Qatar's wealth fund isn't interested in investing in cryptocurrencies, though it believes in the underlying blockchain technology, according to Chief Executive Officer Mansoor Al Mahmoud.

The CEO of South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix said on Monday that its largest shareholder, SK Square, is considering merger and acquisition deals involving chip companies.

The aim is to keep a tamper-proof digital record of temperature-sensitive vaccines and pick up on any irregularities in their storage.

Last year was a big year for blockchain projects in China after President Xi Jinping called for further development of the technology at the end of 2019

Gartner finds 75% of organizations that have implemented IoT plan to pair it with blockchain tech.

Calls by China's president to put blockchain at the heart of the country's innovation could tip the scales toward Beijing in the global race to lead in the fledgling technology, analysts and investors said.

China is studying the application of blockchain and artificial intelligence in cross-border financing with a focus on risk management, and will further liberalize its capital markets, a senior foreign exchange regulator said on Sunday.

While corporate CIOs see the distributed ledger technology as innovative, blockchain is unlikely to become technically and operationally scalable anytime soon.

CIOs have to continue to educate execs and senior leaders about blockchain opportunities and challenges and continue to develop proofs of concept to test its business worthiness, the research firm says.

Like the internet, blockchain will eventually underpin new business models - and the movement in that direction has already begun.

Microsoft released the tools ahead of its software developer conference next week in Seattle.

The secure wallet is now compatible with the Opera browser, too.

Seven universities are collaborating to create a blockchain-based online payment system that will solve issues of scalability, privacy, security and performance, enabling up to 10,000 transactions per second.

IBM and a start-up have launched a blockchain-based app that lets patients eventually sell anonymized data to pharmaceutical companies, researchers and others while retaining greater control over privacy.

Oracle joins IBM, SAP, and Microsoft in offering blockchain-as-a-service for companies hoping to deploy the distributed ledger technology without the expenses associated with embracing the technology in-house.

BlackRock Chief Executive Larry Fink on Monday said the world's largest asset manager has assembled a working group to look at blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, but cautioned he does not see massive investor demand.

Chinese e-commerce giants such as JD and Alibaba are currently trialing blockchain to perfect their huge supply chains. The AI blockchain combo also has a bright future in market analysis and forecasting.