| 'Big Four' accounting firm Deloitte has partnered with five startups to produce 20 blockchain prototypes spanning a range of use cases, including banking and insurance. The partnerships are part of a larger strategy to push blockchain into wider use by the company. Michael del Castillo / May 03, 2016 02:21 pm
Making money off blockchain is no longer just about bitcoin or financial applications. One group of leaders spent Monday debating multiple ways entrepreneurs and business leaders hope to make money on blockchain ideas. Michael del Castillo / May 03, 2016 12:54 pm
Decentralized bitcoin market OpenBazaar was the big winner at the 2016 Blockchain Awards, besting the competition in three of the five award categories. Combined, OpenBaazar and OB1, the platform's development firm, won 'Best New Startup', 'Bitcoin Champion of the Year' and 'Most Promising Consumer Application'. Pete Rizzo / May 03, 2016 03:37 am
Distributed ledgers are often referred to as a new database technology, but could they come to replace existing payments rails? The subject was the center of discussion featuring incumbents including Santander and Deloitte, and startups such as Align Commerce and Ripple. Jacob Donnelly / May 02, 2016 11:40 pm
Silver Lake co-founder and Federal Reserve Bank of New York board member Glenn Hutchins took the stage at Consensus 2016 today to deliver an impassioned keynote. In his remarks, he compared bitcoin to a public Internet, while noting the limitations of permissioned blockchain systems. Pete Rizzo / May 02, 2016 11:10 pm
On the first day of the Tech & Policy track of Consensus 2016, there were discussions on how to reach consensus with a public blockchain, the balance between blockchain and law enforcement, innovations in blockchain payments, and many other discussions. Jacob Donnelly / May 02, 2016 10:27 pm
Bitcoin payments firm BitPay unveiled a new bitcoin debit card during a demo session at Consensus 2016. The debit card, now available in all 50 states, enables users the ability to load bitcoin, make payments at Visa point-of-sale (POS) systems and withdraw cash at Visa ATMs. Pete Rizzo / May 02, 2016 09:20 pm
Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing arm of the Web commerce giant, is partnering with investment firm Digital Currency Group to offer a blockchain experimentation environment for enterprise businesses. Under the deal AWS will provide infrastructure and tech support to DCG and its startup portfolio. Stan Higgins / May 02, 2016 05:30 pm
Derivatives marketplace CME Group and Crypto Facilities today unveiled two bitcoin benchmarks designed to give investors a new way to hedge. Regulated by an international securities controller, the benchmarks can be used to build bitcoin derivatives products. Michael del Castillo / May 02, 2016 05:30 pm
Everledger has partnered with fine art database firm Vastari, aiming to use its blockchain platform in the fight against fraud at temporary art exhibitions. With billions of dollars in art traded yearly, and up to 75% misrepresented, the company aims to provide an immutable way to track works. Jacob Donnelly / May 02, 2016 04:01 pm
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