Kyt Dotson

Kyt Dotson is a Senior Editor at SiliconAngle and works to cover beats surrounding DevOps, security, gaming, and cutting edge technology. Before joining SiliconAngle, Kyt worked as a software engineer starting at Motorola in Q&A to eventually settle at Pets911.com where he helped build a vast database for pet adoption and a lost and found system. Kyt is a published author who writes science fiction and fantasy works that incorporate ideas from modern-day technological innovation and explore the outcome of living with those technologies.

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World Wildlife Fund launches blockchain to build trust in ethically sourced food

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The environmental group World Wildlife Fund announced late Wednesday the launch of a blockchain distributed ledger platform that will help food businesses remove illegal, environmentally damaging and unethical products from their supply chains. The platform, dubbed OpenSC, would create transparency between customers …

Ford joins IBM in blockchain pilot to track cobalt mined in Congo

BLOCKCHAIN By KYT DOTSON8 YEARS AGO

Automaker Ford Motor Co. announced Tuesday that the company will use IBM Corp.’s blockchain-based platform to track cobalt sourced from a Chinese-owned mine in Congo to its electric car battery manufacturing plants. The objective of the partnership is to create better tracking …

Blockchain-based fast identity verification startup Authenteq raises $5M

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Berlin- and Reykjavik, Iceland-based identity management startup Authenteq Ltd. today announced that it has closed a $5 million funding round in just two weeks. This funding represents the first close of two in the company’s Series A round led by Draper Associates …

China passes strict blockchain regulations requiring more government scrutiny

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The Chinese government announced today that companies using distributed ledger blockchain technology in the country must adhere to strict new regulations requiring them to censor content, allow authorities access to data and identify users. The new regulations go into effect on Feb. …

Alipay and Telenor launch blockchain cross-border payments between Pakistan and Malaysia

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Telenor Microfinance Bank Ltd. and Valyou Sdn Bhd, a remittance company and subsidiary of Telenor Group, today announced the launch of a distributed ledger blockchain-based payment platform. The cross-border platform, based on the Alipay platform developed by Ant Financial Services Group, is …

Nuggets and Lateral Pay bring blockchain-based identity services to merchants

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Blockchain-powered decentralized digital identity and payments company Nuggets Ltd. Thursday announced a partnership with Lateral Payment Solutions Ltd. to integrate a distributed ledger identity solution for merchants to allow them to avoid usernames and passwords. Using a distributed ledger blockchain, Lateral Pay will …

HashCash unveils blockchain gaming platform for the UK market

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California-based HashCash Consultants LLC, a blockchain distributed ledger consulting company, announced today that the company will bring its blockchain-based gaming platform into the United Kingdom video game market. The platform provides a blockchain system that enables video game developers to issue trustworthy …

Philippine money transfer company Bloom looks to Remiit for blockchain payments

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Philippine-based money transfer company Bloom Inc. today announced a partnership with distributed ledger blockchain-powered remittance platform Remiit Project to bring the platform’s capabilities to Southeast Asian markets. The Philippines is a country with high barriers to financial services because only about three of five …

Waves secures $120M for large-scale blockchain integration with the Vostok project

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Waves Platform AG, a fast-transaction blockchain distributed ledger platform service company, secured $120 million in private funding Wednesday to launch its private blockchain platform and system integrator, Vostok. The company began development on the Vostok project to address the needs of large …

Atari partners with Animoca to put ‘RollerCoaster Tycoon’ on the blockchain

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Arcade and video game company Atari SA announced today a partnership with Animoca Brands Ltd. to publish blockchain-based versions of classic Atari games. As part of the partnership, Animoca will receive the rights to develop and publish blockchain-based versions of the Atari mobile game …

Kyt Dotson

Latest from Kyt Dotson

World Wildlife Fund launches blockchain to build trust in ethically sourced food

Ford joins IBM in blockchain pilot to track cobalt mined in Congo

Blockchain-based fast identity verification startup Authenteq raises $5M

China passes strict blockchain regulations requiring more government scrutiny

Alipay and Telenor launch blockchain cross-border payments between Pakistan and Malaysia

Nuggets and Lateral Pay bring blockchain-based identity services to merchants

HashCash unveils blockchain gaming platform for the UK market

Philippine money transfer company Bloom looks to Remiit for blockchain payments

Waves secures $120M for large-scale blockchain integration with the Vostok project

Atari partners with Animoca to put ‘RollerCoaster Tycoon’ on the blockchain

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