Swiss food giant Nestle and French retailer Carrefour are now letting consumers access product data via IBM’s Food Trust platform. The two firms jointly announced Monday that customers can track the Mousline line of instant mashed potato from Nestle’s factory to…
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PayPal Makes Its First-Ever Investment in a Blockchain Startup
Online payments giant PayPal has made its first-ever investment in a blockchain technology company. Announced today, PayPal has joined the extension of a Series A funding round in Cambridge Blockchain, a startup that helps financial institutions and other companies manage sensitive…
UPS Targets B2B Sales With New Blockchain E-Commerce Platform
U.S.-based shipping giant UPS has announced a new blockchain integration aimed to bring business-to-business (B2B) sales into the digital age. Announced yesterday, UPS has inked a deal with e-commerce company Inxeption to develop a platform to facilitate business-to-business sales, one…
What China’s Cashless Revolution Can Teach the West About Crypto
Michael J. Casey is the chairman of CoinDesk’s advisory board and a senior advisor for blockchain research at MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative. The following article originally appeared in CoinDesk Weekly, a custom-curated newsletter delivered every Sunday exclusively to our subscribers.…
New York AG Report Faults Crypto Exchanges for Manipulation Risks
The New York Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has released a report on cryptocurrency trading platforms, finding that many are vulnerable to market manipulation and referring several exchanges to another agency for potential violations of state law. The NYAG’s…
Indian Government Approves Bank’s Blockchain Research
The Republic of India may be taking a deeper look at how it can use blockchain technology. India’s Union Cabinet – an executive decision-making body composed of senior government officials and led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi – said it would…
Crypto Isn’t Just Money – It’s a Defense Against Discrimination
Sonya Mann works in communications and marketing at the Zcash Foundation, a financial privacy non-profit. She is a former technology journalist. For Americans, it can be easy to discount the social relevance of censorship-resistant digital assets like bitcoin. Unlike people…
Bitcoin Wallet Provider Receives E-Money License From UK Regulator
Wirex, a London-based bitcoin wallet and payment card provider, announced on August 23 that it has become the third crypto-enabled company to receive an e-money license from U.K. financial regulators. The license, which is granted by the U.K.’s Financial Conduct…
Coinbase’s Wallet Service Now Lists Ink Protocol’s New Payments Dapp
Ink Protocol, a decentralized platform for peer-to-peer (P2P) payments, announced Tuesday that its decentralized application (dapp), Ink Pay, is now available on Coinbase’s Wallet app. According to a news release, the new dapp enables buyers to evaluate a seller’s reputation…
Google Cloud Inks Deal With Blythe Masters’ Blockchain Startup
Digital Asset announced Monday that it teaming up with Google Cloud to provide a set of tools and services for solutions architects wanting to develop blockchain applications without having to code them from scratch. Through the partnership, Digital Asset will…