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“Smart Money” could ease confusion over who gets paid and when. Advertisements The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) have developed an application to test whether blockchain technology can increase the efficacy of insurance payments, according to an official October 9 announcement from CSIRO. According to the […]

But neither Ethereum nor EOS are stationary targets for the upstart network. Advertisements The TRON Foundation is currently completing a mainnet upgrade of the TRON blockchain, which includes TRON Virtual Machine (TVM) and its smart contract functionality. Founder Justin Sun tweeted his anticipations for the platform yesterday, telling Dapp developers that TRON would be for […]

The blockchain platform is getting bigger with the addition of a European superstore. Advertisements Technology powerhouse IBM announced today its blockchain-based network, dubbed IBM Food Trust, is now “generally available” to participants in the food industry after 18 months of testing. Perhaps just as significant, one of Europe’s leading superstore chains, Carrefour, has joined IBM’s […]

Reports this week show that two mining pools, Etherdig and F2Pool, are publishing significant numbers of empty blocks and making a lot of money. While they’re not technically breaking any rules, their actions do present a security risk. Here’s how they might be doing it. Advertisements Apparently, some Ethereum miners are reaping significant rewards by […]

After a bill aimed at establishing a definition for blockchain technology was introduced in Congress, a few in the crypto community raised concerns. Drew Hinkes, lawyer and co-founder of startup investment bank Athena Blockchain, was one of them. Advertisements Representatives Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Brett Guthrie (R-KY) submitted a bill to the US House of […]

Don’t worry. If you made it through the title, then the rest of this article is safe for work. The token, however, isn’t. Advertisements Nothing fuels technological innovation quite like sex. As Forbes editor Frederick E. Allen wrote in American Heritage 18 years ago, “Repeatedly, porn has helped establish a market for new technologies. Then […]

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Medici Ventures allies itself with VinX. Advertisements According to a recent announcement, blockchain accelerator Medici Ventures, a subsidiary of Overstock.com Inc., has invested in Israel-based startup VinX, which is creating a token-based blockchain platform to reduce fraud in the wine futures market. A future is essentially a reservation for a wine that will be bottled […]

This time, the securities regulator isn’t throwing up roadblocks to crypto’s adoption. Instead, it’s embracing the underlying technology. Advertisements To improve internal cybersecurity, the Israel Securities Authority (ISA) has implemented blockchain technology for its messaging and information systems. The Israeli government agency responsible for capital markets and securities regulation recently announced the improvement to its […]

An indictment of Russian hackers asserts cryptocurrencies were again used to fund illicit activities. Advertisements In an indictment filed today in the Western District of Pennsylvania, seven Russian intelligence officers have been accused of a concerted attack on international athletic organizations, apparently as retaliation for actions taken against Russia over its state-sponsored doping program. “The […]