Is Kim Jong Un’s DPRK about to kill cryptocurrencies?
According to security research firm FireEye, Kim Jong Un's DPRK (aka N Korea) is focusing on Bitcoin (BTC) as a source of foreign funds. That he seeks to do this is...
World Economic Forum, its Blockchain Deployment Toolkit and Covid-19
To help organisations improve future pandemic preparedness and accelerate an economic rebound post-COVID-19, the World Economic Forum is releasing what it calls “the Redesigning Trust: Blockchain Deployment Toolkit”. It is supposed...
IBM delivers blockchain solution to Santiago Stock Exchange
IBM is providing the technology to allow Chile's Santiago Stock Exchange to become the first stock market in Latin America to introduce blockchain. The solution will be used to manage securities...
Coca-Cola and the State Dept. team to use blockchain against forced labour
According to Reuters; Coca-Cola and the U.S. State Dept. - along with other companies - have announced they will launch a project using blockchain’s digital ledger technology to create a secure...
Bothered by missing out on the Bitcoin run-up?
The Bitcoin run-up to almost US$12000/Bitcoin is spectacular. Some even forecast it will reach US$80,000 in 2018, which may be pushing the boundaries of credibility (remember those who predicted, in the...
Vermont heads down insurance blockchain road
The Vermont Department of Financial Regulation and Secretary of State are collaborating on a captive insurance blockchain pilot. The Secretary of State, Jim Condos, and Department of Financial Regulation Commissioner, Michael...
Blockchain Catch-up for Week 19 (w/e 8th May, 2020)
This is a start-of-the-week Enterprise Times 'blockchain catch-up for Week 19. Last week was a short week, ending with a public holiday: thus the number of Enterprise Times entries is limited.
The...
CarTaxi and upending the way we act?
A misleading press release appeared this week, entitled "CarTaxi: Blockchain Technology Will Leave Dispatchers Without Work" and sourced from St Petersburg, Russia. About the only cogent link to blockchain was provided...
BRIDGE: a blockchain-based approach to FX trading
The BRIDGE project was created to solve problems in FX trading. BRIDGE is a decentralized blockchain solution that addresses the involvement of intermediaries and adds features which bring the (alleged) benefits...
3 blockchain books to distract in a Covid-19 constrained world
Three books, each in their very different ways, explore blockchain in a variety of settings, from the commercial to the invented. While Covid-19 is constraining many levels of commercial activity...