Sentences with phrase «blockchain company called»

They have begun testing with the Ethereum blockchain by sending such information to a Canadian blockchain company called Bitaccess.

Lubin is also a founding member of the Ethereum Enterprise Alliance, a blockchain community that includes dozens of companies like Microsoft and JPMorgan, and the founder of a global blockchain company called Consensus Systems.

Also worth nothing, Foxconn has invested in blockchain technology and even its own subsidiary blockchain company called Chained Finance, a blockchain platform for supply chain finance.

«Ethereum is at this time the hands - down winner on sheer scale, due to first mover advantage, super effective marketing, and the savant - force of its founder, Vitalik Buterin,» Rik Willard, CEO of Global Blockchain Technologies Corporation and founder / managing director of a New York City - based federation of over 50 blockchain companies called Agentic Group, told International Business Times.

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The more than 100 - year - old company said it used blockchain to create a new platform for digital photography with its own cryptocurrency, called KodakCoin.

We do have one investment in a company called Abra, which is a peer - to - peer money transfer network using the blockchain to transfer funds.

A Canadian company called IC Potash changed its name last year to Belgravia Capital International, and intends to produce specialized fertilizers for cannabis firms and form partnerships with growers in Canada and the U.S. Belgravia also proposes to use «blockchain technology software» to track seed sales and quality.

A London - based company called Everledger has placed more than 1.6 million diamonds on a blockchain.

Forte pointed to indications on Overstock's third - quarter earnings call that the company could sell its home goods e-commerce business to focus on bitcoin's blockchain technology through its Medici Ventures division.

Adam Ludwin, the CEO of a San Francisco blockchain services company called Chain, captured the finance world's attention in 2017 when he wrote an open letter to Jamie Dimon.

Even as companies start to embrace the blockchain technology that makes bitcoin possible, BTIG analyst Mark Palmer still downgraded shares, calling the company's stock rally «overdone.»

Dimon has also spoken positively of blockchain technology, and the company he heads is developing a permissioned, Ethereum - based blockchain platform called Quorum.

Morgan Stanley reports a meaningful uptick in the number of companies mentioning Blockchain in their earnings calls and company filings since the beginning of 2016, with 63 % of those mentions in filings belonging to companies associated with capital markets.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has joined together with Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba Group, multinational telecom company ZTE, and China Unicom to develop a blockchain framework for Internet of Things (IoT), called the Blockchain of Thiblockchain framework for Internet of Things (IoT), called the Blockchain of ThiBlockchain of Things (BoT).

In 2016 blockchain companies raised $ 400 million from traditional venture investors and nearly $ 200 million through what we call initial coin offerings (ICO rather than IPO).

A new think tank dedicated to the development of Blockchain and cryptocurrency industries called the Institute for Blockchain Innovation has been formed by US and Canadian companies and investors in the space.

He has also formed a joint venture with Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto called De Soto, Inc., a company that would use blockchain technology to form a property registry providing land rights to people in the developing world.

One new example is the company Kik, which has plans in the works to develop a new currency called Kin, but using the Ethereum blockchain rather than the Bitcoin one.

Synereo recently unveiled its Blockchain 2.0 architecture, called RChain, which lies at the core of the company's tech stack.

In April 2017, Tecent, parent company of WeBank, announced plans of a new suite of blockchain services called TrustSQL, which it hopes will be used to build safe and efficient solutions for enterprises and institutions.

The open community Slack channels of some of the most prominent blockchain companies saw post after post of users calling for the ban of scam accounts.

So - called «initial coin offerings» (ICOs) are the current rage among startups in the blockchain space, enabling new companies with a technology idea to skip banks and venture capital firms when raising capital.

eCoinomic.net was called one of the hottest new companies in crypto and blockchain at Tokenblast conference entitled «A bad day on the blockchain».

«Right now there are a lot of manual processes going on in finance; literally a lot of paper and phone calls,» says Anthony Di lorio, founder and CEO of Decentral, a Toronto - based company that is consulting some of the banks on how they can make us of blockchain.

A Canadian company called IC Potash changed its name last year to Belgravia Capital International, and intends to produce specialized fertilizers for cannabis firms and form partnerships with growers in Canada and the U.S. Belgravia also proposes to use «blockchain technology software» to track seed sales and quality.

Fintech company SpotOption, which is the provider of the most popular binary options platform, announced on Wednesday it intends to launch a blockchain - based solution, called SpotChain.

On November 28, 2017, a Canadian company called Axiom Zen unveiled Cryptokitties, a cat - inspired game built on blockchain technology.

