Source: The Wall Street Journal

Daimler AG, the German car manufacturer, floated part of its €100 million ($114.1 million) German bond (Schuldschein) using blockchain technology at the end of June. The pilot project was among the first of its kind, the company said.

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 Source: ETHNews

Manufacturing supply chains will play a huge role in advancing globalization into the future. However, just as in any other industry, supply chain management has its faults. Hidden behind the guise of legitimate trade partners, rival states can endanger...

 Source: Quartz

Few things are hotter in the financial services industry right now than blockchain. The technology is being tested in a variety of ways, going up against decades-old technology that’s ripe for replacement. 

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 Source: NewsBTC
 

Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, an Indian insurance major, has announced a successful implementation of blockchain technology into its operations. The new solution, targeting its travel and motor insurance products will speed up the claims settlement...

Source: Thomson Reuters

Accenture Plc and Microsoft Corp are teaming up to build a digital ID network using blockchain technology, as part of a United Nations-supported project to provide legal identification to 1.1 billion people worldwide with no official documents.

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 Source: Journal of Accountancy 

By strict definition, blockchain is a global digital ledger of economic transactions that is transparent, continually updated by countless users, and considered by many as almost impossible to corrupt or hack. 

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 Source: Business Insider 
 

MADRID, SPAIN — Fintech startup R3CEV raised $107 million from a consortium of the world’s top banks last month, one of the largest funding rounds for a startup working with distributed ledger technology.

The company was founded in 2014 by Wa...

Source: HousingWire

Bitcoin — that is what most people think of when they hear the term blockchain. However, blockchain has morphed into an incredible technology tool that can be utilized across industries in a variety of capacities, including in mortgage lending... 

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Source: Forbes

Given the turbulent, even frothy environment for disruptive digital technologies, one novel entrant promises to be among the frothiest: blockchain. The secure distributed ledger technology behind Bitcoin, blockchain has exploded out of the realm of the du...

Source: TechCrunch

Cryptocurrencies are booming beyond belief. Bitcoin is up sevenfold, to $2,500, in the last year. Three weeks ago the redoubtable Vinay Gupta, who led Ethereum’s initial release, published an essay entitled “What Does Ether At $100 Mean?” Since then...