The value of VeChain (VET) prolonged its rally on Wednesday, constructing off a strong week of beneficial properties following discussions with Chinese language authorities officers centered on a post-epidemic well being response. 

VeChain rose 2% on Wednesday to succeed in $0.011669, in response to CoinMarketCap. Over the previous seven days, the supply-chain administration cryptocurrency is up over 23%. Solely two different top-30 cash — NEM (XEM) and Chainlink (LINK) — have outperformed VET over the previous seven days.

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At present values, VeChain has a market capitalization of $751 million.

The cryptocurrency’s uptrend seems to have coincided with a gathering of high-ranking officers from China’s Hubei Province, VeChain and DNV GL International, a worldwide threat administration agency, early final week.

As reported by China-based Chainnews, the assembly centered on the usage of digital instruments to revamp the general public well being system within the wake of COVID-19. Provide-chain logistics, particularly those who allow import traceability and certification, will likely be a important part of the post-crisis response.

DNV GL proposed a four-pronged strategy to public well being administration within the wake of the epidemic, together with an “internationally main blockchain-based self-risk administration” platform.

In an accompanying report, DNV GL senior vp Kang Wenyu mentioned the “prevention and management of epidemics” requires a coordinated strategy to well being administration. He mentioned:

“Standardized and digital administration instruments can effectively set up an entire public well being system.”

Wenyu touted VeChain as a robust candidate for enhancing present fashions:

“The brand new atmosphere requires an revolutionary administration mannequin. VeChain’s blockchain know-how can make sure the transparency, safety, and credibility of all important data, enhance the price of information fraud to infinitely excessive, and reduce the price of supervision.”

Launched in 2015 by Sunny Lu, VeChain is extensively considered the main enterprise provide chain administration platform leveraging blockchain know-how. The platform is backed by the Chinese language authorities and has even been promoted by state media.

Probably as a pure extension of its shut ties with Beijing, VeChain is not a fully decentralized platform. That is by design, as its builders sought to combine options from each decentralized and centralized finance.