SITA extends airline blockchain research
SITA, the air transport industry’s technology provider, has announced the launch of an airline industry research project to explore the potential of blockchain. More than 100 top IT executives, attending SITA’s...
CNMV, the Spanish market regulator, blesses FTL blockchain pilot
CNMV, the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), BME and a group of financial entities formed by Banco Santander, BBVA, BNP Paribas, CaixaBank, Commerzbank and Société Générale have collaborated during the past...
Diamond Offshore Drilling’s Blockchain Drilling service
Diamond Offshore Drilling has announced its Blockchain Drilling (BD) service. This appears to be a first in the application of blockchain technology in the offshore drilling industry. The objective of the...
What is the BABB commitment to blockchain?
BABB is a UK-based financial venture which claims to use blockchain technology and biometrics to offer access to banking services for anybody, and especially the unbanked in North Africa, the Middle...
Vostok – a universal blockchain enterprises and public bodies?
Vostok claims it will transform the digital infrastructure of any large organisation into a transparent, trustless and decentralised network while still delivering control of data and 10K tps performance.
Sasha Ivanov, CEO...
Sprint + NXM = 5G connecting cars with blockchain security
Sprint has joined NXM Labs (NXM) to launch a 5G-ready, connected car platform which combines high-speed, on-demand passenger Wi-Fi, advanced vehicle health monitoring and safety. This aims to provide a blockchain-powered...
Intel and Enigma work on privacy-enhancing smart contracts
According to Coindesk, Intel and blockchain start-up Enigma are working on privacy-enhancing smart contracts.
Privacy-enhancing smart contracts seek to hide transaction data from general inspection.
Enigma emerged from efforts at MIT to create...
DHS investigates blockchain for IoT
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded a grant to Factom to begin beta testing of a capability that uses blockchain technology to secure Internet...
BIS slams cryptocurrencies (and blockchains, for good measure)
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has published a damning assessment of cryptocurrencies and by extension blockchains or distributed ledger technology (DLT, as it prefers).
In addition to the relevant chapter, from...
Kleros delivers dispute resolution for floating cities
This week, scientists reported that the Antarctic was losing 200 billion tonnes of ice per year (registration required). The result is that sea levels are rising at 0.6mm per year. It...