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Microsoft Coco Framework: blockchain game changer?

|18-9-2017 | Carlo de Meijer | treasuryXL Microsoft recently announced the introduction of the Coco (or Confidential Consortium) Framework. A ‘first of its kind innovation’ as they named it, designed to work with any ledger or operating system. CoCo is a blockchain protocol technology aimed to make it easier to build enterprise networks quicker and […]

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Industries are ready for blockchain take off

| 16-8-2017 | Carlo de Meijer | An interesting study was released recently by Juniper Research. Given its findings this survey needs some more widely spread recognition and that’s the reason for this blog. Named “Which industries are the best fit for blockchain”, this study came to some interesting conclusions, that were broadly in line […]

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SWIFT Blockchain POC: Enhanced cross-border payments

| 8-8-2017 | Carlo de Meijer | Early July SWIFT announced that 22 global banks recently joined its Blockchain proof of concept (PoC) initiative introduced in January this year in collaboration with six leading correspondent banks (ANZ, BNP Paribas, BNY Mellon, RBC Royal Bank and Wells Fargo). The PoC is part of SWIFT’s ‘gpi’ (global […]

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The Digital Trade Chain: the blockchain train is rolling

| 28-7-2017 | Carlo de Meijer | Trade finance is increasingly becoming the number one use case for blockchain with the greatest potential to benefit from this technology. In previously blocks I already showed the accelerated activity in this area (see: Blockchain and Supply Chain Finance: the missing link May 7, 2017 and Blockchain: accelerated activity in […]

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Stock exchanges and blockchain: open positions

| 18-7-2017 | Carlo de Meijer | Just like banks, a growing number of exchanges worldwide have already taken a serious look at the way they can leverage blockchain technology. This in order to ‘get rid of’ the existing time consuming, cost inefficient and risky operations. Ranging from Abu Dhabi to Toronto they are experimenting with […]

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The EU and blockchain: taking the lead? (II)

|6-7-2017 | Carlo de Meijer | treasuryXL | In his article ‘The EU and blockchain: taking the lead? ‘, our expert Carlo de Meijer writes that the EU, after having a ‘wait and see’ attitude for a long time, seems to be taking steps (may be) to become one of the leading economic blocks in the blockchain […]

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The EU and blockchain: taking the lead? (I)

| 3-7-2017 | Carlo de Meijer | treasuryXL | In his article ‘The EU and blockchain: taking the lead? ‘, our expert Carlo de Meijer writes that the EU, after having a ‘wait and see’ attitude for a long time, seems to be taking steps (may be) to become one of the leading economic blocks in […]

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What is the Blockchain and why you should care

| 7-6-2017 | Carlo de Meijer | treasuryXL | You might visit this site, being a treasury professional with years of experience in the field. However you could also be a student or a businessman wanting to know more details on the subject, or a reader in general, eager to learn something new. The ‘Treasury […]

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Blockchain hyperledger Project: Collaboration pays off

| 1-6-2017 | Carlo de Meijer | Recently, I wrote that smaller blockchain consortia are needed. See my blog: Towards smaller and more focused blockchain consortia in  27 February 2017. The Hyperledger Project however may be the exception. Umbrella Things look quite good for the Hyperledger Project, described as being an “umbrella” for the developer […]

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Blockchain and Supply Chain Finance: the missing link!

| 19-5-2017 | Carlo de Meijer | treasuryXL | Our expert Carlo de Meijer is our blockchain specialist and publishes his articles on a regular basis. We present his latest article about blockchain and supply chain finance in a shorter version. Carlo writes: Whereas the focus on the use of blockchain long time has been […]