Supply chain
Where Was Your Beef? How One Farmers’ Co-op Will Track Meat on the Blockchain
A group of livestock farmers in Arkansas is planning to implement blockchain technology to track the origins of meat products.
Bloq Outlines Blockchain Solutions for Trade Finance and Supply Chain Management
Bloq, a Chicago-based blockchain developer and software startup, is now developing blockchain platforms and best practices for one of the most promising use cases...
Blockchain Technology Fuels Global Advancements in the Energy Sector
Blockchain technology is increasingly being seen as a low-cost means for delivering energy transactions across a distributed network without need for a centralized authority. In fact, blockchains may one day eliminate intermediaries altogether.
Using Blockchain, IoT to Boost Meal Programs for Schoolchildren
India, the second-most populous country in the world with over 1.2 billion people, boasts one of the fastest-growing economies bolstered by the youngest workforce...
Blockchain Commercialization: Real World Applications Get Real
As blockchain technology continues to advance at a rapid pace, questions remain about whether it will hit the mark in terms of commercial value....
Dubai’s Global Blockchain Council Combats “Conflict Diamonds” Trading
Dubai’s Global Blockchain Council (GBC) is running a pilot project called Operation Kimberley, which aims to use blockchain technology to digitalize the issuance and...
Blockchain Solutions Coming for U.S. Crude Oil Market
Natixis, Trafigura Trading and IBM announced that they have partnered up to deliver the first-ever blockchain-based commodity trade finance platform for the U.S. crude oil...
Burgers on the Blockchain: How Tech Can Keep Food Safe
The European horsemeat scandal in 2013 sent shockwaves throughout the food industry, putting into question what we are eating and where that food came...
Op Ed: The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Blockchain Tech and the Integration of Trust
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In the very beginning, blockchain technology was thought to be the next generation of fintech infrastructure. The characteristics, including its inherent distributed nature, trustless...
Walmart Testing Blockchain Technology for Supply Chain Management
U.S. retail giant, Walmart, is about to start a major test of blockchain technology for supply chain management, The Wall Street Journal reports. A pilot project, which will start in the first quarter of 2017 and run for four months, plans to leverage distributed ledger technology to track and trace pork in China and produce in the U.S. — two high-volume product categories with large markets.