PBoC Filings Reveal Big Picture for Planned Digital Currency The continuing efforts by China’s central bank to build a fully-featured digital currency product are revealed in its many patent filings.… Read More
New Patent Eyes Blockchain Timestamping for Property Contracts A major real estate brokerage in China is exploring how to provide definitive proof of a contract’s time of signature using blockchain tech.… Read More
Walmart Patent Eyes Crypto Payments for Power Supply Precision Retail giant Walmart is exploring a way to let households manage their electricity bills with prepayments in cryptocurrency.… Read More
Mastercard Patent Would Put Credit Cards on a Public Blockchain A patent filing from Mastercard explores how to use public blockchains to securely verify card credentials at the point of sale.… Read More
Telecoms Giant Wants to Move Mobile Data Top-Ups to a Blockchain China Mobile, one of China’s three state-owned telecoms giants, is exploring moving part of its mobile data business to a distributed ledger.… Read More
Bank of America Patents Blockchain Security Tools A new Bank of America patent outlines how a permissioned blockchain might restrict users while still helping them access the information they need.… Read More
Walmart Looks to Blockchain for Retail Product Resales A newly-released Walmart patent application outlines a digital resale marketplace placed on a blockchain.… Read More
China’s Police Ministry Touts Blockchain for Secure Evidence Storage China’s Ministry of Public Security has developed a blockchain system aimed to more securely store evidence collected during police investigations. … Read More
Cisco Claims New Patent Could Apply to Bitcoin Mining A Cisco patent suggests that internet customers would be able to create a distributed mining pool through a proprietary cloud application.… Read More
China’s State Electricity Firm Eyes Blockchain to Decentralize Data Sharing China State Grid Corporation, the country’s state-owned power utility, is looking to blockchain to advance its plans for an “Internet of Energy.”… Read More