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DappRadar raises $2.3 million in seed round for decentralised app directory
DappRadar, a Lithuanian firm that lists the most popular decentralised applications (dapps), recently secured $2.3 million (£1.89m) in a seed funding round led by South African multinational media and...
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Warner Music joins investment round in Dapper Labs – reports
Warner Music Group has joined an $11 million (£9m) investment round in Canadian blockchain specialist Dapper Labs, known for developing viral blockchain game CryptoKitties, according to reports. As...
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Hedera Hashgraph opens up its mainnet as decentralised applications go live
Hedera Hashgraph has announced open access to its mainnet beta and is allowing developers to build decentralised applications (dapps) on its platform. Being a public launch, any private citizen can...
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How blockchain could be used for traceability: Watermarking data in time,...
Opinion Blockchain has been one of the most widely discussed technologies in recent years, since its first application acting as a platform for the transaction of Bitcoin. Since then, the...
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Report paints optimistic picture for Canadian blockchain ecosystem
A report from Canada’s Chamber of Digital Commerce has shed a largely positive light on the country’s fledgling blockchain ecosystem, albeit with warnings over scalability. The paper, the first in a...
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Blockchain Education Alliance launches with Tron, Stellar and Hedera on board
MouseBelt is aiming to play a big role to promote blockchain – not by advertising about the technology, but by making it part of university curriculum. The blockchain accelerator and startup studio...
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Commercializing Blockchain book extract: Exploring enterprise blockchain and...
Enterprise blockchain is needed for the same reason as public blockchain – the world of trust has changed and we live in a ‘trustless’ World. Enterprise organizations are complex and global – they...
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TRON integrates with Samsung Blockchain Keystore
The TRON blockchain has been successfully added into the Samsung Blockchain Keystore, the companies have announced. TRON’s integration into the updated Keystore SDK allows developers to build...
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Analysing China’s about turn on blockchain – and what could come next
The past week has seen various significant developments in terms of how blockchain technologies will be perceived and developed in China. On October 25, it was reported that Chinese President Xi...
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æternity collaborates with Microsoft to support blockchain startups in Malta
æternity has collaborated with Microsoft Innovation Center (MIC) to support the growth of blockchain technology in Malta. For this purpose, æternity’s investment arm, AE Ventures, and Microsoft will...
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IBM and VetBloom to form veterinary group focused on blockchain-based...
IBM and VetBloom, a provider of online veterinary courses and continuing education, are joining hands to establish a group focused on the application of blockchain for learning credentials in the...
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Nestlé and Carrefour use blockchain for infant nutrition range
Nestlé and Carrefour have collaborated on a blockchain project wherein the technology is being applied to infant nutrition to improve customer buying experience in terms of transparency and product...
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Hahn Air claims first real-world airline ticket delivered through blockchain
Germany’s Hahn Air recently used the open-source travel distribution platform Winding Tree to issue the world’s first airline ticket powered by the blockchain technology, the company announced. Hahn...
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Buterin and Cohen Twitter feud: Exploring blockchain scalability, sharding,...
Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum, argued in a recent blog post that the scalability problem in blockchain was being tackled ‘great’ in theory amid a need for more real-world testing. Yet many...
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Cisco and IBM win new blockchain patents around 5G networks and package theft
Cisco has won a new patent detailing how the company could leverage blockchain to secure data in 5G telecommunication networks. As per a November 26 filing from the US Patent and Trademark Office...
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WEF: Blockchain can achieve social impact in 2020 – but only with greater...
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has argued that blockchain can make a breakthrough in 2020 and achieve social impact – but only once the ‘resignation’ around governance turns into recognition. The...
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Juventus and Fiorentina move ahead with blockchain for fan engagement and...
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks – but it seems you can with the Old Lady. Juventus, alongside Fiorentina, are two leading Italian football clubs who have announced the launch of blockchain...
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Sacramento Kings to auction and verify memorabilia through Consensys-powered...
The Sacramento Kings have partnered with ConsenSys to introduce a new auction platform that allows users to bid live on in-game sports gear through the latter’s supply chain product Treum. Each...
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Lancashire Cricket launches blockchain-secure ticketing
Lancashire County Cricket Club has claimed to become the first organisation in the UK to have activated blockchain secure mobile tickets for all types of domestic and international matches at the...
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Blockchain technologies and media: How to rebuild trust in a landscape of...
If the one main cause of social media and Internet-based technologies is a democratisation of the court of opinion, then the erosion of trust is its effect. An accidental effect? You be the judge....
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