Blockchain

The largest digital token has posted gains of more than 9,000,000% since July 2010, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

The technology has graduated from early movers and is large enough to make a difference in authentication, argues Findora's Charles Liu.

The San Francisco-based Ripple, which launched in 2012, will use the funding to add personnel to its global organization and enrich its services that power payments using blockchain technology with its XRP platform.

The bank sees digital assets as part of the future and "we want to be there when this happens," says Ralph Achkar, head of digital product development and innovation.

A new system uses biometrics and distributed ledger technology to safeguard call centers from identity theft attacks.

The SoFi co-founder said Figure Technologies is working with national banks to employ its distributed ledger tech for loan originations.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s blockchain-based information network for payments is drawing the greatest interest in Japan, a country long blamed for weak measures against money laundering.

A former derivatives trader who spent 14 months as finance chief at Toyota’s innovation hub launched a non-profit that aims to turn cars into rolling wallets able to autonomously make and receive payments in a virtual currency.

PayPal Ventures is part of an investment group that has raised $4.2 million for cryptocurrency risk management platform TRM Labs.

The blockchain has the potential to disrupt any industry sector, leaving in its wake a more effective system where people get to own the value they create, says PayStand's Jeremy Almond.