Microsoft and LayerX hope to propagate blockchain technology throughout Japan’s domestic market. The Japanese arm of computer giant Microsoft has partnered with nascent blockchain startup LayerX to “accelerate” uptake of the technology, Cointelegraph Japan reported Nov. 30. LayerX, which formed in August as a joint venture from news curation app Gunosy and advisory service AnyPay, […]
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UK university researchers find that private blockchains with a sufficient level of centralization could comply with recent EU privacy rules. Private blockchains, such as interbanking platforms set to share information on customers, could be compatible with new E.U. privacy rules, according to research published Nov. 6. The study was conducted by Queen Mary University of […]
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Investment bank J.P. Morgan Chase has named three companies whose stock could benefit from their deployments of blockchain technology. Investment bank and financial services firm J.P. Morgan Chase has identified three public companies whose stock it believes will benefit from their applications of blockchain technology, CNBC reported Nov. 8. In a note to clients, J.P. […]
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Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has partnered with two technology institutes to launch a blockchain research lab to examine new applications of the technology. Chinese retail giant JD.com is further gaining a foothold in blockchain technology by launching a research lab for blockchain in partnership with two technology institutes, according to an announcement published Oct. 30. […]
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Alibaba Cloud is expanding its enterprise-level Blockchain-as-a-Service outside China. Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, is enhancing its Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) offering outside China, the company announced in a press release on Oct. 24. Following the roll out of its BaaS platform in China, Alibaba Cloud will expand its enterprise-level […]
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A Chinese consortium led by tech giants Huawei and Tencent claims that its new blockchain network can process over 1000 TPS. The Chinese Financial Blockchain Shenzhen Consortium (FISCO), led by multinational telecommunication company Huawei and tech giant Tencent, will soon present its coinless blockchain FISCO BCOS, as revealed in a press release Tuesday, Oct. 18. […]
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The value of blockchain technology in leading markets has grown rapidly over the past 12 months. Many startups, major conglomerates, supply chain operators, and distributors have attempted to integrate blockchain technology over the past two years, to increase transparency and reduce the power of central entities in data processing. With billions of dollars being invested […]
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Officially confirmed: decentralized internet project TRON and China’s largest internet search provider Baidu will cooperate on cloud computing resources. Decentralized Internet project TRON (TRX) and China‘s largest Internet search provider Baidu will cooperate on cloud computing resources, according to an official tweet from the TRON Foundation posted yesterday, October 17. The tweet confirms a series […]
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The as-yet officially unconfirmed “partnership” between TRON and Chinese search titan Baidu will reportedly center on cloud computing, not blockchain. The unconfirmed “partnership” between decentralized internet project TRON (TRX) and China‘s largest internet search provider Baidu will center on cloud computing resources, not blockchain, according to a report published by ODaily October 15. The report, […]
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The adoption of blockchain technology by tech firms, including Microsoft and Amazon, will become a multi-billion dollar opportunity, according to estimates by the Bank of America. The forecast was based on the assumption that 2 percent of servers (at $5.5K per server) will one day run on blockchain. On this basis, the bank estimates that […]
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