Ok, blockchain marketplaces for consumers to sell their souls personal data are officially a thing. The latest is from Wibson, which will launch it at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week. We’ve previously see similar offerings from Thrive, Dabbl, and IOTA.

And more analytics: TV ad data from Alphonso has been integrated with IRI Lift, which measures the impact of media programs on retail sales. Alphonso has two data sets: one tracks exactly when and where TV ads are shown and the other tracks ads viewed on 40 million smart TVs and similar devices. All with thorough privacy protection, of course.

Martech keeps taking larger bites out of marketing budgets: 17.3% last year, 19.9% this year, 23.5% next year, and 30.9% five years from now, according to the latest CMO Survey. This despite barely more than half (56.4%) of current tools being used and nearly half (48.8%) of the survey respondents reporting worse-than-expected results. Oddly enough, marketers rate selecting marketing technologies as the thing they do best.