Blockchain

MoneyGram

MoneyGram’s New Partnership Leverages Blockchain in International Payments

by | Jun 18, 2019
Ripple will make up to a $50 million investment in MoneyGram as the industry moves toward what might be the future of international money transfers.
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Hedera Hashgraph to Move Global Headquarters to Richardson’s Telecom Corridor
by | May 31, 2019
Next-gen DLT developer Hedera Hashgraph has leased over 11,000 square feet at Richardson's 3400 at CityLine to house its global headquarters. The office is slated to open by fall 2019, and will join other Hedera offices in New York City and San Francisco. 
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‘EarthX Can Be to Dallas, What SXSW is to Austin’
Trammell S. Crow is a man on a mission. At the nine year mark, EarthX is out to ignite environmental change, prove that 'green makes green,' and connect people to create a more sustainable world—365 days a year.
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‘Math Will No Longer Protect Your Data’: VaultChain Wants to Make Data Impossible for Hackers to Reassemble
by | Apr 11, 2019
Encryption that would normally take millions of years to crack could be done in seconds with a quantum computer, according to Doug Peckover. His solution is a “quantum-computer safe” technology that secures data.
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Thinking Outside the Blockchain Box: SMU Tackles Sustainability with High Tech Solutions

by | Feb 27, 2019
SMU's Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanity is lowering the entry barrier to blockchain and finding high-tech solutions to poverty, environmental issues, homelessness, and roadblocks in healthcare—and it's just getting started.
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Early Adopters: Accenture Survey Puts Dallas Ahead of the Pack in Emerging Tech
by | Feb 22, 2019
When it comes to blockchain, AI, and extended reality, Dallas proves better than most in adopting new, cutting-edge technologies.
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Christopher Brown, CEO of Modular, a provider of digital asset solutions to the banking sector, and cofounder of Zabo, a new fully digital bank that will launch in 2019.
Meet the Innovators: Christopher Brown, Modular and Zabo
In between the tech buzzwords—crypto, AI, AR—there's real work going on, Modular CEO Christopher Brown says.
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Hedera Open Access
Hedera Hashgraph Opens its Distributed Ledger Tech for Public Testing
by | Dec 18, 2018
Hedera Hashgraph aims to change the culture of tech giants exchanging people's privacy for “free" access to their sites and services. "We are the product," Hedera CEO Mance Harmon says. Hedera Hashgraph aims to change that.
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dexFreight

DexFreight Enters the Blockchain Logistics Space with First Shipment

by | Nov 20, 2018
DexFreight founder Rajat Rajbhandari, who lives in Dallas, says the blockchain-based logistics platform is planning to establish a formal presence in North Texas.
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rawhide
Rawhide Blockchain Tech Wins Hackathon, Launches Livestock Management Startup
by | Oct 1, 2018
Rawhide's technology enables livestock producers to maintain genetic profiles of cattle on the blockchain, allowing for improved herd management and fractional cattle ownership.
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Dallas Startup to Verify People & Data via Blockchain Tech, Plans ICO
by | Aug 6, 2018
VeriToken, an information verification company based on blockchain technology, has already signed almost 20 partners in the last few months including gourmet food distributor La Megara and Sutton Selects.
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Digital Fight Club Pulls No Punches in Sparring Over Tech
by | Aug 2, 2018
The rapid rise of new technology makes life easier, but there’s also concerns about disruption, security, obsolescence, and privacy. Tech experts argued their positions during Digital Dallas' annual event.
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Modular Founder Christopher Brown

Q+A: Modular is Taming the Wild Frontier of Distributed Networks

by | May 21, 2018
Modular Founder Christopher Brown talks about how his startup is harnessing the power of Ethereum before he appears at Digital Dallas Startup Comedy Roast this week.
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funding
Follow the Money: SmartBlock Starts $100M Fund, Learning Machine Closes $3M Round, MORSCO Bought for $1.4B
by | May 10, 2018
From blockchain to biotech and marijuana to real estate, here's a look at recent funding, mergers, and acquisitions involving companies and firms with North Texas ties.
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Onera's Sarah Strobhar, Smart Sorting , scott mackey and david matthews
Emerging Technologies Summit: Harnessing AI, Blockchain & IoT for Future Disruption
by | Apr 23, 2018
The two-day event at UTD brought together experts from IBM, the SEC, and tech startups to discuss ways these technologies could change the world.
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Top stories on DAllas Innovates for Earth Day
Reflections on Earth Day:
A Collection of Top Stories
In honor of Earth Day on Sunday, we’re taking a look back at our stories focused on efforts to be kind to our world. From crowdfunding agriculture to protecting our oceans to renewable energy and more, here are some DFW companies and projects to know.
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