One technology topic here towers over all others: blockchain. It is bigger than artificial intelligence, social media, robotics or anything else. Every year, more and more companies descend on this small Swiss ski village to show their leadership and pitch their services. This action around blockchain (the technology behind cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin) is striking. […]

By default, Bitcoin's blockchain updates at intervals of about 10 minutes, which in turn makes everything that much easier to follow and to manage in comparison to manual processing. Blockchain technology removes third parties from the equation. This reduces transaction fees and makes the entire …

Even if bitcoin and the cryptocurrency trend turns out to be a massive bubble, the technology that supports the new sector may be here to stay. Blockchain technology has already seen many broad applications in areas separate from cryptocurrency, according to a report by CoinSpeaker. (See also: 6 …

Regulators and investors alike are just beginning to understand what cryptocurrency is, says Jamie Smith, president of the Global Blockchain Business Council. The organization helps regulators understand blockchain technology and other cryptocurrencies. “What concerns me is that there are so many regulators, not just in the United States, but all over the world, who are just waking […]

Gaurav Sharma , Contributor I cover commodities, mostly oil & gas, often debunking risk premiums. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. One of Asia's biggest digital currency exchanges – Coincheck – has admitted the loss of around $534m worth of cryptocurrency following an …

Near the entrance to the Palace of Fine Arts, a woman was handing out fliers promoting the initial coin offering for RecordGram, a project that’s aiming to put song rights on the blockchain. She was pitching to dozens of people who were trying to get into the Blockchain Connect Conference, but were held up because they […]

I almost hesitate to write the name out of sheer exhaustion at its ubiquity—but, deep breath, here it goes: cryptocurrency. Are you as sick of hearing about it as I was just a few weeks ago, when explanations of it—usually centered around Bitcoin—along with breathless narratives of its life-changing, bank-account-invigorating wonderments, popped up everywhere I turned […]

For instance, a new blockchain-based media startup, Civil, aims to reinvigorate open journalism. Civil utilizes the key capabilities of blockchain technology to improve transparency and use software-based, rather than human-centric, governance mechanisms to ensure adherence to journalistic integrity …

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 […]