EUIPO Blockathon Challenge 2018
EUIPO (the European Union Intellectual Property Office) has announced its 2018 'Blockathon Challenge'. This will take place in Brussels from 22nd to 25th June.
EUIPO is a decentralised agency of the EU....
Santander One Pay FX, a blockchain-based international money transfer service
Banco Santander has launched a new service, Santander One Pay FX. This makes it possible for customers to complete international transfers on the same day (in many cases) or by the...
Constellation claims to be 1000x faster than Bitcoin or Ethereum
Constellation has announced its emergence from stealth mode with a horizontally scalable protocol that it claims is at least 1000x faster than Bitcoin or Ethereum.
In addition, the Proof-of-Meme model claims to...
Poseidon with Stellar blockchain to reduce carbon footprint
The Poseidon Foundation (Poseidon) has received its first €2.1 million contribution (ahead of its public fundraiser in May 2018). 80% of this particular contribution will go to protect 55 million trees...
Circle+ ‘smart city’ blockchain database in Singapore
Circle+ is a creation of Singapore's SGCN forum. It uses blockchain technology transformation and has officially launched. The SGCN forum was established in 2001. It has a base of 1.1 million...
NEMoGrid attracts another partner to its blockchain energy initiative
sonnen (sic) has announced it is participating in the EU project NEMoGrid. Various companies and research institutes - from Germany, Switzerland and Sweden - are taking part in testing the future...
Energo+Qtum implements blockchain
Qtum Foundation Pte has announced that Energo Foundation Pte has implemented the Qtum blockchain platform in its latest cooperation with First Gen, the largest producer of clean energy in the Philippines....
UN World Food Programme harnesses Devery blockchain for Tunisian school children
Devery, a blockchain-based start-up focused on supply chain tracking, has signed an agreement with the Tunisian Ministry of Education to implement a blockchain-based tracking system for the latter's school meals programme....
Cryptocurrency thefts net $670 million in three months
Theft of cryptocurrencies in 2018 has already netted hackers and scammers $670 million. This number represents 40% of all the monies taken over the last six years. The details were revealed by...
Deloitte and MAPI: manufacturers’ digital supply chain expectations are too high
More than half of manufacturers in this Deloitte and MAPI survey expect digital supply networks will provide benefits - but only 28% have started implementing them.
While companies are increasingly aware of...