Led by Belgian financial services firm Euroclear, the latest French CBDC trial involved a system by tech giant IBM. The central bank of France continues actively exploring a central bank digital currency (CBDC), completing a significant trial of a blockchain-based CBDC in the country’s debt market. Over 500 institutions in France have participated in a…
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Experts are divided over ways to balance diversity in crypto, with Rupert Colchester of IBM noting that teams should be “built right” from the ground up. While almost everyone agrees the blockchain industry needs to address the under representation of women in the sector, experts remain divided on the best way to achieve it. Should…
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has launched of a blockchain-powered vaccination passport built on top of IBM’s Digital Health Pass. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the launch of the city’s blockchain-powered “Excelsior Pass” vaccination passport on March 26. The passport is issued through a free and voluntary platform that verifies Covid-19 vaccinations or negative…
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Metaco will use IBM Cloud to provide robust security-critical technology for institutional investors entering the digital asset space. Digital asset security infrastructure outfit Metaco has partnered with tech conglomerate IBM to utilize the latter’s cloud platform for enterprise-grade digital asset custody solutions. According to a press statement issued on Thursday, Metaco will leverage IBM Cloud…
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Ant Group remains the world’s biggest blockchain patentee, while IBM is considered to be the most cited developer of patents in the industry. Chinese holding conglomerate Ping An Group filed the largest number of blockchain-related patents in 2020, according to a new report. Intellectual property-focused magazine Intellectual Asset Management has released a report on the…
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Multinational retail giant Carrefour will use IBM’s blockchain tech to track two major food categories as part of a growing reorganization of global supply lines. IBM’s food-tracking blockchain technology will be used by the Carrefour multinational retail firm to track food supply lines from the farm to the store. An agreement between Majid Al Futtaim…
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The world’s largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel is joining a multi-stakeholder initiative that uses blockchain technology. “Mining” may be most frequently used in the crypto industry to refer to the process by which digital currencies are collectively generated — but there are contexts in which firms are adopting blockchain infrastructure to manage the…
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The enterprise blockchain space in 2020 looks a lot different from previous years, demonstrating the continuation and a drive to mature and advance. Enterprise blockchain started gaining traction in 2017 shortly after Bitcoin had reached its all-time high of nearly $20,000. Since then, enterprise blockchain has mainly been defined by private blockchain networks used by…
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“The future of the wine industry lies in verifiable provenance, transparency and traceability.” An IBM blockchain-powered platform is now offering a way for people to track wine from its vineyard origins all the way to your local store shelf. In an announcement today, IBM said it has partnered with wine monitoring firm eProvenance to release…
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IBM has emerged as one of the largest blockchain consulting firms in the world. Its next target: sustainable fashion. IBM’s foray into the blockchain ecosystem is deepening with a new partnership to track supply chains in the textile and fashion industries. The Armonk, New York-based tech giant announced Monday that it’s teaming up with German…
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