“Many companies are trying to create a digital payments economy but they face stiff competition from an existing mode of payment, according to Sri Shivananda, senior vice president and chief technology officer at PayPal.”

"Circle, a payment startup owned by Goldman Sachs, announced yesterday that it’s launching a new cryptocurrency called the Circle USD Coin. The new currency is basically a digital version of the dollar that you’ll be able to purchase by trading in, you know, real money."

"The cloud computing giant will team with a new start-up launching Tuesday called Kaleido, which was born out of leading blockchain incubator known as Consensys. The company is aiming to give AWS customers an easy button to get into the same technology that underpins bitcoin."

"Blockchain can help create a decentralized identity for those with no proof of their existence."

"Benioff told a story of being at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland where a bit of serendipity led him to start thinking about blockchain and how it could be used as part of the Salesforce family of products."

"Having a brokerage license could make it easier for Coinbase to support more coins while complying with securities regulation, some analysts said."