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Blockchain

Microsoft, EY Expand Blockchain Platform for Gaming Rights to Include Payments

Tanzeel AkhtarDec 14, 2020

Microsoft and Ernst & Young LLP announced plans to use a blockchain platform to allow Microsoft’s Xbox gaming partners, artists and content creators to track and manage their payments and royalty contracts.

Monero

Hackers Using Monero Mining Malware as Decoy, Warns Microsoft

Danny NelsonDec 1, 2020

Crypto-jacking is giving nation-state hackers a decoy for their more malicious attacks, Microsoft cautioned in a report.

Blockchain Technology

Microsoft, India’s Tanla Launch Encrypted Messaging Infrastructure Built With Blockchain

Tanzeel AkhtarJan 21, 2021

The edge-to-edge encrypted platform is built on Microsoft Azure and accessible by clients via an API.

Microsoft

Microsoft Marketing Exec Joins Blockchain Gaming Platform Enjin to Lead Enterprise Push

Sebastian SinclairNov 16, 2020

Enjin is aiming to widen its enterprise focus with its latest hire hailing from over 20 years at tech giant Microsoft.

Enterprise Blockchain

‘Boring Is the New Exciting’: How Baseline Protocol Connected With 600 Corporates

Ian AllisonAug 26, 2020

Baseline Protocol, where companies can use the Ethereum public mainnet as a common frame of reference, has released its version 1.0.

Microsoft

China

China Aims to Be the World’s Dominant Blockchain Power – With Help From Google, Amazon and Microsoft

David Pan

China's BSN could be met with geopolitical resistance as it continues to extend its global reach.

India

Indian Users Almost 5 Times More Likely to Encounter Crypto Hacking: Microsoft Report

Jaspreet Kalra

A Microsoft cybersecurity report found that in Asia-Pacific, Sri Lanka has the highest rate of encounter with such attacks, with neighboring India in second place.

Carbon Credits

Carbon Credits Have a Double-Spend Problem. This Microsoft-Backed Project Is Trying to Fix It

Ian Allison

The Microsoft-backed IWA sustainability group is building a tokenization standard that aims to bring transparency to carbon accounting.

Russia

Microsoft Partners With Waves Enterprise to Tokenize Industrial Assets

Paddy Baker

The five-year agreement will see Microsoft and Waves collaborate on a possible asset tokenization platform for company equipment.

Climate Change

EU-Based Universities Say Blockchain Could Help Meet Paris Agreement Carbon Goals

Sebastian Sinclair

A new paper from Microsoft and universities in Germany and Denmark sets out how blockchain technology could overcome issues with providing an international carbon credit market.

Microsoft

BlockFi Taps Defense Department, Microsoft Alum as Security Chief

Sebastian Sinclair

BlockFi is adding a former Bakkt and Microsoft employee to their lineup to take charge of the firm's security.

Identity

Microsoft Releases Bitcoin-Based ID Tool as COVID-19 ‘Passports’ Draw Criticism

Leigh Cuen

Microsoft’s Bitcoin-based decentralized identity tool, ION, just went live with a beta version on mainnet.