The World Bank’s International Bank for Reconstruction and Development has enabled secondary market trading of bonds created and managed using only blockchain, in partnership with Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
Australian blockchain start-ups are attending the Consensus blockchain conference this week, as part of an Austrade mission to New York.
Microsoft announced new tools for software makers aimed at making technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain easier for businesses to use.
Drivers could earn cryptocurrency credit by enabling their vehicles to report road condition data, in a trial being run by manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR).
Data distribution is fraught with inefficiencies across the financial services sector, exposing companies and customers to financial, regulatory and commercial risk, according to research.
Australia’s largest independent grocery retailer has partnered with the country’s biggest family-owned meat processing firm to trace beef steaks back to their farm of origin using blockchain technology.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise and tyre giant turned technology company Continental will this year launch a blockchain-based platform for car manufacturers to share and sell vehicle data.
2018 was yet another big year for blockchain. Organisations across many industries from retail to shipping are using the technology to counter disruptive threats, and push into new markets to create new revenue streams.
The Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) has published the findings of its $700,000 research program to examine the potential of blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) in government
Swinburne University and technology consulting giant Capgemini are partnering to launch a 'Global Blockchain Centre of Excellence' in Melbourne.
HSBC has settled $250 billion worth of forex trades using blockchain in the last year, it said on Monday, suggesting the heavily hyped technology is gaining traction in a sector until now hesitant to embrace it.
In response no doubt to the huge amount of interest it receives from chief information officers about the technology, Gartner hosted eight sessions on blockchain at it's annual Symposium event on the Gold Coast this week.
At its annual San Francisco OpenWorld conference last week, Oracle announced it would soon be launching four supply chain use case focused blockchain applications. And it won't be stopping there.
Aidan Coleman is leaving his post as CTO at property group Charter Hall and is moving across to Scentre Group in the new role of general manager, tech platforms.
"Blockchain in supply chain is a technology looking for a use case. I think the apps are Oracle’s attempt to create that use case."