Supply Chain


Finanza

Supply Chain Meets NFTs in New Offering From Enterprise OG MultiChain

Can track-and-trace get a boost from the world of digital collectibles?

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Politiche

Why Blockchain Benefits the Supply Chain

Supply chains depend on clear communications, which is often missing from non-blockchain systems.

Businesses "usually have little to no knowledge of suppliers further up the [supply] chain,” wrote the WEF contributors. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Mercati

Commerzbank Tests Blockchain for Managing Corporate Supply Chains

The German bank partnered with chemical companies Evonik and BASF to test blockchain’s use in managing supply-chain processes.

Commerzbank branch (Cineberg/Shutterstock)

Finanza

Rare Sneaker App Switches From Ethereum to Hedera to Skip Blockchain Fees

At $80 for minting an NFT on Ethereum versus $1 on Hedera, it was a matter of cost, said SUKU.

Rare Jordans

Tecnologie

US Navy Commissions $1.5M Blockchain System for Tracking Critical Weaponry

Blockchain firm SIMBA Chain won a contract to build a system to anticipate demand for "critical" military weaponry parts.

F/A-18 Hornet

Tecnologie

Scottish University Taps Blockchain Tech to Fight Whisky Fakes

Anti-tamper bottle tags and the blockchain tracking platform from Everledger are being deployed to help tackle the trade in counterfeit whiskies.

Whisky barrels

Finanza

French Fashion Brand Adds Blockchain Tracking to Clothes Made From Ocean Plastic

True Tribe is using the Ethereum-based SUKU protocol to track the provenance of clothing made from recycled ocean trash.

RECYCLE: Plastic bottles washed up on the shore of the Black Sea.

Finanza

From DeFi to DeOps: How Public Blockchains Could Supplement ERP Systems

As DeFi does away with middlemen in finance, "DeOps" could reduce the need for intermediaries in large-scale supply systems.

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Mercati

Blockchain to Play 'Essential Role' in Farming Supply Chains, Says US Government

An agency attached to the U.S. Department of Agriculture said it expects blockchain will play an important role in the sector's supply chains.

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