Yesterday Hyperledger announced eight new full members of the enterprise blockchain collaborative, half from Asia. Perhaps the biggest names are French energy firm EDF and JD Digits, the fintech and digital arm of JD.com, China’s version of Amazon. Another is Red Date Technology, one of the firms behind China’s Blockchain-based Service Network (BSN), which is backed by the State Information Center of China (SIC) and has significant international ambitions.
This year Hyperledger has made an even stronger community push in Asia, holding some of its regular online group meetings at Asian friendly times. An example is the trade finance working group where there’s significant activity in Asia and Europe.
The organization is currently celebrating Five Years of Hyperledger with a series of online panels and a community-wide networking session.
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