… of control favors the major labels and streaming platforms, and has led to disputes around artist compensation and treatment, most famously Taylor Swift vs. Apple Music and Spotify. As artists grow increasingly disillusioned with these platforms, they are looking for new options. Enter the blockchain.

Blockchain—a technology used for verifying and recording digital transactions—blasted into public consciousness with the rise of Bitcoin. But this tool could also transform the way governments, global industries and even science research operate. In fact, several banks, corporations, governments and scientists have already implemented some form of blockchain to inexpensively, securely and expediently store and share information. In […]

Business Insider's Sara Silverstein spoke with Adam Ludwin, CEO of blockchain technology firm Chain, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The following is a transcript of the interview. Silverstein: Can you help me understand what Chain does? Ludwin: We build software and sell it to …

Blasting off from China on Feb 2, is the premier satellite in what SpaceChain hopes will be the world’s first open-source network in space, running on blockchain nodes. The space agency says it plans to launch the satellite, equipped with Raspberry Pi hardware and running Qtum blockchain technology, at 6 pm Beijing time (10 am […]

An Illinois government task force has outlined a potential direction for applying blockchain technologies in the state’s inter-government operations. According to a report filed on Jan. 31 by the Illinois Blockchain Task Force to the General Assembly, the state is eyeing the use of blockchain technologies to, at least, manage state residents’ identification, as well as tokenizing […]

Jaitley also stated that the government does not recognize crypto as legal tender and would seek to freeze out crypto from the “payments network”. However, industry participants claim his words do not mark any real change in India's regulatory perspective. Others, such as BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen …

The researchers behind the SPECTRE and GHOST projects have proposed a new blockchain scalability protocol. Called PHANTOM, the protocol claims to provide transaction confirmation that is “secure under any throughput that the network can support” – smart contracts included. Authors Yonatan Sompolinsky and Dr. Aviv Zohar outlined the new protocol in a paper published this week, building […]

A mysterious “blockchain company” just bought 62 percent of a 162 square mile Industrial park near Reno, Nevada. That's 67,000 acres. This land has been bought at the Tahoe/Reno Industrial Center, also home of Tesla's Gigafactory. The Gigafactory is the largest building in the world, with a planned …

Kuuhubb Inc announces that it has signed a term sheet to acquire mobile esports platform developer Valiance UG. The Germany-based, blockchain enabled Valiance esports platform is designed to support both mobile esports competitors and content creators and provides them with opportunities to monetise their involvement playing esports titles they love. “Kuuhubb’s strategy to acquire, partner, build […]

In a blog published yesterday, Facebook's Product Management Director, Rob Leathern, announced that the social media giant would now be banning cryptocurrency and ICO advertisements. Facebook has created a new policy that will prohibit explicit ads associated with “misleading and deceptive …