Blockchain and DLT news
Each news item listed below is a blockchain-related news headline, reported or covered by online news media across October 2020.
Headlines featured below link directly to each blockchain news item that each headline was drawn from, connecting our readers directly with each blockchain news source, journalist and online news platform the article was featured on.
Blockchain news items featured are obviously not specific to a country, location or jurisdiction; our aim with the October 2020 blockchain news round-up is to connect readers with global blockchain industry knowledge, points of reference, DLT research content and simple food for thought about the many impacts of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies.
- The Digital Feed Episode 1: Trade and Traceability – Blockchain for Supply Chains, via UNDP Singapore Global Centre
- Blockchain: A monthly round-up of recent blockchain, DLT and related technology news – headlines linked for both online and offline reading, from your device or from print
- A video-based round-up of recent blockchain-related news headlines, with QR code links to take readers to the articles behind each headline
- The Digital Feed Episode 2 – The Basics of Blockchain, from UNDP Singapore Global Centre
- Asia Blockchain & Fintech Startup Competition virtual elevator pitch contest applications close December 4th
- Australia: CSIRO’s Data61 and Monash Blockchain Technology Centre unveil protocol claimed as secure against quantum computers while protecting user and transaction privacy
- Australia’s Power Ledger to expand into US market following trial of blockchain-enabled energy trading with American PowerNet, a private electricity provider
- ICYMI: JPMorgan creates new business unit, Onyx, for blockchain projects, following inaugural commercial use of JPMCoin digital currency
- Q3 Decentralized Finance Ecosystem Report available to read online, from DappRadar
- ICYMI: JPMorgan invites 400-plus financial institutions, including 25 of largest 50 banks, to build on its revamped Liink blockchain-based banking network
- Hong Kong Blockchain Week set for November 18th, running virtually
- India’s Tata Consultancy Services to implement Quartz blockchain-based wallets-and-rewards solution for UK’s Zapaygo, pre-order payments startup
- South Korea: An intro to the 7 tech startups selected for the Korea National Pavilion in the 2020 Node by Slush event, running virtually from Helsinki
- Blockchain: A month-end round-up of recent blockchain and DLT news headlines
- Malaysia: Customs Department adopts blockchain-backed TradeLens platform to modernise shipping-related processes
- Singapore’s LuneX Ventures blockchain and cryptocurrency fund opens opportunity for Malaysia’s blockchain startups to apply for growth funding
- New Zealand: US Dept of Homeland Security R&D branch awards MATTR Limited blockchain startup $200K to aid development digitally issued essential worker licences
- Singapore: Algorand Asia accelerator unveils 10 blockchain startups selected for batch 1
- Australia: ‘Exploring the Potential for Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Enhance Transport’ report available now to download
- India’s ETgarage partners Australia’s VeriDoc Global with blockchain-based verification solutions aimed at eliminating counterfeit products and preventing fraud
- Japan: Pro footballer launches his own KSK Honda Coin cryptocurrency to boost fan engagement, in partnership with Rally blockchain platform
- Australia: STAX platform client, West Coast Aquaculture Group to be first business to launch an IPO accepting a blockchain-powered token, the Tether stablecoin
- Cambodia: The white paper produced by Japan’s Soramitsu, outlining Project Bakong, the central bank digital currency launched by the National Bank of Cambodia
- Australia: A brief look at technologies set for funding under $575M coronavirus recovery plan, including blockchain, accelerated 5G roll-out and SME tools
- ICYMI: Bank of Thailand and HK Monetary Authority exploring distributed ledger tech to boost cross-border payments efficiency with Inthanon-LionRock project
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