When people interact with each other, for example via financial transactions, sharing legal documents or trading through supply chains, they need a high level of confidence that the data recording ...

Joel Monegro has been part of the Union Square Ventures Investment Team since July 2014. Previously, he co-founded three startups, ran a boutique software development shop, and studied Computer ...

Traditionally, exchanges require an intermediary such as a broker to match buyers and sellers. With the blockchain, the need for 3rd party arbiter is obsolete. Orders to buy and sell are matched and ...

The analysts say that over the next 4 years, the market for blockchain-related products and services will reach ~$14 billion. Whether that’s true is anyone’s guess, but one thing’s for sure, demand ...

The blockchain industry has witnessed remarkable growth and innovation in recent years, revolutionizing various sectors with its decentralized and transparent nature. However, amid this rapid ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Since it burst onto the scene with Bitcoin, blockchain has been linked with other cryptocurrencies, digital artwork and extraordinary energy consumption. The heart of blockchain, ...

Solar panels keep spreading across rooftops, wind farms keep multiplying — yet electricity bills refuse to drop. The global energy sector is stuck in a strange contradiction: generation is becoming ...

A lot of time and money is now invested into blockchain and its applications. “Distributed ledger technology is set to move out of the test environment and into the wild next year, with nearly two ...

Blockchain technology is a decentralized and distributed digital ledger that records transactions across multiple computers or nodes. It was originally introduced as the underlying technology for the ...

A bank based on a mobile app, a car maker that rents out cars rather than selling them, and somebody renting their spare room all have something in common - they rely on fintech to work. Every now and ...