September’s month-end blockchain technology news
Blockchain technology news headlines in September 2021 covered applications and developments including: fractional ownership of real estate; venture capital funding for blockchain tech firms; non-fungible token developments; blockchain use in the music industry; blockchain in carbon offset certification and trading; and more.
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- Blockchain & remittances: “According to the World Bank, the global money transfer market reached over $700BN in 2020, with an estimated additional $200BN by 2026”
- BGA Blockchain Game Report Q2 2021: “…daily active wallets for blockchain games is around 375,000 wallets per day…”
- e-news, latest issue: Blockchain gaming in Q2, Philippines Startup Challenge, Taiwan Tech & 500 Startups, 3D printed housing in Australia…
- “The metaverse is not being described as an extension of the internet but a successor. And it’s being built using blockchains and decentralized applications.”
- e-news, latest issue: Indian social gaming, blockchain & China’s green energy, the next 2.5BN netizens, Australian women in tech…
- Fractional real estate ownership and blockchain: “With a piece of real estate costing about the same price of a burger, tokenization drastically lowers the entry barriers.”
- Blockchain bridges “…attempt to unify an increasingly fragmented landscape. As of this writing, there are over 40 different bridge projects.”
- OECD Global Blockchain Policy Forum 2021 set to run across dates from September 15th to October 1st, looking at supply chains, finance, virtual assets and more
- DAOs, FWB and the music industry: “Blockchain-enabled groups, such as Friends With Benefits, invest in their own creative communities using cryptocurrency tokens…”
- ICYMI: Franklin Templeton investment management giant seeking $20M for first blockchain-focused venture capital fund, alongside hires for tokenized assets department
- Corporates and blockchain: “…Hyperledger Fabric is the most preferred DLT of choice by the top 100, with 26%….using the technology. This is followed by Ethereum with 18% and…”
- Asia’s tech news, latest issue: Sri Lanka accelerator, India’s crypo-tech industry, Thai digital lending, AWS & fintech mega-trends, blockchain hackathon…
- Vietnam: A brief intro to 4 blockchain-based games, recently launched or currently in development
- China: Economic planning body approves national grid operator trials using blockchain for green power trading
- ICYMI: In July, China’s first blockchain-based carbon offset certificate was issued, the first of the country’s steps towards building a national carbon trading platform
- e-news, latest issue: Food-tech pitches, tokenized real estate, BNPL in Japan, Singapore e-sports…
- China: Tencent partners Dunhuang Academy for NFTs of UNESCO world heritage site wall paintings of Mogao Caves – on a blockchain that demands real-name ID verification
- Evaluating NFTs beyond the hype, Part 1 of 3: “…Gartner’s 2021 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies termed NFTs as at the ‘Peak of Inflated Expectations’…”
- Evaluating NFTs beyond the hype, part 2 of 3 – legality of ownership: “…the classification of NFT may vary case by case based on the codes of the smart contract.”
- India: New Street gains $4M Series A with blockchain ‘middleware’ focusing on transaction processing in the BFSI – banking, financial services and insurance – sector
- NFTs beyond the hype, part 3 of 3: Real-world potential of non-fungible tokens in real estate, securities and beyond
- India: Hedera India Hackathon launched by Hedera Hashgraph blockchain firm, seeking developers to ideate, build and launch enterprise-ready solutions
- Asia’s tech news, latest issue: Oppo & 5G, Indonesia pitching, Connected Women, India’s blockchain middleware, Australia’s NFT Fest…
- India: Central Board of Secondary Education introduces blockchain tech on last 3 years’ data in first step towards making education certificates verifiable and tamper-proof
- ICYMI: Banque de France and Swiss National Bank to ‘explore cross-border settlement with 2 wholesale CBDC and a French digital financial instrument on a DLT platform’
- A look at 4 NFT use cases for enterprises, in IP patents, fashion and retail, media and entertainment, and in supply chains
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