Systems like bitcoin utilize technology known as «blockchain» or distributed ledger technology, which can also assist companies in a wide array of transaction - related matters, including implementing escrow agreements and other so - called «smart contracts».

The company also plans to develop a secure, blockchain - based digital ID, to be called the Legaler ID, as a way to issue and maintain legal certifications and identity on the blockchain and reduce lawyer fraud.

A new company called Polychain Capital has raised $ 10 million in capital for a hedge fund made up of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin; The state of Global Blockchain Consortia; Non-profit advocacy group called the Blockchain Association of Ireland (BAI) will launch on Dec14; The Central Bank of Ireland recently granted Facebook Payments International Limited (FBPIL) an e-money license, which effectively allows Facebook to facilitate peer - to - peer payments on its platform; Bitgive Launches Blockchain Transparency Platform Givetrack; Dollar debt issuance soars as central banks take a back seat: BIS report;

A brand - new start - up company called AI Crypto is now developing an AI ecosystem based on blockchain.

Eventually, the company plans to let the distribution of rewards be handled by a so - called smart contract, a piece software that automatically executes business dealings through a blockchain, which is essentially a public ledger of transactions.

Itay Nagler, the CEO of a blockchain - based travel company called Cool Cousin, says Israelis are programmed to believe there is a better and more efficient way of doing things.

The first, a non-profit called Blockchain Labs, was co-founded by Buterin, BitShares co-founder Bo Shen and Feng Xiao, vice chairman and executive director of Wanxiang Holdings, the company's investment arm.

In the process of developing the product, the two companies also developed a different testnet - what Thomas called a «permanent testnet for testnets» - that cuts across different blockchains as well.

Specifically, the company is launching what its calling «blockchain - as - a-service,» or a set of tools for «creating, deploying, running, and monitoring blockchain applications on the IBM Cloud.»

Initiated by a Chinese Blockchain startup, logistics companies and financial institutions — a new organisation was recently formed called the Blockchain Application Sub-Committee.

Notably, he highlighted how some companies are turning to the blockchain funding model after having issues trying to raise money through more common means, calling the trend «troubling.»

Shortly after, Gartman invested an undisclosed sum from his retirement account into a volatile stock called Riot Blockchain Inc., a biotech company that rebranded to a blockchain - startup, whose shares soared after the annBlockchain Inc., a biotech company that rebranded to a blockchain - startup, whose shares soared after the annblockchain - startup, whose shares soared after the announcement.

South Korean internet company Kakao, a major provider of a popular messaging app for Korean users has announced the launch of a new Korean crypto to crypto exchange called UPbit in partnership with the popular bitcoin and blockchain asset exchange Bittrex.

Just as it's not helpful to call Twitter and Microsoft Sharepoint «database companies» although they both use variations of databases, it's not helpful to call cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency companies, blockchain platforms and industry workflow tool companies «blockchain companies», although this frequently happens in the popular press.

Even as companies start to embrace the blockchain technology that makes bitcoin possible, BTIG analyst Mark Palmer still downgraded shares, calling the company's stock rally «overdone.»

«On the technical side, 30 companies and more than 100 developers contributed to the launch of the first production ready Hyperledger blockchain framework called Hyperledger Fabric,» he added.

The NEM blockchain software is used in a commercial blockchain called Mijin, which is being tested by financial institutions and private companies in Japan and internationally.

A Russian fintech news website reported recently that a company called Aero Trading won a contract from the Venezuelan government to build the petro on the NEM blockchain and market the token internationally.

He advocated that startups working with the tech aim for bold solutions that only blockchain can bring - while at the same time calling for new companies to work more closely with local regulators.

The Swedish government has allowed a blockchain startup to use a bitcoin account - as opposed to a traditional bank account - as a way to prove its liquidity and incorporate domestically with the Swedish Companies Registration Office, called Bolagsverket.

Unlike standard blockchain technology used by most companies, IOTA relies on a method it calls Tangle.

Called the Ethereum Community Fund (ECF), the effort is the result of a collaboration between Cosmos, Golem, Global Brain Blockchain Labs, Maker, OmiseGo, Raiden and Tendermint, with those involved agreeing to work to connect ethereum projects with companies that could benefit from the blockchain services tBlockchain Labs, Maker, OmiseGo, Raiden and Tendermint, with those involved agreeing to work to connect ethereum projects with companies that could benefit from the blockchain services tblockchain services they offer.

Technology On January 15 the cryptocurrency media outlet and blockchain company Coingeek owned and operated by the financial tycoon Calvin Ayre announced funding an initiative called the «Terab Project» with 3.6 million euro.