
Why Circle Bought Nearly 1,000 Blockchain Patents From IBM
Circle acquired the core of IBM’s blockchain patent portfolio and now leads every US holder. The patents cover banking, insurance, supply chain and cloud security, not blockchain code alone.
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Circle acquired the core of IBM’s blockchain patent portfolio and now leads every US holder. The patents cover banking, insurance, supply chain and cloud security, not blockchain code alone.

South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Upbit and Bithumb, have seen a notable increase in trading volume for some altcoins. Data from the past 24 hours shows a concentration of activ

Lumiwave Protocol (LWP) deposits and withdrawals were temporarily suspended as the project migrated from its legacy LumiWave (LWA) token to a new independent mainnet, with exchanges pausing t

TRON Added to S&P Pantera Digital Asset Index TRON has been added to the S&P Pantera Digital Asset Index, according to the reporting brief for this story, which directs readers to S&P Dow Jon

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has settled a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought by Coinbase, resolving a records-request dispute rooted in the Gary Gensler era and tied t

A Hyperliquid whale deposited 100,000 wstHYPE and borrowed 2 million USDC on HyperLend, according to on-chain monitoring, in a single large collateral-and-borrow move within the Hyperliquid l

Digital Asset closed a $365 million Series G at a $2 billion valuation, adding Shinhan and SC Ventures as investors. Canton already runs validator nodes at more than 45 institutions, ahead of
Quant Network builds its business around banks, central banks, and large financial institutions, not everyday crypto users.Its core product, Overledger, is designed to solve a problem most re
The cryptocurrency market has experienced a balanced week over the past week, influenced by positive economic data from the US and escalating tensions between the US and Iran. Bitcoin is trad
The network that moves the world’s money spent 9 months building a blockchain, and the most important decision it made was what not to put on it. No stablecoins. No public tokens. Just bank d