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Blockstream has launched its satellite messaging application programming interface (API) on mainnet. Essentially, this means users can now broadcast data via the company’s satellite network and pay with Lightning payments.

Coinbase’s Director of Institutional Sales, Christine Sandler, said in an interview last week that, in part, the exchange acquired controversial software firm Neutrino because its prior blockchain analysis providers were selling customer data.

Bitfury responds to critics of its Lightning Peach suite of tools who have raised questions about the privacy of user data.

Delphi Digital has complied much of its report by referencing unspent bitcoin transaction output data (UTXO).

Brendan Eich, the CEO of Brave, has written a letter to the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation urging them to implement GDPR-like legislation in the United States.

DIRT is looking to create a protocol for crowdsourcing information using the Ethereum blockchain to organize the world's data and make it freely accessible to everyone.

With the right technical architecture and legal analysis, companies can harness the benefits of a blockchain while ensuring that data stored on a blockchain is GDRP-compliant.

How might Facebook be planning on using the blockchain, and how will this affect the overall development of blockchain technology?

The Polish Credit Office BIK in partnership with Billon will implement a GDPR-compliant blockchain technology solution for storage and secure access to highly sensitive customer information.

FPT Software and Factom will work with each other to develop a new blockchain technology platform that creates audit records regarding data, decisions, activities and events.