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Tech

Ant Group Leads China-Dominated 2020 List of Blockchain Patent Holders

The only non-Chinese firm in the rankings, IBM, came fourth in terms of number of patents.

Ant Group and Alibaba founder Jack Ma

Markets

NY Gov. Cuomo Announces Pilot Project Using IBM's Blockchain-Based COVID-19 App

The health app built with IBM has been named the Excelsior Pass and will be tested in New York City.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York

Finance

IBM, Top Australian Banks Execute Country's First Blockchain Bank Guarantee

By digitizing the paper process, the Lygon joint venture says it has shown it can speed up bank guarantee issuances.

Sydney, Australia

Finance

IBM Blockchain Is a Shell of Its Former Self After Revenue Misses, Job Cuts: Sources

“There is not really going to be a blockchain team any longer,” said a person familiar with the situation.

IBM, 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES)

Markets

Russian Metals Firm Norilsk Nickel Backs IBM’s Responsible Sourcing Blockchain Pact

The technology is aimed at tracing commodity flows in near-real time.

Norilsk nickel melting shop

Tech

IBM Launches Test Service Using 'Holy Grail' of Data Privacy Technology

The privacy technology, called fully homomorphic encryption, keeps data hidden even when being processed.

IBM

Markets

IBM Scores Patent on Proposed Blockchain Consensus for Transactions in Multiplayer Games

The patent was awarded to IBM last week and proposes using a blockchain consensus model to carry out and verify purchases made within multiplayer games.

IBM office

Finance

IBM-R3 Pact Shows Tech Trumps Tribe in Enterprise Blockchain

A new collaboration this week between R3 and IBM is raising eyebrows in the world of enterprise blockchain.

R3 CEO David Rutter speaks at Consensus 2017