China’s latest bond issuance on the ledger is a sign of trust placed into the blockchain technology, but not everything may be rosy. The Bank of China has recently issued 20 billion Chinese yuan ($2.8 billion) of special bonds, which it has sold in order to fund small and micro-enterprise businesses, according to the China Development […]
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Decentralization is one of the most important ideas behind blockchain technology, but the more real applications we see, the more centralized and government-backed it’s becoming. The fad is dying. A recent CB Insights report that was cited Bloomberg announced a 60% decline in blockchain startup investments this year, down to $1.6 billion. But at the […]
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A major Vietnamese shipping terminal has become the latest entity to join IBM and Maersk’s TradeLens blockchain platform. Cái Mép International Terminal (CMIT), located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, announced Dec. 19, that it had joined the TradeLens blockchain platform. CMIT is one of the largest terminals in the Cái Mép-Thị Vải deep-water gateway […]
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Blockchain has a great future in the ticketing industry, according to experts. However, integration will not be an easy process. Ticketmaster, one of the largest event ticket distributors in the world, announced in October 2018 that it had acquired Upgraded, a blockchain technology company specializing in live event ticketing. By applying blockchain technology, Ticketmaster set […]
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CULedger, a blockchain consortium and credit union service organization, has successfully completed a pilot project together with three American credit unions. CULedger, a blockchain consortium and credit union service organization, has successfully completed a pilot project together with three American credit unions. Fintech Futures reported on Dec. 16 that the pilot focused on implementing CULedger’s […]
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Quantum computing services seem to be our future soon enough, but will cryptocurrencies be ready for it when the time comes? Quantum supremacy is officially here, whether we’re ready for it or not. This fall, a research paper from Google was prematurely leaked, claiming just that — quantum supremacy — including the results of a […]
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Glencore is the latest subscriber to the Responsible Sourcing Blockchain Network, a supply chain solution for the metals industry and other commodities providers. British-Swiss commodity trading and mining company Glencore will use an IBM-developed blockchain solution to track cobalt. In a press release issued on Dec. 12, Glencore confirmed it had joined the Responsible Sourcing […]
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Anthem, the second-largest health insurance company in the U.S., plans to use blockchain technology to secure medical data for its 40 million members. Anthem, the second-largest health insurance company in the United States plans to use blockchain technology to secure medical data of all 40 million members over the next three years. On Dec. 12, […]
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The Chamber of Digital Commerce and the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance have partnered to facilitate industry advocacy and education efforts around tokenization. The Chamber of Digital Commerce and the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) have partnered to facilitate industry advocacy and education efforts around tokenization. According to a Dec. 11 press release, the two blockchain advocacy organizations […]
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The Bank of Lithuania said that central banks’ “parental controls” are obsolete when it comes to crypto assets. The Bank of Lithuania said that central banks’ “parental controls” are obsolete when it comes to crypto assets, but that should not prevent them from entering the space in order to understand it. In an analysis dedicated […]
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