Belgium decides to contribute 2 million euros to World Food Programme’s blockchain-based payment system for refugees.
Amazon patents a data stream service that picks and analyses data of cryptocurrency users. In return, the data can be used to track people based on their transactions, or to facilitate identifying participants by government agencies.
NASA has recently given a grant for a research program that will leverage the power of the Ethereum blockchain and smart contracts, for the development of a space manoeuvring and communications system.
Reports indicate that Cambridge Analytica, the firm behind the recent Facebook scandal, was planning on holding an ICO for a system that would allow users to securely store and sell their personal data to advertisers.
Samsung considers adopting blockchain technology for its supply chain management, which would in return reduce shipping costs by as much as 20%, and make products readily available to customers.
IBM is working with Marsh insurance broker and a few other corporations in the development of a blockchain-based insurance verification system that would reduce costs and eliminate the paper-based system.
Austin to begin developing blockchain-based system to track the identity and other information belonging to the homeless, thus improving their quality of life.
MasterCard is actively hiring blockchain talent that will work on developing more efficient payment solutions, and MasterCard’s future blockchain-based products and services.
Intel files patent on solution which would reduce power consumed by bitcoin mining, an issue that the bitcoin community has been actively dealing with lately.
Following the move of several other companies, Mailchimp decides to ban crypto and ICO-related mails, while also banning associated accounts.