# trade News

Despite the criticisms that the controversial Petro cryptocurrency has faced both locally and internationally since its launch in February 2018, the coin’s backers have unsuccessfully tried their best to gain relevance and seek a robust use-case. However, most countries have thwarted the idea of using a cryptocurrency for official deals....

HSBC Holdings announced that it had completed its first scalable blockchain-based trade finance transaction through which it has concluded that blockchain is ready for mass adoption in the trade finance market. HSBC revealed that it concluded that blockchain is a commercially viable technology after processing a letter of credit on...

Juan Zarate’s most prominent time in the limelight was during the presidential reign of George W. Bush. Serving as the former president’s Deputy Advisor and Deputy National Security Advisor for Combatting Terrorism, Zarate led the Treasury’s efforts to undermine the funding of terrorism by way of various financial embargoes and...

A seemingly routine and insignificant soybean shipment from the USA to China has been made mildly famous as the first commodity deal facilitated by blockchain technology. Feted as “the first full agricultural commodity transaction using a blockchain platform” by the consortium of banks, brokers, and vendors involved, it affirms the...

UPS recently announced their participation in a forum called Blockchain in Transport Alliance, or BITA, which looks to develop blockchain technology tailored for the freight industry, as well as educate members of the forum about the blockchain and its implications for logistics. With Freight and Logistics accounting for $1.5 trillion...