Blockchain

As many of our readers know by now, blockchain is an architecture that allows users to conduct transactions with each other and create an unchangeable, secure record of those transactions. As such, it has attracted an enormous amount of interest by technologists in finance, healthcare,...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is looking at the possibility of using today's distributed ledger technology to bring speed, security and other efficiencies to monitoring swap transactions in what is called “Swaps Regulation 2.0.”  The current consideration envisions the CFTC as a supervisory node in a...

CoinDesk reports that "Four of the world's largest carmakers have joined tech providers and startups to form the biggest-ever consortium focused on applying blockchain tech in the automotive sector." The consortium that connects them is the recently launched Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative (MOBI). MOBI's goal...

In this article, Anne Canfield writes, "2017 may have been the year of the cryptocurrency, but 2018 is shaping up to be the year of the blockchain." She also predicts, "This technology will the next big leap forward in increasing productivity." The article describes new developments...