Use Cases & Verticals

Exchanges

Coinone Exchange Launches Cross-Border Payments App With Ripple Tech

South Korean crypto exchange Coinone has launched Cross, an app providing cross-border remittances using Ripple's xCurrent product.

Business  ·  11 December 2018
Funding

UNICEF Funds 6 Blockchain Startups to ‘Solve Global Challenges’

UNICEF is investing $100,000 in six blockchain startups to solve issues affecting developing economies.

Business  ·  10 December 2018
Insurance

State Farm Trials Blockchain Tool for Streamlining Insurance Claims

State Farm is trialing a blockchain solution to streamline a currently-manual aspect of insurance claims.

Policy & regulation  ·  10 December 2018
Payments

Galaxy Digital Leads $30 Million Funding for Social-Crypto Startup Good Money

Good Money, a crypto banking platform, raised $30 million for future development work.

Business  ·  10 December 2018
News

A Top-5 US Hospital Is Exploring Blockchain for Patient Data

Massachusetts General, a top-five U.S. hospital, is partnering with a blockchain startup to find better ways to store and share patient data.

Business  ·  5 December 2018
Supply Chain

Air Force Grad School Launches Blockchain Demo Site

The Air Force Institute of Technology has published a demonstration website aimed at helping professionals learn about blockchain.

Business  ·  4 December 2018
Investments

Overstock’s Medici Invests $2.5 Million in Grain Tech Firm’s Blockchain Pivot

Medici Ventures has bought a $2.5 million equity stake in GrainChain, a software firm launching its own blockchain and stablecoin.

Business  ·  4 December 2018
NYDFS

Signature Bank Wins New York Approval for ‘Real-Time’ Blockchain Payments

Signature Bank is launching a blockchain-based real-time payments system in early 2019 and has just got the green light in New York.

Business  ·  4 December 2018
Enterprise Blockchain

Ping An’s New Pitch for Blockchain: Shared Ledger, But Banks Keep Clients

Ping An, the Chinese insurance giant that built the eTradeConnect blockchain, is modifying the platform to give its 12 participating banks more control over customer relationships.

Business  ·  3 December 2018
Bitcoin

Intel Wins Patent for Energy-Efficient Bitcoin Mining

An Intel patent awarded Tuesday outlines a method for mining cryptos using the SHA-256 algorithm more efficiently.

Business  ·  30 November 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
Security Tokens

Harbor Launches Tokenized Equity Purchases With Real Estate Offering

Security token startup Harbor is offering its first private placement, allowing investors to buy into a high-rise property.

Business  ·  27 November 2018
Funding Rounds

Coinbase Backs Security Token Startup’s $12.7 Million Funding Round

Security token startup Securitize has raised $12.75 million in Series A funding backed by Coinbase Ventures and Ripple's Xpring, among others.

Business  ·  26 November 2018
Ethereum

SpankChain Has Paid Camgirls $70,000 Worth of Crypto in 6 Months

Since raising $6 million in a 2017 ICO, porn startup SpankChain has differentiated itself by actually delivering a crypto-powered platform with users.

Business  ·  26 November 2018
Bitcoin

Free Software Messiah Richard Stallman: We Can Do Better Than Bitcoin

Richard Stallman, founder of the free software movement, is building a privacy-focused cryptographic payments system, but says it's not a cryptocurrency.

Business  ·  24 November 2018