Australian Border Force to work with Singapore on blockchain-based cross-border trade
The Australian Border Force (ABF) has launched a trial with Singapore Customs to use blockchain technology for enabling simpler cross-border trade. The project, alongside Singapore...
World Economic Forum muses on blockchain for ‘unique’ Covid-19 vaccine distribution challenge
The past couple of weeks have seen plenty of good news in the shape of a potential Covid-19 vaccine, from Pfizer, to Moderna, to Oxford/AstraZeneca....
Bayer explores agricultural blockchain network with BlockApps
Enterprise blockchain platform provider BlockApps has launched the TraceHarvest Network in collaboration with pharmaceutical giant Bayer. The initiative is claimed to be the first blockchain...
MIT paper says blockchain may ‘introduce additional problems’ for voting systems
A scathing report from researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has noted moving from internet voting to blockchain-based voting may be ‘going from...
Datarella and Fetch.ai Munich smart city parking trial to utilise blockchain and AI technologies
Datarella, a provider of distributed ledger and blockchain technology, and artificial intelligence (AI) startup Fetch.ai are working on a smart city trial for parking in...
The role blockchain can play in the increasing world of telemedicine
The industry of virtual health appointments, otherwise known as telemedicine, is booming as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the beginning of the pandemic...
Binance analysis: Bitcoin strengthens as DeFi fades – but great potential for Ethereum 2.0
Bitcoin had its strongest month since April as a surge in Ethereum followed an announcement on its ETH 2.0 upgrade – but the DeFi party...
Verizon to use blockchain in its newsroom for comms verification
Verizon has announced the launch of a blockchain-based product which aims to provide an authoritative record of changes to company news releases. Full Transparency by...
AP News publishes US presidential election results on blockchain for first time
As votes continue to be counted for the US presidential election – and some parties fear voting fraud – the Associated Press (AP) news agency...
Enterprise blockchain bytes: R3 and IBM collaboration and Calastone acquisition
Blockchain technologies for the enterprise continue to see various updates. IBM and R3 have announced a collaboration to bring the latter’s enterprise blockchain platform to...