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Blockchain Refresh: Why KPMG's New Strategy Focuses on Customs

Big Four consultancy KPMG is expanding its blockchain activities beyond pure financial services work to explore a less-traveled path.

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Microsoft Is Pushing New Blockchain ID Products (But There's Pushback, Too)

Microsoft is moving to turn blockchain-based decentralized identity from a lofty aspiration into a business line, with two products in the works.

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Nevada's Utilities Agency Eyes Blockchain for Energy Credit System

The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada is looking to implement blockchain for its energy credit tracking system.

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BMW-Backed Blockchain Competition Offers Token Prizes for Auto Tech

The 4-month MOBI Grand Challenge kicks off on October 12, with prizes in the form of tokens donated by Ocean Protocol and Beyond Protocol.

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Blockchain Finance Startup Clearmatics Raises $12 Million in New Funding

Blockchain finance firm Clearmatics has closed a $12-million Series A funding round led by Route 66 Ventures.

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IBM's Food Blockchain Is Going Live With a Supermarket Giant on Board

IBM is taking its food-tracking blockchain into production and has already signed up European supermarket giant Carrefour.

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Two of Blockchain's Biggest Consortiums Just Joined Forces

The Hyperledger Project and the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) have agreed to collaborate on bringing common standards to the blockchain space.

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Sierra Leone to Develop Blockchain-Based ID Platform With UN Partnership

Two UN entities are working with a tech startup to provide Sierra Leone a blockchain-based credit and identity platform for banking services.

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Chinese Search Giant Baidu Shares Details of Upcoming Blockchain

Chinese search engine Baidu has published a new white paper outlining its upcoming XuperChain network.

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How I Lost My Faith in Private Blockchains

It remains to be proven if permissioned blockchains provide a real business benefit at all. Take it from one who used to advise banks on them.

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