Consensus 2017

Insurance

Toyota’s R&D Division is Building a Blockchain Consortium

Toyota Research Institute (TRI) is going big with a bold blockchain strategy unveiled as part of its exhibit at Consensus 2017.

Policy & regulation  ·  22 May 2017
Bitcoin

RSK Raises $3.5 Million, Launches Bitcoin Smart Contract Testnet

RSK Labs has received $3.5m in pre-Series A funding and opened up its production testnet to the public.

Tech  ·  22 May 2017
Supply Chain

Consensus 2017: IBM Thinks Blockchain Could Save Shipping Industry ‘Billions’

Blockchain technology is poised to recover billions of dollars lost to coordination costs in both capital markets and the shipping industry.

Business  ·  22 May 2017
Supply Chain

An Asia-Pacific Blockchain Consortium is Forming Around Food Supply Chain

PwC Australia is partnering up with Alibaba and others on a trial that will find it seeking to provided added trust to the food supply chain.

Business  ·  22 May 2017
India

Consensus 2017: EU, India Governments See Path to Global Blockchain Adoption

Speakers during the opening panel of Consensus 2017 agreed that blockchain is set to go global – but differed on how the technology will get there.

Markets  ·  22 May 2017
Digital Currency Group

DCG Signs Up IBM, MasterCard And More For Enterprise Blockchain Effort

Digital Currency Group is launching a fourth subsidiary, one that finds the investment company branching out into enterprise blockchain development.

Business  ·  22 May 2017
Banking

JPMorgan Partners With Zcash on Blockchain Security

JPMorgan has partnered with the makers of zcash to provide a new layer of privacy to the users of its enterprise-grade blockchain.

Business  ·  22 May 2017
CoinDesk Research

CoinDesk Previews New ‘State of Blockchain’ at Consensus 2017

See a sneak preview of CoinDesk's 'State of Blockchain' from our Consensus 2017 conference.

Business  ·  22 May 2017
ICOs

AlphaPoint Taps into ICO Popularity With Token Launch Toolkit

Digital currency exchange software provider AlphaPoint is expanding into the market for ICOs with a white-label toolkit.

Business  ·  22 May 2017
Healthcare

Healthcare IT Firm Joins Hyperledger Blockchain Project, Codebases Activated

US firm Change Healthcare has joined the Linux Foundation-backed Hyperledger blockchain consortium.

Business  ·  22 May 2017
Blockstream

It’s Happening? Blockstream Opens ‘Liquid’ Sidechain in Beta

Bitcoin startup Blockstream’s first sidechain, dubbed Liquid, is launching in beta on the live bitcoin network.

Tech  ·  22 May 2017
Libra

Blockchain Startup Libra Hires Former Siemens Chief Risk Officer

Blockchain startup Libra has announced a new hire as it expands its suite of enterprise-focused auditing tools.

Policy & regulation  ·  22 May 2017
China

China’s Best-Funded Blockchain Startup is Rebranding for Expansion

One of China’s top-funded blockchain startups, Juzhen Financials, is rebranding to reflect its planned expansion into new industries.

Business  ·  22 May 2017
Funding

Bitcoin Options Service LedgerX Raises $11.4 Million in Series B Funding

The parent company of bitcoin options exchange operator LedgerX has raised $11.4m in a Series B funding round.

Business  ·  22 May 2017
Hackathon

Consensus 2017: Smart Car Tech ‘BlockBox’ Wins CoinDesk Hackathon

BlockBox won CoinDesk’s Consensus 2017 hackathon for its bid to make drones and smart cars safer to operate with blockchain. Black boxes have long been used to collect critical data during crashes and accidents, as explained Samuel Brooks, one of the team members, during BlockBox’s presentation. But the team wanted to expand that idea to drones and […]

Markets  ·  22 May 2017