Kyt Dotson

Kyt Dotson is a Senior Editor at SiliconAngle and works to cover beats surrounding DevOps, security, gaming, and cutting edge technology. Before joining SiliconAngle, Kyt worked as a software engineer starting at Motorola in Q&A to eventually settle at Pets911.com where he helped build a vast database for pet adoption and a lost and found system. Kyt is a published author who writes science fiction and fantasy works that incorporate ideas from modern-day technological innovation and explore the outcome of living with those technologies.

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Crytek and Crycash team up to mint gaming cryptocurrency

German video game developer Crytek GmbH announced Thursday that the company has teamed up with Crycash, a blockchain currency startup looking to make digital currency for gamers. With this partnership, the two companies will take advantage of digital cryptocurrency to allow the purchase of games, advertising and customer rewards. The gaming industry is replete with ...

Australian stock exchange to start trading securities on a blockchain

The Australian Securities Exchange Ltd., Australia’s primary stock exchange, announced today that it will soon use blockchain technology to record, clear and settle trades. Today’s announcement follows a successful build of digital ledger blockchain technology by ASX partner Digital Asset Holdings LLC, a blockchain infrastructure developer, for core equity clearing and settlement functions. “After so ...

BitPay to raise $30M for its bitcoin payments platform

Blockchain technology platform and merchant bitcoin payments processor BitPay Inc. announced today it is raising $30 million in new funding. BitPay was an early industry leader in bitcoin merchant payments launched in 2011, allowing brick-and-mortar and online merchants to accept bitcoins as payment. This year, the company approached $2 billion in payments processed for merchants ...

With Drawboard VR users turn any wall or table into an endless canvas

Virtual reality peripheral maker Drawboard emerged from stealth mode Friday to reveal its first product: a VR pen that can turn any surface – a wall or a table – into a virtual whiteboard. As a technology, VR brings virtual spaces to life by allowing people to immerse themselves in computer graphics. The user experience ...

Health Wizz unveils blockchain platform to give patients control of health data

Health Wizz today announced the upcoming launch of its blockchain-based solution designed to address the mounting problem of electronic health records and provide patients more power over their own health information. Heath records are everywhere. They are produced whenever a person goes to the doctor, visits the emergency room or gets admitted to a hospital. Now ...

Vive X accelerator program expands VR market with 26 more startups

The maker of the Vive virtual reality headset HTC Corp. announced today that the company has added 26 new startups to its Vive X accelerator program. Vive X works as a service-oriented strategic investor that offers access to expertise, resources and planning throughout the augmented reality and virtual reality industry. Once on board, HTC Vive ...

Blockchain tax accounting company Libra pulls in $7.8M

Blockchain-based accounting and tax services company Libra Services Inc. announced today that the company raised $7.8 million in Series A funding from an undisclosed investor in Europe. Launched in 2014, Libra provides an enterprise-grade system for accounting and tax services using the distributed ledger technology platform called blockchain. The company’s service is designed to give enterprise users connectivity ...

Explore bitcoin now in virtual reality with Blockchain 3D Explorer

British developer Kevin Small has built a way for bitcoin users to visualize how the network functions using virtual reality with the Blockchain 3D Explorer. Small said that he plans to show off the in-development product at the London Blockchain Summit 2017 Nov. 28. Users curious about the explorer, and who don’t want to wait for ...

‘Internet of things’ blockchain network startup Moeco raises $5M from Bitfury

Berlin-based startup Moeco, a startup with plans to build a blockchain-based “internet of things” support network, today announced it has received $5 million in funding led by full-service blockchain provider Bitfury Group Ltd. Moeco uses digital ledger technology, also known as a blockchain, to provide a solution to bridge different networks with decentralized, scalable communication. Blockchain ...

PayStand raises $6M to expand its blockchain technology for automated business payments

Blockchain technology got another boost today when PayStand Inc., a business payments technology company, announced it has raised $6 million in a Series A funding. PayStand intends to use the money to help scale up its account receivable systems and launch a new, free accounts payable product line, which is opening in beta today. Both of ...