Blockchain Slump? Banks May Be Fatigued But Insurers Are Pumped Giving progress reports on their blockchain projects, bankers come across browbeaten and anxious, while their cousins in insurance sound spritely. … Read More
€2 Million Donation to Fund World Food Programme Blockchain Project Belgium has contributed €2 Million to support U.N. World Food Programme projects, including its blockchain payments pilot for Syrian refugees.… Read More
Walmart Wants to Store Payment Data On a Blockchain A pair of Walmart patent applications discuss encrypting payment information using a blockchain. … 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
250 Corporates Join ICICI Bank Blockchain Test Indian private bank ICICI Bank has on-boarded more than 250 corporate firms to undertake trade finance transactions on blockchain network.… 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