Blockchain & DLT
January 2020 news
Blockchain and DLT news headlines from January 2020 drawn across South and SE Asia, Australia and NZ, and outlining developments in agriculture, finance, proof-of-provenance, food-tech and beyond. Items here were covered online, gathered and delivered in Startup News Asia’s daily feeds.
Each item deals with a blockchain related system, application or implementation, with each headline linked to the online news article from which the headline was drawn.
- ICYMI: UN migration agency to use blockchain-based IRIS-SAFER in effort to stamp out illegal fees charged to migrant workers in Hong Kong
- Apps, blockchain and the future of food
- ICYMI: Port of Salalah, largest port in Oman, signs to use TradeLens blockchain supply chain platform founded by IBM and Maersk
- ICYMI: New York Inclusive Value Ledger – A Peer-to-Peer Savings & Payments Platform for an All-Embracing and Dynamic State Economy (pdf link)
- ICYMI: Six blockchain and cryptoasset predictions for 2020, from KPMG
- ICYMI: US TV provider Dish Networks files patent for blockchain-based anti-piracy management system, enabling owners to track how their content is being used
- ICYMI: NBA star Dinwiddie aims to digitally tokenize 3-year, $34.36M contract, allowing him to collect value up-front, instead of across incremental payments
- ICYMI: Blockchain technology estimated to generate $3.1TN in new business value worldwide by 2030, according to technology research firm Gartner
- ICYMI: World Economic Forum Global Blockchain Council to unveil ‘Blockchain Bill of Rights: Design Principles for a Decentralized Future’ document
- ICYMI: A fully-regulated, tokenized real estate fund has been approved by officials in Liechtenstein, built on the Ethereum blockchain
- Proponents say blockchain technology can solve all of our trust issues. Can it really?
- ICYMI: Saudi Aramco invests $5M in VAKT, blockchain startup that provides post-trade processing services
- Australia: An intro to Elbaite, P2P exchange platform combining fiat escrow with blockchain verifications and support for multiple blockchains
- China: Shenzhen Stock Exchange launches index tracking performance of 50 blockchain firms, set for twice-yearly update
- China: An overview of Shenzhen Stock Exchange’s Blockchain 50 Index, and its initial impact – initial filtering of experimental blockchain firms for investors to choose from
- China: Provincial government of Anhui unveils plan to adopt blockchain and AI tech across government service centers
- China’s DPhone, one of the country’s largest smartphone retailers makes blockchain move with minority stake acquisition in US’ Monsoon Blockchain firm
- China: An intro look at Conflux Technology, tackling blockchain scalability, one of technology’s three bottlenecks
- Self-sovereign identity’ – blockchain-based digital wallets could give owners control over their digital identity, eliminating the business silo systems we have today
- India: National Payments Corporation of India unveils Vajra, enterprise blockchain platform to automate payment, clearing and settlement of transactions
- India: Centre of Excellence in Blockchain Technology launches in Bengaluru, Karnataka state, aiming to provide blockchain-as-a-service solutions
- India: National Institute for Smart Government seeks stakeholder comments on the National Strategy on Blockchain, aiming to formulate legal and regulatory structure
- South Korea: PUBLISH blockchain-based media solutions company accepted for Seoul Blockchain Support Center incubation program
- South Korea: SuperTree blockchain game developer raises $2.5M Series A with sights set on development of PlayDapp blockchain game service platform
- Malaysia: An intro to LuxTag, blockchain-backed anti-counterfeiting startup working in verifiable authenticity for tangible items
- Singapore: Contour blockchain-based trade finance platform launches, backed by eight banks including ING, HSBC, BNP Paribas and Standard Chartered
- Taiwan: International Trust Machines Corp partnered by Microsoft and Qualcomm with business-focused integration of IoT devices with blockchain capabilities
- Taiwan: Numbers blockchain startup backed by Binance with data traceability and digital evidence DApp that allows individuals to own and monetize personal data
- Thailand: Lightnet blockchain-based fintech secures $31.2M series A funding with sights set on migrant workers and the global remittances market
- Australia: Dep’t of Industry, Innovation and Science believes blockchain is promising in agriculture and food manufacturing, providing transparency and authentication
- National Bank of Cambodia to launch Project Bakong, a blockchain-based, peer-to-peer payment and money transfer platform
- China: Baidu internet giant launches blockchain-based service for developers and SMEs to build decentralized applications, part of Xuperchain enterprise network
- India: Telecom and IT minister prompts National Informatics Centre to boost education quality in gov’t schools using blockchain technology-based solutions
- Malaysia: TM ONE, arm of Telekom Malaysia, signs MoC with South Korea’s FNS Value Co around Blockchain Secure Authentication products across ASEAN
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