Walmart Wants to Store Payment Data On a Blockchain A pair of Walmart patent applications discuss encrypting payment information using a blockchain. … Read More
Blythe Masters: Business Blockchain Won’t Be ‘Winner-Takes-All’ At the Synchronize 2018 conference in New York City, enterprise blockchains heavyweights made it clear they want to build ethereum-like platforms.… Read More
Crypto’s Craigslist: LocalBitcoins Makes Millions Where Bitcoin Is Needed Most LocalBitcoins, a low-fi exchange launched in 2011, is gaining traction in overlooked markets where people have less access to VC-backed alternatives.… Read More
Crypto Mining Boost Helps Taiwanese Chip Maker Break Sales Record Cryptocurrency mining orders have helped set a new monthly sales record for Taiwanese semiconductor maker TSMC.… Read More
Ideas Abound for Business Blockchains, But Who’s Going to Pay? With fatigue for trials setting in, business blockchain builders are talking creatively about how to handle the costs of distributed ledger networks.… Read More
Sharing Economy Startup Origin Raises $28 Million in SAFT Sale Peer-to-peer economy platform Origin raised more than $28 million through a Simple Agreement for Future Tokens sale this year, filings reveal.… Read More
A ‘Yelp for Weed’ Startup Is Launching Its Own Ethereum Token Cannabis social networking company MassRoots is developing a crypto rewards token and other blockchain applications.… Read More
Energy Giant BP Says It’s Tested ‘Internal’ Tokens British Petroleum would consider partnering with startups that conduct initial coin offerings, and it’s tested “internal” tokens, an executive said. … Read More
IBM-Backed Blockchain Trial Takes Aim at Advertising’s Middlemen Working with IBM and Salon, AdLedger is launching a proof-of-concept to show how ad spend can be managed more transparently on a private blockchain.… Read More
Huawei Unveils Hyperledger-Based Blockchain Service Platform Huawei has become the latest Chinese tech giant to launch its own blockchain-as-a-service platform, following on the heels of Tencent and Baidu.… Read More