Bitcoin Miner Marathon Patent Group Completes $200M Capital Raise
Nasdaq-listed Marathon said it will use the funds to pay for recent hardware purchases from Bitmain and to expand its business. Source
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CipherTrace Says Homeland Security Work Gave Rise to Monero-Tracking Patent Filings
Blockchain analytics firm CipherTrace has filed two patent applications it claims will assist authorities in tracking transactions made with the monero (XMR) cryptocurrency.According to an announcement on Friday, the firm most recently filed a document titled “Techniques and Probabilistic Methods for Tracing Monero” as a follow up to the earlier
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IBM Scores Patent on Proposed Blockchain Consensus for Transactions in Multiplayer Games
Tech giant IBM has been granted a patent on a blockchain-based consensus model envisioned for use in handling transactions within multiplayer games with a large user base. The U.S. patent, titled “Gaming consensus protocol for blockchain,” was awarded last week and proposes the model of electing a subset of any game’s
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China leads world in blockchain patent filings, but how much of it is real?
China led the world in blockchain patent filings in 2019, according to the World Intellectual Property Organization, by filing 58,990 applications versus 57,840 patent applications in second-place U.S. When it comes to blockchain technology, China also outwardly seems to be a leader. According to the China National Intellectual Property Administration,
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USPTO Grants Ripple Patent for Oracle-Based Smart Contracts System
The patent presents interesting use cases for data transactions between the Ripple ecosystem with the outside world. It also provides a new opportunity for Ripple to develop interesting smart contract apps for tangible and as intangible assets.On Friday, October 2, San Francisco-based blockchain startup Ripple Labs added yet another feather
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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. Source
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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. Source
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Blockchain Bites: Square’s Patent Posse, Binance’s DeFi Bridge, SushiSwap’s Co-Founder Speaks
Square is pushing back against crypto patent hogs, Binance is doubling down on DeFi and what’s the story with crypto’s latest attempt at a backdoor public listing. Top shelfPatent posseSquare, the bitcoin-friendly payments company, is building an “alliance” to pool crypto patents and preserve the industry’s open-source spirit. The non-profit Cryptocurrency Open Patent
Read MoreSquare launches cryptocurrency patent alliance to fight the trolls
Square, the U.S.-based financial services company headed by Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, is establishing a consortium to fight patent trolling and ensure open access to technology in the crypto sector.The ‘Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance’ (COPA) seeks to democratize access to innovative technologies in the crypto sector, asserting that “open access to
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Credits Blockchain: From Patent to Growth & Expansion
On July 16, 2020, Credits company announced that it obtained a patent package for technological processes that can improve conditions of decision-making within the decentralized network. This is a specific niche of the company whose activities are aimed at providing unique payment services that combine traditional and new solutions. Credits is
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