Places Seattle

Seattle continues to grow as a hub of blockchain activity in the Pacific Northwest. Seattle Devcon, a blockchain and cryptocurrency agnostic conference, will be bringing the community together on Saturday, June 29, and will feature 50 talks and host over 400 attendees over this weekend. Home to tech giants like Amazon and Microsoft, Seattle continued […]

Washington State recently passed SB5638, “recognizing the validity of distributed ledger technology,” to much fanfare in the local community, but the bill itself does little to position Washington as a hub of blockchain innovation and without quick and decisive action, we could very well be on a path to repeat the same mistakes made in […]

The NEO Global Development center in Seattle added Harry Pierson, a veteran Microsoft engineer with 24 years of experience in platform development, to the team. Pierson will lead the development of the NEO Toolkit and NEO Express projects. NEO ramping up development in the U.S. NEO, one of the fastest growing smart contract platforms in […]

Bittrex struggled over the last two years amid problems with regulatory compliance and declining market share. As a promotion, the exchange is lowering trading fees and adding Euro markets to expand its reach beyond the U.S. This is the first of such promotions. Regulatory woes Bittrex’s market share fell from 30 percent in August 2017 […]

Dragonchain, an enterprise blockchain-as-a-service provider originally developed out of a Disney technology incubator, was awarded a patent for a loyalty system that tracks and monetizes time on the blockchain, according to documents published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The patent, titled security systems and methods based on cryptographic utility token inventory tenure, […]

On May 7th, Microsoft announced the Azure Blockchain Service, a tool that helps developers and companies create, deploy, and manage blockchain networks. This service, which is currently in public preview, is a continuation of Microsoft’s goal to provide platform-as-a-service tools for blockchain technology. At the Build, Microsoft’s marquee developer conference that occurred in Seattle on May 7th, […]

StormX, a popular gamified microtask platform based in Seattle, has recently patented innovative micropayments technology that allows for better scalability by creating a hybrid solution of off and on chain transactions using bolts and Storm Token, the company said in a press release shared with CryptoSlate. Seattle-based startup looking to revolutionize micropayments StormX, Inc., the […]

Microsoft has announced the release of a new Azure Blockchain Development Kit for Ethereum. The new set of tools will enable clients, mostly developers, to built Ethereum-based apps on the Azure cloud computing platform, the company said in a blog post on May 6th. Azure Blockchain Development Kit for Ethereum Released Determined to make the […]

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On Apr. 26th, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee signed SB 5638—an act “recognizing the validity of distributed ledger technology”—into law. The Act encourages the development of blockchain, recognizes its use in commerce and digital signatures, and amends legislation to provide definitions for the technology. The original purpose of the Washington Electronic Authentication Act was to […]

Ocean Protocol, a Singapore-based blockchain-powered data sharing platform, announced an initial exchange offering (IEO) with Bittrex. The exchange said the offering will begin on Apr. 30, with only verified Bittrex International users able to participate. However, on Twitter, the news was mostly met with skepticism. Bittrex Gets Another IEO in Line, This Time With Ocean […]

ArcBlock has recently released the next milestone in its roadmap—ABT Node, which combines the worlds of cloud computing and decentralized blockchains. CEO Robert Mao and marketing lead Matthew McKinney describe the new update in an interview with CryptoSlate. ArcBlock is building a platform for connecting protocol-level blockchains, similar to Polkadot and Cosmos. The Seattle-based company […]

US cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex had its BitLicense application rejected by the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) after years of scrutiny. The agency rejected the application because of alleged deficiencies in anti-money laundering practices alongside poor due diligence over token launches, among other shortcomings. Explaining the reasons behind the decision in a public notice […]

Coinme’s recent partnership with Coinstar has the potential to bring about the “mass adoption of bitcoin.” BTC will be available within 5 miles of 90 percent of Americans, via cash-enabled kiosk, when all Coinstar machines support the feature. These kiosks are generating over 315 million impressions a week with transaction volumes growing 17 percent week-over-week, […]

Last week Seattle saw one of its most successful blockchain conferences to date. TF Blockchain 3 was sold out, attracting renowned speakers from around the US and packing the top-floor of the Columbia Tower. The energy at Seattle’s latest blockchain conference was refreshing, especially considering that the blockchain scene was still reeling from 18 months […]

Microsoft and T-Mobile have joined a group of entrepreneurs, institutions, and other tech giants to create a new hub for the booming blockchain industry in the Pacific Northwest. According to a report from GeekWire, the lot have joined the Cascadia Blockchain Council in order to give blockchain organizations a unified voice around public policy and […]

TF Blockchain is bringing its blockchain conferences across North America with new chapters in Vancouver (BC), Seattle (WA), Portland (OR), and Austin (TX). CryptoSlate interviewed Preet Deol, the Vancouver chapter director, to determine what factors differentiate TF Blockchain from other conferences. Preet Deol and How She Discovered TF Blockchain Preet Deol is an entrepreneur with […]

TF Blockchain 3, one of the most highly anticipated events in Seattle, is scheduled to take place on Mar. 28th on top of the tallest building in Washington, the Columbia Tower. With a line up of some of the biggest names in the industry, the event will provide insight into the often bewildering crypto sphere. […]