Why COVID-19 makes a compelling case for the wider integration of blockchain

May 8, 2020

Train carriages, locomotives and freight trains of German railways Deutsche Bahn are parked at a storage facility in the North Rhine-Westphalian town of Hamm near Dortmund, Germany May 6, 2015. A record-setting seven-day strike by the GDL union of train drivers began on Monday, the eighth in a series of walkouts over pay and working conditions, threatening commuter chaos and disruption to vital supply chains. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay - LR2EB560UG1CP

Stalled train carriages, locomotives parked at a storage facility North Rhine-Westphalian town of Hamm near Dortmund, Germany May 6, 2015. Image: REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

Mariam Obaid AlMuhairi

Project Manager, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution UAE at the Dubai Future Foundation

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