International coffee chain Starbucks has teamed up with tech titan Microsoft to trace coffee using blockchain technology, GeekWire reported. In March 2018, Starbucks revealed its plans to launch a pilot program its...
Enterprise blockchain project Hyperledger has announced the opening up of Hyperledger Iroha 1.0 for general availability. Hyperledger Iroha is a blockchain platform implementation and one of the Hyperledger projects...
A test advertising campaign using blockchain technology achieved a 28% increase in efficiency, Mindshare, a WPP-owned media agency network, said in a press release. Mindshare carried out the test in March 2019 in the...
Bursa Malaysia, the stock exchange of Malaysia, has commenced a proof-of-concept (POC) that aims to explore blockchain potential in enhancing the efficiency of the securities borrowing and lending (SBL) market in the...
A number of life sciences and healthcare companies have joined a working group focused on using blockchain technology for improving the convoluted process of chargebacks. Pfizer, McKesson Corporation, AmerisourceBergen...
Ria Money Transfer, a subsidiary of e-payment services provider Euronet Worldwide, is the latest to join Ripples blockchain-powered global payments network. Headquartered in California, Ria is one of the worlds largest...
Global fintech sandbox GFIN considers blockchain projects for cross-border testing pilot The Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN), a global fintech sandbox formed last August, is considering a number of...
Indian IT giant Tech Mahindra is going to roll out a blockchain-based solution to protect mobile phone subscribers from unsolicited Commercial Communication (UCC) or spam calls, Business Today reported. In July 2018,...
Blockchain platform Qtum has announced that it has been accepted as a Google Cloud partner and unveiled a full suite of blockchain developer tools. The free-to-use tools launched on Google Cloud are available through...
Diamond Standard is a new company that has officially debuted as the manufacturer of the worlds first fungible diamond commodity product. As each diamond is different, they cannot be standardized for trading purposes...
Tech titan Microsoft on Thursday announced that the public preview of Azure Blockchain Service is now available. Azure Blockchain Service is a fully-managed blockchain service that will help simplify the formation,...
Cybersecurity giant Kaspersky Lab has launched new service packages for crypto and blockchain businesses to protect them from cyberattacks and fraud. With the proliferation of blockchain and crypto-focused businesses,...
André Allen Anjos (R.A.C.), a Grammy-winning DJ and record producer, has teamed up with DJ and producer Josh Legg (Goldroom) to launch a new record label, Minerva Music, which will distribute all of its music on...
The Bank of Canada (BoC) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have successfully completed a distributed ledger technology (DLT)-based trial on cross-border and cross-currency payments using central bank digital...
A blockchain-based digital identity and attribute sharing network has gone live with five Canadian financial institutions CIBC, Desjardins, RBC, Scotiabank and TD. Developed by SecureKey, Verified.Me will make it easy...