Tobacco giant Philip Morris is working on a “public blockchain,” an executive said, though not quite in the commonly understood sense.
Global Auditor EY Unveils Ambitious Bid to Bring Businesses to Ethereum
Big Four auditor EY is rolling out free software designed to help companies use the public ethereum blockchain.
ConsenSys Spin-Off BlockApps Inks Deal With Bayer’s Monsanto Arm
BlockApps is working with Bayer Crop Science, the agtech giant formerly known as Monsanto, on custom blockchain solutions.
RIP ICOs: 2019 Will Be the Year of Enterprise Blockchain Tokens
In 2019, tokens will invade the enterprise in full force and the line between public and private networks will start to disappear, writes ConsenSys’ Ajit Tripathi.
Ping An’s New Pitch for Blockchain: Shared Ledger, But Banks Keep Clients
Ping An, the Chinese insurance giant that built the eTradeFinance blockchain, is modifying the platform to give its 12 participating banks more control over customer relationships.
Why Blockchains Struggle to Gain Traction in Enterprises
Existing systems work well enough and are scary to replace, so the path to blockchain adoption will be one problem at a time, says EY’s Paul Brody.
Qtum Blockchain Becomes Amazon Web Services Partner in China
Amazon Web Services’ China unit is partnering with blockchain project Qtum to develop blockchain-as-a-service solutions for enterprises.
RBS Blockchain Team Jumps Ship to Build New Startups Using R3’s Corda
A blockchain team from Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has left to start a “venture studio” called Chorum from which full-blown startups an be spun out.
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.
The Big Legal Issue Blockchain Developers Rarely Discuss
If blockchain projects seek adoption by enterprises, their open-source license will have a material impact on the rate of adoption, say legal experts.
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.
Why Blockchain Is Becoming the ‘New Normal’ In Enterprise
Markets are decentralized, so they need decentralized software. After years of discussion and planning, blockchain is delivering, writes R3’s CTO.
UK Food Watchdog Trials Blockchain for Meat Inspection
The U.K.’s food watchdog announced its success in a pilot project tracking and monitoring data about meat on the blockchain.
Not Sold On Blockchains for Business? Just You Wait
The seemingly banal enterprise applications for blockchain we’re seeing, like food traceability, are actually a big deal and worth celebrating.
Manufacturing and Blockchain: Prime Time Is Yet to Come
By deferring questions of trust to a decentralized algorithm, blockchains promise to boost transparency and allow more fluid, dynamic supply chains.
Axoni, Clearmatics Claim Milestone for Blockchain Interoperability
In a first for interoperability, Axoni and Clearmatics have shown how a derivative contract written on one blockchain can be settled on another.
AWS Partners with ConsenSys to Simplify Enterprise Blockchains
Cloud computing giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) is partnering with ethereum startup ConsenSys to make enterprise blockchains easier to deploy.
Banking Giant ING Is Quietly Becoming a Serious Blockchain Innovator
Dutch bank ING, which made a splash last year with a modification to zero-knowledge proofs, is adding another innovative wrinkle to privacy in DLT.
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.