Spotify Acquires MediaChain, Balaji Drops Some Blockchain Knowledge & Other News From The Week
This week Spotify made a smart bet by acquiring MediaChain — a digital rights on a blockchain startup. Also, Balaji S. Srinivasan (CEO of 21…
The Debate Continues….
The biggest conference and trade show in the world of financial innovation took place in Las Vegas this week – Money 20/20. If…
O Come All Ye Blockchain Faithful
This has, without doubt, been the year of the ‘blockchain’. Banks have become the ‘faithful’ and in some instances they’ve devoted serious resources…
Chains, Chains, Chains
This week we’ve got Pork chain, Lading Chain and BHP Chain. The trend of blockchaining ‘all the things’ continues to gain momentum. I’ll…
Blockchain: Digital Snake Oil?
One of my favourite pieces this week was Elaine Ou’s article, “Maybe Blockchain Really Does Have Magical Powers”. Although, it might not be…
Sidechains: So It Begins
This week Blockstream released an open source codebase and testing environment for their much hyped sidechain project. Specifically, they released what they call…
