The blockchain news headlines here were pulled from online media coverage of blockchain technology in September 2020, focusing on Asia where possible.
Headlines here give you an at-a-glance overview of developments in blockchain – the distributed ledger – and deal with applications including banking, proof-of-provenance and agriculture.
Each blockchain news headline featured is linked to the full online news article behind that headline, providing a quick-reference overview of September 2020’s blockchain news whilst also letting you quickly scan to the blockchain news items you find most interesting.
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- Download: Can Blockchain Accelerate Financial Inclusion Globally? An 8-page overview from Deloitte (pdf)
- ICYMI: Vale, Brazilian iron-ore mining company, makes its first sale of iron ore using blockchain technology from Singapore-based Contour trade finance platform
- World Blockchain Hackathon’s Babylon Project virtual hackathon set for October 9-11
- Blockchain: A 3-page collection of recent blockchain and related technology news, linked from downloadable PDF to each article, and QR coded for offline reading
- Download: Deloitte’s 2020 Global Blockchain Survey (pdf)
- Block Hack Global 2020 applications open for 6-week virtual hackathon aiming to help entrepreneurs make blockchain-related projects business-viable
- ICYMI: Xage Security wins contract from United States Space Force to develop and roll out blockchain-based data protection system across its networks
- ICYMI: US Central Intelligence Agency launches lab to research distributed ledger and blockchain-enabled technologies, quantum computing, AI, data analytics and more
- Jack Dorsey outlines Twitter’s blockchain strategy at Oslo Freedom Forum, with Twitter likely becoming a client of NFP Blue Sky
- Australia: National Blockchain Roadmap Highlights – a 2-page introduction (pdf)
- Blockchain Australia industry body partnered by Binance Australia cryptocurrency exchange with aim of boosting blockchain discussion, education and use
- A month-end round-up of blockchain and DLT-related news, collected from Startup News Asia’s daily updates
- China: State-run Blockchain-Based Service Network infrastructure project to bring public chains to Chinese users – but monitored by regulators
- China: Ant Group launches Trusple cross-border trading blockchain platform focused on SMEs selling overseas
- Another look at the Bank of England’s research into a central bank digital currency, and the solution presented by L3COS blockchain platform
- Hong Kong Blockchain Week 2020 set for November 17-19
- India’s Tata Consultancy Services and Yale University jointly developed new blockchain framework aiming to address privacy and trust in peer-to-peer digital networks
- Singapore-based Zilliqa blockchain platform unveils 8 startups selected for 6-month ZILHive blockchain accelerator program
- Thailand: Central Bank’s blockchain-enabled bond infrastructure passes test with $1.6BN government savings bond sale spanning one week
- Australia: 2 National Blockchain Roadmap Working Groups established to research use cases of blockchain tech in Australia, focusing on supply chains and credentialing
- Australia: “Privacy, blockchain and the Internet of Things – Can we keep control of our own identities?” via the University of South Australia
- Australia: An intro to the recently-launched trial of Civic Ledger blockchain tech in Queensland, focusing on irrigation and ‘water trading’ in the region’s agricultural sector
- ICYMI: Switzerland becomes the first major financial center with a full set of laws to govern cryptocurrency, decentralized finance and blockchain-related commerce
- China: Singapore’s VeChain joins China Animal Health And Food Safety Alliance to provide blockchain tech for members, allowing logging of food product lifecycles
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Our monthly news collections are drawn from Startup News Asia’s daily startup news updates – delivered on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and via mobile app – which collect technology news across 17 locations in Asia and the Indo-Pacific.
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