ICOs Meet IPOs: Blockchain Author Alex Tapscott to Take Token Startup Public | CoinDesk
Fresh off the news that Tapscott’s NextBlock Global has raised $20 million to invest in projects selling cryptographic tokens, he has revealed exclusively to CoinDesk that he plans to list the company on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).
Source: ICOs Meet IPOs: Blockchain Author Alex Tapscott to Take Token Startup Public – CoinDesk
Read MoreWhat Is Hyperledger? How the Linux Foundation builds an open platform | Blockgeeks
While most other blockchain projects focus on cryptocurrencies and tokens, the projects around Hyperledger demonstrate a strong potential to build the backbone of non-monetary, high scaling industrial applications of blockchain technology.
Here are a few use cases:
Source: What Is Hyperledger? How the Linux Foundation builds an open platform
Read MoreWhat Is Hyperledger? How the Linux Foundation builds an open platform | Blockgeeks
While most other blockchain projects focus on cryptocurrencies and tokens, the projects around Hyperledger demonstrate a strong potential to build the backbone of non-monetary, high scaling industrial applications of blockchain technology.
Here are a few use cases:
Source: What Is Hyperledger? How the Linux Foundation builds an open platform
Read MoreInside the Secret World of Global Food Spies – Bloomberg
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, was one of the first to get on board, just completing a trial using blockchain technology to track pork in China, where it has more than 400 stores. The time taken to track the meat’s supply chain was cut from 26 hours to just seconds using blockchain, and the scope of the project is being widened to other products, said Frank Yiannas, Wal-Mart’s vice president for food safety, in an interview Thursday.
“The problem is the data is only as reliable as the person providing the data,” said Weinberg, who recalls seeing everything in China from synthetic eggs to fake shrimp that still sizzle in a wok. “In most supply chains there is one or more ‘unreliable’ data provider. This means blockchain is likely useless for protecting against food-fraud unless every piece of data is scrutinized to be accurate.”
But blockchain is “light years” away from the system used by the global food industry today, which relies heavily on paper records, said Yiannas, Wal-Mart’s food safety chief. By recording the identity of those who input data into the chain, the technology removes the anonymity that has helped food-fraud to thrive, he said.
The role of humans in recording the supply chain will also diminish, said Yiannas. “More and more of these documents will eventually be captured in an automated way.”
Source: Inside the Secret World of Global Food Spies – Bloomberg
Thanks Frederic
Read MoreInside the Secret World of Global Food Spies – Bloomberg
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, was one of the first to get on board, just completing a trial using blockchain technology to track pork in China, where it has more than 400 stores. The time taken to track the meat’s supply chain was cut from 26 hours to just seconds using blockchain, and the scope of the project is being widened to other products, said Frank Yiannas, Wal-Mart’s vice president for food safety, in an interview Thursday.
“The problem is the data is only as reliable as the person providing the data,” said Weinberg, who recalls seeing everything in China from synthetic eggs to fake shrimp that still sizzle in a wok. “In most supply chains there is one or more ‘unreliable’ data provider. This means blockchain is likely useless for protecting against food-fraud unless every piece of data is scrutinized to be accurate.”
But blockchain is “light years” away from the system used by the global food industry today, which relies heavily on paper records, said Yiannas, Wal-Mart’s food safety chief. By recording the identity of those who input data into the chain, the technology removes the anonymity that has helped food-fraud to thrive, he said.
The role of humans in recording the supply chain will also diminish, said Yiannas. “More and more of these documents will eventually be captured in an automated way.”
Source: Inside the Secret World of Global Food Spies – Bloomberg
Thanks Frederic
Read MoreTokens Can Be Securities? Even ICO Advisors Agree with the SEC | CoinDesk
Allowing investors to participate in the upside of Blockchain Capital’s venture fund, the key advantage the tokens provide is allowing investors to have liquidity long before more traditional venture capital shares mature. If we assume that tokens are an investment, the question naturally arises: When are token-based investing strategies worth pursuing – both for issuers and for potential investors? Channing’s take on this question, from the perspective of the issuer’s advisor, is instructive. First, Argo
Source: Tokens Can Be Securities? Even ICO Advisors Agree with the SEC – CoinDesk
Read MoreTokens Can Be Securities? Even ICO Advisors Agree with the SEC | CoinDesk
Allowing investors to participate in the upside of Blockchain Capital’s venture fund, the key advantage the tokens provide is allowing investors to have liquidity long before more traditional venture capital shares mature. If we assume that tokens are an investment, the question naturally arises: When are token-based investing strategies worth pursuing – both for issuers and for potential investors? Channing’s take on this question, from the perspective of the issuer’s advisor, is instructive. First, Argo
Source: Tokens Can Be Securities? Even ICO Advisors Agree with the SEC – CoinDesk
Read MoreThe Ultimate List of ICO Resources | CoinDesk
William Mougayar is the author of “The Business Blockchain” and a board advisor to, and investor in, various blockchain projects and startups… In this opinion piece, Mougayar lists his ultimate 18 web resources for those wanting to research, track or launch initial coin offerings or ICOs.
Source: The Ultimate List of ICO Resources – CoinDesk
Read MoreThe Ultimate List of ICO Resources | CoinDesk
William Mougayar is the author of “The Business Blockchain” and a board advisor to, and investor in, various blockchain projects and startups… In this opinion piece, Mougayar lists his ultimate 18 web resources for those wanting to research, track or launch initial coin offerings or ICOs.
Source: The Ultimate List of ICO Resources – CoinDesk
Read MoreSingapore Central Bank Clarifies ICO Regulations | Bitcoin News
The document defines ‘digital tokens’ as a “cryptographically-secured representation of a token-holder’s rights to receive a benefit or to perform specified functions.” Virtual currencies are defined as “one particular type of digital token, which typically functions as a medium of exchange, a unit of account or a store of value.”
Source: Singapore Central Bank Clarifies ICO Regulations
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