The 4-month MOBI Grand Challenge kicks off on October 12, with prizes in the form of tokens donated by Ocean Protocol and Beyond Protocol.
Blockchain Finance Startup Clearmatics Raises $12 Million in New Funding
Blockchain finance firm Clearmatics has closed a $12-million Series A funding round led by Route 66 Ventures.
IBM’s Food Blockchain Is Going Live With a Supermarket Giant on Board
IBM is taking its food-tracking blockchain into production and has already signed up European supermarket giant Carrefour.
Two of Blockchain’s Biggest Consortiums Just Joined Forces
The Hyperledger Project and the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) have agreed to collaborate on bringing common standards to the blockchain space.
Sierra Leone to Develop Blockchain-Based ID Platform With UN Partnership
Two UN entities are working with a tech startup to provide Sierra Leone a blockchain-based credit and identity platform for banking services.
Chinese Search Giant Baidu Shares Details of Upcoming Blockchain
Chinese search engine Baidu has published a new white paper outlining its upcoming XuperChain network.
How I Lost My Faith in Private Blockchains
It remains to be proven if permissioned blockchains provide a real business benefit at all. Take it from one who used to advise banks on them.
R3’s Hearn and Brown Say Enterprise Blockchain’s Day of Reckoning Is Here
Bitcoin apostate Mike Hearn and his R3 colleague Richard Gendal Brown view the enterprise blockchain game as, if not quite zero-sum, something close.
EOS Block Producers Move to Cut Costs for Users
Creating a new account on EOS is now easier after 15 block producers approved a protocol change making it cheaper and providing free RAM.
IBM Makes Another Blockchain Identity Play With Health Data App
IBM is working with Hu-manity.co, whose Android and IOS mobile app gives users a title of ownership, akin to a property deed, for their personal data.
How to Make Public Blockchains Safe for Enterprise Use
In order to make public networks secure enough for enterprise use, two key things must happen, says EY’s Paul Brody.
Microsoft Is Slowly (But Surely) Connecting Blockchain to Main Products
The software giant’s Azure cloud division is building bridges between its blockchain services and other, widely used infrastructure and platforms.
Former Ripple CTO’s Blockchain Project Coil Enters Closed Beta
The new company, which incorporates the Interledger and Codius technologies Thomas helped develop at Ripple, is now available to try out.
Hong Kong to Expedite Immigration for Blockchain Job Seekers
Hong Kong is seeking to attract talents with specialities in innovative technology such as blockchain via a special immigration policy.
As Central Banks Go Digital, Crypto Competition Looms
The race is on to build the best “stablecoin” – a cryptocurrency with mechanisms aimed to reduce price volatility built in.
Russia’s Largest Airline Tests Blockchain in Bid to Track Fuel Payments
Russia’s S7 Airline tested a blockchain application to settle payments and paperworks via a distributed network during an aircraft’s refueling process
Where Roads Can’t Reach, Blockchain Drones Just Might Travel
A team of Russian engineers and entrepreneurs wants to link heavy-duty delivery drones using blockchain.
94 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.
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.
State Street Insiders Split Over Key Blockchain Use Case
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.