Starbucks Chairman Is Hot on Blockchain, Cold on Bitcoin
Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz said the ubiquitous coffee chain sees the blockchain and digital currencies in its future–but not bitcoin.
Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz said the ubiquitous coffee chain sees the blockchain and digital currencies in its future–but not bitcoin.
Sia Nader's Cryptolux, a cryptocurrency fund-of-funds, aims to take advantage of lessons he drew in the 2008 crash – including the value of humility.
Australia's Brisbane Airport is to roll out digital currency payments within the terminal shopping area.
Mobile stock trading provider Robinhood is now providing bitcoin and ethereum trading alongside the traditional assets it offers.
Blockchain Capital has announced that Jimmy Song, a bitcoin core developer, has joined the blockchain firm as a venture partner.
Digital money platform Uphold has received a $57.5 million investment from former Federal Reserve analyst and Ripple chief risk officer Greg Kidd.
Bart Chilton, the former CFTC commissioner, is now taking his regulatory expertise to decentralized cryptocurrency exchange Omega One.
DNV GL and VeChain are teaming up to develop a blockchain to track arack all shipments.
Listia announced Wednesday it had raised $15 million in an ICO and will launch its decentralized marketplace Ink Protocol next month.
Bermuda is moving toward setting up a blockchain-based system for recording property deeds, its premier said at Davos this week.
Rapper 50 Cent's move to accept bitcoin for his 2014 "Animal Ambition" album has resulted in a multi-million dollar windfall.
VersaBank, based in Canada, is developing a "blockchain-based digital safety deposit box" as part of an effort to tap the tech for new services.
IDT Corporation and Mercury FX announced Wednesday that they would pilot Ripple's XRP token to facilitate real-time, low-cost international transfers.
BlockCypher and a U.S. Energy Department lab are developing solutions allowing energy transactions to be settled across blockchains.
Innovate UK, the United Kingdom's innovation arm, plans to invest more than $26 million in emerging tech projects, including distributed ledgers.
Payments processor Stripe announced it would end support for bitcoin in April, citing rising transaction costs and times as two reasons for the move.
TD Ameritrade said that the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 was a strong one, buoyed in part by interested in stocks related to blockchain.
After decades at a white-shoe law firm, Russell Bruemmer is now advising blockchain startup Applied Philosophy Labs on token sales and governance.
The City of South Burlington in Vermont is partnering with a blockchain startup to pilot a land registry ledger based on the tech.
Louis Dreyfus, a major commodities trading company, has announced that it has piloted a blockchain-based transaction system developed by a group of financial institutions including ING.
China-based crypto exchange Huobi has announced that it will issue its own token based on the ethereum ERC-20 standard.
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The Indian state of Andhra Pradesh announced a partnership with Covalent Fund to kickstart a blockchain ecosystem at its Fintech Valley Vizag.
An effort to connect startups with companies formally recognized by Hyperledger, the measure may accelerate the rate at which new ideas find traction.
Cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin is reportedly moving to launch in South Korea – possibly as soon as next month.
The Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings announced it had invested in blockchain startup Electron to develop an asset management platform.
Intercontinental Exchange announced today that it was partnering with Blockstream to launch a cryptocurrency price data feed.
Ledger, the maker of hardware cryptocurrency wallets, has raised $75 million in Series B funding.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will consider any blockchain use cases that can help solve its problems, its CTO said Tuesday.
South Korea will make a decision on Thursday over its stance on cryptocurrency exchange regulation, according to a report by Reuters.