Ripple Wins US Patent for New Oracle-Based Smart Contract Design
Ripple's patented design would allow derivatives to settle based on external information – such as temperature data.
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Oct 2, 2020 at 1:37 p.m. UTC
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CIA's New Research Lab to Study Blockchain
CIA Labs will give officers an outlet to patent and profit from their tech inventions.
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Sep 21, 2020 at 5:52 p.m. UTC
Sep 21, 2020
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Alibaba on Track to Be the Largest Blockchain Patent Holder by End of 2020: Study
Chinese conglomerate Alibaba is on track to become the largest blockchain patent holder, having filed ten times more than closest rival IBM.
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Sep 17, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
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Square Forms Group to Stop Patent Hoarding From Stifling Crypto Innovation
Square said the Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance (COPA) will allow companies to access and share tech innovations with one another.
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Sep 10, 2020 at 4:05 p.m. UTC
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Capital One Files Patent for AI That Would Slice, Dice Social Media to Find Crypto Trading Picks
“It would be impossible for human traders to track” crypto's 24/7 informational onslaught on their own, Capital One said.
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Aug 17, 2020 at 8:27 p.m. UTC
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PayPal Co-founder, DCG-Backed BTC Mining Firm Layer1 Accused of Patent Infringement
Data center power management firm Lancium filed a lawsuit against Layer1 today, alleging the bitcoin mining firm’s operations had infringed upon its patent.
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Aug 15, 2020 at 1:05 a.m. UTC
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Alibaba Claims Patented Cross-Chain System Is Better Than Cosmos
The e-commerce firm says its new patent would improve upon current systems used by blockchains to communicate with one another.
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Jun 1, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. UTC
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Visa Patent Filing Would Allow Central Banks to Mint Digital Fiat Currencies Using Blockchain
The filing details a way for fiat currencies, like the U.S. dollar, to be turned into a central bank digital currency.
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May 15, 2020 at 1:02 p.m. UTC
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Alibaba Patents Blockchain System That Spots Music Copycats
The e-commerce giant has patented a blockchain-based means of vetting the originality of songs.
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Apr 30, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. UTC
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Blockstack Pledges to Enforce Patents for 'Defensive Purposes' Only
Blockstack, the startup building a decentralized backbone for Web 3.0, is open-sourcing its two patents – kinda.
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Apr 28, 2020 at 4:35 p.m. UTC
Apr 28, 2020