Canada’s transcontinental railway, Canadian Pacific (CP), has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). CP announced its new membership in an official press release on July 31. According to the announcement, CP is looking to support improvements in supply chain technology through blockchain technology. BiTA says that by joining the group, CP is helping them…
Asia’s Leading Blockchain for Business Event. Now in it’s 2nd year, Blockchain Summit Singapore is the leading blockchain for business event in Asia. Connecting industry leaders, business decision makers and tech innovators, Blockchain Summit Singapore is a 1 day conference and exhibition dedicated to the business of blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT). Based on unrivalled content,…
According to a recent press release, decentralized identity firm, Civic, and a blockchain security firm, BitGo, have announced plans to release a new wallet sometime in the last quarter of 2019. The new “Civic Wallet” will make use of Multisignature Technology from BitGo and will also support cryptocurrency as well as identity data while ensuring…
Security tokens platform TokenSoft has officially added Know Your Business (KYB) services following a successful alpha test in 2018. The San Francisco-based token issuance platform said in a press release on July 31 that the KYB feature was added in order to enhance customer due diligence (CDD) requirements in compliance with an amendment to the…
On July 30, the United States Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs hosted a hearing on cryptocurrencies in a regulatory context. Lawmakers are showing renewed interest in digital currencies against the backdrop of Facebook’s crypto odyssey: This week’s testimony followed two Libra-focused hearings, which were held in Congress earlier in the month. Indeed, while…
Ripple, the company that created the third-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, XRP, has decided to expand its University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI). Now, the company has expanded the program to Japan, which makes it present in 14 different countries. According to the reports, the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University will be a part of…
S7 Airlines, a member of major global aviation alliance Oneworld, processed over $1 million through its blockchain payment system for the month of July. S7 processed nearly $4 million in payments on its blockchain platform since January 2019 According to an official press release on July 30, S7 has seen significant growth in transactions on…
American tech giant Seagate has entered the pilot stage of its blockchain project designed to fight counterfeit hard disk drives (HDD), Forbes reported on July 30. This pilot is a part of the joint initiative Seagate and IBM launched last November. The project aims to help manufacturers, integrators and business partners to better authenticate the provenance of HDDs by using IBM’s Blockchain Platform.…
Two American inventors have won a patent for a blockchain-based recording system for ballistic data. The United States Patent and Trademark Office awarded two inventors — Jason Palazzolo and Kevin Barnes — a patent for a “firearm environmental recording apparatus and system” on July 23. This apparently could include multiple recording devices, including a camera, microphone, and…
While it has been on the headlines for quite a while now, Cardano seems destined for even greater things, thanks to its project with the Shelley network. It has been talked about, written about and criticized, but it still reigns strong. Charles Hoskinson of IOHK, while on an interview just recently, shared his views on the trajectory taken…