This is a Charles Brett’s start-of-the-week Enterprise Times ‘blockchain catch-up’ 2022-Week 16. Necessarily it is idiosyncratic and selective.
It is not intended to be comprehensive but does seek to highlight ‘Quick Takes’ on specific developments as well interesting pieces to read, a listing of some (not all) announcements/press releases and pointers to upcoming events.
Quick Takes – Charles Brett’s Blockchain Catch-up 2022-Week 16
Nothing sufficiently remarkable to comment on this week.
7 pieces to read – Charles Brett’s Blockchain Catch-up 2022-Week 16
- Report highlights how blockchains and oracles are redefining the energy industry
- Algorand aims to convert network transaction fees into carbon offsets
- Apollo’s Rowan warns rivals to ignore blockchain at their peril (behind Bloomberg paywall)
- TraderTraitor: North Korean state-sponsored APT targets blockchain companies
- How North Korea’s US$625M crypto hack presents a new national security threat — and why it marks a shift in the global ‘digital battlefield’
- Blockchain banks on the future
- Is blockchain just a transition technology? (behind paywall).
Selected announcements/press releases/opinions – Charles Brett’s Blockchain Catch-up 2022-Week 16
- How blockchain can benefit (the) companies? (opinion)
- Ledger Enterprise’s Alex Zinder is all about blockchain, crypto and the future of finance (opinion)
- Climate, blockchain and CBDCs: An interview with Hyperledger’s Karen Ottoni (opinion)
- The 5 key features of blockchain technology you should have on (sic) your fingertips (opinion)
- “Swiss Hashgraph Association” launches the “Hashgraph Innovation Program” to accelerate adoption of the Hedera Network worldwide (announcement)
- Binance.US quits Blockchain Association (and) forms in-house lobbying shop (announcement)
- Polygon allots US$100M for expansion of blockchain ‘Supernets’ (announcement).
Selected upcoming events
- Security Token Summit (15-16th May 2022)
- FT LIVE” Crypto and Digital Assets Summit (26th April 2022)
- Festival for the decentralised world (June 9th-12th, 2022).