Blockchain

Special thanks to Justin Drake and Jinglan Wang for feedback In 2014, I made a post and a presentation with a list of hard problems in math, computer science and economics that I thought were important for the cryptocurrency space (as I then called it) to be…

The fintech world is big, and funding is flooding into startups like robo-advisors, neobanks, and alternative lenders.  In the third quarter this year, total fintech funding topped $8.9 billion, a record when adjusted for Alibaba's fintech Ant Financial's $1…

November 21, 2019 4 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Financial technology (fintech), for all of its faults, helps us get more things done more efficiently. Artificial Intelligence (AI) takes it even further, allowing…

Halsey Minor, founder of Cnet, has a new startup called Live Planet that hopes to use decentralized technology to disrupt pay-per-view programming in the U.S. The Los Angeles-based company is announcing today that it has a partnership with InDemand, a big tr…

Newsbrief: Mythical Games, the blockchain-based game studio established last year by a group of former Activision devs, has raised $19 million in venture funding.  The company specializes in creating digital ecosystems around player-owned economies, and want…

Blockchain startup Bison Trails, a founding member of Libra Association, raises $25.5M Series A led by Blockchain Capital with Coinbase, Consensys participating (Robert Stevens/Decrypt)

The Royal Bank of Canada has quashed rumors that its creating a cryptocurrency exchange or platform Last week, a local Canadian news outlet The Logic reported that The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) was exploring a cryptocurrency trading platform that would let …

Cryptoassets can be treated as tradeable property and smart contracts are enforceable agreements under English law. Thats according to the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce of the Lawtech Deliver Panel, which today published a 46-page legal statement stating: Crypt…

Walmart-owned Flipkart introduced around 100 robots in one of its delivery hubs in Bengaluru this year to help sort packages and streamline its supply chain. And this is just the beginning of the journey into the future for one of Indias largest e-commerce p…

Will Auto Giants Really Stop Competing To Gain Blockchain Benefits? | Under 30 Summit 201925:05Will Auto Giants Really Stop Competing To Gain Blockchain Benefits? | Under 30 Summit 2019 Video Duration Is 25:05 The largest auto manufacturers in the world are …