New tariff rules in each country, combined with tougher enforcement audits, are increasing risks for manufacturers, logistics providers, and companies relying on unverifiable documents.
Fake certificates and unclear provenance can cause costly delays, fines, or even shipment rejections. At the center of this challenge is the need for trusted, verifiable data. Blockchain technology offers a solution, giving companies a secure, shared source of truth that is fast, transparent, and tamper-resistant.
A New Standard for Verification
Today, Avalanche and Blockticity co-authored the new ASTM D8558-25 international standard, designed to help businesses prove the origin of products and ensure documents are authentic. By aligning with this standard, enterprise customers can use blockchain to protect their real-world supply chain assets.
This is more than a technical upgrade, it modernizes a system that handles trillions of dollars in goods each year, from electronics and critical minerals to advanced manufacturing materials. Anchoring data onchain replaces fragile PDFs, stamps, and email chains with a platform that is built for global scale.
Global trade is going onchain.@blockticity and ASTM have introduced a new global trade standard to quickly verify tracking and authenticity of global supply chain, ASTM D8558.
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ASTM D8558 establishes a four-step framework to verify materials and document compliance from production to customs clearance. First, traceability tracks materials from origin to final destination using specialized software. Second, authentication ensures certificates and documentation are tamper-evident and time-stamped at creation.
Third, validation applies the conformity assessment method according to internationally published standards. Finally, oversight requires approval from the relevant authority in the product’s destination country.
Why Avalanche?
Because global trade runs at a massive scale, with high requirements for speed, reliability and trust.
Avalanche L1s make it possible for manufacturers, logistics providers, and governments to verify shipments instantly and confidently.
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This framework is especially relevant for industries under rising regulatory scrutiny. For instance, electronics manufacturers can now prove the origin of rare minerals in components, avoiding compliance risks and costly border delays. According to the World Trade Organization, misdocumented or unverifiable shipments contribute to billions of dollars in lost revenue annually, highlighting the critical need for standards like ASTM D8558.
More About Avalanche
Avalanche announced that institutional adoption is accelerating, highlighting Thailand’s second-largest bank, KBank, which is integrating StraitsX to enable cross-border payments between Thailand and Singapore. This move builds on Alipay+’s existing use case, which allows over 1.6 billion tourists to pay at any GrabPay merchant in Singapore.
The institutions are here.
Thailand’s second-largest bank, KBank, is integrating @StraitsX to run cross-border payments between Thailand and Singapore. This builds on Alipay+’s live use case for 1.6B+ tourists to pay at any GrabPay merchant in Singapore.
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By leveraging Avalanche’s high-performance blockchain, these payments become faster, more secure, and easier to verify, demonstrating how Avalanche is supporting real-world, large-scale financial applications across borders.
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