The company hosted a panel — Combining IoT and Blockchain Toward New Levels of Trust — designed to help customers “understand the benefits and constraints of blockchain as a public, decentralized, and autonomous technology that can serve as a foundational element supporting IoT solutions.”.

 The government of Canada has announced it will collaborate with the World Economic Forum and partners to test emerging digital technologies and their application to travel.Following the launch of a Known Traveller Digital Identity prototype, Canada says it will design a ‘proof of concept’ pilot project between two countries to test the potential of biometrics […]

Using Blockchain to interact with fan communities, celebrities can introduce millions of new users to the crypto industry to further drive the adoption of technology. TokenStars, a decentralized platform built on the Blockchain, aims to connect celebrities with fans and advertisers, and it already counts 15 …

George Soros, the billionaire investor and philanthropist working to ease the global refugee crisis, said Thursday that he's found a new way to help migrants: blockchain technology. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Soros explained how the technology underpinning …

As time passes, increasing numbers of people become aware of a newer way of securing transactions called blockchain. It uses cryptography to create digital records which are nearly impossible to hack, replicate, or misuse. These transactions are completed on multiple computers in a chain. This is another reason the digital records are difficult to alter. […]

Spending by enterprises and other entities on blockchain networks is expected to reach $2.1 billion this year, more than double what was spent on the distributed electronic ledger technology in 2017. The U.S. will lead the world in blockchain investments, accounting for 40% of spending, followed by …

 The cryptocurrency craze is finally flowing into the exchange-traded funds business.Investors poured about $240 million into two blockchain-focused ETFs since their launch last week, according to the latest available data from FactSet. Blockchain is the technology behind bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. “It is rare for new ETFs to pull in such a large amount of cash,” Todd […]

It's hard to tell," said Marc Ostwald, global strategist at ADM Investor Services International in London. "Japan is one of the most pro-crypto trading countries, among the G-20. In Japan they don't really want a wholesale clampdown. So it will be interesting how Japanese regulators respond to this, if they …

Starbucks Chairman Howard Shultz said the coffee chain plans to incorporate blockchain technology and digital currencies into its long-term payment technology strategy, and hopes to “expand digital customer relationships.” Shultz does not, however, believe that bitcoin will play a role in this strategy, remarking that he didn’t believe the original cryptocurrency would “be a currency […]

Iota is a cryptocurrency, but unlike just about every other cryptocurrency, it’s not built on a blockchain. Aiming to design a distributed ledger that’s low-cost and scalable enough for the internet of things (IoT), the project’s developers have started from scratch and built a new sort of structure they call the “tangle.” The tangle is […]