# blockchain News

Argo Blockchain plc,  a UK-based, global data centre management firm that allows people to mine a vast array of digital currencies via its platform, has announced plans to refocus its business strategy, citing “severe price pressure and volatility” of the crypto markets, reported Investigate on February 15, 2019. Argo no...

Blockchain has been pointed out as the technology capable of providing security to the Industrial IoT (IIoT), but contrary to this belief, IoT project owners, chipmakers and OEMs may be better suited with security solutions capable of addressing low-level, device and data-centered hardware as the emerging technology may be an...

HSBC has reported a successful trial of their blockchain-based "FX Everywhere" platform which has saved 25 percent of costs associated with forex trade settlements, Reuters reported on February 14, 2019. Cost-Saving Measures Besides the use of blockchain in cryptocurrencies, it can also be used to save money. For example, the World Trade...

ElaadNL, a Dutch tech company has revealed the PoC for a new smart grid that self-balances and rewards Smart vehicles with IOTA tokens on February 14, 2019. A Smart Solution While blockchain technology is known to consume a lot of energy in the process of creating cryptocurrencies, it is now...

Commercial blockchain services has a new player as Intel announced on February 12, 2019, the launch of the Intel Select solution for blockchain which allows businesses to build their own blockchain based on the Hyperledger fabric. Intel Joins the Blockchain Businesses that wish to launch their own blockchains now have...