Permissioned Blockchains


Tech

Hashgraph Sees Q3 Debut for Hedera-Based Institutional Private Blockchain

HashSphere is designed to allow highly regulated institutions such as payment providers and asset managers to transact stablecoins and tokenized assets.

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Finance

BSN to Integrate CBDC-Focused Cypherium Blockchain

Cypherium joins Ethereum, Hyperledger Fabric, Tezos and Solana, among others.

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Markets

SoftBank-Backed Fintech Firm Joins Chinese Conglomerate to Build Blockchain Platform

OneConnect, the fintech wing of Ping An Insurance Group, is building a logistics-tracking blockchain platform with the China Merchants Port Group.

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Finance

Luxury Watchmaker Breitling Adds Its First Timepieces to a Blockchain

In a rare example of real-world business deployment, Breitling is registering watches on a blockchain to track their provenance from owner to owner.

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Markets

Mastercard Patent Hints at Plan for Multi-Currency Blockchains

A new Mastercard patent outlines how a permissioned blockchain can store multiple types of transaction info, including with different currencies.

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3D Printing Could Be Blockchain's True Game-Changer

Combined with other emerging tech, blockchain could enable a new paradigm of decentralized, on-demand production and realign global economic power.

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Markets

Blockchain in the Boardroom: Toward Enterprise Deployment

Enterprises may have gone quiet toward the end of 2017, but that doesn't mean they won't be players in the year ahead, Accenture's Valiente argues.

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Markets

Where Have All the Private Blockchains Gone?

What's next for private blockchains? More iteration, improvement – and adoption, argues developer Gideon Greenspan.

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Markets

Database Giant Oracle Wants Better Governance for Blockchains

Multinational software provider Oracle is working on a way to bring "fair" governance to permissioned blockchains, according to a patent application.

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