SEC Launches Search for Blockchain Data Service to Help ‘Monitor Risk’

The U.S. SEC has taken some steps to provide clarity to blockchain companies, but it’s widely believed that the agency has not been active enough with respect to providing regulation. Now the securities regulator is apparently interested in engaging an “enterprise-wide data subscription for blockchain ledger data.”  According to the notice on FedBizOpps.gov: “The United States Securities and Exchange Commission…intends to...

Oracle and World Bee Project to Track Honey Sustainability on Blockchain

Tech giant Oracle and the World Bee Project are developing a blockchain-based sustainability assurance system for honey on the supply chain, according to a report by Ledger Insights on July 5. The honey-tracing blockchain will reportedly be developed on the Oracle Blockchain Platform. According to the report, this partnership aims to launch a “BeeMark” label, which is a purported guarantee that...

Blockchain Browsers — How DLT Could Affect Web Surfing | Cointelegraph

Analysis The appearance of blockchain technology can be compared with the emergence of internet at the initial stage of its development: Users were cautious about a decentralized system and failed to understand many of its subtleties. But just as firms opened up to the internet, almost all corporations are now working on integrating blockchain into their processes — at least as...

Blockchain-Based Used Car Data Marketplace to Launch in Singapore

Singapore-based online car marketplace sgCarMart and decentralized data exchange protocol Ocean Protocol are launching a blockchain-powered “Know-Your-Vehicle” data marketplace. The development was announced in a press release on July 5. The so called Know-Your-Vehicle used car data marketplace will purportedly provide a secure way of sharing and accessing of information about used cars in Singapore, where almost 9,000 cars reportedly changed...

Libra’s Dirty Secret: Blockchain Firm Claims Facebook Stole its Crypto Model | CCN Markets

Facebook is now embroiled in a new controversy where it's alleged to have stolen its crypto concept from a blockchain firm. | Source: REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage By CCN Markets: Blockchain company Hedera took an ad out in this morning’s Wall Street Journal thanking Facebook for flattering them with their copycat governance model. The ad reads: “Thank you Facebook Libra. Imitation is the...