Use Cases & Verticals

Blockchain Technology

Software Giant SAP Launches Blockchain-as-a-Service Platform

SAP is the latest tech giant to have rolled out a technology framework aimed to let enterprise build blockchain-based applications.

Business  ·  7 June 2018
Thailand

Thailand Trials Central Bank Digital Currency for Interbank Settlement

Thailand's central bank is examining how a blockchain-based digital currency could make interbank settlement both faster and cheaper.

Policy & regulation  ·  7 June 2018
Ethereum

Ripple Smart Contracts Creator Targets Ethereum with New Tech Launch

Three years after Ripple shelved Codius, Stefan Thomas is bringing the smart contract platform back to life with his eyes set on disrupting Ethereum.

Business  ·  6 June 2018
South Africa

South Africa’s Central Bank Claims Success in Blockchain Payment Trial

South Africa Reserve Bank indicates that tests of a blockchain-based system for interbank clearance and settlement produced astonishing results.

Policy & regulation  ·  6 June 2018
Japan

Fujitsu Rolls Out System That Turns Reward Points into Blockchain Tokens

Fujitsu is launching a blockchain data processing system for retail merchants that tokenizes traditional promotion tools like coupons and stamps. 

Business  ·  6 June 2018
New York

Lawmaker Wants New York State to Pilot Local Cryptocurrencies

A bill introduced by New York Assemblyman Ron Kim would launch pilot programs testing cryptocurrencies as a community monetary system.

Business  ·  5 June 2018
Regulation

China Has Built a Blockchain System That Could Replace Paper Checks

China's central bank has completed a blockchain-based system that digitizes checks in a move to counter fraud in the country.

Policy & regulation  ·  5 June 2018
China

Telecoms Giant Wants to Move Mobile Data Top-Ups to a Blockchain

China Mobile, one of China's three state-owned telecoms giants, is exploring moving part of its mobile data business to a distributed ledger.

Business  ·  5 June 2018
Ethereum

Meet the Dapp Market: A Twist On Open Source Is Winning Developers

Two ethereum-based bounty marketplaces are beginning to take off, and are hoping to take the decentralized application (dapp) space with them.

Business  ·  4 June 2018
Bitcoin

How Hodl Hodl Is Building a Real Business With Bitcoin Smart Contracts

In an era where many startups are taking more complex transactions to other blockchains, Hodl Hodl is focused on making them work on bitcoin.

Policy & regulation  ·  3 June 2018
Tokens

Save the World? Blockchain’s Big Dreams Come Back to Earth in DC

"It's about being demand driven instead of supply driven."

Business  ·  2 June 2018
Identity

Mastercard Looks to Blockchain to Make Coupons Immutable

A patent application from Mastercard suggests that the payments giant is eyeing blockchain as part of a way to verify the authenticity of coupons.

Policy & regulation  ·  31 May 2018
XRP

British FX Firm Currencies Direct Pilots Ripple Tech

Foreign exchange brokerage Currencies Direct successfully completed several international transfers using Ripple's xRapid product.

Business  ·  29 May 2018
China

Baidu’s ‘Wikipedia’ Now Logs Revisions on a Blockchain

Chinese search giant Baidu has turned to blockchain technology in order to make its online encyclopedia more traceable and transparent.

Business  ·  29 May 2018
News

A 17th Century Mansion Is Being Auctioned Off on a Blockchain

The Palazzetto in the Palazzo Albertoni Spinola is being auctioned on a blockchain in a historic moment for the 200-year-old property.

Business  ·  25 May 2018