The Union of Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) and Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) is planning to incorporate blockchain technology into public services.
EY, an international assurance, tax, and advisory company, has partnered with artificial intelligence (AI) firm Sensyne Health and enterprise blockchain company Guardtime to tie medicine payments to clinical treatment…
Leading U.S.-based global clinical trial laboratory services organization Q2 Solutions has collaborated with HSBlox and carried out a sample tracking proof-of-concept (POC) of human biological samples in clinical tria…
It was recently announced that Walmart China will be implementing a new blockchain initiative that is intended to keep track of items that will become available on its shelves in the near future. Many of these are foo…
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and Microsoft revealed the launch of their new “Go Digital” program, which aims to help businesses confront the challenges brought by digital transformation.
The Malta government’s new rent laws will require all property rental contracts to be registered on the blockchain, Malta Today reported, citing the island nation’s Prime Minister Joseph Muscat.
eToro recently tested if it can implement its asset tokenization in Libra, Facebook’s new cryptocurrency, and it turns out that it can. The trading platform said as much in a recent press release where it provided det…
There have been several collaborative efforts of late to address the problem of drugs supplies in the US and several parts of the world. One of the more significant of these partnerships is the one involving Walmart, …
There have been several cases over the past few years that proved how unstable the distribution of disaster relief funds can be when not managed properly. To this end, non-profit Oxfam is working on a new project inte…
U.S. Senate schedules July hearing for Facebook's Libra crypto The United States Senate Banking Committee will conduct a hearing on Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency project on July 16, according to Market Watch. The he…
Non-profit blockchain organization IOTA Foundation has partnered with UK-based digital food safety management company Primority to use blockchain to monitor food safety in the food supply chain and track food allergens.
The Energy Web Foundation (EWF), a non-profit organization that aims to accelerate the commercial deployment of blockchain technology in the energy sector, has announced the launch of Energy Web Chain (EWC) – a public…
China’s automotive giant Wanxiang Holding Co., Ltd. and PlatON, a blockchain-based tech firm, have partnered to develop a “smart city” in Hangzhou, which is slated to be completed by 2025, according to a report by Cry…
In another case of blockchain beginning to affect entire industries on a global scale, France-based software firm MGI is partnering with Thales for a major shake-up in cargo shipping. This team-up is intended to give …
Metlife subsidiary Lumenlab, together with Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) and NTUC Income, is utilizing blockchain technology to automate the verification process for life insurance claims.
Banking giant HSBC and Landmark Group, which is a company based in Dubai, recently completed a transaction that connected two independently-built blockchain platforms, Arabian Business reports.
It would appear that Cloudflare is ready to step it up with its blockchain game with the cloud service recently announcing a new gateway for Ethereum. This basically means that there is no need to install additional e…
After successfully respiting unsolicited commercial communication (UCC), the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is planning to extend the use of blockchain technology to other areas including mobile number p…
Blockchain firms R3 and ripe.io have teamed up to enhance transparency and trust in food and agriculture supply chains through the digitization and enterprise adoption of blockchain.
Blockchain research and development firm IOHK has announced the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Georgian government and two of the country’s largest universities.
Euroclear, Europe’s biggest settlement house for securities, has announced that is developing an end-to-end blockchain solution for the issuance and settlement of European Commercial Paper (ECP).
Australian energy trading startup Power Ledger has entered into a partnership with E-NEXT, a subsidiary of Energie Steiermark – one of the largest utilities in Austria, to deploy a peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading ne…
Global accounting giant Accenture will reportedly sign a formal agreement with Canada, the Netherlands, and other groups to utilize blockchain in identifying travelers, Cointelegraph reported citing the company’s mana…
Open source blockchain collaborative project Hyperledger has welcomed eight new members into its line-up, including Ethereum Foundation, Microsoft, Nornickel, and Salesforce.
The Zcash Foundation has recently released the new alternative it has been promising, which is intended to be a safer, better option.
For the most part, the opioid crisis is all about delivery and distribution of drug supplies getting out of hand. This could be where the MediLedger Project could come in and assist with ending the issue with its part…
DAML is the smart contract language created by Digital Asset and in a recent development, the company is teaming up with HACERA and Blockchain Technology Partners to make it more widely available. It is doing so via H…
Banking giant HSBC this week launched the Digital Accounts Receivable Tool (DART) for its corporate clients in India.
Samsung SDS, the IT subsidiary of Samsung, has proposed three solutions to address the common pain points faced by customers in adopting blockchain technology.
Public blockchain platform Zilliqa has announced its partnership with Xfers, a Singapore-based fintech startup, to explore the use of payment solutions powered by distributed ledger technology for over 500,000 users i…
Coinone Transfer, a payments business and a subsidiary of crypto exchange Coinone, has announced its collaboration with SBI Ripple Asia to facilitate blockchain-based remittance in South Korea.
Overstock.com’s blockchain subsidiary Medici Land Governance (MLG) announced that it has put the land registries of Teton County, Wyoming, into a blockchain-based land record and information system.
Canadian largest retail pharmacy chain Shoppers Drug Mart is reportedly working with blockchain firm TruTrace Technologies to create a pilot program for tracking the cannabis supply chain using blockchain technology, …
Warsaw-based Alior Bank is reportedly using the public Ethereum blockchain to verify the documents of its clients, according to a report by Forbes.
Russian central bank’s chairman Elvira Nabiullina said the country is considering the issuance of its central bank digital currency (CBDC), but it will not be anytime soon, local media news outlet TASS reported.
Nomura Holdings and Nomura Research Institute (NRI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a joint venture company that will focus on developing a blockchain-based platform for exchanging securit…
South Korean electronics giant Samsung has revealed its interest in collaborating with platform companies engaged in areas such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, and sixth-generation mobile networks, among other…
French software company MGI has partnered with Thales to incorporate blockchain technology into its Cargo Intelligent System dubbed as Ci5, according to a news release published by PortSEurope.
At least 100 manufacturers plan to use blockchain technology to securely share their production data with each other, according to Nikkei Asian Review. Mitsubishi Electric, Yaskawa Electric, and DMG Mori are among tho…
The city of Seoul in South Korea has announced that it will invest 50 billion won in promising small and mid-sized venture companies via the Fourth Industrial Revolution Fund.
