Could blockchain stop data breaches?

The public saw enormous amounts of data hacked and leaked in 2022. UNSW Business School’s Dr Eric Lim asks if blockchain offers a way to stop it happening again.

Should governments buy into blockchain?

Beyond Bitcoin, blockchain remains in its formative stages, offering governments an opportunity to consider how involved they want to be in shaping its development at home and abroad.

Using blockchain to secure Asian supply chains

Blockchain can ensure transparency, traceability and trust for international trade in fishing mining and other industries, helping organisations cope with increasing disruptions by ensuring resilient and agile supply chains.

Creatives in the country

Digital technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics may make many urban jobs redundant but blockchain, agtech and other innovations are also set to create jobs in regional Australia.

Blockchain of things: Could blockchain save IoT?

Blockchain technology might not solve all the security challenges facing Internet of Things networks and devices, but could certainly help solve several major problems.

Blockchain property registries may help lift poor people out of poverty

Blockchain-based land registries have started up in Bermuda, Brazil, Georgia, Ghana, Honduras, India, Russia and Rwanda to tackle significant problems in land ownership.

Marshall Islands to launch official cryptocurrency

As cryptocurrencies become increasingly mainstream, the Marshall Islands are planning to launch the world’s first digital legal tender. Lawmakers hope the residents will use the Sovereign (SOV) digital currency for everything from paying taxes to buying groceries.