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Weaponizing Blockchain — Vast Potential, but Projects Are Kept Secret

“Emerging technologies such as blockchain have the potential to define the war industry over the coming decades,” former NATO Secretary General Rasmussen tells Cointelegraph. When Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said that blockchain and artificial intelligence would “revolutionize war,” as Cointelegraph reported on Nov. 4, did he take things a bit too far? Jet engines…
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PwC Analyst: Blockchain Gives ‘Illusion of Traceability’ for Walmart

Auditors allege the biggest hurdle facing the blockchain systems being adopted by food retail giants such as Walmart and Nestlé has nothing to do with the technology itself. Experts allege the biggest hurdle facing the blockchain systems being adopted by food retail  giants such as Walmart and Nestlé has nothing to do with the technology…
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Coca Cola Using Blockchain for $21-Billion-Per-Year Network

Coca Cola’s bottlers are implementing a blockchain solution from German software firm SAP to manage their cross-party transactions. Coca Cola’s bottlers are implementing blockchain technology to manage their cross-party transactions. A Business Insider report on Nov. 5 revealed that Coke One North America (CONA) — the tech firm that manages IT operations for the soda giant’s…
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Largest American Food Coop to Pilot Mastercard’s Blockchain Tech

Topco Associates will use a blockchain platform for food supply chains that is based on Mastercard’s Provenance Solution. Topco Associates, the largest American retail food group purchasing organization, will pilot Mastercard’s blockchain tech in its operations.  According to a press release on Oct. 27, Topco will test a traceability platform developed by logistics firm Envisible.…
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How Can Blockchain Disrupt Supply Chains in the Fashion Industry?

The immutability of blockchain technology prevents fraud and improves traditional supply chains in the fashion industry. When receiving new shirts you’d bought online, or bought some jeans from one of the fashion stores on your street, the question that may have come to mind then was, how did these items get to be in my…
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Blockchain and DNA-Based Fuel Tracking Solution Launches Commercially

A blockchain and DNA-based fuel tracking solution for fuel oil has launched after a pilot in the Netherlands. Bunkertrace, a blockchain and DNA-based fuel tracking solution, is using DNA markers to trace bunker fuel oil throughout the supply chain. On Oct. 21, in an article by the American Journal of Transportation, Bunkertrace announced its commercial…
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Canadian Terminal Operator Joins Maersk and IBM’s TradeLens

Vancouver-based Global Container Terminals will use TradeLens in all four operated terminals, including two terminals in the U.S. Global Container Terminals (GCT), a container terminal operator in North America, has joined Maersk and IBM’s blockchain shipping tool TradeLens. Adding four Canadian and U.S. terminals to the platform  As part of the initiative, Vancouver-based GCT will…
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Samsung SDS Partners With Tech Mahindra for a New DLT Product

Samsung SDS announced a joint initiative to launch a new blockchain traceability solution based on Nexledger. Samsung SDS, the IT subsidiary of global tech giant Samsung, has announced a joint initiative to launch a new blockchain-based traceability product. To develop the new project, Samsung SDS partnered with American software firm Pega and Tech Mahindra, a…
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IBM Launches New Blockchain Supply Chain Product Using Red Hat Tech

Following Red Hat’s $34 billion acquisition in July, IBM is using the firm’s technology in a new blockchain-based supply chain product. Global tech giant IBM has launched a new integrated supply chain product based on IBM’s technologies including Watson AI and IBM Blockchain. Hybrid-cloud integration Called Sterling Supply Chain Suite, the new IBM’s product enables…
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Walmart Uses Blockchain Tech to Track Shrimp Supply Chains

United States retail giant Walmart will use blockchain technology to track its Indian-sourced shrimp. United States retail giant Walmart, in collaboration with IBM, will use blockchain technology to track its shrimp supply chains. On Oct. 4, Indian business publication LiveMint reported that Walmart will use blockchain technology to track its Indian-sourced shrimp to select locations…
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