Blockchain headlines in May
The headlines gathered below are a collection of the news headlines in blockchain and related DLT technologies in May 2021.
May’s blockchain news round-up covers items including blockchain-based attempts to defeat movie piracy, blockchain-issued digital bonds, Fox Media’s NFT moves, India’s use of blockchain in medical information, and more.
The listing provides a bullet-point overview of developments in blockchain, focusing on Asia where applicable and also covering wider blockchain news, so as to provide a larger context around blockchain and distributed ledger technology.
Blockchain news headlines are also part of Startup News Asia’s daily tech updates, sent via mobile app and social media
- ICYMI: German stock exchange and Commerzbank partner 360X to develop blockchain-based platforms for ‘real assets’ like art and real estate
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- ICYMI: Disney patents blockchain-based movie distribution system in attempt to stop piracy, focusing on supply of movies to cinemas
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- ICYMI: Fox media giant to launch new NFT company, Blockchain Creative Labs, alongside launching ‘first-ever animated series curated entirely on the Blockchain’
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- ICYMI: European Investment Bank, lending arm of the European Union, issued $121M in 2-year digital notes using Ethereum tech, a digital bond on a public blockchain
- “For an asset, particularly one with little…financial market infrastructure…there is a big incentive to tokenize on a public blockchain. It gets immediate access to a global financial infrastructure.”
- India: Entrepreneurship Development Institute, Digital University of Kerala, Kerala Blockchain Academy partner to launch startup-focused blockchain program
- Indian Institute of Tech in Madras researchers now field-testing BlockTrack, app-delivered and blockchain-based secure medical data and info exchange system
- India: Polygon blockchain startup gains backing in part from Mark Cuban with framework for building and connecting Ethereum-compatible blockchain networks
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- South Korea: Samsung expands support for blockchain-based trading of virtual assets on Galaxy handsets, adding connectivity for select cold hardware wallets
- South Korea’s Bloom Technology to partner IDCM Asia cryptocurrency trading platform to establish blockchain-based bank in Dubai
- ICYMI: An intro to recently-launched Instars social media platform, decentralized and privacy-focused, paying users for participation with crypto-backed smart contracts
- Taiwan: A brief overview of OwlTing blockchain firm’s many services, spanning hotel managment, food-tech, travel and tourism and more
- An interview intro to OMO, gateway for SE Asia’s first-time retail crypto investors, and OMO Finance, for more experienced crypto investors, built on Taiwan’s Dapp Pocket tech
- Thailand: atato raises $1M seed funding to help companies create, store and manage blockchain-backed digital assets, and building on presence in Thailand and Singapore
- Vietnam: Sky Mavis raises $7.5M with blockchain-based gaming, rewarding players with NFTs on flagship game, Axie Infinity
- “NFTs are a very real opportunity for brands and retailers…from authenticating tangible goods to reducing friction in e-commerce to generating new revenue through virtual sales.”
- ICYMI: Ebay enables sale of non-fungible tokens for digital collectibles like trading cards, images or video clips, becoming the first e-commerce company to tap into NFTs
- ICYMI: Mastercard investing in smart contract tech to pair with central bank digital currencies, aiming to help governments evaluate the utility of CBDCs beyond payments
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