Blockchain


Markets

Iconloop Signs Deal With Art Site to Create Record of Ownership

The works include five by Lee Ufan, founder of the avant-garde School of Things, and three works of Whanki Kim, an early abstract artist in Korea.

art, paintings

Markets

Blockchain Education Initiatives Launch at California Universities

A VC-backed blockchain firm aiding student groups at Harvard, Oxford and Cambridge is officially rolling out its programs at three California universities.

California

Tech

These Bitcoin Users Want DAI and DeFi – Here's How They Plan to Get It

The Cross-Chain Working Group project will (almost) enable bitcoin transactions on ethereum, opening up a new world of interacting smart contracts.

Summa founder James Prestwich

Markets

The City of Seoul Will Create a Cryptocurrency for Citizen Rewards

The Seoul Metropolitan Government will establish its first blockchain-based administrative services in November.

Seoul

Markets

Korea's Shinhan to Offer Blockchain-Based Securities Lending

A new brokerage account in South Korea will let investors lend securities on a blockchain.

Korean won

Finance

Firearm Firm Wins Patent for Integrating Blockchain into 'Black Box' for Guns

A new solution adds a blockchain-based recording system to firearms.

gun and bullets

Markets

Bitcoin's Largest Wallet Blockchain Just Launched Its First Crypto Exchange

Bitcoin wallet provider and blockchain explorer Blockchain just launched its first exchange platform, the PIT.

Peter Smith, CEO de Blockchain.com (Archivo de CoinDesk)

Markets

LG Expands Blockchain Ambitions With Food Ledger and Crypto Trademark

LG has experimented with blockchain since 2017 through its many subsidiaries. This is the closest its gotten to releasing a wallet.

LG

Markets

Nestle Announces New Blockchain Initiative Separate From Ongoing IBM Project

The largest food company by revenue has doubled down on blockchain pilots.

Nestlé

Markets

Longenesis Brings South Korean Medical Records to the Blockchain

A new partnership lets patients and doctors store medical records privately on the blockchain using Bitfury's Exonum platform.

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