Five retailers/brands that are all about the blockchain right now

These retailers and brands are leading the way in the blockchain space

1. Danone 

Danone is gearing up to roll-out a baby formula Track & Connect service. 

Powered by blockchain, serialisation and aggregation technology in combination with QR code packaging, this will enable every baby formula pack to be traced back to the date and time it was produced in Danone’s factories.

2. Bass Pro Shops

US startup Lolli has partnered with Bass Pro Shops, enabling people to earn 3.5% Bitcoin back when shopping online.

3. Starbucks

Starbucks mobile app users will soon be able to pay for their drinks with Bakkt Cash.

4. Pornhub

Adult entertainment platform Pornhub has rolled out PumaPay recurring subscription crypto payments.

This enables its Pornhub Premium offering to accept the PMA cryptocurrency token. Customers can manage their monthly and one-time payments via the PumaPay Mobile Wallet app.  

5. Walmart

Walmart has joined open source blockchain consortium Hyperledger.

This launched in 2016 and is hosted by the Linux Foundation. It aims to “advance cross-industry blockchain technologies,” and has received contributions from IBM and Intel. 

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