Becky Peterson, provided by Published 7:00 am, Saturday, March 3, 2018 JD The Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com is looking to blockchain to prove the authenticity of its steaks to wary consumers. Starting in spring, JD customers can track where "each piece" of meat has been, how it was transported, and how the specific animal it came from was raised. With 292.5 million active users, JD may finally take blockchains mainstream — at least when it comes to food tracking. Recommended Video: Now Playing: Amazon Offering Cash Back to Customers Who Shop at Whole Foods Amazon is giving five percent cash back on purchases to those who shop at Whole Foods using the Amazon Prime Rewards Visa card. That's the same reward for owners of the card who shop at the Amazon website. Cardholders who aren't members of Amazon's $99 yearly subscription service will get 3 percent cash back. Amazon bought Whole Foods last year for $13.7 billion. The e-commerce giant announced … [Read more...] about The Amazon of China is putting its high-end beef imports on the blockchain
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Women sound the alarm over ‘Blockchain Bros’
By Nellie Bowles Published 3:33 pm, Friday, March 2, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-3', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 3', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: ABBEY LOSSING, NYT Image 1of/3 CaptionClose Image 1 of 3 Cryptocurrencies and blockchain were meant to be great equalizers, but women are finding that the gold rush is already stacked against them. Cryptocurrencies and blockchain were meant to be great equalizers, but women are finding that the gold rush is already stacked against them. Photo: ABBEY LOSSING, NYT Image 2 of 3 Women line up for an event to attract women to the cryptocurrency industry in San Francisco. Women line up for an event to attract women to the … [Read more...] about Women sound the alarm over ‘Blockchain Bros’
Mass Adoption of Blockchain Technology by Entrepreneurs? Major Challenges Are Involved.
Clearly, the benefits of adoption will have to outweigh the costs. And they promise to be considerable. Jyoti Agrawal Published 2:30 pm, Thursday, March 1, 2018 Photo: Shutterstock Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 Photo: Shutterstock Mass Adoption of Blockchain Technology by Entrepreneurs? Major Challenges Are Involved. 1 / 1 Back to Gallery Wealth management. Improved security. Fluid transactions: You’ve likely seen these benefits of blockchain technology touted before now. And there are more. Related: 9 Blockchain Influencers for You to Follow -- Who All Happen to Be Female Indeed, the blockchain revolution is under way in many sectors. And it’s only a matter of time before your industry is affected, if that hasn't happened already. Still, while blockchain technology promises … [Read more...] about Mass Adoption of Blockchain Technology by Entrepreneurs? Major Challenges Are Involved.
Blockchain boom could quickly turn to bust
James Titcomb 28 January 2018 • 3:36pm Last week, a little-known prospective telecoms investor became the latest company to cash in on the craze for all things blockchain, the technology behind Bitcoin. Stapleton Capital, which only listed last year and is yet to make a single investment, changed its name to Blockchain Worldwide. Shares predictably jumped as much as 130pc. Blockchain Worldwide is only the latest in a long list of companies - including ice tea and sports bra makers - to successfully pull off this trick. Why does it keep happening? Here’s one theory: keeping up with new technology trends is tricky, especially one as apparently nonsensical as Bitcoin. Its price swings wildly, and it has no obvious use, but is apparently... To continue reading this article Start your free trial of Premium Access all Premium articles Subscriber-only events Cancel any time Free for 30 days then only £2 per week Try Premium … [Read more...] about Blockchain boom could quickly turn to bust
Is Blockchain just another dotcom bubble for investors?
Brought to you by Kevin Murphy, Equity value fund manager at Schroders and blogger on The Value Perspective The dotcom bubble saw an increase in the practice of ‘‘name-gaming’’ as investors flocked to buzzword companies. Could the trend be repeating itself with Blockchain? Kevin Murphy Equity value fund manager at Schroders One of the first things that you learn about value investing (which is the art of buying stocks that trade at a significant discount to their intrinsic value) is that you need to dig below the surface of any potential investment. You analyse a business’s balance sheet and other data to ensure that you really understand its underlying value, its financial strength and how it works. It is the mantra of Schroders’ investment blog, The Value Perspective. In short, we never take anything at face value: we don’t judge a book by its cover – or a company by its name. Plenty of … [Read more...] about Is Blockchain just another dotcom bubble for investors?