#Starbucks is about to get even more #digital. The coffee giant announced a major executive shift yesterday: longtime CEO Howard Schultz has stepped down, and will turn his focus to “innovation, design and development of Starbucks Reserve Roasteries,” the company’s new upscale brand, as an executive chairman, the company saidRead More
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Digital payments startup Stripe, begun back in 2000 by a pair of Irish brothers, has just raised new #funding that values the company at just over $ 9 billion—and incidentally makes its founders the youngest billionaires in Ireland. In all, $ 150 million in new capital was raised. This brings the company’sRead More
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Banco #Santander has also dropped out of the R3 CEV #Blockchain #Group. This news #follows yesterday’s news that Goldman Sachs, one of the group’s original founders, chose not to renew its membership or invest further in the consortium. #Goldman’s move was potentially motivated by a conflict regarding fundraising terms, accordingRead More
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A major #standards body has created a technical committee for #blockchain and put #Australia in charge of the #effort.
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UBS has become the #latest major #bank to see a significant departure from its #blockchain innovation team.
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#Overstock chairman of the board Jonathan Johnson will now serve as president of #Medici, its #blockchain #technology division.
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#PwC’s new US #FinTech director reveals how the firm is being transformed by #blockchain.
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The United Nations #Children’s Fund is seeking a software developer and consultant who can help shape the #organization‘s #blockchain strategy.
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The founder and head of #Philips #Blockchain Lab, Arno Laeven, is #leaving the healthcare giant effective 1st August.
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#Blockchain #startup #Libra has announced new hires it says will help it position itself as the “Microsoft Office for blockchain”.
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