Team Bloodchain claimed the top $10,000 prize at the first GS1 US® Trace-a-thon held October 19-20 at Broadway Studios in San Francisco, CA. Their solution focused on connecting providers, donors and patients during the blood donation process and was selected by a panel of judges for its creativity, potential to be disruptive, use of GS1 Standards in the technology and overall presentation. Additionally, XChain won the second-place $4,000 prize and Supplypedia took the third-place $2,000 prize. More than 80 hackers on 18 teams competed in the event designed to create supply chain traceability solutions.

According to CryptoNews Z, blockchain is now being integrated into Reliance Industries documentation process for bills of lading and letters of credit. 

Reliance Industries Limited has announced that it will integrate blockchain in its transportation business by launching blockchain for the Bill of Lading and Letter of Credit transactions. 

Pitney Bowes fell victim to a ransomware attack, reports PYMNTS. Which highlights that companies are still not taking the threat to their supply chains seriously. 

When Pitney Bowes, a major logistics service provider, revealed that it had fallen victim to a ransomware attack, it was only the latest case revealing the threat that cyberattacks not only pose to companies, but also to their business partner networks, suppliers and supply chains.

Blockchain has the potential to bring more trust to the supply chain reports Freight Waves. 

Blockchain is a technology that many people quickly associate with cryptocurrency. Although it initially gained recognition that way, the potential uses for blockchain span much further.