Today Bloomberg reported that there’s a new blockchain sugar consortium in the works. Fifty people gathered in Dubai in a meeting...
Author - Nicky Morris
Change Healthcare: enterprise blockchain with 30 million transactions per day
Change Healthcare runs a blockchain that processes thirty million transactions per day. The company plays a crucial role in the U.S...
High school students take prize in Barclays, Clearmatics blockchain hackathon
Last week Clearmatics hosted a hackathon for its Ion blockchain interoperability protocol at Barclays Rise in London. Although it sounds...
The cost of enterprise blockchain membership
Enterprise blockchains are consortia by their nature, so the cost is spread over member investors. But spreading a large investment can...
Commodities trade finance blockchain komgo goes live. VAKT relationship clarified
On 21 December, Geneva-based komgo, the global blockchain-based trade financing platform backed by 15 of the world’s largest banking and...
Telenor Microfinance partners with Alipay for Pakistan blockchain remittances
Today Telenor Microfinance Bank announced Pakistan’s first blockchain-based cross-border remittance service between Pakistan and...
Amex is reinventing rewards using blockchain
In December at the Hyperledger Global Forum in Basel, American Express was the most significant non-tech company to share details about...
Japanese banks embrace digital currencies for Olympics
Japan’s Mizuho Financial Group started testing virtual currencies in 2016. The recent news is that it set a launch date of March...
VISA acquires Ripple partner Earthport
Last week it was announced that VISA plans to acquire Earthport, a cross-border Automated Clearing House for payments. The story...
How blockchain remittances could impact Facebook’s ARPU
Facebook has been building a blockchain team for several months but has yet to announce anything. This morning Bloomberg reported that...