Overstock’s VC Arm Puts $2M Into Blockchain-Based ID Systems Startup

Overstock’s Medici Ventures invests $2 million into Salt Lake City-based Evernym, a startup developing blockchain-based self-sovereign identity networks. Overstock’s venture capital arm Medici Ventures has made a $2 million investment into Salt Lake City-based Evernym, a startup that develops blockchain-based self-sovereign identity networks. Per a Sept. 26 press release, Medici invested $2 million into Evernym […]

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Consensys-Backed Identity Platform Partners With PwC

Consensys-backed digital identity platform uPort has partnered with Onfido and Big Four auditing firm PwC. ConsenSys-backed identity management protocol uPort has entered a partnership with Onfido and PwC to develop blockchain-based identity management in the financial services sector in the United Kingdom.  In a Sept. 23 announcement, Ethereum-based digital identity platform uPort said that it […]

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Joe Lubin: Only Conceptions of Bitcoin and Ethereum Were ‘Immaculate’

Ethereum co-founder and ConsenSys CEO Joe Lubin has characterized both Bitcoin and Ethereum’s conceptions as being “immaculate.” Ethereum (ETH) co-founder and ConsenSys CEO Joe Lubin has characterized both Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum’s conceptions as being “immaculate.”  Lubin made his remark during a panel with Vitalik Buterin and Yoni Assia at the Ethereal Summit Tel Aviv […]

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ETH Privacy Startup Aztec ‘Ignites’ Its SNARKs Generation Ceremony

Ethereum privacy startup Aztec announces the launch of its zero-knowledge SNARKs generation via a cryptographic computation ceremony called Ignition. Ethereum (ETH) privacy startup Aztec announced the launch of its zero-knowledge succinct non-Interactive argument of knowledge (SNARKs) generation via a cryptographic ceremony called Ignition. In a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Sept. 15 the startup […]

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Kaleido Blockchain Implements QEDIT’s Zero-Knowledge Proof Solution

Crypto privacy firm QEDIT’s zero-knowledge proof solution is now implemented by ConsenSys’s enterprise blockchain startup Kaleido. Enterprise blockchain startup Kaleido, a part of ConsenSys’s venture studio, became the first to implement crypto privacy firm QEDIT’s zero-knowledge proof solution. An optional feature QEDIT claims in a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Sept. 15 that this […]

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Ethereum Dev Firm ConsenSys Now a Premier Member of Hyperledger

Blockchain development project Hyperledger now counts Ethereum-focused development firm ConsenSys as a premier member of. Ethereum-focused development firm ConsenSys becomes a premier member of blockchain development project Hyperledger, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph. Software already submitted Per the release, ConsenSys also submitted its Pantheon Java-based Ethereum client to Hyperledger as the project […]

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Coinbase, Ripple Leave Top 10 of LinkedIn’s ‘Hottest’ Startups List

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and blockchain startup Ripple leave the top 10 of LinkedIn’s “50 most sought-after startups in the U.S.” list of 2019. Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and Ripple, the blockchain startup behind XRP, have fallen out of the top 10 of this year’s business and employment-oriented service Linkedln’s “The 50 hottest U.S. companies to work […]

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Blockchain Interoperability, Explained

A guide to blockchain interoperability — one of the main hurdles in the way of mass adoption of the technology and the ways it could be overcome. Are blockchain interoperable now? The short answer is no. Not yet, at least. Cryptocurrency exchanges are still a strong medium for interoperability in the crypto space. If someone […]

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