Alibaba, IBM Top Global Blockchain Patent Rankings, Says New Research Major Chinese and American firms are leading a global blockchain push, with Alibaba and IBM having filed around 90 patents each relating to the tech. … Read More
Microsoft Is Slowly (But Surely) Connecting Blockchain to Main Products The software giant’s Azure cloud division is building bridges between its blockchain services and other, widely used infrastructure and platforms.… Read More
Venezuela’s Petro Cryptocurrency Is a Gift to Future Generations The petro cryptocurrency may be one of the most ill-conceived blockchain projects. But it just might speak to exactly why the tech is gravely needed.… Read More
Firefox Plans to Block Crypto Mining Malware in Future Releases Mozilla Firefox intends to add a function to block cryptomining scripts on websites by default in one of its upcoming releases. … Read More
Rakuten Is About to Buy a Bitcoin Exchange for $2.4 Million Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten is planning another step into the cryptocurrency industry with the acquisition of a local bitcoin exchange.… Read More
Messaging Giant LINE Is Launching Its Own Cryptocurrency Japanese messaging giant LINE has become one of the first public companies to have launched a proprietary blockchain network with its own token.… Read More
Yahoo Finance Now Offers Trading of 4 Cryptos on Its iOS App Having tracked crypto prices for years, Yahoo Finance has now added a feature that lets users trade 4 cryptos on its iOS app, including dogecoin.… Read More
PwC Creates Digital Skills Program to Boost Internal Blockchain Expertise Consultancy firm PwC is kicking off a new program aimed at improving the expertise of its employees on new technologies like blockchain.… Read More
Apple Abruptly Orders Coinbase Wallet to Remove Crypto Collectible Coinbase went out of its way to get a new crypto collectible loaded onto its dapp store, but Apple had other plans.… Read More
Ripple Scores Small Win Against Investors Claiming XRP Is a Security Ripple saw a victory Wednesday as a lawsuit against it received a “complex” designation, meaning it will be coordinated with another case.… Read More