Major blockchain developer ConsenSys announces job losses

LONDON (Reuters) - Major blockchain developer ConsenSys has laid off around 14% of its workforce, it said on Tuesday, a move that comes as companies around the world frantically search for applications for the much-hyped technology.New York-based ConsenSys is one of the largest specialist blockchain developers to have emerged from the advent of the shared ledger technology, originally conceived as the basis of the bitcoin cryptocurrency.Companies from banks and oil traders to retailers and tech..