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Blockchain Bites: Hyperledger Makes Inroads, Bitcoin Gets ‘Harder’ and Buffett’s Not ‘Halving’ It
5.5.2020
Bitcoin's difficulty has increased ahead of the halving event as more retail investors pour in. Warren Buffett has yet to be enticed
IBM Teams With 3 European Power Grids to Build Green Energy Blockchain Platform
5.5.2020
IBM has created a new blockchain consortium with power grid operators TenneT, Swissgrid and Terna to help facilitate the transition to renewable energy
Iran Licenses $7.3 Million Bitcoin Mining Enterprise, Move Aimed at Easing U.S. Sanctions
5.5.2020
Iran has issued a bitcoin mining license to Iminer, a Turkish-based company. Iminer will operate up to 6,000 rigs, with a computing power of 96,000 terahash per second (TH/s) in total. According to media reports, the miner has spent $7.3 million setting up the mining facility, located...
Enterprise Blockchains: Walled Off Yet Vulnerable
3.5.2020
Private enterprise blockchains are prone to insider attacks and don’t benefit from constant testing by an open community, experts at Kaspersky and EY say
Meet Red Date, the Little-Known Tech Firm Behind China’s Big Blockchain Vision
24.4.2020
The de facto architect of China's ambitious national blockchain project reveals his game plan for making the technology cheap and easy for businesses
Leveraging Hyperledger Fabric — Enterprise Blockchain Unleashes Viable Solutions
20.4.2020
Hyperledger Fabric’s blockchain network is being used by major companies to bring trust to traditionally nontransparent markets
Russian Ministry Adds Waves Enterprise Blockchain Platform to Official Registry
15.4.2020
Waves Enterprise earned its place in the Russian Ministry of Communications’ Unified Register of Russian Software for Computers and Databases
Blockchains Still Lack Interoperability for Enterprise Use, WEF Says
10.4.2020
Blockchain solutions still largely lack interoperability for enterprise use, according to the World Economic Forum
Homeowners Can’t Pay: US Lenders Prepare for Catastrophic Real Estate Market
3.4.2020
The coronavirus has managed to seep into every facet of the global economy and it seems nothing will escape its financial wrath. During the last two weeks as unemployment levels have skyrocketed in the U.S.; analysts, economists, and wealth managers have been warning about another subprime mortgage...
Ex-State Street Blockchain Team Drops DLT From New Data-Privacy Startup
31.3.2020
Data privacy startup Manetu goes live early next month with $3.5 million in backing from Castle Island Ventures and others
Luxury Watchmaker Breitling Adds Its First Timepieces to a Blockchain
29.3.2020
In a rare example of real-world business deployment, Breitling is registering watches on a blockchain to track their provenance from owner to owner
Plastics Recycling Looks Promising to Enterprise Blockchain Startups
27.3.2020
New recycling technologies and mandates have blockchains playing a role: measuring action and demonstrating it to the public
Waves Claims 70x Increase in Smart Contract Speed Amid Enterprise Upgrades
17.3.2020
The upgrade will allow entities across platforms that use Waves’ technology to copy data across multiple blockchains
7 of the World’s Largest Blockchain-as-a-Service Enterprises
10.3.2020
You’ve heard of Software as a Service (Saas), the means by which businesses subscribe to and access cloud-based software. Blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) is its distributed ledger equivalent. It describes the process by which a third party installs, hosts and maintains blockchain networks...
Old Rivals Oracle and IBM Want Their Blockchains to Talk to Each Other
9.3.2020
IBM and Oracle are working on an interoperability project that could unite the business consortia on the companies' respective blockchain platforms
EY, Microsoft and ConsenSys Launch Enterprise Platform on Ethereum Mainnet
5.3.2020
The Baseline protocol has seen an invite-only launch among select entities, and will be released publicly this month
Microsoft, EY and ConsenSys Tout New Way for Big Biz to Use Public Ethereum
4.3.2020
A trio of heavy-hitters has come up with a new way of using the ethereum mainnet to connect firms’ internal systems for resource planning
Hyperledger Conference Shows Where Blockchain Can Fight Global Warming
4.3.2020
Social impact took center stage at this year's Hyperledger Global Forum, with perhaps less of an emphasis on banking consortia and trade finance blockchains
Why Enterprise Blockchains Fail: No Economic Incentives
2.3.2020
In developing blockchain projects, companies often lack an understanding of the economics of networks, and the path to creating long-term monetization
Here’s How Aergo is Transforming Enterprise Blockchain Segment
9.2.2020
The dominance of a centralized financial system is very well challenged by the emergence of blockchain technology. The open ledger has attracted the attention of many, thanks to its high safety and immutability characteristics. That said the evolving nature of blockchain had taken a negative toll...