Finance industry Blockchain could be a half trillion dollar market by 2030, says IHS Markit
12 February 2019 at 8:04amTo get a sense of what that growth would mean if it happens: the same number for 2017 was only $1.9bn, says the market watcher
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UK is doing well on Blockchain patents – but struggling with AI, new study warns
22 January 2019 at 8:35amThe UK filed just 2 patents from a total of 649 AI patents last year - less than 1%
McKinsey comes out as highly pessimistic about Blockchain
17 January 2019 at 8:26amTech has yet to become the game-changer some expected, says the highly-respected consultancy - and should only be applied "when it is the simplest solution available"
HSBC used Blockchain for $250bn in foreign exchange work, FT reports
15 January 2019 at 8:44amHave banks found a solid use case at last for the tech?
EU sees a role for Blockchain that not all of you are going to like
12 December 2018 at 8:04amFor blockchain to realise its potential in government, it has to build two things: digital identity systems - and digital versions of their national currencies, says Brussels
Blockchain could boost global economy by $3 trillion by 2030 – WTO
28 November 2018 at 8:14amTech has the potential to "significantly" cut trade costs by increasing transparency and facilitating processes automation, including financial intermediation, exchange rate costs, coordination, and other aspects of global trade, says the group
Blockchain racks up a new use case: selling high-end Art
19 November 2018 at 8:29amEdward Hopper, Willem de Kooning and many other famous American painters in The Barney A. Ebsworth Collection get sold on in a record $323m transaction - powered by Blockchain
Chinese central bankers come out as big Blockchain sceptics
13 November 2018 at 8:40amBeijing bankers issue study that descries Blockchain technology as a driver of financial innovation, or offering any potential for changing existing monetary systems
Deloitte to offer US public sector Blockchain-based Digital Identity solution
6 November 2018 at 8:13amPartnership with start-up Attest centres on new products for citizens who don’t normally have access to digital ways of proving their ID, says the company
World’s first ‘Blockchain smartphone’ announced
31 October 2018 at 8:24amFootball ace Lionel Messi being used to spur consumer interest in the $1000 'Finney' device from Israeli start-up Sirin Labs