Logistical management continues to be one of Blockchain’s golden use cases. Dutch logistics solutions provider, Portbase, has successfully completed the first phase of their integration with blockchain-based platform, TradeLens. Together, they will handle operations and core processes for ports in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. According to the announcement, both Portbase and TradeLens expect to create a […]
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Agriota E-Marketplace may give farmers in India more access to the UAE’s multi-billion dollar food industry. Food industry officials in the United Arab Emirates may soon have a blockchain-based supply chain to obtain agricultural products directly from India. According to an Aug. 31 report, officials in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be using Agriota […]
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China is not the only country that wants control of this highly coveted industry. Taras Kulyk, Senior Vice President of Blockchain Business Development at Core Scientific, says that the countries competing to become leaders in the Blockchain space vary greatly in what they can offer to crypto miners. During an interview with Cointelegraph, Kulyk stated […]
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An Australian university blockchain hub has been linked to a right-wing think-tank, causing controversy among uni staff members. The RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub’s association with influential right-wing think-tank The Institute of Public Affairs has been roundly criticised in a 1200-word news feature in Guardian Australia by other members of staff. The hub received $6 million […]
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Who said browser-based cryptojacking was dead? The crypto price surge since March has been accompanied by a wave of cryptojacking attacks according to new research published by cybersecurity firm Symantec. According to the company there was a 163% increase in browser-based cryptojacking activity in the second quarter of 2020. Cryptojacking had previously been in a […]
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A major South Korean tech hub is under scrutiny by local health authorities. According to Asia Kyungjae, at least 44 employees of an unnamed South Korean Blockchain company recently tested positive for COVID-19. The employees have since been quarantined. The report states that the company is based in the southern Gwanak District of Seoul; a […]
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Can Radix make DeFi the new normal? Radix is taking a massive step into decentralized finance (DeFi) with the release of its first layer-one protocol made up of four different technologies. In a white paper, Radix said it had released four technologies it believes can bring DeFi for mass adoption. These are Cerberus, a high-speed […]
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They’re also offering the storage to third-parties. Blockchain data storage and privacy start-up Sharder wants to increase its data storage space as it looks to provide the storage hub for the Island blockchain application. The new application, called Boxes, punches up Sharder’s storage by an additional 96 terabytes. It’s current storage hub currently handles 32 […]
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The COVID-19 pandemic might help to further Qatar’s national strategy in the fintech and blockchain spaces to reduce the crisis’s impact. The nation of Qatar is a World Bank “high-income economy,” backed by the world’s third-largest natural gas and oil reserves. It has the third-highest GDP per capita in the world (by purchasing power parity), […]
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Local government in China endorsed a public Blockchain infrastructure project. Conflux Network, a permissionless blockchain project, announced that it has been endorsed by government officials from the Chinese province of Hunan on August 19. The company was previously endorsed by the Shanghai Municipal Government for similar reasons. Hunan province, located in south central China, is […]
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