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UK’s Property Regulator Enlists R3’s Corda for Blockchain Land Registry Solutions

R3 CEO, David Rutter announced on Thursday at London’s CordaCon annual gathering, that the U.K. government has selected R3’s Corda to develop blockchain land registry solutions. The U.K. government‘s HM Land Registry (HMLR), which safeguards land and property ownership worth over £4 trillion, including approximately £1 trillion of mortgages, aims to explore how to make the house buying process in the UK faster, simpler and more transparent. The appointment comes as part of the second phase of HMLR’s research and development project, entitled ‘Digital Street’.  The HMLR’s website states: “The point of…

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EY Launch Blockchain Insurance for the Shipping Industry with Maersk Onboard

In a major group development, Ernst and Young goes live with Maersk on it’s blockchain insurance platform ‘Insurwave’ for the global shipping industry, which utilises Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform and R3’s open-source Corda. Using distributed ledger technology it streamlines and automates insurance transactions. The group expects Insurwave to execute over half a million automated blockchain transactions in its first year of commercial use, helping to manage risk for more than 1,000 vessels.

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