{"id":57,"date":"2016-04-01T15:08:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T15:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.holytransaction.com\/holytransaction-bitcoin-roundup-marc\/"},"modified":"2016-04-01T15:08:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T15:08:00","slug":"holytransaction-bitcoin-roundup-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/holytransaction-bitcoin-roundup-march.html","title":{"rendered":"HolyTransaction Bitcoin Roundup March 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;\">\nWelcome to HolyTransaction\u2019s <b>third monthly recap for the new year of 2016<\/b>. This past month of March has been marked by continued interest in blockchain from everywhere; during that time, the bitcoin price rose from a high of $435.23 on March 1st to a low of $414.66 on March 31st, according to Bitcoin exchange <b>Bitstamp<\/b>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<b id=\"docs-internal-guid-141594b8-d256-849b-c34b-00ffbdaf0dcd\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/chronicled-will-blockchain-ize-sneakers.html\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/b><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/chronicled-will-blockchain-ize-sneakers.html\" target=\"_blank\">It\u2019s time to Blockchain-ize things like sneakers with Chronicled<\/a><\/h3>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;\">\nA new blockchain startup, Chronicled, is planning to blockchain-ize the growing multi billion dollar industry that is sneakers. The company has raised $3.4 million on Crunchbase for its mission. The phenomenon of thousand dollar shoes for the male market has somewhat been predicted by similar economic pressures in shoes for females. Chronicled will use the blockchain to bring accountability and cleaner profits to this and other similarly affected industries.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<b style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/disney-wants-to-develop-its-private.html\" target=\"_blank\">Even Disney wants a piece of the blockchain action<\/a><\/h3>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;\">\nThe most recent surprise blockchain job opening is from Disney. While the corporate giant has many diversified products, this is a prime example of blockchain technology\u2019s ability to help any company save in the middle and back office. Disney also probably has an interest in forever securing their rights via multiple blockchains. <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<b style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/visa-is-working-on-secure-and-scalable.html\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/b><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/visa-is-working-on-secure-and-scalable.html\" target=\"_blank\"><b>No surprise, VISA is working on a secure and scalable blockchain<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;\">\nVISA is planning its own blockchain for internal use. They are hiring an engineer\/developer to help them and are also working with Chain.com. VISA believes that this area will have a critical impact on the future of the industry and wants to get ahead of the curve. Other companies from around the world that are creating blockchain labs and teams include Hitachi, Phillips, and even Walt Disney.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<b style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/ethereum-launches-homestead.html\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/b><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/ethereum-launches-homestead.html\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Ethereum moves to the Homestead &#8211; many follow<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nEthereum\u2019s newest version, Homestead, has officially launched. The price of ether was very volatile around the release of this software as new users rushed in. 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