Walmart, Merck, IBM, and KPMG are teaming up with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on a blockchain pilot program aimed at protecting the American pharmaceutical supply chain.
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EXCLUSIVE: Stanley Yong, IBM CTO, departs Big Blue
After Jesse Lund exit, a blow to IBM blockchain ambition and Stellar partnership
Just two weeks after IBM’s blockchain ambitions fell into doubt with the mysterious departure of Jesse Lund, Big Blue is set to lose another key advocate for the space. Modern Consensus has exclusively learned that Stanley Yong, the company’s Global Lead on Central Bank Digital Currency Solutions, is leaving the company.
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Latest IBM-Maersk deals mean half the world’s ocean cargo will now be tracked on a blockchain
Container shipping consortium gains key allies in MSC and CMA CMG lines
With the addition of two new container shipping lines, IBM’s blockchain-based TradeLens consortium now accounts for nearly half of the world’s shipping.
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Forbes 50 list of top companies using blockchain released
Only three “pure” blockchain companies made the list of the $1 billion-plus firms
Forbes on Tuesday announced its inaugural Forbes 50 list of large companies leading the way in developing and using blockchain technology. The list has a notable lack of “pure” blockchain firms. In fact, there are just three—blockchain hardware and software maker Bitfury, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, and financial blockchain developer Ripple.
