Walmart has revealed that it is piloting the first use of blockchain to track shrimp supply chains. The retail giant, working with IBM, will track shrimp sourced in Andhra Pradesh and shipped to select Sam’s Club locations in the U.S. Shrimp is India’s largest agricultural...
Andreessen Horowitz announced that it is launching its own crypto startup school “to encourage more tech entrepreneurs to start crypto projects and help crypto-curious builders navigate the idea maze.” Chris Dixon, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, told The Block that the school will boast free...
While Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Patrick Harker believes it’s “inevitable” that central banks will eventually issue digital currencies, he warned that the United States shouldn’t be first in line. Because of the dollar’s role as the world’s reserve currency, Harker said he doesn’t “think...
The co-founder of a cryptocurrency hash power broker has been arrested in Germany over charges in the United States that he is one of several hackers who stole millions of dollars. Hard Fork reported that Matjaz Skorjanc, the co-founder of NiceHash, was reportedly taken into...
Believe it or not, bitcoin is no longer the most used cryptocurrency, with data from CoinMarketCap.com revealing that the token with the highest daily and monthly trading volume is Tether. While its market capitalization is more than 30 times smaller than bitcoin, Tether’s volume has...
Criminals have stolen around $6.4 million from Fusion Protocol, a blockchain-powered platform for exchanging “stablecoins.” “Today, September 28th, 2019, the Fusion swap wallet was compromised, resulting in theft of 10 million native FSN and 3.5 million ERC20 FSN tokens. Investigations so far show that this...
A new malware is able to replace wallet addresses as they are typed. The malware — called Masad Stealer — can steal PC and system information, credit card browser data, browser passwords, installed software and processes, desktop files, screenshot of desktop, browser cookies, steam files,...
Alipay’s Ant Financial announced that it has partnered with Bayer Crop Science to develop blockchain solutions in the food and crops industry. The companies will work together to bring the technology’s transparency and traceability to food safety and agricultural supply chains. In addition, Ant Financial...
Automaker Daimler has completed its first transaction on the blockchain-based Marco Polo network. The firm used the network to process the data required to exchange payments with engineering firm and parts builder Dürr, according to CoinDesk. German bank Landesbank Baden-Württemberg was also involved in the...
