IBM Announces New CEO, is This Good For Blockchain?
IBM CEO, Ginni Rometty, is stepping down after 8 years of service. She is being replaced by executive Arvind Krishna. Rometty has been a great supporter of the distributed ledger...
IBM: Central Banks Will Launch Digital Currencies Within 5 Years
Under the fear of potentially losing monetary control, several central banks are focusing on developing and issuing a cryptocurrency. Indeed, according to an IBM-commissioned report, a...
IBM Open to Collaboration with Facebook on Libra Project
IBM is open to collaborating with the Libra project by Facebook, said Jason Kelley, IBM general manager of blockchain services. Kelley believes blockchain is about collaboration...
Number of IBM Blockchain Patents Surge 300% In One Year
The number of blockchain patents that IBM owns has surged by as much as 300% in a little less than a year. With other major corporations getting seriously involved in the industry...
IBM Blockchain World Wire Launches in 72 Countries
Today, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) announced the launch of IBM Blockchain World Wire in a large selection of markets. IBM Blockchain World Wire is “a...
IBM: Cybercriminals Are Moving On From Ransomware to Cryptojacking
IBM researchers have found that cryptojacking dominated the cryptocurrency cybercrime scene in 2018, overtaking ransomware attacks. Experts say the comparatively less intrusive and...
7 Projects Working to Make Blockchain More Opaque for Enterprise
Public blockchains, in particular, don’t make sense for many businesses where privacy is required. Pseudonymous isn’t good enough, and generally speaking, modern databases are...
Australian Gov’t Agency Unimpressed, Says Blockchain ‘At the Top of the Hype...
Australia’s Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) doesn’t appear to be impressed with the current state of blockchain technology. According to its chief digital officer, the...
Dubai is Building a Blockchain-Powered Government
Smart Dubai is a government and city-led initiative to make Dubai the “smartest and happiest” city in the world. This week saw Dubai’s the government’s payment portal...
Blockchain Is Paving the Way Towards Reduced Carbon Emissions
Debate continues to rage about the best practices and strategies needed to collectively curb carbon emissions. Blockchain tech can help. As cryptocurrencies grow in popularity, so does...
Austin, Texas Using Blockchain Identity System To Help The Homeless
The City of Austin and a variety of other entities have partnered to work on a blockchain-based identification system. The project hopes to help the homeless keep track of important...
Blockchain Being Used to Save Lives Amidst Opioid Epidemic
A growing number of start-ups and larger companies have begun to experiment with blockchain’s utility for solving public health crises — like the opioid epidemic in the United...