Square Books Small Profit for First Quarter of Bitcoin Sales Square made $34.1 million in Q1 revenue through bitcoin sales, according to an SEC filing. … Read More
Majority of Businesses Have No Plans for Blockchain, Gartner Finds A survey by research firm Gartner, shows that 77 percent of CIOs from companies are not interested in deploying blockchain within their organization.… Read More
Inclusive Insurance? Businesses See Blockchain As Change-Enabler A perfect storm of new tech including blockchain, the internet of things and big data analytics is changing the outlook for microinsurance.… Read More
Reddit Aims to Relaunch Bitcoin Payments with ETH and LTC Too Reddit is looking to bring back cryptocurrencies as a payment option – and this time bitcoin won’t be the only option. … Read More
Mastercard: Crypto Card Bans A Factor in Q1 Volume Decline During its quarterly earnings call, Mastercard CFO Martina Hund-Majean said cross-border volume is down due in part to bans on crypto purchases.… Read More
BlackRock Staffers Depart to Start Blockchain Investment Fund Wall Street and the City are seeing a steady drumbeat of departures for blockchain and cryptocurrency ventures.… Read More
Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Isn’t Dead – And It’s Got a Roadmap to Prove It Nearly 18 months since forming, the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance has published a guide to the building blocks that will make up its open standards.… Read More
BMW, Ford, GM: World’s Largest Automakers Form Blockchain Coalition BMW, Ford, GM and Renault have joined with tech providers to form the biggest-ever consortium focused on blockchain for the automotive industry.… Read More
Not Just Bitcoin: OpenBazaar Is Gearing Up for a Radical Redesign Now that the likes of Etsy are jumping on the crypto train, decentralized marketplace OpenBazaar is gearing up for its biggest overhaul since launch.… Read More
Ripple Scrutinized Over XRP at UK Parliament Hearing A UK parliamentary hearing on blockchain and cryptocurrencies took on a largely negative tone with one panelist dismissing the technology as a fad.… Read More