7 Years Ago

UPS to use Blockchain technology for its new B2B e-commerce platform - UPS the global delivery company, established in 1907, had revenues of over $64 Billion in 2017, has been looking at Blockchain for a while. In Q3 2018 it joined The Blockchain in Trucking Alliance as it looked to improvetransparency and efficiency among consumers, merchants and other parties in supply chains it services. UPS had  filed for a patent in August 2018, that involved, storing information about goods they ship, from where they have been dispatched to their destination, creating a shipment plan including payments using Blockchain  technology. Although UPS’s...


READ MORE

UK Parliament looks at Ten examples of how Blockchain technology can help the economy- The All Party Parliamentary Group on Blockchain (APPG Blockchain) that has been running workshops since January 2018 and has helped increase the awareness with MPs about the challenges and opportunities that Blockchain technology offers. The APPG Blockchain events, coordinated by the Big Innovation Centre has led this week to a show case in Parliament for ten companies to illustrate how Blockchain technology could impact and in some cases is already changing the way that business is carried out. Ten companies explained how they were using Blockchain technology...


READ MORE

At $1.4Quadrillion derivatives are the largest set class in the world after FX Now it looks like #Cryptos Are targeting this sector As we have been saying for a while Blockchain can bring transparency and cut out the middlemen. More importantly real time access and monitoring to improve compliance while reducing the cost of compliance... https://www.thetradenewscrypto.com/london-derivatives-exchange-adds-digital-assets-hybrid-platform/?layout=print 
https://smartereum.com/48869/bitcoin-payment-processor-research-reveals-that-up-to-60-of-cryptocurrency-holders-are-still-afraid-to-make-payments-with-bitcoins-bitcoin-price-or-bank-account/

At least 40% are happy to pay by #Cryptos I suspect within less than 5 years this will double as many will not  even know they are using a Digital Asset powered by #Blockchain to make payments Nor care.....
Blockchain being used to improve food supply chains in the USA - Bumble Bee one of America’s largest food supply companies have announced that it is partnering with SAP and using its cloud based Blockchain technology platform.

Customers will be able to use QR codes on the packaging with their smart phones to trace journey of yellow fin tuna they are buying from the ocean to the shelf. Customers will be able to have transparency and traceability to be sure that the fish is coming from sustainable sources while being sure that the fish is fresh as they will even know...


READ MORE


Latest Comments

Germany to set up a register as they aim to expand Blockchain based businesses

The German government has issued a paper laying out how it wishes to encourage the spread of Blockchain businesses  and “electronic instruments “ i.e. Digital Assets. They want to ensure that investors are protected while expanding Germany’s global role, so they are not left behind in these sectors. Interestingly it was a German firm called Naga which was the first publicly listed company in Europe to carry out an Initial Coin Offering ( ICO) in 2017 when it raised Euros 40m from over 50,000 investors. This announcement is hot on...


READ MORE

French Supermarket giant using Blockchain to trace their milk suppliers – Carrefour with over 12,300 stores in 30 countries has extended the ability for customers to track the provenance of it milk having offered this on previously on its chickens and tomatoes. Customers using their mobile phones will be able to track where Carrefour Quality Line (CQL) micro-filtered full-fat milk has come from. So giving consumers product traceability throughout the supply chain, starting with farmers, what the cows have been feed through to the shelves of the shop.

CQL enables consumers to know the GPS coordinates of farmers whose animals were milked. Furthermore,...


READ MORE

Joined 7th February 2019