Microsoft Rolls Out ‘Proof-of-Authority’ Ethereum Consensus on Azure Microsoft has rolled out an additional consensus mechanism for clients building ethereum-based apps on Azure that does away with mining.… Read More
90 Companies Join IBM and Maersk’s Blockchain Supply Chain TradeLens has attracted a wide variety of entities ranging from port operators and customs authorities to logistics companies and even rival carriers.… Read More
GMO’s Cryptocurrency Business Made $2.3 Million Profit in Q2 After a net loss reported in Q1, the Japanese IT giant says it made an 11 percent profit through its crypto business this last quarter.… Read More
Barclays Is Pitting Blockchains Against Each Other (For a Cause) The bank’s DerivHack event will attempt to suss out which of the major enterprise DLT platforms works best for derivatives life cycle smart contracts.… Read More
Intuit Scores Patent for Processing Bitcoin Payments With Text Messages California-based business and financial software company Intuit has been awarded a patent for processing bitcoin payments via text message.… Read More
Investing in IPOs: Your Questions Answered If I had a dollar for every time someone told me that they wished they bought Apple, Facebook, Google, or Amazon stock when the now billion, and even trillion, dollar companies first went public, I wouldn’t need to fantasize about making it big by playing the stock market, just like them. I’d have enough money […] The post Investing in IPOs: Your Questions Answered appeared first on TechBullion. … Read More
Blockchain for Music Startup Raises $5.5. Million in New Funding Decentralized music-sharing protocol Audius successfully raised $5.5 million as part of its mission to hand back more control to artists.… Read More
ShapeShift Acquires Tool That Quickly Swaps Bitcoin for Other Cryptos Cryptocurrency asset company ShapeShift has acquired blockchain startup Bitfract, the firms announced Wednesday.… Read More
State Street Opens Up About Its Internal Blockchain Debate The global custody bank’s tech and product teams are keen to transform securities lending into a peer-to-peer market, but not all are on board.… Read More
Code as a Weapon: Amir Taaki Wants You to Join the Real Crypto Revolution Infamous developer Amir Taaki believes bitcoin’s potential is exhausted, but he’s not giving up the fight to change the world with cryptocurrency. … Read More