= In May 2019=
Broad blockchain-related news from South and Southeast Asia, and Australia and New Zealand, covering, for instance, blockchain in agriculture and food provenance, the distributed ledger approach to information management, and social impact uses of blockchain tech.
DLT news from the wider world outside Asia and Oceania is included as a collected point-of-reference.
Other subject-specific news from May 2019:
Blockchain in Asia / Crypto in Asia
Artificial Intelligence in Asia / Fintech in Asia
- The question for executives is no longer ‘will blockchain work?’ but ‘how can we make blockchain work for us?’
- An intro to Bloxberg, decentralized blockchain infrastructure startup securing scientific information minus risk of manipulation
- The Enterprise Blockchain Top 100
- An intro to VeChain, blockchain startup already involved with PwC, Deloitte and BMW
- Israel’s Qedit blockchain startup raises $10M, in part from China’s Alibaba, with zero-knowledge proof cryptography approach
- Microsoft to support Quorum, JPMorgan Chase’s private enterprise version of Ethereum, via Azure cloud platform
- Starbucks to work with Microsoft’s Azure Blockchain Service to track beans from farm to cup
- Hyperledger launches first production-ready version of Iroha blockchain platform, aimed at mobile-focused use cases in finance and identity management
- NYC’s Editional launches app allowing users to store, create and trade digital art using blockchain
- A look at the limitations of consortium blockchains, those available to specific organizational groups
- AWS opens up managed blockchain as a service available to all
- Australia: Power Ledger energy trading platform gains multi-government partnership for blockchain-ready homes in Western Australia
- People’s Bank of China posts job openings seeking blockchain talent to develop digital currency research
- China’s Alibaba to integrate blockchain tech into intellectual property protection systems
- The future of gold is digital, and relies on blockchain tech
- India: Vodafone and Jio partner on blockchain tech to restrict the number of spam calls and messages
- India: Telangana state gov’t proposes country’s first ‘Blockchain District’ in Hyderabad
- India: An intro to MyEarthID, aiming to provide a universal ID to each individual via a blockchain-backed decentralised platform
- Japan: Toyota partners University of Tokyo and TRENDE renewable energy retailer to test peer-to-peer electricity trading using blockchain
- South Korea: Terra blockchain-based payments startup gains funding, aiming for Singapore expansion and beyond
- Malaysian stock exchange planning blockchain-powered securities borrowing and lending proof-of-concept, first in Southeast Asia
- Philippines’ Maritime Industry Authority to implement blockchain-based solution developed for seafarer certification
- Singapore: Blockchain Wine to develop a blockchain solution to track supply chain in the wine industry with EY professional services firm
- BlockShow Asia 2019 set for November in Singapore
- Singapore: Merkle Science raises US$804K to aid government agencies and blockchain firms detect and prevent illegal use of digital assets
- Monetary Authority of Singapore and Bank of Canada complete experiment on cross-border, cross-currency payments using digital currencies
- Singapore to roll out Ethereum blockchain-based education certification system
- Singapore: Students receive ‘tamper-free’ digital certificates via blockchain tech
- Taiwan: OwlTing launches OwlTing Blockchain Services with sights set on use in biotech, logistics, automobiles, agriculture and food industries
- Japan: LinePay aiming to invest $180M this year in AI and blockchain aiming to become all-in-one super-app
- Thailand: NTT Communications preps for innovation lab launch, to test and develop new tech in blockchain, AI and IoT
- Several major banks are investing in Finality, blockchain-based digital cash system aiming to make clearing and settlement more efficient
- Blockchain-based digital ID network launches in Canada, with major financial institution backing
- Bursa Malaysia trials use of blockchain in securities borrowing and lending
- A look at in-game virtual goods – already a $50BN-plus annual market
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