Blockchain

Yves here. We’ve long regarded blockchain as a technology looking for a use, and haven’t seen money as a great fit. This paper examines one purported fix for computational limits and finds them wanting. By Joshua Gans, Professor of Strategic Management and Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair of Technical Innovation and…

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Downtown Chicago Getty We’re already one month into 2020 and it’s clear that this will be an exciting year for the enterprise blockchain space. Compared to previous years, the number of upgrades and advancements in the major protocols is unparalleled. This is no surprise, as it comes at a time…

Artists now sell 'digital art' securely through blockchain. Getty Art meccas around the world from Paris to New York City have attracted collectors of art for years, seeking to purchase sought after pieces from creative artists producing valued work in limited numbers. Supply and demand has always been prevalent in…

The card network's gross domestic volume (GDV) grew 12% year-over-year (YoY) to surpass $1.7 trillion in the quarter, according to an earnings release. Business Insider Intelligence This represents a slight deceleration annually and sequentially, as Masterc…

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Spotted: Global blockchain giant Bitfury plans to go carbon neutral in Kazakhstan by planting at least 20 hectares of trees. The agreement is part of an effort by Kazakhstan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 15 per cent.   Kazakhstan has a reported 29 mi…

LuxuryRebag helps users determine the value of resale handbags with a new indexLuxury resale platform Rebag created an index to appraise the resale value of handbags. The tool, called Clair (for Comprehensive Luxury Appraisal Index for Resale), standardizes o…

First Ever Local-to-Local Marketplace DRIEBERGEN-RIJSENBURG/UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS / ZEXPRWIRE / January 22, 2020 / 2local, an eco-conscious fintech company from the Netherlands, is about to present an innovative Blockchain-2.0 powered platform of the same name, 2local, which is tapping into banking without inflation and with value creation to encourage sustainability and…

A new report analyzing the developer community of enterprise blockchain protocols was released, last week, by Singapore based Chainstack, a managed blockchain services company.Total activity per protocol over time across the six major open-source enterprise p…