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Microsoft, EY and ConsenSys Tout New Way for Big Biz to Use Public Ethereum

Ian AllisonMar 4, 2020

A trio of heavy hitters has come up with a new way of using the Ethereum mainnet to connect firms’ internal systems for resource planning.

Enterprise Blockchain

Hyperledger Conference Shows Where Blockchain Can Fight Global Warming

Ian AllisonMar 4, 2020

Social impact took center stage at this year's Hyperledger Global Forum, with perhaps less of an emphasis on banking consortia and trade finance blockchains.

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Enterprise Blockchain

Old Rivals Oracle and IBM Want Their Blockchains to Talk to Each Other

Ian AllisonMar 9, 2020

IBM and Oracle are working on an interoperability project that could unite the business consortia on the companies' respective blockchain platforms.

Waves

Russia’s Power Grid Company Tests Blockchain for Power Meter Data

Anna BaydakovaDec 10, 2019

Russia’s national power grid company Rosseti is testing a system for electricity bill payments based on a distributed ledger by Waves.

Enterprise Blockchain

Visa R&D Arm Develops a Blockchain System That Could Replace Financial Data Aggregators

Nathan DiCamilloNov 18, 2019

Visa has been quietly developing a blockchain system that could upend how banks transfer data to consumer financial apps like Mint and Credit Karma.

Identity

Microsoft, Salesforce Join Hyperledger Enterprise Blockchain Consortium

Anna BaydakovaJun 18, 2019

Microsoft and Salesforce have joined Hyperledger, lending their enterprise software heft to the DLT consortium.

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News

Amazon’s Arrival and 4 Other Enterprise Blockchain Trends From Consensus 2019

Ian AllisonMay 16, 2019

At Consensus 2019, conversations about enterprise blockchain were shaped by these five storylines.

News

Tobacco Giant Philip Morris Is Building a Different Kind of ‘Public’ Blockchain

Ian AllisonApr 25, 2019

Tobacco giant Philip Morris is working on a "public blockchain," an executive said, though not quite in the commonly understood sense.

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News

Auditor EY Unveils Nightfall, An Ambitious Bid to Bring Business to Ethereum

Anna BaydakovaApr 16, 2019

Big Four auditor EY is rolling out free software designed to help companies use the public ethereum blockchain.

Startups

ConsenSys Spin-Off BlockApps Inks Deal With Bayer’s Monsanto Arm

Leigh CuenMar 22, 2019

BlockApps is working with Bayer Crop Science, the agtech giant formerly known as Monsanto, on custom blockchain solutions.

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Ethereum

RIP ICOs: 2019 Will Be the Year of Enterprise Blockchain Tokens

Ajit TripathiJan 6, 2019

In 2019, tokens will invade the enterprise in full force and the line between public and private networks will start to disappear, writes ConsenSys' Ajit Tripathi.

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Insurance

Ping An’s New Pitch for Blockchain: Shared Ledger, But Banks Keep Clients

Wolfie ZhaoDec 3, 2018

Ping An, the Chinese insurance giant that built the eTradeConnect blockchain, is modifying the platform to give its 12 participating banks more control over customer relationships.