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ICBC's First Blockchain Patent Is Now Public

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, a major state-owned bank, is exploring how to verify and share users' certificates on a blockchain.

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Korea's SK Telecom to Build Blockchain for Identity and Asset Exchange

SK Telecom has announced plans to launch a blockchain-based platform aimed to simplify payment and subscription processes.

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Bad Checks: Twitter's Identity Crisis Is Costing Users More Than Bitcoin

Twitter's blue check mark verification system is falling under the pressure of the complicated crypto world.

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Blythe Masters: Business Blockchain Won't Be 'Winner-Takes-All'

At the Synchronize 2018 conference in New York City, enterprise blockchains heavyweights made it clear they want to build ethereum-like platforms.

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Mastercard Eyes Blockchain for Fighting Fake Identities

New patent filings from Mastercard explore a blockchain-based identity data storage system.

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Bank of America Envisions Blockchain As Internal Ledger

A newly released Bank of America patent application proposes securing health records on a permissioned blockchain.

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IT Giant Tech Mahindra Joins India's Early Blockchain 'Bulls'

Blockchain startup ChromaWay and India-based Tech Mahindra have partnered to bring new solutions to the Indian market.

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Bank-Backed Hyperledger Is Slowly Opening to ICOs

Amidst a broad uptick in interest in crypto tokens, a technology platform built by some of the world's biggest enterprises is adapting to the trend.

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There's A Facebook Alternative, It's Called Self-Sovereign Identity

The answer to Facebook's fiasco isn’t a new platform. It’s an open standards-based infrastructure that centers on people and fosters a new ecosystem.

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Hyperledger Tech Heats Up Ahead of Software Debuts

2018 is shaping up to be a watershed year for enterprise-grade blockchain, with the upcoming launch of four Hyperledger solutions into version 1.0.

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