Ripple Hires Kashina Van Dyke As Senior VP of Business Development
Blockchain’s Bee Token Names Tommy Chheng As Head of Engineering
Crypto Miner TMGcore Adds Sun Microsystems Co-Founder Scott McNealy As Advisor
Facebook Names Evan Cheng Director of Engineering, Blockchain
Gemini Trust Adds Former NYSE CIO Robert Cornish As Chief Tech Officer
Cloud-based metal concentrates exchange Open Mineral has partnered with blockchain venture studio ConsenSys to create a blockchain consortium for mining companies.
Called Minerac, the new consortium aims to change the way mineral commodities trading and connected supply chains operate.
Blockchain startup DAV Foundation has joined the Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative (MOBI), a consortium exploring blockchain’s applicability in the automotive industry.
Formed in May of this year, MOBI includes automobile giants BMW, Ford, General Motors and Groupe Renault.
Media software company Mediaocean and IBM iX, the design and consulting division of tech giant IBM, have formed a new blockchain consortium for the digital media supply chain.
Announced at the second day of Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity,
A new associative body has been formed in Switzerland to facilitate the use of blockchain technology in financial markets.
Called the Capital Markets and Technology Association (CMTA), the new organization was created by Switzerland’s largest law firm Lenz &
Blockchain firm Aelf and some influential industry players have formed a new alliance in order to encourage open-source, community-driven learning that will shape the success of global blockchain adoption.
Called the Innovation Alliance, the new group’s founding members include Signum Capital,
Sixteen cryptocurrency exchanges in Japan are reportedly planning to create a self-regulating body that will oversee crypto markets in the country. The move is in response to the recent hacking attack on crypto exchange Coincheck, which led to the theft of more than $400 million in cryptocurrency.
Blockchain firm Wanchain has partnered with various Austin companies to form the Austin Blockchain Collective (ABC). The goal of the ABC is to advocate for the adoption of blockchain innovation at the local level and for the larger global ecosystem.
Built in China and headquartered in Austin,
A report from Cisco’s Talos cybersecurity team says a Ukraine hacker group called Coinhoard has stolen more than $50 million in cryptocurrency from users of Blockchain.info, the digital currency wallet provider.
The Cisco report explained how the group used a unique technique: Buying Google ads on search keywords related to cryptocurrency.
Australian blockchain startup TBSx3, shipment tracker DB Schenker, logistic supply chain company DP World Australia, and an unnamed container carrier have formed a blockchain consortium to tackle the issue of fake goods.
The companies intend to use blockchain architecture developed by TBSx3 to combat the global counterfeit goods industry,
SBI Ripple Asia has formed a consortium with some Japanese credit card companies to utilize blockchain technology. Called the Credit Card Industry Consortium, the group will be formally established in January.
Formed in 2016, SBI Ripple Asia is the Asia-Pacific partnership of Japanese financial services company SBI Holdings and FinTech payments firm Ripple.
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