Overstock’s Medici Ventures Invests in Blockchain Platform to Fight Wine Counterfeits

Overstock’s investment subsidiary Medici Ventures has funded a blockchain project aimed at fighting wine counterfeit. Overstock.com’s venture capital subsidiary Medici Ventures has invested in Israeli-based technology company VinX to develop a blockchain-powered wine futures platform, according to a press release published October 4. The exact amount of the investment was not disclosed. Per the announcement, […]

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Alibaba Files Patent for Blockchain System That Allows ‘Administrative Intervention’

A new patent filed by Alibaba seeks to develop a blockchain system that enables authorized parties to intervene in a smart contract. Chinese e-commerce conglomerate Alibaba has filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a blockchain-based system that allows a third-party administrator to intervene in a smart contract in […]

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BlackBerry Introduces Blockchain-Backed Platform Focused on Healthcare Services

Former smartphone manufacturer BlackBerry has released a new blockchain platform designed to store and share medical data. As part of its pivot into security and computing, software company and former smartphone manufacturer BlackBerry has released a blockchain-powered platform. The new product  focuses on the healthcare field, according to a press release published Oct. 4. Per […]

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Today’s CMO must tackle these 3 challenges

Pedowitz Group’s Chief Strategy Officer Debbie Qaqish presenting at the MarTech Conference in Boston. “Today’s CMO lives in a tech-infused world,” says Debbie Qaqish, the chief strategy officer for the Pedowitz Group. As a veteran marketing operations expert and author of “The Rise of the Revenue Marketer,” Qaqish believes the three primary challenges facing CMOs […]

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SkySparc Enhances Treasury Data Analytics

SkySparc is enhancing its data analytics solution designed for bank and corporate treasury and finance functions, according to a press release issued Thursday (Oct. 4). OmniFi, the data management and analytics solution developed by SkySparc, has been upgraded to heighten automated data exchange capabilities, with the solution able to move data regardless of its format, […]

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