Rachel Wolfson
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Circle Paves The Way For International Crypto Offerings, Becoming First Major Exchange To Receive Bermuda Business License
The Bermuda government has provided Circle with a “Class F” license under their Digital Assets Business Act of 2018 (DABA), making Circle the first major cryptocurrency exchange and wallet service ever to receive such a permit. → Read More
Merck and Walmart Will Track Prescription Drugs On IBM Blockchain In FDA Pilot
IBM, KPMG, Merck and Walmart have been selected by the United States Food and Drug Administration to be included in a pilot project in support of the U.S. Drug Supply Chain Security Act to identify, track and trace prescription medicines and vaccines distributed within the United States. → Read More
Cardano Founder Partners With Polymath To Build A Compliant Securities Blockchain
Polymath has announced today at Consensus 2019 that they will build “Polymesh,” the world’s first security token blockchain. Charles Hoskinson, co-founder of Ethereum and Founder of Cardano, will collaborate with Polymath. → Read More
IBM Establishes 5 Blockchain Principles To Drive Enterprise Adoption And Benefit Society
IBM has established a set of 5 “blockchain for good principles,” demonstrating how trusted and transparent enterprise blockchains can benefit organizations and society as a whole. → Read More
Pfizer And Others Join Working Group To Use Blockchain Protocol For Supply Chain Management
Pfizer Inc., McKesson Corporation, AmerisourceBergen Corporation, and Premier Inc. have all joined the MediLedger Project Contracting and Chargebacks working group that is using blockchain technology to dramatically improve the complex process of chargebacks. → Read More
Cardano Founder Launches Enterprise Blockchain Framework In Collaboration With Ethiopian Government
IOHK CEO and Founder of Cardano, Charles Hoskinson, announced the launch of an enterprise blockchain framework called Atala that aims to provide financial services to billions of people living in African countries. → Read More
Former White House Deputy Chief Raises $3.7 Million For Enterprise Blockchain
Offchain Labs announced it has raised a $3.7 million USD Seed Round led by Pantera Capital. The funding will be used to grow the team of developers to build Arbitrum, which will enable enterprise blockchain adoption through scalable smart contracts. → Read More
Wikipedia Co-Founder and Others Debate Blockchain Technology and Data Ownership at SXSW
Wikipedia Co-Founder and other thought leaders discuss how blockchain technology is being used to ensure data ownership and privacy at SXSW 2019. → Read More
IBM Launches A Blockchain Based Global Payments Network Using Stellar's Cryptocurrency
IBM's Blockchain World Wire network is officially accessible in a growing number of markets and will help financial institutions improve the services they deliver to their consumers by optimizing and accelerating foreign exchange, cross border payments and remittances. → Read More
Balance For Better: Recognizing Women Shaping The Blockchain Landscape
The 2019 campaign theme for International Women’s Day is “BalanceForBetter." Recognizing women shaping the blockchain landscape is helping drive gender balance in male dominated industries. → Read More
Stablecoins Could Unleash Wall Street Adoption Of Blockchain Technology
Fluidity Factora has released a real estate token called FACTOR-805, which will allow investors the option to both make payments and receive interest in Dai, the digital asset-backed stablecoin from MakerDAO, which has maintained a soft peg to the U.S. Dollar since it was created in 2017. → Read More
Ripple Adds 11 New University Blockchain Research Initiative Partners To Fund Research And Education
Ripple is helping lead development for blockchain-focused academia and research through its University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI). The company just announced that 11 new universities are joining the UBRI program. → Read More
Blockchain Technologists And Finance Veterans Collaborate To Bring Blockchain To Capital Markets
Propellr and Fluidity have created “Fluidity Factora,” an out-of-stealth company that takes complex financial assets, breaks them down into their basic factors, and encodes them to a blockchain. The company is unique because it was built by finance and blockchain technology professionals. → Read More
Cryptocurrency Tools Aimed At Millennial Investors Are Gaining Traction
As more millennials show interesting in investing in cryptocurrency, new tools are being launched to help young investors make informed decisions. → Read More
Artist VESA Explains How Blockchain Technology Inspires His Crypto-Themed Artwork
While blockchain is best known as a distributed ledger technology (DLT), its impact on the billion-dollar art market was evident during the recent Art Basel Miami Beach event, which showcased nearly… → Read More
Software Technology Company Raises $16M To Bring Blockchain To The Pharmaceutical Industry
Despite the currency cryptocurrency bear market, Chronicled, Inc. announced today that it has raised $16 Million in Series A funding to bring blockchain technology to the pharmaceutical industry. → Read More
Blockchain And Crypto Leaders Share Their 2019 Industry Predictions
As we approach 2019, find out what blockchain and crypto influencers like Tim Draper and Changpeng Zhao (CZ) are predicting for the industry over the next 12 months. → Read More
Medici Ventures Completes $3.6 Million Securities Token Transfer Using The Ravencoin Blockchain
Medici Ventures conducted a digital securities token transfer representing its equity ownership in Chainstone Labs. The Chainstone digital security token is one of the first equity tokens issued using a public blockchain and is one of the first major security tokens issued on the Ravencoin network. → Read More
Tracing Illegal Activity Through The Bitcoin Blockchain To Combat Cryptocurrency-Related Crimes
A growing number of Bitcoin transactions are associated with illicit activity. Companies focused on combating cryptocurrency related crimes can pinpoint accounts that appear to belong to the same Bitcoin wallet using a process known as “clustering.” → Read More
Why Centralized Cryptocurrency Exchanges Make Terrible Custodians For Crypto Assets
Some of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world also act as custody holders. Yet due to a lack of regulations, security and conflicts of interest, centralized cryptocurrency exchanges make terrible custody holders. → Read More