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Finance

IBM Introduces New Cold Storage Tech for Crypto Assets

The new Offline Signing Orchestrator tech is being used by IBM’s long standing partner in the crypto space, Ripple-owned custody firm Metaco.

IBM logo at Consensus 2018 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Applied Digital Stock Surges 12% After Announcing Its Third AI Deal

Applied Digital will be deploying HPE's Cray XD supercomputers in its AI cloud service.

https://www.hpe.com/us/en/newsroom/press-release/2023/06/hewlett-packard-enterprise-unveils-ai-cloud-for-large-language-models.html

Finance

Crypto Custody Tech Firm Metaco Taps IBM Execs to Revamp Institutional Push

The Swiss crypto tech provider hired IBM’s Peter DeMeo as head of product, as well as former IBM lead architect, Angel Nunez Mencias.

Metaco's leadership team (Metaco)

Finance

UK Crypto Exchange Archax Launches FCA-Regulated Custody Service

The new offering uses tech from Swiss MPC shop Metaco and the IBM Cloud.

1908 photograph of a vault door

Finance

CBDCs Are the Future of Money, IBM Exec Says

Shyam Nagarajan says issuers should consider a hybrid model of permissioned and permissionless currency.

(CoinDesk archives)

Videos

IBM Executive on Enterprise Use Cases of NFTs and Metaverse

IBM has a number of patents on NFTs. Shyam Nagarajan, IBM Consulting Executive Partner, Blockchain, Web3.0, Metaverse and Sustainability, discusses the future of the technology, saying, "it's going to be for enterprise use cases," naming healthcare records as an example. Plus, Nagarajan discusses IBM's metaverse strategy.

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Videos

IBM Executive on the Future of Web3

Shyam Nagarajan, IBM Consulting Executive Partner, Blockchain, Web3.0, Metaverse and Sustainability, discusses the future of enterprise blockchain, CBDCs, and Web3 at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Plus, IBM's sustainability efforts and insights into discontinuing blockchain-enabled shipping solution TradeLens.

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IBM, Maersk to Wind Down Shipping Blockchain TradeLens by Early 2023

Maersk and IBM will wind down their shipping blockchain TradeLens by early 2023, ending the pair’s five-year project to improve global trade by connecting supply chains on a permissioned blockchain. "The Hash" panel discusses the significance and the future of enterprise blockchain.

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Finance

IBM and Maersk Abandon Ship on TradeLens Logistics Blockchain

An enterprise blockchain project from bygone bear markets will wind down after five years.

Maersk container ship (Bernard Spragg. NZ/Flickr)

Policy

EU Project to Fight Fakes Succeeds by Being Open, Founder Says

A publicly backed blockchain project to stop counterfeit goods from entering the European Union is trying to avoid mistakes of the past, its founder told CoinDesk.

The EU thinks blockchain could help customs officers spot fake goods (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)