The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) accounts for nearly 40 percent of all federal research and development (R&D) appropriations and through the Defense Technical Information Center, managing and providing oversight for an estimated 4.5 million documents for 4,000 users. Seeking to improve the integration, security, auditability, and controlled access of this critical data, the DOD has awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract of $200,000 to SIMBA Chain to architect a single, proof-of-concept blockchain-based system to achieve these objectives.
With pandemic-related job losses soaring, there's a bright spot for tech-enabled jobseekers. In an April 24 article entitled "Inside Blockchain's Coronavirus Hiring Spree," Forbes reported the share of cryptocurrency and blockchain job postings on Indeed.com had increased by nearly nine percent, while remote cryptocurrency and blockchain-related job postings increased by more than 42 percent.
China's interest in blockchain technology is about to take its next step as the Blockchain-Based Service Network (BSN) comes into commercial effect on April 25. The aim of this network is to allow companies and software developers to be able to plug into the BSN and build blockchain-based applications quickly and affordably.
KoreConX is pleased to announce the book release "Digital Securities 101 - Global 2020 Edition." "Digital Securities 101" is a how-to book for anyone who wants to understand the transformation that is happening in the capital markets with the introduction of blockchain. The book provides an overview of why Digital Securities are game-changing and what one needs to understand and prepare. It provides a clear insight into all the components of the private capital markets and how this entire ecosystem operates from start to finish, regardless if they are using RegD or RegA+ exemptions alike.
GrainChain, a software platform that creates blockchain and internet-of-things (IoT) innovations for the agricultural industry, announces it has been honored as one of 18 finalists of Fast Company's 2020 World Changing Ideas Awards in the Food category. The awards recognize the businesses, policies, projects and concepts that are actively engaged and deeply committed to flattening the curve when it comes to the climate crisis, social injustice or economic inequality.
Based on its recent analysis of the Asia-Pacific blockchain and cryptocurrency security market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Uppsala Security Pte Ltd. with the 2020 Asia-Pacific Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Security Technology Innovation Award. Frost & Sullivan highlighted the Threat intelligence Platform called Sentinel Protocol and the continuous advancements in software products enabling organizations to confidently analyze and visualize cryptocurrency transactions and protect crypto assets as well as other digital assets from malicious attacks, scams, and fraud across diverse industries by enhancing business transparency and stability.
We are pleased to announce today something that will revolutionize gaming on the blockchain – one of the most in-demand use cases among everyday consumers. BlockBastards, a blockchain development company founded in early 2018, will soon launch Qudo, a proof-of-gameplay reward mechanism that will allow any game built on the Unity gaming engine to add token-based features.
Beam Solutions announced today that Wyre, the leading infrastructure provider in crypto, selected Beam to provide its next-generation anti-money laundering compliance platform. "We were looking for a world-class, turnkey compliance platform that we could integrate with our crypto forensics tools," said Michael Dunworth, CEO at Wyre. "Beam's SaaS solution provides identity verification and transaction monitoring in a single platform that is more cost effective than the individual compliance tools we were using before. Their ability to consolidate providers is a real plus for us."
EastNets is pleased to announce that 28 financial institutions are now live users of a real-time watchlist feed, delivered securely over blockchain. In partnership with Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, EastNets successfully commercialized a feed of sanction alerts over a private blockchain network. EastNets ChainFeed™ is now featured within EastNets' watchlist screening solution, SafeWatch Filtering. Today, all financial institutions who are actively using EastNets SafeWatch have access to Dow Jones's high-quality sanction alerts carried over a private blockchain network directly to the screening engine, EastNets SafeWatch Filtering.
GrainChain, the blockchain platform for the agricultural business ecosystem, plans to globally expand and scale its operations by moving to the Symbiont enterprise blockchain platform, Assembly™. Assembly provides the robust privacy features, and seamless scalability GrainChain needs to meet the demands of their current and future markets.