Maersk, the shipping firm, recently announced that it would be shutting down its five-year-old blockchain project TradeLens, a joint initiative with IBM. The Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN), which is backed by COSCO Shipping Lines, Hapag Lloyd, and six other companies, is considered to be TradeLens’s main competitor. Bertrand Chen, the CEO of GSBN, shared …
Goldman Sachs recently launched its digital asset tokenization platform, GS DAP. The platform’s first transaction was the issuance of a €100m ($104m) digital bond for the EIB (European Investment Bank) on the private GS Blockchain. This is EIB’s second digital bond issuance, and like the previous one, it also involved Santander, Goldman Sachs, Société Générale, …
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced last month that the first industry pilot under MAS’ Project Guardian, a project that explores potential decentralised finance (DeFi) applications in wholesale funding markets, had just completed its first live trades. Under the first pilot, DBS Bank, JP Morgan and SBI Digital Asset Holdings conducted forex and government …
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What will be our control over the sky above as drones fill the airspace above cities? Blockchain is still an emerging industry and in a few years drones could be all over us. Their operations will be in the sub-layer of space, beneath commercial and military flight paths. They need to coordinate their flight paths …
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A complete switch to Web3 will require careful consideration of many factors, especially when you consider the promises of decentralised internets using public blockchains. Security is the most important feature of all, as Web3-powered tools and apps hosted on the blockchains become more and more mainstream. Although the blockchains are indeed invulnerable to hackers (except …
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The energy transition is no longer an option.
And it is necessary to put in place lasting solutions that accelerate this transition immediately.
PepsiCo Labs announced that it would collaborate with six startup companies to improve sustainability within its European supply chains. Security Matters, one of the startups mentioned, utilizes blockchain technology to sort, identify and package waste. PepsiCo plans to use Security Matters’ invisible marker system for waste sorting in order to verify its sustainability claims and …
A team of experts in biotechnology and blockchain from Greece has used olive oil DNA to create a unique genetic barcode that is fraud-proof for every bottle. BioCoS is a Crete-based biotech firm that develops DNA-based traceability options for food products. It has created DNAblockchain, an antifraud traceability tool and claims it will ensure the …
This initiative will empower content creators to create new revenue streams, engage directly with fans and protect their intellectual property. SmartLedger – Rick Dutch Cousin, the leading global blockchain distribution channel and prolific writer, composer and producer announced today a new initiative that aims to educate and empower artists, musicians and content creators on the …
Superintendent Harris said that New York State Department of Financial Services approved the first USD-backed stablecoins for issuance in New York in 2018. Since then, regulated entities must meet strict reserve requirements and perform routine attestations in order to ensure stability and protect the consumers. The new guidance notably states that clear, conspicuous redemption strategies …
