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Microsoft and Ethereum Foundation Swell the Hyperledger Ranks Amid Growing Cross-Industry Blockchain Collaboration

June 23, 2019cashtechnews

Microsoft, the Ethereum Foundation and Salesforce join Hyperledger as new members, seeking to create open-source enterprise blockchain solutions. United States tech giant Microsoft and the Ethereum Foundation are among the latest companies to join the ranks of the Hyperledger greenhouse hosted by the Linux Foundation. Many notable names in the tech and wider business fields […]

Conglomerates’ Deep Pockets Continue Blockchain Growth in South Korea Despite Crypto Ban

June 13, 2019cashtechnews

A tough crypto regulatory stance has not discouraged Korea’s largest companies from investing in blockchain. Unlike in other countries, where startups are at the heart of blockchain development, the South Korean blockchain landscape has “chaebols,” large, family-owned business conglomerates in Korea, at its heart. Just about every month, reports and announcements of large South Korean […]

Legal & General Partners With Amazon to Use Blockchain for Pension Deals

June 11, 2019cashtechnews

Amazon partners with insurance agency Legal & General to make a bulk annuities transactions using blockchain technology Online retail giant Amazon has partnered with United Kingdom-based insurance agency Legal & General to create a blockchain system for managing corporate pension deals, according to a report by Reuters on June 11. Legal & General will reportedly […]

Report: Chinese E-Commerce Giant JD.com Has Applied for Over 200 Blockchain Patents

May 21, 2019cashtechnews

The Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has reportedly applied for over 200 patents. Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has applied for over 200 blockchain patents, according to a report by Securities Daily News on May 20. The report also notes that major e-commerce competitor Alibaba has applied for 262 blockchain patents, and Chinese internet titans Tencent and […]

Bitcoins for Frappuccino: Will Starbucks’ Crypto Endeavours Pave the Way for Mainstream Adoption?

May 12, 2019cashtechnews

A deeper look into Starbucks’ crypto plans. The United States coffeehouse chain Starbucks is one of the most mainstream companies to look into crypto, and its intentions have finally been confirmed this week: The company has teamed up with Microsoft to track its beans with a blockchain. Moreover, reports say that the coffee giant might […]

Hodler’s Digest, May 6–12: Top Stories, Price Movements, Quotes and FUD of the Week

May 12, 2019cashtechnews

Fidelity may soon offer crypto trading, Facebook Coin may be launched in Q3 2019, and more. Top Stories This Week Hackers Withdraw 7,000 Bitcoins in Binance Crypto Exchange Security Breach Binance, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges by daily trade volume, experienced a security breach this week, losing a little over 7,000 bitcoins (BTC). CEO […]

JPMorgan Overhauls Quroum’s Privacy Architecture With Help From Microsoft

May 9, 2019cashtechnews

United States megabank JPMorgan Chase has reportedly rehauled the privacy layer of its blockchain platform Quorum. JPMorgan Chase (JPM) — the United States’ largest bank with over $2.62 trillion in assets — has reportedly rehauled the infrastructure of its blockchain platform Quorum with the help of Microsoft. The development was reported by crypto media outlet […]

Microsoft Releases New Azure Blockchain Development Kit for Ethereum Blockchain

May 7, 2019cashtechnews

Microsoft’s development kit is designed to aid developers using the newly-released Azure Blockchain Service. Microsoft has released the new Azure Blockchain Development Kit for the Ethereum blockchain, according to an announcement from Microsoft Azure blog Build Azure on May 6. The new offering is reportedly an extension to Microsoft’s source-code editor Visual Studio Code, and […]

Starbucks Working With Microsoft for Blockchain-Based Coffee Tracking Platform

May 6, 2019cashtechnews

U.S.-based coffee chain Starbucks is working with tech giant Microsoft on its blockchain-based coffee tracking initiative. United States-based coffee chain Starbucks will implement tech giant Microsoft’s Azure Blockchain Service to track coffee production, tech news site GeekWire reports on May 6. Starbucks first announced its “bean to cup” initiative in 2018, stating that it would […]

Microsoft Releases Blockchain Manager App

May 2, 2019cashtechnews

Microsoft has released its fully managed Azure Blockchain Service. Microsoft announced its fully managed Azure Blockchain Service in a press release on May 2. The new blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) platform will purportedly allow users to build blockchain applications on preconfigured network. According to Microsoft’s head of corporate communications, Frank Shaw, this service “simplifies the formation, management, […]

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Conglomerates’ Deep Pockets Continue Blockchain Growth in South Korea Despite Crypto Ban

Legal & General Partners With Amazon to Use Blockchain for Pension Deals

Report: Chinese E-Commerce Giant JD.com Has Applied for Over 200 Blockchain Patents

Bitcoins for Frappuccino: Will Starbucks’ Crypto Endeavours Pave the Way for Mainstream Adoption?

Microsoft Releases New Azure Blockchain Development Kit for Ethereum Blockchain

Starbucks Working With Microsoft for Blockchain-Based Coffee Tracking Platform

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