Walmart Explores Blockchain for Connecting Automated Delivery Drones Walmart’s patent efforts have showcased how the retail giant is investigating blockchain, this time it’s a project that sees a way for drones to talk.… Read More
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
UPS Eyes Blockchain in Bid to Track Global Shipping Data Shipping giant UPS has filed for a new patent that uses blockchain as part of a distributed system for sending packages worldwide.… Read More
Capital One Seeks Blockchain Patent for ‘Collaborative’ Authentication Tool In a patent filing released Thursday, Capital One set out a blockchain system its says allows secure user authentication across multiple platforms.… Read More
Coinbase Wins Patent for Secure Bitcoin Payments System Coinbase is looking into creating more secure digital payment platforms to help merchants accept bitcoin, a patent filing reveals.… Read More
Intuit Scores Patent for Processing Bitcoin Payments With Text Messages California-based business and financial software company Intuit has been awarded a patent for processing bitcoin payments via text message.… Read More
Researchers Build Blockchain Electricity Exchange They Say Cuts Waste A team from one of the top universities in China has developed a decentralized exchange, not for crypto assets, but for unused electricity.… Read More
University Researchers Turn to Blockchain to Preserve Cultural Heritage A team from China’s Tsinghua University is patenting a way to store and share digital versions of culturally important objects using a blockchain. … Read More
World’s Largest Bank Eyes Faster Asset Exchange With Blockchain ICBC, one of China’s “Big Four” state-owned commercial banks, is seeking to patent a blockchain system to better execute financial asset transactions.… Read More
Alibaba Seeks to Eliminate Middlemen in Blockchain Payments Patent A new patent filing reveals Chinese e-commerce giant has been exploring the use of blockchain technology to speed up international payments.… Read More