September 27th Weekly Round-up

September 21 – Chengdu ToolChain Day

VeChain held their third ToolChain day, an event organized to help with the adoption of VeChain’s public Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) among small and medium-sized enterprises. Speaking at the event was representatives from Norway in a Box, who discussed how blockchain was changing their supply chain between Europe and China. Chengdu Beosin, a blockchain security company presented as well. VeChain Project Manager Tian Xinli and COO Kevin Feng were on hand to speak and answer questions at the event.

September 22 – Fudan University

CEO Sunny Lu and COO Kevin Feng discussed public blockchain with Fudan University students. Fudan University is consistently ranked in the top five of all universities in China, with extremely high entrance requirements for students. Co-hosting the event was the Fudan MBA Blockchain club, made up of some of the top young academic minds in the country.

September 23 – Norwegian Business Delegation visits DNV GL

A delegation of businesses visited the Shanghai offices of DNV GL China to learn more about My Story and blockchain. VeChain COO Kevin Feng introduced VeChain’s solutions to the delegation, while DNV GL China’s Director of Digital Transformation Yu Jie gave a presentation on the integration between DNV GL and VeChain. The two companies collaborate on a number of projects, including the Digital Low Carbon Ecosystem.

The event was organized by the Norwegian Embassy in China.

September 26 – Startupbootcamp Fashion Track

Sopra Steria, a European IT consulting firm, invited the General Manager of VeChain Europe (Jerome Grilleres) to give a presentation in front of an audience of entrepreneurs and startups. At the event, he answered questions about blockchain and shared some of VeChain’s experiences working with enterprises.

September 27 – VeChain becomes part of the Board of Directors to the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology list of Trusted Blockchains

CAICT, a state-run initiative directly under China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, added VeChain to their list of trusted blockchain companies. Being listed at the top (上海唯链信息科技有限公司) of the list of “The Board of Directors” gives VeChain an even bigger boost of credibility within China. The program focuses on building blockchain in a compliant manner, while supporting China’s influence in the global blockchain industry. This program includes massive companies such as China Mobile, Baidu, China Unicom, Huawei, Tencent, SAP, and the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

September 27 – VeChain releases their 8th Financial Executive Report

VeChain’s quarterly update discussed the wide range of announcements and updates they disclosed over the quarter. It also included the latest token updates, which showed that the circulating supply had increased from 71% to 72.7% over this time. This puts VeChain significantly higher than their current marketcap ranking would suggest. Much more information is available in the report.