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The United States multinational electronic commerce firm Amazon.com Inc., based in Seattle, is working on integrating blockchain tech in the advertising sector. The e-commerce bull is seeking for a competent software engineer with experience in distributed ledger technology (DLT).

Blockchain and cryptocurrency have now entered their second decade, and in many respects, there are signs that the markets are starting to mature. Token offerings are increasingly operating under regulatory requirements. Established companies such as Facebook, Walmart, and Amazon are now incorporating blockchain into their business models.

Newton Project (token: NEW) is in store for Huobi Prime 2nd launch on Tuesday, April 16. Newton Project is the infrastructure for the community economy, whose vision is to create a freer, fairer, and more open global economy by providing a better means for community governance, collaboration, and motivation. Huobi Prime is a selective token listing channel of Huobi Global exchange, aims to explore potential blockchain applications, gather industry resources and promote the development of blockchain ecosystem.

Four of the largest carmakers globally have amalgamated technology providers and startups to create the largest ever consortium focused on applying blockchain technology in the automotive zone.

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Amazon has become one of the recent well-known companies to join the blockchain technology area. On April 19, the electronic commerce giant introduced AWS Blockchain Templates in a blog post. It aims at simplifying the process of creating blockchain-based projects.  

Rakuten, a large Japanese e-commerce company, is considering the creation of its own cryptocurrency Rakuten Coin, Hiroshi “Mickey” Mikitani, the CEO of the company, declared at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Their customers can get crypto coins for following the rules of a loyalty program.

Hamster Marketplace, the decentralized alternative to Amazon and other online retailers like Overstock.com, is announcing the launch of their token pre-sale. Previously, the project had secured $600,000 in private investment and hopes to build off that financing success with the sale of Hamster’s native token.

Although still an emerging sector, online marketplaces today corner 40% of the $1.3 trillion global e-commerce industry. Dominated by only a handful of giants who have become synonymous with buying and selling online, the likes of Amazon, eBay and Alibaba have found immense success with the low-risk, high-return drop ship based business model.