Use Cases

Examples of how blockchain technologies are applied across industries, from payments, DeFi and gaming to supply chain and tokenized assets.

Marcell Nimfuehr

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Supply-chain And Logistics

Supply-Chain and Logistics: Using Blockchains Where There Are No Roads

How blockchain fits supply-chain logistics? Is it a real game-changer or just a technological nice-to-have for the industry?

Ruth M. Trucks

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Pharmaceutical Supply Chain - the Good, the Bad and the Block

Counterfeit drugs disrupt the pharma industry - and not in a good way. The biggest challenge in combating the trend is traceability of drugs through the pharmaceutical supply chain. Remedy could come from an unconventional technology: Blockchain Pharmacy.

Sven Kamieth

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Redefining Inflation Metrics with Blockchain

Redefining Inflation Metrics with Blockchain

We have done a statistically utterly insignificant survey – 93% of respondents believe that real inflation is always higher than governments claim. But is it true?

Marcell Nimfuehr

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Triple Entry Accounting

Can Triple Entry Accounting Save the World?

Is blockchain the right way to stop any accounting-related fraud? How can decentralization and trustless environments fix those issues?

Sven Kamieth

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The Only Story You Ever Need to Read about Digital Identity

The Only Story You Ever Need to Read About Digital Identity 

We turned to Greek philosopher Nicolas Kolonias and a pseudo-anonymous psychiatrist to answer what digital identity is, and why we need blockchain when human and artificial intelligence live on the same network. Beware, this is a crazy ride into what happens when the 'I' goes digital.

Marcell Nimfuehr

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Bitcoin as a Trap for Trafficking

Yes, Bitcoin is being used for illegal and dangerous purposes. But the cryptocurrency brings perpetrators less anonymity than they might think, as a team from the University of California, Berkeley proves.

Nitzan Sheps

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How can NFTs Reshape the Music Industry

How can NFTs Reshape the Music Industry?

How can NFTs change the financial structure of the music industry to the benefit of artists instead of music enterprises? Listen to Ethan Pierse, founder of the NFT Factory and Director of The Web3 Economy at CryptoAssets Institute

Marcell Nimfuehr

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Banking the Unbanked

Banking the Unbanked

A real-world story of how blockchain can help improve financial infrastructure in underdeveloped economies.

Ruth M. Trucks

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Can Web3 Builders Turn the Tables on Climate Fate

Can Web3 Builders Turn the Tables on Climate Fate?

The Climate Collective is “an innovation network that supports a variety of organization, including scientists, nonprofits, builders, and investors. All these different stakeholders are working to develop new digital tools and applications to help scale climate action.”