Unstoppable Domains Hires Execs From Twitch and IBM
Former Twitch VP Sajjad Rehman to lead Europe efforts while former IBM executive Nilkanth Iyer will head up Asia. Source
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UnionBank of the Philippines Picks IBM and Metaco for Crypto Custody
“Think of all the tier-one banks in the market, they’re probably all IBM clients, many of them strategic clients,” said Donoghue in an interview. “They can leverage the existing stack, existing run capabilities to manage Metaco vaults directly from existing infrastructure. And we have a number of other similar deals
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Union Bank of the Philippines selects Metaco and IBM to facilitate digital asset custody operations
On Thursday, Metaco, an enterprise cryptocurrency platform for securing, trading, issuing, and managing digital assets, announced the addition of UnionBank as its latest client. Founded in 1982, UnionBank is one of the largest banks in the Philippines, with a collective $15 billion in assets under management. UnionBank will be also
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HSBC and IBM create successful multi-ledger CBDC demo
On Thursday, HSBC and IBM announced the successful test of an advanced token and digital wallet settlement between two central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, in a cloud environment. The experiment consisted of transactions between CBDCs, eBonds, and forex. IBM's Hyperledger Fabric and enterprise technology provider R3's Corda served as
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IBM, Nomura To Use Blockchain For Plastics Recycling In New Consortium
IBM Japan, Mitsui Chemicals and Nomura Research Institute have announced a new consortium to explore how blockchain technology can be used to create better plastic recycling methods, according to a press release from the NRI. Fast facts Making new plastics from recycled plastics is an exact process that requires knowing the specific
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IBM Partners Mitsubishi for Blockchain-Based Carbon Tracking Project
IBM Japan is collaborating with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to launch a blockchain-based solution for the tracking, capture, and re-usage of CO2. Dubbed CO2NNEX, the CO2 tracking platform will be powered by IBM’s blockchain technology while Mitsubishi will be responsible for managing the physical infrastructure that captures the gas, according
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New York governor Cuomo reveals COVID-19 pilot built on IBM blockchain
A sense of relief has begun to emerge as COVID-19 vaccinations continue to be administered across the world. While hopeful, a new challenge remains: distinguishing between individuals vaccinated and those unvaccinated. Various statistics claim that very little of the world’s population has been fully vaccinated as of the start of March 2021. While this number is
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$97B retail firm uses IBM blockchain to track food supply
IBM’s food-tracking blockchain technology will be used by the Carrefour multinational retail firm to track food supply lines from the farm to the store. An agreement between Majid Al Futtaim — the firm that operates Carrefour in the Middle East — and IBM will see the retail giant use the
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IBM, Top Australian Banks Execute Country’s First Blockchain Bank Guarantee
A digital bank guarantee has just been executed over a blockchain system in Australia, in what’s being called a first for a commercial bank product in the nation.Lygon, a blockchain-based platform and joint venture between the ANZ, Westpac and Commonwealth banks, shopping center operator Scentre Group and IBM, announced the
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Blockchain Bites: IBM Blockchain Bleeds, Exchange Tokens Pump, ETH Hits New High
Happy Groundhog Day. Bitcoin is ticking up, though still rangebound. XRP continues to bleed after a semi-successful orchestrated pump. Exchange tokens are seemingly benefiting from GameStop-style gamesmanship. Three stories1. IBM Blockchain has reportedly missed its revenue goals by a wide margin two years running. The legendary computing giant’s enterprise blockchain unit
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