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Startups

Amazon, Deloitte, Fidelity Partner With IDEO CoLab on Blockchain Accelerator

The new blockchain accelerator is aiming to boost 12 promising startups this year.

Business  ·  11 July 2019
Ether

Two Startups Are Partnering to Enable Amazon Purchases with Ethereum

Two blockchain-focused startups are teaming up to enable Amazon purchases with ethereum via an app-like browser extension.

Tech  ·  14 June 2019
Patents

Amazon Wins Patent for Proof-of-Work Cryptographic System

Tech giant Amazon has been granted a patent for a proof-of-work (PoW) cryptographic system similar to those used by many blockchains.

Tech  ·  17 May 2019
Supply Chain

Amazon Web Services Opens Blockchain Building Service Up for Wider Use

Amazon Web Services has taken its Managed Blockchain service out of preview mode, meaning more firms can now use the platform to build products.

Business  ·  1 May 2019
Bitcoin

You Can Now Shop With Bitcoin on Amazon Using Lightning

Bitcoin spenders can use the lightning network to shop at e-commerce sites like Amazon, thanks to a new browser extension.

Business  ·  22 April 2019
AWS

Amazon Plays Its Own Game With Enterprise Blockchain

Amazon Web Services, the e-commerce giant’s cloud computing arm, is having its proverbial blockchain cake and eating it, too.

Business  ·  18 December 2018
Ethereum

Amazon Has Launched a New Service for Building Blockchains

Amazon will help clients build blockchain platforms on Hyperledger Fabric or ethereum with its new product.

Business  ·  28 November 2018
Investments

Headphones Maker Monster Is Quietly Planning A $300 Million ICO

A longstanding company in the consumer products business wants to fund its own distribution service with a giant ICO, hoping to lure peers to join it.

Markets  ·  30 May 2018
Ethereum

AWS Is Making Hyperledger and Ethereum Easier to Use

The cloud computing giant's offering comes just as Digital Asset, another enterprise blockchain firm, announces a developer kit for smart contracts.

Business  ·  20 April 2018
Amazon

Amazon Sees Bitcoin Use Case in Data Marketplaces

The e-commerce giant describes how merchants and law enforcement could make a bitcoin transaction stream more valuable by splicing it with other data.

Business  ·  17 April 2018
Crime

Amazon User Orders Bitcoin Miner, Gets ‘Boss Baby’ DVD Instead

An Amazon UK customer is relieved after finally receiving a refund for an Antminer S9 which he paid for but never received.

Policy & regulation  ·  23 January 2018
Amazon

R3’s Corda Platform Launches on Amazon Web Services

Consortium startup R3 has launched its Corda distributed ledger platform on the Amazon Web Services marketplace.

Markets  ·  5 December 2017
Legal

Amazon Subsidiary Registers Cryptocurrency and Ethereum Domains

E-commerce giant Amazon has registered three cryptocurrency-related web domains, online records show.

Policy & regulation  ·  1 November 2017
Facebook

Can Blockchain Save Us from the Internet’s Original Sin?

The digital behemoths – Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple – have too much power over our digital lives. Can blockchain help us take back control?

Tech  ·  27 October 2017
Regulation

World’s Biggest Tech Giants Could Boost Bitcoin in Regulatory Push

Led by the large tech companies, Financial Innovation Now hopes to lobby Congress into setting up unified federal money transmission rules.

Policy & regulation  ·  16 May 2017