Recap of this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting. This year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting has finished, and it’s time to recap the highlights. The forum — held in Davos, Switzerland, as per tradition — lasted from Jan. 22 to 25. Similar to the last year, cryptocurrencies were one of the major […]
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Harvard University and U.S.-based apparel company Levi Strauss & Co announced a collaboration to develop a blockchain factory safety system. Harvard University and American clothing company Levi Strauss & Co announced a collaboration with the New America think tank to develop a blockchain factory safety system, Reuters reported on Jan. 24. The new system aims […]
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An executive at ConsenSys stated that the firm did not lay off more than 10 percent of staff amid a more competitive market. Recent layoffs at blockchain software technology company ConsenSys did not exceed 10 percent of staff. The company’s Executive Director of Enterprise and Social Impact Vanessa Grellet spoke to Cointelegraph about the recent […]
Continue ReadingBlockchain firm Setl has hired Christian Noyer, former governor of the French central bank. British blockchain technology group Setl has hired former governor of the French central bank Christian Noyer as a member of its board of directors. The new appointment was confirmed in a blog post published on Jan. 17. Founded in 2015, Setl […]
Continue ReadingCo-founder of Ethereum and ConsenSys Joe Lubin has joined the board of directors of cryptocurrency exchange ErisX. Founder of blockchain tech company ConsenSys Joseph Lubin has been appointed to the board of directors of cryptocurrency startup ErisX. The news was revealed in an official press release published Jan. 17. Cryptocurrency exchange ErisX is a reboot […]
Continue ReadingConsenSys has invested $350,000 in the new WordPress project called Newspack, an open-source publishing platform. Blockchain tech firm ConsenSys has joined news industry leaders to contribute to the creation of a new revenue-generating news platform by WordPress, according to an official press release published on Jan. 14. ConsenSys has invested $350,000 in the new WordPress […]
Continue ReadingIt remains unknown how many employees are affected by the latest closure in Amsterdam, which Bitmain has officially confirmed. Cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain Technologies has opted to reduce its operations in the Netherlands, the company said in a statement on Jan. 14. Bitmain, which in November announced the first in what has become a series […]
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ConsenSys has participated in a $2 million seed funding round for Icelandic blockchain startup Monerium, which counts the country’s central bank ex-chairman as a co-founder. Ethereum (ETH) blockchain startup and incubator ConsenSys has participated in a $2 million seed funding round for Iceland-based blockchain startup Monerium, according to a press release from the firm, published […]
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Switzerland-based crypto exchange ShapeShift has laid off 37 of its employees, reducing the size of its team by a third. Switzerland-based cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift has laid off a third of its team, the exchange’s CEO Erik Voorhees announced in a tweet today, Jan. 8. According to a company blog post accompanying the Twitter announcement — […]
Continue ReadingConsenSys, AMD and Abu-Dhabi-based Halo Holdings have partnered to build a blockchain-based cloud computing infrastructure for the public and private sector. Blockchain software company ConsenSys, semiconductor producer AMD, and Abu-Dhabi-based investment management firm Halo Holdings are jointly working on a blockchain-based cloud computing infrastructure. ConsenSys announced the collaboration in a press release published on Jan. […]
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