blockchain

Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, countries under full lockdown have experienced an average 25% decline in energy demand per week. Encouragingly, non-renewable sources of energy like oil and…

EY (Ernst & Young) has continued its blockchain momentum with two new releases of an enterprise network procurement offering and visualisation tool. The EY OpsChain Network Procurement tool, built on…

Blockchain should still be in the ‘assess’ phase for enterprises with many parts of the technology ‘considerably overhyped’, according to Software AG. The German enterprise software firm, in its most…

Blockchain patents are ‘skyrocketing’ in 2020 with Alibaba by far the leading publisher, according to a new study. The research, from IP consulting provider KISSPatent, found Alibaba had published 10…

A new threat report from Aqua Security has revealed the majority of attacks analysed on cloud-native infrastructure were for mining cryptocurrency – with a ‘growing, organised and increasingly sophisticated’ pattern…

Global spending on blockchain solutions will reach $4.1 billion (£3.18bn) this year at an increase of more than 50% compared to 2019, according to IDC. The analyst firm’s latest Worldwide…

South Korean technology provider ICONLOOP and recruitment platform SaraminHR have announced success in a pilot to prevent job application fraud through blockchain technologies. The two companies signed an agreement earlier…

Hyperledger has announced its latest tranche of members and certification holders, with companies including Visa, Swisscom and Tencent all on board. The announcement, which comes before the organisation’s annual member…

Technology and IT services provider Tech Mahindra is teaming up with Amazon Web Services (AWS) for blockchain offerings in aerospace, telecoms, and healthcare. The Indian company, which is an AWS…

Health n Go, a blockchain-based secure health certificate built on the TIXnGO platform, has reported ‘encouraging’ results of a Covid-19-focused trial in Switzerland. The pilot, which took place in early…