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Blockchain

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Tech to Protect Challenge; cybersecurity panel; Beyond Bollywood

— The newest consumer electronic devices feature the latest technologies, but unfortunately the same can’t always be said about the… Read More

TruSat tracking

Switching from asteroid mining to blockchain: ConsenSys Space unveils TruSat satellite tracker

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A year after taking over the assets of a Redmond, Wash.-based asteroid mining company known as Planetary… Read More

Oregon counties test mobile voting, allowing overseas citizens to cast ballots using smartphones

Two counties in Oregon are piloting mobile voting in the upcoming special elections in November. It’s the latest in a… Read More

Cryptocurrency extortion scheme targeted Seattle startup StormX, report says

Earlier this week, two men were arrested in Brooklyn and Rhode Island and charged in federal court with extorting an… Read More

Why this Seattle tech entrepreneur is trying to solve health insurance for freelancers in Texas

After selling a startup and leaving full-time work for the life of an independent consultant, Nick Soman stumbled across the… Read More

CryptoKitties maker Dapper Labs raises $11M to build a blockchain for gaming and entertainment

Dapper Labs raised $11 million to continue branching out from the product that made it famous: the popular CryptoKitties digital… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Working in video games; the latest findings on sleep; and more

— Working in video games is something lots of young (and not so young) people aspire to do. But it… Read More

Entrepreneur Arry Yu wants the Pacific Northwest blockchain community to find its voice

For her first 18 years, Arry Yu was selectively mute. Due to a childhood trauma, she spoke very little, but… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: PAX West; LEGO Robotics; chaos engineering; and more

  — Every Labor Day weekend, thousands of gamers descend upon the Washington State Convention Center for PAX West, the… Read More

Meet the 6 startups joining the Oregon Enterprise Blockchain Venture Studio

The Oregon Enterprise Blockchain Venture Studio announced its first class on Tuesday. The new public-private program is designed to support startups… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Tech at The Seattle Art Fair; blockchain convention; and DIY hardware development

— For the fifth year in a row, artists from the Pacific Northwest will showcase their work at The Seattle… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: ACE Comic Con, computer trivia, and the music of Star Wars

— Films based on characters from Marvel comics have dominated the box office for the first half of the year.… Read More

‘AWS for blockchain’: ArcBlock aims to build, manage and deploy decentralized apps

If you’re still wrapping your head around blockchain 1.0 (Bitcoin) and blockchain 2.0 (Ethereum), you’d better hurry up because blockchain… Read More

Kristina Bergman

Is AI overhyped? Cloud startup CEOs call out proliferation of trendy technology

The world’s biggest technology companies are pouring billions of dollars into developing sophisticated artificial intelligence capabilities, but its usefulness in… Read More

Salesforce introduces a low-code development platform based on the blockchain for sharing sales data among partners

Salesforce Blockchain will allow companies to build blockchain-based distributed ledgers that integrate with their Salesforce data using just a few… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Picturing black holes; Cloud City Tech Meetup; and classic arcade games

–One of the biggest scientific feats was accomplished this year when a team of astronomers captured an image of a… Read More

Microsoft unveils decentralized identity protocol that works atop the Bitcoin blockchain

Microsoft introduced a new open-source protocol Monday that is designed to hurdle performance issues when trying to use blockchain networks… Read More

Microsoft teams up with Starbucks on predictive drive-thru ordering and bean-to-cup blockchain

Starbucks is quickly becoming as much a tech company as a coffee company, but that hasn’t stopped its leadership from… Read More

Blockchain startup incubator launching in Portland to help develop enterprise technologies

An incubator designed to support startups developing blockchain products for businesses is launching in Portland this summer. The Oregon Enterprise… Read More

Sean Hsieh of Flowroute.

This startup wants to bring commercial real estate investing to the masses

Less than a year after selling his telecommunications startup, Flowroute founder Sean Hsieh has embarked on a new venture that… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Black Girls Code workshops, Pluto’s planetary debate, FFA’s Champion Awards, and more

— Black Girls CODE, a nonprofit dedicated to teaching girls of color ages 7-17 about computer programming and technology, is… Read More

How a lack of regulatory clarity puts U.S. cryptocurrency startups at a disadvantage

Founded by former Amazon and Microsoft security engineers, cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex defies the Wild West reputation of the blockchain world… Read More

Microsoft, T-Mobile band together with blockchain startups for new Cascadia Blockchain Council

A group of blockchain entrepreneurs, institutions and tech giants are banding together to make the Pacific Northwest a hub for… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Politics and big tech, history of filmmaking, and a blockchain conference

The massive power of technology companies has been a hot topic among politicians. The most recent example was Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s… Read More

Microsoft teams up with global health partners to spot rare diseases faster using new technology

Patients with a rare disease often face a long and painful road to an accurate diagnosis. The process takes five years on… Read More

RChain house

Boom, bust and blockchain: RChain Cooperative’s cryptocurrency dreams dissolve into controversy

The two-story house sits on a quiet street in the Fauntleroy neighborhood of West Seattle, a few hundred yards from… Read More

Providence St. Joseph Health acquires Seattle blockchain startup that helps hospitals get paid

Health care provider Providence St. Joseph Health acquired Seattle startup Lumedic, which uses blockchain to collect payments more efficiently. The process… Read More

Long March launch

How satellites and blockchain go together

It’s been three months since Planetary Resources, the asteroid mining venture headquartered in Redmond, Wash., was acquired by the ConsenSys… Read More

Star blockchain developer’s talks with startup Casper Labs ripple through world of cryptocurrency

One of the stars of the blockchain world, developer Vlad Zamfir, is in negotiations with a new startup called Casper… Read More

Authentication security startup NuID raises $2.5M to help companies prevent breaches

Security startup NuID today announced a $2.5 million round to help grow its user authentication technology. Founded in early 2017, the… Read More

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