In praise of stability As we write this, the global stock market has its worst week since 2020. Crypto market cap has halved (50%) from $3 trillion in November to around $1.5 trillion today. Cryptos are highly volatile and correlated within themselves and with the stock market. In fact, crypto suffers from the same…

The future of trade and supply chain finance is tokenised_Part 3 DeFi — A glimpse of the future of trade and supply chain finance The tokenisation of assets coupled with innovation in payment tokens will usher a new era in trade and supply chain finance. For a glimpse of what the future might look like, just take a look at decentralised…

The future of trade and supply chain finance is tokenised_Part 2 Payment is one of the most impactful areas of blockchain technology. For the first time, payment can be made on a Peer-to-Peer basis, remotely, at a fraction of the costs of existing cross-border payment and as easy and fast as sending a text or email. Business to Business (B2B) payment…

The future of trade and supply chain finance is tokenised_Part 1 Introduction Niche Cocoa is a Ghanaian cocoa processor that supplies semi-finished products such as powder, butter and liquor to buyers in Europe and Asia. The buyers will then process them into consumer products like chocolate. Niche Cocoa first needs to buy cocoa beans from farmers. As supplies of beans are generally…

The future of trade and supply chain finance is tokenised_Part 3 DeFi — A glimpse of the future of trade and supply chain finance The tokenisation of assets coupled with innovation in payment tokens will usher a new era in trade and supply chain finance. For a glimpse of what the future might look like, just take a look at decentralised…

The future of trade and supply chain finance is tokenised_Part 2 Payment is one of the most impactful areas of blockchain technology. For the first time, payment can be made on a Peer-to-Peer basis, remotely, at a fraction of the costs of existing cross-border payment and as easy and fast as sending a text or email. Business to Business (B2B) payment…

The future of trade and supply chain finance is tokenised_Part 1 Introduction Niche Cocoa is a Ghanaian cocoa processor that supplies semi-finished products such as powder, butter and liquor to buyers in Europe and Asia. The buyers will then process them into consumer products like chocolate. Niche Cocoa first needs to buy cocoa beans from farmers. As supplies of beans are generally…

This is our first issue of 2019. Happy new year! In this issue, we are going to discuss 5 key trends in blockchain in 2018 as it applies to commodity supply chain, finance and payment in emerging markets. We then reflected on our own developments in 2018. We will also…

What tractors have to do with blockchain? IBM researchers believe that when combined with AI and IoT, blockchain can enable banks to lend to farmers and tractor owners based on utilisation of and data collected by tractors. Read about this and more in our latest issue of Commodity Monday. IBM Research, Hello Tractor Pilot Agriculture Digital Wallet based on AI and Blockchain ibm.com …