Blockchain

Last June, at a swanky, strobe-lit event in Washington, DC, Brendan Blumer, the 33-year-old CEO of a blockchain company called Block.one, unveiled a new product with Steve Jobs-like theatrics: a social network called Voice. A year earlier, Blumer’s company had raised $4 billion selling a crypto token called EOS. It…

The increasing regulatory burden on public companies is causing deleterious effects. Corporate finance has become more of an art than a reporting of objective facts, and the cost of navigating the SEC's and FASB's rulings has become prohibitive, except for multibillion-revenue companies. Instead of putting capital and manpower to use…

A mobile voting app being used in West Virginia and other states has elementary security flaws that would allow someone to see and intercept votes as they’re transmitted from mobile phones to the voting company’s server, new research reveals. An attacker would also be able to alter the user’s vote…

2020 is the year that enterprise blockchain moves from the Trenches of Deployment and into the mainstream. Which means that, finally, its time to talk about interoperability It's now time to talk about blockchain interoperability Getty If youre not fightin… Read More

FC Barcelona have launced an exclusive blockchain partnership with Chiliz FC Barcelona and Chiliz FC Barcelona have announced a new partnership deal with blockchain sports and entertainment fan engagement platform Chiliz. The news comes just a week after the club’s new digital vision was launched, and it is hoped that…

Everledger founder and CEO Leanne Kemp is now using blockchain to track 900,000 karats of diamonds. Everledger / Hannah Photography With the price of bitcoin more than doubling from $3,400 to $10,000 since last year’s Fintech 50 list, it’s perhaps no surprise to see some of the largest, and most…

Blockchain, Distributed ledger technology, Bitcoin Getty At a time when venture capitalists are shying away from blockchain startups, Paystand, the payments fintech is bucking the trend.  It just closed a $20 million Series B round of funding, bri… Read More

Here's how "moonshot thinking" can transform entrepreneurship - and three areas it could benefit the most. Grow Your Business, Not Your Inbox Stay informed and join our daily newsletter now! Will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy Image credit: Heritage Images | Getty Images Mark Minevich Guest Writer…

Many African startups continue to struggle to raise early-stage capital. That's partly because there ... aren't many clear exit opportunities for angel investors, who typically provide early-stage funds. Blockchain-powered funding can provide exit opportunities. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images) Getty Images African startups raised a record $1.34 billion in venture…

There’s an old adage: "Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door." The point is well taken: The market rewards quality. But what if your product is more complicated than a mousetrap? What if it's a groundbreaking new pharmaceutical treatment? Or what if your…