Retail giant Walmart is the latest to join MediLedger, a blockchain-based pharmaceutical industry network, a company spokesperson told CoinDesk. The announcement comes on the heels of Pfizer, McKesson Corporation,...
SBI Ripple Asia, a joint venture between blockchain startup Ripple and Japanese financial services giant SBI Holdings, last week announced the launch of a demonstration test of its Money Tap app that would allow in-store...
EOS developer Block.one has announced a new blockchain-based social media platform which will reward and return control to social media users. Called Voice, the social media platform will be launched on the EOS Public...
World Economic Forum forms blockchain policy council to address governance gaps The World Economic Forums Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution has formed six councils to work on new technology policy guidance.In...
Dublin City University, in collaboration with Skillnet Irelands Technology Ireland ICT Skillnet, is launching Irelands first ever Masters in Blockchain (Distributed Ledger Technologies). Technology Ireland ICT Skillnet,...
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has announced that it is offering a new online course on blockchain and cryptocurrencies. The online program, entitled Fintech: Foundations and Applications of...
Blockchain platform TRON has officially announced BitTorrent File System (BTFS) as part of its efforts to create a distributed web platform powered by blockchain technology. The announcement follows a tweet from Justin...
U.S. insurance giant State Farm and financial services company USAA have announced that they are trialing blockchain technology for enhancing the speed of the auto claims subrogation process. Usually the last step of an...
The University of Surrey in the UK has announced that it is combining blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to secure the integrity of digital government records of national video archives...
A number of banks and tech companies are teaming up on a new blockchain-based platform for verification of credentials, The Irish Times reported. Bank of Ireland, AIB, Ulster Bank, and consulting giant Deloitte are...
Instant messaging service Telegram has released the testnet for Telegram Open Network (TON), Cointelegraph reported. Telegram has reportedly been working for the past one year on the blockchain project TON, which it...
Cloud software giant Salesforce has announced its own blockchain platform built on the Hyperledger Sawtooth platform, the company announced at its tech conference TrailheaDX. Powered by Salesforce Lightning, the new...
Two banking members of blockchain trade finance initiative Marco Polo Bangkok Bank and Commerzbank have jointly executed an international trade transaction using distributed ledger technology (DLT). Launched in 2017,...
The Bank of Thailand (BOT) announced that 22 Thai and foreign-bank branches have joined forces to create a blockchain network through the Thailand Blockchain Community Initiative (BCI), media news outlet Xinhua...
Velocity Ledger Technology (VLT), a fintech startup, has released its testnet and blockchain network API for the issuance, trading, and settlement of digital assets in Bermuda. In March, the Ministry of Finance of...