Blockchain Catch-up Week 33 (to w/e 28th August)
This is a start-of-the-week Enterprise Times ‘blockchain catch-up’ for Week 33. The catch-up is not intended to be comprehensive; it seeks to highlight developments covered by Enterprise Times. Then, in the...
Ailsa Bay and its first blockchain whisky
William Grant & Sons’ premium whisky brand, Ailsa Bay, has launched the world’s first-ever blockchain whisky - in partnership with specialist blockchain technology company Arc-net. The objective is to ensure authenticity...
Tradeshift Pay’s cloud platform for supply chain payments and finance
Tradeshift has launched a cloud platform to bring supply chain payments, supply chain finance and blockchain-based early payments together in one complete end-to-end solution, Tradeshift Pay.
With Tradeshift Pay, Tradeshift is taking...
Blockchain catch-up Week 22 (w/e 29th May)
This is a start-of-the-week Enterprise Times 'blockchain catch-up for Week 22. Last week had Memorial Day in the US and the late Spring Bank Holiday in the UK, so this Blockchain...
BoE explores DLT / blockchain settlement monopoly doubts
The Bank of England (BoE) has released a new working paper entitled "The economics of distributed ledger technology for securities settlements":
examines to what extent DLT could add value and change...
Chainalysis’ Market Intel for understanding cryptocurrencies
Chainalysis has launched Market Intel. Market Intel is powered by Chainalysis's proprietary data, which it has systematically collected and linked to real world entities since 2014.
"Chainalysis was founded on the belief...
DTCC enters test phase for TIW distributed ledger project
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) offers post-trade market infrastructure for financial services. It is advancing the testing phase of its project to 're-platform' (ugh!) its credit derivatives Trade Information...
Visa follows, or leads, AmEx and Mastercard
In late 2016, Visa previewed B2B Connect, its offering-to-be to transform the business-to-business (B2B) payments space. Since then, it has worked at partnering with financial institutions around the world to transform...
MOBI extends mobile blockchain with the DAV Foundation
The DAV Foundation, a blockchain startup building a decentralised global network for autonomous vehicles, has joined the Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative (MOBI). The latter is a peer-to-peer ecosystem which aims to...
Carnomaly, car buying/ownership and blockchain
Carnomaly has announced its crypto and blockchain platform. Its alleged attraction is that the Carnomaly approach offers both consumers and dealers the ability to buy and sell cars with integrity by...