News and views from and about the Business Ethereum ecosystem
eWeek – May 18, 2019
Blockchain, Cryptocurrency’s Future Debated at Consensus Conference
Here at Coindesk’s Consensus 2019 conference, fledgling software companies pitched new pieces for future incarnations of blockchain, while new advocacy groups discussed why it is important to normalize the technology for customers and regulators, and economists said they were skeptical of the whole thing.
Coindesk – May 13, 2019
Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Publishes Latest Client Specs in Blockchain Standards Push
Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), the standards body seeking a common approach for businesses using ethereum’s code, has released a third version of its client specification, as well as updates on privacy and performance.
Medium – April 29, 2019
DOS Network Joins The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) – Medium
We are pleased to announce that DOS Network has become a member of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA)! We are looking forward to working with other members in the EEA to contribute to this vibrant industry.
THE BLOCK – April 24, 2019
Conor Svensson, EEA and Web3 Labs: On education and exploration for enterprise Ethereum
At the end of last year, Vitalik Buterin used the medium of a tweetstorm to assess non-financial applications of blockchain technologies. Buterin described it as becoming ‘a bigger and bigger part of the story.’
Medium – April 19, 2019
MVP Workshop Joins The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
MVP Workshop, a Blockchain Product Research & Development Studio, announced today that it has joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), a de facto standards organization for enterprise blockchain — one that is backed by the largest developer community in the world and a worldwide member-base.
CryptoNinjas – April 17, 2019
Enterprise Ethereum Alliance launches blockchain-neutral token taxonomy initiative
While some form of tokens and tokenization have existed throughout time, blockchain-derived tokens have the potential to transform business models for goods and services offered by distributed or decentralized applications – even if they are built on top of different blockchains.
Coindesk – April 17, 2019
Microsoft, Ethereum Group Launch Token-Building Kit for Enterprises
The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) and Microsoft have corralled the major blockchain providers behind a new project to help businesses design and create the right sort of crypto tokens for their particular needs.
CryptoDigest – April 17, 2019
Enterprise Ethereum Alliance launches blockchain-neutral token taxonomy initiative
The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) today announced the formation of the blockchain-neutral Token Taxonomy Initiative to address the need to universally define tokens to better understand how their use and implementation can occur interchangeably across all token-enabled blockchain platforms.
Forbes – April 17, 2019
Controlling The Ledger: The World’s Largest Financial Firms Embrace Blockchain
Ask nearly any leading banker or financial executive to go on the record about blockchain, and you are liable to hear crickets. After all, it’s an industry built on trust and stability and crypto’s recent legacy of volatility and even fraud has tainted the topic.
Forbes – April 17, 2019
Blockchain Goes to Work
On the Jersey side of the Hudson River just across from Manhattan’s Financial District, there is a glass-and-steel office tower designed in a severe International Style aesthetic. “DTCC” is emblazoned across the top, but few outside of Wall Street realize that in this building,…
Cointelegraph – April 17, 2019
Ethereum Consortium Launches Token Initiative With Microsoft, JPMorgan Chase, Others
The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) has launched a blockchain-neutral Token Taxonomy Initiative in partnership with major firms, according to a press release from EEA on April 17. The initiative will seek to define tokens in non-technical and cross-industry terms in a bid to drive enterprise token adoption at scale.
Ledger Insights – April 17, 2019
Accenture, Ethereum, IBM, Microsoft in enterprise token standards initiative
The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) is spearheading a blockchain-neutral Token Taxonomy Initiative (TTI) targeted at enterprises. The project has attracted an impressive array of participants from across the industry including Accenture, Banco Santander, Blockchain Research Institute, Clearmatics, ConsenSys, Digital Asset, EY, IBM, ING, Intel, J.P. Morgan, Komgo, Microsoft, R3, and Web3 Labs.
Distrubuted – April 17, 2019
EEA Launches ‘Token Taxonomy Initiative’
The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance has announced a “Token Taxonomy Initiative” to develop universal definitions for tokens to encourage their interchangeability across blockchain platforms. Members of the initiative include Microsoft, R3, ConsenSys, IBM, EY, Accenture and Intel.
Ledger Insights – April 15, 2019
Honeywell uses blockchain and startup approach to digitize aircraft parts
Modern startup thinking is to start small, try it, and build from a solid foundation. In December Honeywell Aerospace launched the GoDirect Trade aircraft parts e-commerce portal.
FXEMPIRE – April 8, 2019
PayPal Makes First Ever Blockchain Investment
Reported by Coindesk, PayPal has made its first-ever blockchain investment. This comes as a surprise to many as PayPal is a centralized point of sale giant, arguably in direct competition with the decentralized blockchain industry, aiming to cut out middlemen just like PayPal.
Blockonomi – April 3, 2019
PayPal Eyes Blockchain Identity Space in New Series A Investment
Another wrinkle of intrigue hitting the buzzing cryptoeconomy this week is the news that mainstream payments powerhouse PayPal has confirmed an investment into a rising Massachusetts blockchain startup.
Blockonomi – April 3, 2019
PayPal Eyes Blockchain Identity Space in New Series A Investment
Another wrinkle of intrigue hitting the buzzing cryptoeconomy this week is the news that mainstream payments powerhouse PayPal has confirmed an investment into a rising Massachusetts blockchain startup.
UNLOCK – April 1, 2019
Avaloq joins Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
Avaloq, a fintech solution provider of software as a service (SaaS) and business process as a service (BPaaS) solutions to banks and wealth managers, has announced that it has joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), the world’s largest open source blockchain initiative.
Cointelegraph – March 29, 2019
IOHK Founder Charles Hoskinson Says Crypto Industry Needs More Interoperability
Charles Hoskinson, a founder of IOHK, the firm that developed cryptocurrency Cardano (ADA), said that the cryptocurrency industry needs a “WiFi or Bluetooth moment” in an interview with media outlet Cheddar on March 28.
Cointelegraph – March 22, 2019
Bayer’s Agricultural Division Partners With ConsenSys-Backed Startup BlockApps
The agricultural division of pharmaceutical and life science giant Bayer AG, Bayer CropScience, is collaborating with ConsenSys-backed Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) startup BlockApps. BlockApps revealed the news to Cointelegraph on March 22.