In hiring, here’s the eternal conundrum…how to make sure someone has the experience under their belt that they claim. Blockchain and smart contracts can help companies and employees find one another through verified work histories, says Vertalo CEO David Hendricks – and can even help...
Bitcoin fell below the $8,000 level on Tuesday (March 27), CCN reported – and the cryptocurrency market as a whole could fall below a market cap of $300 million. Bitcoin was trading at $7,770.44 as of 10:41 p.m., according to CoinDesk. In hedge fund news,...
The Secretary of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts has stopped five firms from conducting initial coin offerings (ICOs) for cryptocurrencies in the state. According to Reuters, William Galvin, Massachusetts’ top securities regulator, has ordered the firms to stop the sale of the “unregistered securities.” The five...
Bitcoin tumbled approximately 7 percent on Monday (March 26) below the $8,000 level, CNBC reported. The fall came amid weeks of regulatory scrutiny and tightening of advertising policies by tech companies such as Facebook and Google. And Twitter’s announcement that it would institute a ban...
New data shows that China filed the most blockchain patent applications in 2017. According to the Financial Times, data from the World Intellectual Property Organization database showed that more than half of the 406 blockchain patent applications filed last year were from China. And of the...
There are reports that Reddit will no longer allow its users to pay for their premium membership program, Reddit Gold, with bitcoin. According to Coin Telegraph, an “upcoming Coinbase change” was cited in a March 23 Reddit post as the reason for the site’s reversal. And...
Bitcoin fell below the $9,000 mark on Thursday (March 22), CNBC reported. The drop came as news surfaced that Japanese regulators were scrutinizing cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin was trading at $8,505.18 as of 4:24 a.m., according to CoinDesk. And Chinese eCommerce retailer JD.com plans to roll out...
JPMorgan Chase could spin off its main blockchain project, Quorum, after deciding the efforts would be better off in the home of an independent business. The Financial Times, citing people familiar with the situation, reported that Quorum — JPMorgan’s version of blockchain, aimed at making operations...
Chinese eCommerce giant JD.com – one of Alibaba’s chief rivals – just released a white paper detailing its plans for a new blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) platform. According to CoinDesk, the service will provide blockchain tools for developing apps in a variety of areas, including supply chain...
