Grammy Award-winning musician Imogen Heap is using ethereum and the Harry Potter musical to fund her blockchain project

Heap wants to create a blockchain-based app that will allow musicians to store all the information about their work in one place. Currently, no central repository exists for information like publishing rights, recording rights, and composition rights.

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Grammy Award-winning musician Imogen Heap is using ethereum and the Harry Potter musical to fund her blockchain project Heap wants to create a blockchain-based app that will allow musicians to store all the information about their work in one place. Currently, no central repository exists for information like publishing rights, recording rights, and composition rights. Read More »

Meghan Markle wore a dress that covers every inch of her shoulders — and people think it was a pointed response to her critics Some people thought Meghan Markle's dress during Saturday's Trooping the Colour broke royal protocol with its off-the-shoulder design, and now they think her... Read More »

The junk-bond market has been blowing off the Fed — now it's in for a rude awakening As the Federal Reserve has been signaling more hawkish policy plans, high-grade corporate bonds have been gradually selling off. But the riskiest corporate junk debts are blowing off moves by the central bank. Read More »

Zelle, a payments service created by the 7 biggest US banks, is on track to be more popular than Venmo in 2018 Payments service Zelle is only a year old, but it has already amassed millions of users and is predicted to become more popular than Venmo by the end of 2018. The service was created by seven major US banks and often works within your bank's app. Read More »

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A little-known business at Robinhood has exploded, and now it's launching a service to go after the most serious traders BI PRIME: Robinhood has seen $2 billion in options-trading volumes since launch. It said on Wednesday it would roll out multileg options, which allow traders... Read More »

McDonald's is scrapping plastic straws in one of its biggest markets — and the US could be next More environmentally-friendly paper straws will replace the plastic ones starting September. The ban on plastic straws comes as a result of a series of successful trials in certain outlets — and they will soon start in the US, France and Norway. Read More »

Hyped augmented reality startup Blippar lost £34 million and warned it needs more money to stay afloat Hyped augmented reality startup Blippar has posted losses and warned that it needs to raise more money to stay afloat. The company said in its 2017 earnings that it was in talks with strategic investors for new cash, but said the funding was not yet agreed. Read More »

Prosecutors are now reportedly investigating Michael Cohen over the millions he accepted from companies like AT&T and Novartis Federal prosecutors with the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York are investigating whether President Donald Trump's longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, engaged in illegal lobbying as part of the wide-ranging criminal probe into the attorney. Read More »

Warehouse robotics startup scores $17.7 million France-based warehouse robotics startup Exotec Solutions has raised $17.7 million in a Series B funding round. The round includes investments from new investor Iris Capital as well as previous funding partners 360 Capital Partners and Breega. Read More »

Ex-Tesla employees reveal the cryptic ways they learned they were getting fired Tesla is firing around 9% of its employees in an effort to cut costs and eliminate redundancies. Former employees told Business Insider they were surprised by the layoffs. Read More »

Macy's is teaming up with b8ta Macy's has acquired a minority stake in b8ta, a software-powered retail startup that operates its own tech-driven stores featuring digital displays that allow shoppers to view images and videos of the item in action, read product information, and purchase the product. Read More »

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