B2B cloud communication company, has announced its partnership with MD24 House Call. This partnership will usher in a new era of healthcare services utilizing the advanced telehealth… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3060.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3060.json) ## [Cardano Foundation, Konfidio Ventures partner to boost adoption of blockchain business model](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3055) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-08-16T07:26:03.000Z Updated: 2019-08-16T07:26:03.000Z The Cardano Foundation has partnered with German blockchain venture studio Konfidio in order to accelerate the adoption of blockchain business models with corporations, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and governme… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3055.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3055.json) ## [Moscow seeks contractor for building blockchain system for administrative services](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3047) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-08-15T12:40:30.000Z Updated: 2019-08-15T12:42:16.000Z Moscow, Russia’s capital city, is seeking a contractor for developing a blockchain-based system for hosting its administrative services, CoinDesk reported citing Open Media. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3047.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3047.json) ## [PICC Financial Services inks MOU with Singularity Studio to promote development of AI and blockchain-based services](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3043) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-08-15T10:35:03.000Z Updated: 2019-08-15T10:35:03.000Z PICC Financial Services, the fintech arm of People’s Insurance Company of China (PICC), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Singularity Studio to encourage the development of artificial intelligence (A… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3043.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3043.json) ## [Walmart files patent for blockchain-powered drone communication system](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3039) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-08-15T07:59:56.000Z Updated: 2019-08-15T08:00:51.000Z Retail giant Walmart has filed a patent application, entitled “Cloning Drones Using Blockchain,” with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) earlier this month. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3039.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3039.json) ## [Pfizer and Biogen-led working group completes blockchain proof-of-concept for clinical supply chain](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3037) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-08-15T06:36:45.000Z Updated: 2019-08-15T06:36:45.000Z The Clinical Supply Blockchain Working Group (CSBWG), an initiative that spun out of an open-invitation workshop at the Pfizer Blockchain Center of Excellence, has completed a proof-of-concept (POC) project, Outsourci… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3037.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3037.json) ## [South Korea's Shinhan Bank partners with Kakao's Ground X and Hexlant to develop blockchain-based security system](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3032) By Charissa Echavez | Technology Published: 2019-08-15T03:48:08.000Z Updated: 2019-08-15T03:48:23.000Z Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, has partnered with two fintech companies to develop a blockchain-based security solution. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3032.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3032.json) ## [Marco Polo onboards logistics provider Logwin for real-time blockchain-based trade transaction](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3030) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-08-14T12:32:29.000Z Updated: 2019-08-14T12:32:29.000Z Following the successful trade finance pilot carried out in March, Commerzbank and LBBW have once again executed a trade transaction between international technology group Voith and pump and valve manufacturer KSB SE … [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3030.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3030.json) ## [United Nations investigates North Korean cyberattacks in 17 countries; South Korea gets the hardest hit](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3024) By Charissa Echavez | Technology Published: 2019-08-14T09:07:37.000Z Updated: 2019-08-14T09:07:37.000Z The United Nations is investigating at least 35 instances in 17 nations of North Koreans using cyberattacks to raise money illegally for its nuclear program. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3024.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3024.json) ## [Power Ledger, KEPCO bring blockchain-based energy trading platform to Japan](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2999) By Charissa Echavez | Technology Published: 2019-08-13T04:10:04.000Z Updated: 2019-08-13T04:10:16.000Z Blockchain-based energy trading platform Power Ledger has successfully completed a 5-month trial with Kansai Electric Power Co. (KEPCO), the second-largest utility in Japan, demonstrating the benefits of their peer-to… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2999.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2999.json) ## [India’s Reliance Jio vows to go big on blockchain over next 12 months](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2994) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-08-12T10:42:17.000Z Updated: 2019-08-12T12:39:13.000Z Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, an Indian mobile network operator owned by Mumbai-based multinational conglomerate Reliance Industries, has announced its plans to launch, what it claims, the world’s largest blockchain … [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2994.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2994.json) ## [South Korea's SK group considers developing blockchain-based donation platform and two utility tokens](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2991) By Charissa Echavez | Technology Published: 2019-08-12T09:37:30.000Z Updated: 2019-08-12T09:37:30.000Z SK Corporation C&C, the IT arm of South Korea’s SK Group, has revealed its plan to establish a donation platform based on a fork of the Ripple blockchain. The platform will support a stablecoin and utility coin, CoinD… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2991.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2991.json) ## [China's central bank digital currency is "ready"](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2989) By Charissa Echavez | Technology Published: 2019-08-12T07:42:22.000Z Updated: 2019-08-12T07:43:20.000Z China will reportedly roll out its central bank digital currency (CBDC) soon, a senior official at China’s central bank announced at the China Finance 40 Group meeting, local news site Shanghai Securities News reported. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2989.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2989.json) ## [German firm Dürr secures €750M syndicated loan via blockchain technology](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2987) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-08-12T06:07:17.000Z Updated: 2019-08-12T06:07:17.000Z Dürr, a Germany-based mechanical and plant engineering firm, has announced that it has secured a syndicated loan worth €750 million with the loan agreement signed using blockchain technology. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2987.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2987.json) ## [IBM files blockchain-powered web browser patent with peer-to-peer network support](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2983) By Charissa Echavez | Technology Published: 2019-08-12T04:53:29.000Z Updated: 2019-08-12T04:53:29.000Z American tech giant IBM has filed a blockchain-based web browser patent in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on August 6. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2983.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2983.json) ## [US Energy Department awards $1.05M grant to blockchain-based energy management initiative](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2984) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-08-12T04:39:02.000Z Updated: 2019-08-12T04:39:02.000Z The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science, the lead federal agency supporting fundamental research for energy production and security, has awarded a $1.05 million grant to four organizations to commercia… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2984.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2984.json) ## [New Jersey signs 'blockchain initiative task force' bill into law](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2981) By Charissa Echavez | Technology Published: 2019-08-12T03:24:02.000Z Updated: 2019-08-12T03:24:02.000Z New Jersey has become the latest state to launch a task force dedicated to exploring blockchain use, after Governor Phil Murphy signed bill S2297 into law. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2981.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2981.json) ## [Digital Currency and Blockchain Weekly Round-Up – August 9th, 2019](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2980) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-08-09T12:15:10.000Z Updated: 2019-08-09T12:15:10.000Z International data protection and privacy enforcement authorities seek clarity on Facebook’s Libra Representatives from a number of data protection and privacy enforcement authorities from around the world have issued… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2980.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2980.json) ## [South Korean consortium to roll out blockchain-based platform for unlisted securities trading this year](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2976) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-08-09T09:43:18.000Z Updated: 2019-08-09T09:43:18.000Z Six South Korean entities have teamed up for a blockchain initiative focused on the trading on unlisted securities, CoinDesk reported citing a report from local news outlet Chosun Ilbo. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2976.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2976.json) ## [Etihad Airways to integrate Winding Tree's blockchain platform](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2968) By Charissa Echavez | Technology Published: 2019-08-09T04:51:58.000Z Updated: 2019-08-09T04:51:58.000Z Etihad Airways has partnered with Switzerland-based blockchain startup Winding Tree to provide logistical support for the airline’s distribution system. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2968.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2968.json) [Newer stories](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology.md?page=63) [Older stories](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology.md?page=65)