Permissioned Blockchains

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BSN to Integrate CBDC-Focused Cypherium Blockchain
Cypherium joins Ethereum, Hyperledger Fabric, Tezos and Solana, among others.
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SoftBank-Backed Fintech Firm Joins Chinese Conglomerate to Build Blockchain Platform
OneConnect, the fintech wing of Ping An Insurance Group, is building a logistics-tracking blockchain platform with the China Merchants Port Group.
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Luxury Watchmaker Breitling Adds Its First Timepieces to a Blockchain
In a rare example of real-world business deployment, Breitling is registering watches on a blockchain to track their provenance from owner to owner.
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Mastercard Patent Hints at Plan for Multi-Currency Blockchains
A new Mastercard patent outlines how a permissioned blockchain can store multiple types of transaction info, including with different currencies.
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3D Printing Could Be Blockchain's True Game-Changer
Combined with other emerging tech, blockchain could enable a new paradigm of decentralized, on-demand production and realign global economic power.
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Blockchain in the Boardroom: Toward Enterprise Deployment
Enterprises may have gone quiet toward the end of 2017, but that doesn't mean they won't be players in the year ahead, Accenture's Valiente argues.
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Where Have All the Private Blockchains Gone?
What's next for private blockchains? More iteration, improvement – and adoption, argues developer Gideon Greenspan.
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Database Giant Oracle Wants Better Governance for Blockchains
Multinational software provider Oracle is working on a way to bring "fair" governance to permissioned blockchains, according to a patent application.
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