WASHINGTON, D.C. — A year after taking over the assets of a Redmond, Wash.-based asteroid mining company known as Planetary Resources, ConsenSys Space has unveiled its first project: an app-based… Read More
Two counties in Oregon are piloting mobile voting in the upcoming special elections in November. It’s the latest in a series of tests that advocates for blockchain-based mobile voting hope… Read More
Earlier this week, two men were arrested in Brooklyn and Rhode Island and charged in federal court with extorting an unnamed cryptocurrency startup for millions of dollars. That company appears… Read More
After selling a startup and leaving full-time work for the life of an independent consultant, Nick Soman stumbled across the idea for his next company. It came in the form… Read More
Dapper Labs raised $11 million to continue branching out from the product that made it famous: the popular CryptoKitties digital collectibles. The two-year-old Vancouver B.C. startup will use the funds… Read More
— Working in video games is something lots of young (and not so young) people aspire to do. But it can be tough to get legitimate career advice. In hopes… Read More
For her first 18 years, Arry Yu was selectively mute. Due to a childhood trauma, she spoke very little, but watched the people and interactions around her very much. She… Read More
— Every Labor Day weekend, thousands of gamers descend upon the Washington State Convention Center for PAX West, the Pacific Northwest’s largest gaming convention. The 2019 edition marks the… Read More
The Oregon Enterprise Blockchain Venture Studio announced its first class on Tuesday. The new public-private program is designed to support startups developing blockchain products for businesses. R/GA Ventures, the investment arm… Read More
— For the fifth year in a row, artists from the Pacific Northwest will showcase their work at The Seattle Art Fair beginning on Aug. 1 at the CenturyLink Field… Read More
— Films based on characters from Marvel comics have dominated the box office for the first half of the year. Avengers: Endgame is even getting a re-release in the hopes… Read More
If you’re still wrapping your head around blockchain 1.0 (Bitcoin) and blockchain 2.0 (Ethereum), you’d better hurry up because blockchain 3.0 is already taking hold. And ArcBlock, a Bellevue, Wash.-based… Read More
The world’s biggest technology companies are pouring billions of dollars into developing sophisticated artificial intelligence capabilities, but its usefulness in all but the most complex scenarios may be a bit… Read More
Salesforce Blockchain will allow companies to build blockchain-based distributed ledgers that integrate with their Salesforce data using just a few clicks, the company announced Wednesday. Chief Product Officer Bret Taylor… Read More
–One of the biggest scientific feats was accomplished this year when a team of astronomers captured an image of a black hole. The achievement reignited our wonder and enthusiasm toward… Read More
Microsoft introduced a new open-source protocol Monday that is designed to hurdle performance issues when trying to use blockchain networks to verify identity at scale. ION, or Identify Overlay Network,… Read More
Starbucks is quickly becoming as much a tech company as a coffee company, but that hasn’t stopped its leadership from turning to a familiar Seattle ally to up its digital… Read More
An incubator designed to support startups developing blockchain products for businesses is launching in Portland this summer. The Oregon Enterprise Blockchain Venture Studio will bring a cohort of startups together… Read More
Less than a year after selling his telecommunications startup, Flowroute founder Sean Hsieh has embarked on a new venture that aims to open up the world of commercial real estate… Read More
— Black Girls CODE, a nonprofit dedicated to teaching girls of color ages 7-17 about computer programming and technology, is holding three pop-up robotics workshops in the Seattle area on… Read More
Founded by former Amazon and Microsoft security engineers, cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex defies the Wild West reputation of the blockchain world with an appetite for government oversight. What does Bittrex want… Read More
A group of blockchain entrepreneurs, institutions and tech giants are banding together to make the Pacific Northwest a hub for the burgeoning technology. The Cascadia Blockchain Council is an effort… Read More
The massive power of technology companies has been a hot topic among politicians. The most recent example was Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s proposed changes to how big tech companies like Amazon and… Read More
Patients with a rare disease often face a long and painful road to an accurate diagnosis. The process takes five years on average after they first show symptoms. In an effort to shorten… Read More
The two-story house sits on a quiet street in the Fauntleroy neighborhood of West Seattle, a few hundred yards from Puget Sound. Clad in red cedar shingles with a well-kept… Read More
Health care provider Providence St. Joseph Health acquired Seattle startup Lumedic, which uses blockchain to collect payments more efficiently. The process of billing and collecting payment, called revenue cycle management, is… Read More
It’s been three months since Planetary Resources, the asteroid mining venture headquartered in Redmond, Wash., was acquired by the ConsenSys blockchain studio — and although the venture currently known as ConsenSys… Read More
One of the stars of the blockchain world, developer Vlad Zamfir, is in negotiations with a new startup called Casper Labs, an offshoot of Seattle-based blockchain cooperative RChain. The potential… Read More
Security startup NuID today announced a $2.5 million round to help grow its user authentication technology. Founded in early 2017, the Seattle-based company develops software that uses blockchain tech to authenticate… Read More
After months of financial uncertainty, the Planetary Resources asteroid-mining venture says its assets have been purchased by the Brooklyn-based ConsenSys blockchain venture. In a news release, Planetary Resources said its… Read More