Enterprise blockchain matured throughout 2020 and will continue to do so moving forward, here’s how it may become mainstream. The year 2020 has been monumental for the blockchain sector, especially in regards to financial markets. Yet, while the price of Bitcoin (BTC) reached new all-time highs this year, the enterprise blockchain space also welcomed in […]
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2020 has been a stellar year for blockchain technology, laying important foundations for the year ahead. January will mark 12 years since the Bitcoin genesis block. In that time, blockchain technology has made many significant strides forward. The launch of Ethereum in 2015 introduced smart contracts and token minting. Subsequent years saw developments in areas, […]
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Blockchain can bring transparency and traceability to mining and metal supply chains, although data challenges may hamper successful use cases. Blockchain for supply chain management is one of the most practical business applications for large, multi-party sectors seeking trust and transparency across daily operations. As such, the mining and metals sector has now started to […]
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Blockchain could possibly help verify voter registration and audit results. The United States Presidential elections on Nov. 3 were contentious to begin with, but accusations of electoral fraud from the defeated President Trump cast a pall over the whole procedure. Daniel Hardman, chief architect and chief information security officer at self-sovereign identity solution Evernym, thinks […]
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The enterprise blockchain space in 2020 looks a lot different from previous years, demonstrating the continuation and a drive to mature and advance. Enterprise blockchain started gaining traction in 2017 shortly after Bitcoin had reached its all-time high of nearly $20,000. Since then, enterprise blockchain has mainly been defined by private blockchain networks used by […]
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The Australian crypto ecosystem has flourished despite the pandemic, with a booming DeFi sector, a five year blockchain roadmap and the embrace of the technology by banks and the finance sector. For a country of 25 million people, Australia punches well above its weight both economically and in the world of blockchain. Australians have long […]
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About 40% of vintage whisky bottles were either fake or not produced when claimed. The University of Glasgow’s Scottish Universities Environment Research Centre, or SUERC, is joining forces with supply chain company Everledger to tackle counterfeiting within the whisky industry, according to a Dec. 18 post. The market for collectable single malt Scotch whiskies reached […]
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Electronics giant LG is supporting a new Vietnamese blockchain initiative through its IT and consulting subsidiary. A subsidiary of global conglomerate LG will participate in the mainnet launch of a Vietnamese hybrid blockchain project, KardiaChain. LG CNS, an IT and consulting subsidiary of LG Corporation, has partnered with KardiaChain to act as a validator for […]
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A new proof of concept shows how blockchain increases value across the supply chain. The World Economic Forum is progressing with its blockchain-based project tracking of greenhouse gas emissions. According to a Dec. 15 announcement, the WEF’s Mining and Metals Blockchain Initiative, or MMBI, has released a proof of concept to trace carbon emissions for […]
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More companies are looking toward DLT to enhance business operations. Here is what the adoption landscape looks like. To date, the ever-evolving DLT landscape has brought about dramatic changes to the world of finance and businesses in multiple industries. While blockchain is a type of distributed ledger technology, there are various other applications that have […]
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