News and views from and about the Business Ethereum ecosystem
TheStreet – July 20, 2018
IBM Stakes an Early Claim on ‘Blockchain-as-a-Service’
IBM says that its ‘strategic imperatives’ — which include cloud, security and analytics — made up more than half of its Q2 revenues.
ETH News – July 19, 2018
[UPDATED] Enterprise Ethereum Alliance To Open Regional Office In Japan
The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) announced on July 19 that it would be opening its first regional office in Japan. The consortium has appointed Kazuaki Ishiguro as the EEA’s regional head. Executive Director Ron Resnick told ETHNews about the move and the importance of finding the right person to run the new office:
BTCManager – July 19, 2018
Blockchain-Based Healthcare Startup Aenco Joins Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
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.
CoinJournal – July 18, 2018
SyncFab Joins The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
SyncFab, the first hardware manufacturing supply chain blockchain focused on connecting hardware buyers with manufacturers, today announced that it has joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), the world’s largest open source blockchain initiative.
AMBCrypto – July 6, 2018
Enterprise Ethereum Alliance [EEA] to be joined by Request Network Foundation
On 5th July, the Request Network Foundation, a decentralized Ethereum-based payment system, announced that they have joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance [EEA], one of the largest blockchain initiatives in the world.
All Coins News – July 5, 2018
JET8 Foundation Joins the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
The JET8 Foundation, which supports the innovation of technology and advocates the building of communities through decentralized engagement networks, has announced that it has joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), the open source blockchain initiative
SludgeFeed – July 5, 2018
Request Network Joins the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
Request Network (REQ), a decentralized network for peer-to-peer and corporate transactions, announced today that it has joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), the world’s largest open source blockchain initiative.
Trust Nodes – June 29, 2018
eBay, Foxconn, PwC Join Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
One of the biggest retailer in the world with $10 billion in revenue and $2 billion in yearly profits, has joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA). eBay has now become part of more than 500 members which include JP Morgan, MasterCard, Microsoft, Shell, AMD, Intel and far too many to mention.
Legal Gambling – June 29, 2018
eBay, Foxconn, Dekra & Perkin Cole Join Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
eBay, Foxconn, PwC, DEKRA Testing and Certification, S.A.U., and Perkins Cole LLP are among the 74new organizations which have joined Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA).
Chain State – June 28, 2018
eBay and Foxconn Join the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
eBay and Foxconn are among the newest companies to join the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), the largest open-source blockchain consortium.
CoinDesk – June 25, 2018
Pharma Giant Merck Eyes Blockchain for Fighting Counterfeit Meds
Pharmaceuticals giant Merck is seeking a patent for a way to use blockchain in order to track goods as they move through the supply chain.
CoinDesk – June 25, 2018
How Commerzbank Is Throwing Out the Business Blockchain Playbook
With a plethora of business blockchains vying for prominence, banks are under increasing pressure to pick a winner – after all, without network effects, surely the benefits would be lost?
Smarteum – June 22, 2018
Ethereum is better than Bitcoin in 2018: ConsenSys, Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, ICO ’s and smart contracts (Ethereum Price Forecast)-Fri Jun 22
Ethereum is better than Bitcoin in 2018: ConsenSys, Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, ICO ’s and smart contracts
EconoTimes – June 21, 2018
Enterprise Ethereum Alliance welcomes Commerzbank
German banking giant Commerzbank is the latest to join the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), a leading blockchain consortium focused on cross-industry cooperations.
IBS Intelligence – June 20, 2018
Commerzbank joins Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
Commerzbank has joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA). EEA is a worldwide blockchain consortium focussing on cross-industry cooperations.
TheStreet – June 16, 2018
IBM, Oracle, Microsoft and Others Are Plunging Into ‘Blockchain-as-a-Service’
That was the message from the SEC this week, which issued a long-awaited decision on the regulatory status on Bitcoin and Ether, the two largest cryptocurrencies, sending prices higher on Thursday. But a new day of corporate crypto is already upon us.
Chain State – June 12, 2018
Joseph Lubin: Cryptocurrency “Orders of Magnitude” More Disruptive Than Dotcom
Joseph Lubin, Ethereum’s co-founder and founder of blockchain company Consensys, said Tuesday that cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies were “orders of magnitude more disruptive” than the dot-com bubble at MoneyConf, Dublin’s most prominent FinTech conference, despite the market’s lackluster performance in recent months.
ITWeb – June 11, 2018
Firms that don’t consider blockchain ‘risk falling behind’
Blockchain technology is expected to become ‘a standard operational technology’ across the consumer, manufacturing, and financial industries, and organisations which don’t consider deploying the technology risk falling behind.
Fintech Futures – June 11, 2018
South African Ethereum test proves efficiency of blockchain-based payments for banks
An Ethereum test under the name of Project Khokha went live last week to prove the efficacy of wholesale payment systems built on the blockchain.
PYMNTS – June 8, 2018
Mastercard Seeks Blockchain-Based Payment Verification Patent
To verify payment cards at the point of sale (POS), Mastercard is looking into blockchain technology. In a filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the company said it has devised a process to send and retrieve payment credentials through a “publicly accessible blockchain,” CoinDesk reported.