/biz/ - Business & Finance

It's important to point out that ic3 partner BITA (index and data provider company) is different from BiTA (transport blockchain consortium), unlike what was said in previous threads.
However there are still some interesting leads, since Chainlink attending MW18 means they're getting close to the BiTA consortium as well. It's the only event BiTA has listed on its website btw.

>September 26, 2018
>FedEx Joins Hyperledger in further push for Logistics efficiency
>FedEx the giant US courier company, proactive adopter of blockchain technology and BiTA member, has joined Linux hosted open-source project Hyperledger to further advance the use of distributed ledger in logistics, and transportation.
>FedEx has been a proactive adopter blockchain technology. Fred Smith, FedEx CEO said earlier in the year he believes that blockchain is the “next frontier” for global supply chains. In February this year, FedEx joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), and Dale Chrystie told FreightWaves: 'We want to work on developing common standards around blockchain technology in the transportation industry, and we continually try to enhance the customer’s experience, and blockchain is tied to that.'
>Kevin Humphries, Senior Vice President of IT at FedEx Services told Cointelegraph.com that blockchain technology has 'big implications' for supply chains, logistics, and transportation.

Chainlink attending is very interesting

Other blockchain companies attending, could be worth looking into how they fit into this puzzle:
Agile Blockchain
Block Array
Chainyard
EXOCHAIN
IBM (Hyperledger?)