Payments firm Rocketfuel Blockchain sues co-founder over expired patents

The blockchain payments company said it unknowingly owns patents that expired before these were transferred to them. Blockchain payments company Rocketfuel Blockchain is suing its co-founder for allegedly misrepresenting patent applications and defrauding the firm.  In a complaint filed with the Central District Court of California, Rocketfuel claimed its co-founder and former treasurer Joseph Page […]

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These China-based notaries are using the Blockchain to manage their client’s cases

They’ve been quietly handling thousands of cases for months now. 40 firms have used Shanghai’s blockchain-powered notary platform to handle over 3,000 cases since its launch in January. According to Jiemian, the “Hui Cun” platform (which is managed by Shanghai Xuhui Notary Public) is a blockchain-based electronic data storage protocol that exercises notarization functions. It […]

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Centralized data management hampered the global response to COVID-19

Blockchain-supported decentralization has a chance to improve the difficulties for pharmaceutical and life sciences supply chains. The COVID-19 outbreak, just like any other black swan event before it, revealed systemic weaknesses in a wide variety of industries and processes. With the information age now in full swing, this particular event emphasized the critical importance of […]

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Blockchain will stay a buzzword until everyone unites behind one chain

Having the world use one distributed ledger will support technical uniformity, interoperability of applications and a more honest planet. Despite being, perhaps, the biggest tech buzzword of the last decade, blockchain technology has largely remained just that: a buzzword. While its best-known implementation, Bitcoin (BTC), has become a household name, the technology that underpins it […]

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Blockchain patent filing rose significantly in China after Xi Jinping’s 2019 endorsement

Chinese companies are angling to overtake the United States in blockchain adoption. Recent figures published by Chinese media outlets show that companies in China have filed for over half of all global blockchain patents. According to a report titled “2020 Blockchain Industry Development”, Chinese companies have applied for 4,435 blockchain patents following Chinese president Xi […]

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NFT market’s RARI token sees 100% gain after CoinFund investment

NFT marketplace Rarible has received an undisclosed investment from CoinFund amid a transition to community governance New York-based crypto investment firm CoinFund has made an undisclosed investment into the digital art-focused non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace, Rarible. According to a September 8 announcement from Rarible, funds from the pre-seed round will be used to develop a […]

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