In 2019, blockchain will continue to be deployed in new ways – and in sectors not always associated with the adoption of new technology. Santander estimates the blockchain could save the banking ...

On Valentine’s Day, a small group of art collectors pooled $1 million worth of cryptocurrency to buy a photograph of a rose. But the picture won’t be unwrapped over a candlelit dinner or hung on a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the utilization of blockchain and cryptocurrency in different businesses. Art meccas around the world from Paris to New ...

The art market is on the threshold of big changes that can be brought with Blockchain technologies. Blockchain suggests the decision for the key stumbling blocks of art market such as questions of ...

If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like for an inanimate object to have its own existence online, then the art industry has you covered. The short answer is: it’s possible on a blockchain, but ...

Last month I spent a week in Moscow where I spoke at the Skolkova Robotics Forum on Smart Matter: 4 Things That Are Making Every “Thing” Smart. While there, I happened to visit a very unique gallery ...

The art world has had a tough time lately. The coronavirus pandemic has forced many galleries and museums to close, with sales of premium pieces also affected. But there could be a solution that helps ...

The technology underpinning blockchain is a powerful decentralizing network architecture that could revolutionize many industries. Now, some artists are leveraging blockchain to help guarantee the ...

2018 has brought both highs and lows to the art market. Auction records were broken, confidence levels wavered, paintings were shredded, and social media continued to change the artist’s role in the ...

Since its creation in 2009, bitcoin's blockchain has proved that value can be moved across a network that cuts out the traditional 'middle men'. While the broad strokes of distributed ledger ...

This piece is the third in a three-part series that explores the potential art-world impact of cryptocurrency. It proceeds as if the reader is already familiar with the core concepts and related ...

In June, a Picasso painting was sold for cryptocurrency for the first time. Swiss luxury goods firm Idoneus acquired the painting "Danse du ventre devant homme impassible" (or "Belly dance before ...