Blockchain technology news

The world’s first commodity exchange for physically settled diamonds, the Singapore Diamond Investment Exchange, has announced that it will be using Blockchain technology for diamond authentication, data archiving, and trading.

The National Bank of Ukraine is considering the possibility of issuing a digital national currency based on Blockchain technology.

Emirates Islamic will become the first Islamic bank in the UAE to integrate Blockchain technology into its cheques.

The number of vacancies for people with Blockchain-related skills has tripled on LinkedIn in the past year.

Blockchain lottery TrueFlip has announced on June 2nd that the project’s website was listed as a website prohibited in the Russian Federation. The project has opted to comply with the blocking, however, they deem it erroneous.

The VP of the Russian Central Bank, Olga Skorobogatova, stated at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2017 that the Bank of Russia is already working on the project of a national digital currency.

Numerous energy-trading companies are looking into adopting blockchain technology for conducting transactions. What they want is to create a peer-to-peer network allowing them to deliver energy to customers quickly and efficiently, without a difficult process involving third parties.

Blockchain-based healthcare startup Patientory has released visualisations of its patient care interface to illustrate how it will work for individuals and healthcare professionals. The SaaS platform will provide a secure data point for both patients and caregivers where they can review health care plans, patient information and communicate with one another.

The American multinational retailing giant, Walmart, has filed a patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a new Blockchain-based delivery management system that would use drones.