Blockchain and supply chains
Almost everything you touch during your day is the result of a supply chain. The product originated somewhere. It then moved somewhere else, and after that somewhere else, and so on until it ended up...
View ArticleBlockchain and supply chain examples
A couple of weeks ago we looked at the potential impact of the blockchain on supply chain management, but we didn’t go into detail about actual examples and current trials in this...
View ArticleBlockchains, shipping and messages
Bloomberg’s Matt Levine published an interesting take today on the Maersk shipping blockchain trial. Ever the blockchain sceptic (insightfully so, in my opinion), he does see value in the application...
View ArticleWhat trade-oriented blockchains can enable
by Dana Critchlow via StockSnap More thoughts on blockchain and trade: Continuing from yesterday’s post, one aspect I find particularly intriguing about the potential role of the blockchain in...
View ArticleSurprising diversification
Yesterday one of China’s largest P2P lenders announced a surprising move into blockchain technology. I say surprising, because on the surface it does not seem to have much to do with marketplace...
View ArticleShipping blues and blockchain solutions
by Frank McKenna via StockSnap I was startled to see yesterday that China’s freight activity has been in contraction for the past six months. Given the country’s push to increase its global footprint,...
View ArticleBlockchain will not keep food fresh
by Ryan McGuire via StockSnap This type of blockchain article – from Quartz, no less (they usually do better) – is not only annoying (hype, anyone?) but also detrimental to development. For starters,...
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