UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund, the private equity investment arm of Universal Parcel Service (UPS), has made an equity investment in e-commerce platform Inxeption, to help the latter develop highly functional e-commerce solutions for B2B sellers and buyers, according to a press release on January 16, 2019. A Forward-Thinking Move At a time when blockchain technology is changing the face […]
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Satoshi Citadel Industries Ventures (SCI), a blockchain startup from the Philippines, has launched a new enterprise blockchain division called SCI Blockchain Technologies. SCI, a licensed virtual currency business in the Philippines, operates a portfolio of crypto-related products that include BuyBitcoin.ph, one of the first Bitcoin brokerages in the Philippines, Rebit.ph, a blockchain cross-border remittance service, and Bitbit.ph, a mobile cryptocurrency […]
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The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) added Aenco, the world’s first blockchain-based healthtech digital financing solutions provider, to its impressive lineup of partner companies on July 18, 2018. EEA Grows Member Count According to a press release on Markets Insider, Samoa-based Aenco officially joined the EEA, a non-profit organization which connects startups, Fortune 500 enterprises, academics, and technology vendors, with Ethereum […]
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On May 16th and amidst the conversation surrounding the Consensus Summit 2018, an organization known as the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) released an open source, cross-platform standards-based framework to speed up business transactions by facilitating interoperabiltiy between two or more business enterprises operating on different Ethereum based blockchains. The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance is a non-profit organization that connects Fortune 500 enterprises, […]
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After years of being dismissed as a “slow technology,” and illegal money transfer mechanism, the general outlook for the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry is largely positive in 2018. While the rising interest can be attributed to financial institutions, governments, and regulatory authorities displaying their intentions to adopt the decentralized technology, ‘core’ industries deserve much credit, as they are readily testing […]
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The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) announced on May 2, 2018, its Enterprise Ethereum specification strategy by publicly releasing the company’s Enterprise Ethereum Architecture Stack (EEAS). The new release is supposed to support and streamline the development of the next generation of Ethereum applications which in turn will facilitate the implementation of smart contracts. Next Generation Applications According to Finextra, the […]
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Merkle tree or hash rate, anyone? The world of cryptocurrencies is awash with technical jargon. As a result, several words are often used interchangeably without much thought to their meaning. This can become problematic for investors interested in understanding and putting money into the space. Cryptocurrencies, crypto tokens, and cryptocommodities is, perhaps, the most misunderstood troika of words. One stands in for the […]
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Amid recent bans imposed by China, Neo has the potential to emerge as the cryptocurrency of choice in the heavily regulated nation, and perhaps across the globe. (For more, see China Intensifies Crackdown On Bitcoin Mining.) Since its inception, Neo’s Onchain technology was designed to be regulator-friendly with a centralized approach that is quite different from most other cryptocurrencies. This article explains […]
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