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In the Know: This Week’s Blockchain Round-up (August 4, 2017)

The world of blockchain is changing every day. Check out our weekly round-up below to stay in-the-know on this evolving technology.

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In the Know: This Week’s Blockchain Round-up (July 28, 2017)

The world of blockchain is changing every day. Check out our weekly round-up below to stay in-the-know on this evolving technology.

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What Every CEO Must Understand About Blockchain Technology

Techvibes posted an insightful article recently titled, “What Every CEO Must Understand About Blockchain Technology” which breaks down what exactly blockchain is and highlights five main things that CEOs should know about the technology.

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In the Know: This Week’s Blockchain Round-up (July 21, 2017)

Blockchain can be confusing to understand sometimes, but that is why we’re here to break it down for you in our weekly blockchain round-up.

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Blockchain Lunch & Learn

This week, our very own Mike Vandenbergh, Director of Emerging Technologies for The Seam, led a blockchain lunch & learn at our headquarters. Mike recently joined us at The Seam after previously working at Micopact Global as Vice President of Information Technology.

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In the Know: This Week’s Blockchain Round-up (July 10, 2017)

In this week’s blockchain round-up, we have compiled three articles on this hot topic. Each one offers a unique perspective into blockchain technology, with an article on the technology’s background to articles on how it will improve IT and its adoption within banks and institutions.

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The Seam Chairman and CEO presents at the European Cocoa Association in Paris

On June 12, our Chairman and CEO, Mark Pryor, spoke at the European Cocoa Association (ECA) in Paris on how blockchain technology has the potential to modernize and transform physical commodities trading.

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Benchmark survey on blockchain technology in supply chain management released by Chain Business Insights

Chain Business Insights, LLC, an independent research firm, released its first benchmark survey on blockchain in supply chain. The firm, which focuses on the application of blockchain in supply chain management and trade finance, states that the survey provides the current state of play of blockchain in the industry, and can be effectively monitored for change.

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The Seam Chairman and CEO Speaks on Blockchain Technology at the BCI 2017 Global Cotton Conference

Our Chairman and CEO Mark Pryor is in Berlin, Germany, today speaking at the BCI 2017 Global Cotton Conference on developments in the cotton supply chain. One innovation we’re most proud of is the integration of Blockchain technology, which will help drive efficiencies to global trade as a whole by decentralizing, securing and distributing the data into a single source.

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Global Supply Chains Are About to Get Better, Thanks to Blockchain

At the heart of a Denver-based company’s recent crisis was the ever-present problem faced by companies that depend on multiple suppliers to deliver parts and ingredients: a lack of transparency and accountability across complex supply chains. Unable to monitor its suppliers in real time, this company could neither prevent the contamination nor contain it in a targeted way after it was discovered.