UBS CEO: Blockchain to Play 'Big Role' in Reshaping Industry
Add the CEO of Swiss banking giant UBS to the "blockchain not bitcoin" crowd. In a new interview with CNBC this week, Sergio Ermotti expressed doubt about cryptocurrencies, stating that the role of the technology still "needs to be defined.
October 29, 2017
IBM's Stellar Move: Tech Giant Uses Cryptocurrency in Cross-Border Payments
Big Blue is making what could be considered its first public foray into cryptocurrency. In the kind of unveiling that can only come before one of the biggest events in global finance, IBM is revealing today at Sibos 2017 the results of a pa
October 16, 2017
Malta Pilots Blockchain-Based Academic Certificate Recording System
The government of Malta is advancing a project to test the feasibility of using Blockchain technology for the recording of academic certificates. The government has partnered with Learning Machine Technologies to advance the project. Under
October 04, 2017
New Transparent Blockchain-Based Cloud Platform by Oracle and Its Leading Competitors
Technology firm Oracle has announced the scheduled launch of its Blockchain technology-based Oracle Cloud Platform in 2018. The platform is aimed at helping businesses employ the technology for supply chain management and smart contracts. F
October 04, 2017
US State Department to Host Blockchain Forum on October 10
The US State Department will host a forum on Blockchain on Oct. 10. The event will take place in George C. Marshall Center, Washington, DC where various offices from the State Department and other parts of the US government, as well as thos
October 01, 2017
IBM’s Future Blockchain Projects May Give New Meaning to its Name
Juniper Research has released the results of a survey indicating that International Business Machines (IBM) is the top provider of Blockchain among all other companies, with 43% of the vote. Instead of “International Business Machines,” IBM
October 01, 2017
Maersk Celebrates After 5-Month Blockchain Insurance Trial With Guardtime
Danish shipping giant Maersk continues its Blockchain forays after closing a 20-week trial of freight insurance based on the technology. In partnership with Microsoft, Ernst & Young and several insurers, Maersk studied how Blockchain data s
September 06, 2017
Dubai Goes Blockchain to Become Fintech Hub for The East
Having discovered and bought Bitcoin in the early 2010s, I initially had a hard time convincing my peers in the Middle East about the benefits of the underlying technology. Even harder was finding a way to buy Bitcoin if you lived in a regi
August 31, 2017
Singaporean Shipping Giants Partner IBM for Blockchain Trial
Two major Singaporean maritime companies have inked a deal with technology giant IBM to explore and trial blockchain technology for supply chain networks. Singaporean shipping giant Pacific International Lines (PIL), one of Asia’s largest s
August 16, 2017