Roland Berger has selected Switzerland-based Dfinity Foundation as the technology partner for the development of the ‘Voluntary Recycling Credits’ standard.
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The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG.L) has drawn up plans for a new digital markets business to offer extensive trading of traditional financial assets on the blockchain technology known for powering cryptocurrency, the Financial Times reported. The company had been examining the potential for a blockchain-powered trading venue for around a year and reached an "inflection point" where it decided to take plans forward, Murray Roos, head of capital markets at the LSE Group, told FT in an interview.
Ruskin Felix Consulting LLC has become one of the leading blockchain consulting firms. They have worked on complex tokenomics, business models and Web 3.0 Projects. With more than 50 projects covered in the last 12 months alone, they are one of the most sought-after firms in Blockchain strategic consulting.
An index charting the readiness and adoption of central bank digital currencies (CBDC) has seen Nigeria top the retail CBDC leaderboard with the e-Naira, launched in October 2021. Nigeria’s lead is closely followed by other early CBDC adopters, the Bahamas, Mainland China, Jamaica and Eastern Caribbean. The findings, from the PwC Global CBDC Index, capture the central banks’ progress and stance on CBDC development, in both a retail and wholesale context.
Sia Partners has acquired Stratumn, a French company that helps companies digitise their finance operations by leveraging the blockchain.
KPMG has co-launched the innovative ‘Building Trustworthy Index’, a blockchain based platform that allows stakeholders such as property buyers, banks, insurers and regulators to review the provenance and quality of materials and contractors used in the construction of buildings. Developed in partnership with the NSW government, the index is the first launch on the ASX’s new distributed ledger platform Synfini.
Aura Blockchain Consortium, a non-profit organisation founded by LVMH, Prada Group, and Cartier, part of Richemont, and OTB Group, has announced a partnership with Bain & Company.
Big Four accounting firm Ernst & Young is continuing to invest heavily in blockchain, investing $100 million into engineering and developing distributed ledger technologies for a range of enterprise applications.
Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd, and Accenture are collaborating (as approved by Hyperledger) under the name: the ‘Hyperledger Cactus‘ project.
Managing the increasingly complex global supply chains of today is a difficult task for organisations. Capgemini has published a report on how blockchain can help.
Big Four professional services firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (Deloitte) has announced that the founders and employees of Singapore-based digital consultancy firm Practical Smarts have joined its risk advisory practice in Southeast Asia, forming part of the Deloitte Asia Pacific Blockchain Lab (the Lab).