VEEPIO, a startup backed by Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and founded by Najee Goode, a former NFL linebacker and Super Bowl champion, and two other former WVU football players, aims to use technology to change how athletes can earn money from their names, images, and likenesses.
Read MoreA flurry of recent purchase and sale activity in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) – a special type of digital asset on a blockchain that’s unique and non-interchangeable – is popularizing use cases for blockchain.
Read MoreInstinet, the Nomura-owned broker-dealer and Credit Suisse have settled U.S.-listed equity trades on a same-day timeframe while using Paxos’ blockchain-based settlement service.
Read MoreJPM Coin, the digital currency developed by JPMorgan Chase, is being used commercially by a “large technology client” engaged in cross-border payments, CNBC reported.
Read MoreFormer CFTC Chairman Chris Giancarlo, aka "crypto dad," and Lykee, a digital asset marketplace, announce launching The Open Initiative, a project to help governments use applications of the blockchain to digitize the supply chains.
Read MoreAre we witnessing the humble beginnings of the wider acceptance of crypto, or will it always be something on the fringes?
Read MoreWe thought this was a very interesting and somewhat under-the-radar story from the holiday weekend. An employee of the crypto firm Ethereum Corporate was arrested after returning from a blockchain conference in North Korea.
Read MoreBlockchain technology has been touted to modernize several different sectors over the past few years, such as payments, trading, and many others. Now a consortium led by IBM is hoping to unleash blockchain’s power to revolutionize supply chain management.
Read MoreWho knows for sure, but it was an interesting question posed recently in the media as Britain grapples with how leaving the European Union and its single market will affect trade, travel, and other logistics.
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