Blockchain

[ad_2][ad_1] LONDON, Aug. 16th (Reuters) – Commodities and commodity banks have entered blockchain pilot projects over the past two years, but the application of the new technology to most trades has probably been oversized, a Boston Consulting Group report (BCG) he said. Blockchain, originally the platform behind the bitcoin cryptocurrency, …

[ad_2][ad_1] At the start of this year five major health organizations – Humana, MultiPlan, Quest Diagnostics and Optum and UnitedHealthcare of the UnitedHealth Group – announced they would launch a blockchain-based pilot program with the goal to improve the quality of health data and reduce administrative costs. Organizations have stated …

[ad_2][ad_1] Bonita Carlson grew up on a ranch in northeastern Wyoming. Once his mother had gone and she helped with the laundry. Together with his clothes he threw in some of his father's shirts. "When I opened the washing machines [I] I saw all of his records from the whole …

[ad_2][ad_1] Bonita Carlson grew up on a ranch in northeastern Wyoming. Once his mother had gone and she helped with the laundry. Together with his clothes he threw in some of his father's shirts. "When I opened the washing machines [I] I saw all of his records from the whole …

[ad_2][ad_1] The former COO of Chinese Baidu and blockchain bull Qi Lu joined Y Combinator (YC) to manage the new Chinese division, according to a blog post on August 14th. Y Combinator – the leading Silicon Valley based business accelerator that has funded startups like Dropbox, Airbnb, Coinbase, Reddit, has …

[ad_2][ad_1] Riot reported $ 2.8 million of revenue for the three months ended June 30 and a net loss of $ 24.4 million, according to a press release released on Wednesday. In the previous quarter, Riot posted revenue of less than $ 1 million, according to its presentation in May. …

[ad_2][ad_1] In a column of the past, I wrote an imaginary (sort of) story in which I imagined that the next recession was triggered by the knowledge that blockchain technology had no practical purpose and was used primarily by criminals. Last year, he seemed to like everything but criminal. Many …

[ad_2][ad_1] Visit Fast Forward, Intel's new business resource center, for useful information for small business success. Blockchain may have gained notoriety as the technology that provides the infrastructure for Bitcoin, but is playing a more important role in the business world, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In its simplest …

[ad_2][ad_1] Private Insurance Advisory American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) introduced its blockchain-based insurance and reporting tool database, according to a video announcement released on August 15th. The platform, dubbed the Insurance Data Link (openIDL), is based on IBM's blockchain enterprise solution, using Hyperledger Fabric. The platform aims to reduce …

[ad_2][ad_1] Visit Fast Forward, Intel's new business resource center, for useful information for small business success. Blockchain may have gained notoriety as the technology that provides the infrastructure for Bitcoin, but is playing a more important role in the business world, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In its simplest …