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IBM China Wants to Use Blockchain to Fight Carbon Emissions

IBM’s China division is working with a regional textile printing firm to to develop a platform for trading digital assets tied to carbon emissions.

Business  ·  17 November 2016
Regulation

IBM Unveils Blockchain Project For KYC Compliance

IBM's Bluemix Garage in Singapore has unveiled a new blockchain project built in collaboration with a local startup.

Markets  ·  15 November 2016
Startups

Hyperledger Eyes Mobile Blockchain Apps With ‘Iroha’ Project

A distributed ledger project dubbed Iroha has been accepted for incubation status by the Linux Foundation-led Hyperledger blockchain initiative.

Business  ·  1 November 2016
Startups

IBM Blockchain Pilot Seeks to Solve ‘Last Mile’ of Delivery

IBM is working with a Singapore startup to develop a network of storage lockers connected via blockchain.

Business  ·  24 October 2016
Japan

IBM, SBI to Test Blockchain Bond Trading

IBM Japan is working with a local securities firm on a new blockchain pilot focused on developing the foundations for a bond trading system.

Business  ·  21 October 2016
China

Walmart Blockchain Pilot Aims to Make China’s Pork Market Safer

Walmart and IBM are working together to help bring more transparency to China's massive pork industry.

Markets  ·  19 October 2016
Germany

IBM Invests $200 Million in Blockchain-Powered IoT

IBM’s previously announced work intersecting blockchain and AI is moving forward with the establishment of a new work center in Germany.

Markets  ·  4 October 2016
Banking

UBS Unveils Blockchain for Trade Finance at Sibos

Nothing to see here, just reimagining international trade!

Business  ·  29 September 2016
Banks

IBM: Banks Expect Commercial Blockchains By 2017

Some of the world's banks and financial markets are bullish on blockchain products, new survey data shows.

Business  ·  28 September 2016
News

Currency Settlement Service CLS Reveals Big Blockchain Ambitions

CLS is working with IBM to build a blockchain platform for payments netting.

Business  ·  27 September 2016
Startups

IBM, China UnionPay Develop Blockchain Loyalty Points Exchange

International Business Machines is working with a Chinese credit card company to to create a blockchain-based system for trading loyalty points.

Business  ·  23 September 2016
Japan

Bank of Tokyo is Planning to Use Blockchain for Contract Management

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) intends to begin managing its contracts on a blockchain-based platform.

Business  ·  16 September 2016
News

IBM Bridges Blockchain, AI With New Business Unit

IBM is reorganizing its internal blockchain team into a business unit that encompasses its artificial intelligence and cloud computing efforts.

Markets  ·  29 August 2016
IBM

Hyperledger Tests Open Strategy With First Blockchain Explorer

CoinDesk profiles ongoing developments at business blockchain consortium Hyperledger and its collaborative effort to launch an open-source tool.

Tech  ·  16 August 2016
Startups

IBM Building Blockchain Dispute Resolution System

IBM could launch a finance-oriented blockchain solution as early as this fall. According to The Wall Street Journal, IBM’s Global Financing unit is looking to kick off a project that would focus on resolving transaction disputes. The system reportedly won’t replace the Global Financing unit’s existing systems, at least not in the near term. Rather, it will […]

Business  ·  1 August 2016