IBM Bridges Blockchain, AI With New Business Unit
IBM is reorganizing its internal blockchain team into a business unit that encompasses its artificial intelligence and cloud computing efforts. Called 'Industry Platforms', the division will be led by Bridget van Kralingen, IBM’s former senior vice president of Global Business Services. Further, as part of the launch, IBM's entire blockchain leadership will make the transition to the unit, first announced last September. In addition to the work on blockchain tech, the business unit will lead IBM's efforts to bridge its financial services work with its Watson artificial intelligence....
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IBM recently launched its Industry Platforms business unit in a bid to deliver blockchain solutions to its customers. According to eWeek, the company has said that the launch of last week’s blockchain unit will focus on financial services organizations in addition to other business units. IBM said: The Industry Platforms unit will focus on Watson for financial services, blockchain and strategic partnerships. Bridget van Kralingen, a fast-tracked IBM executive who has been head of IBM Global Business Services, will be in charge of the unit. Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-It said to....
Siemens AG will establish a dedicated business unit under the name, “next47,” to accelerate the development of new technologies, including blockchain applications. The name refers to the company’s founding in 1947. The new unit will combine the independence, speed and agility with Siemens’ financial strength and credibility in serving a global customer base. One of its goals is to address blockchain applications intended to simplify and securitize data transfer in industry and energy trading. €1 billion To Be Invested. Siegfried Russwurm, chief technology officer, said the company will....
In the ever-expanding landscape of blockchain technology, the concept of cross-chain bridges has emerged as a critical component. These bridges serve as the vital connectors between various blockchain networks, enabling seamless interoperability and the transfer of assets and data across different chains. However, as the crypto industry continues to invest heavily in these bridges, Chainlink’s […]
During the last few months, cross-chain bridge technology has grown a great deal and users can now swap assets between a myriad of networks. Today, between eight different bridges there’s $7.6 billion total-value locked across these platforms.
Cross-Chain Bridges
There’s a decent quantity of cross-chain blockchain bridges these days and it has allowed users to do a variety of different decentralized finance (defi) techniques. Interestingly, a great deal of bridges connect to the Ethereum (ETH) network, as they have Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)....
Bitcoin integration is not on the immediate roadmap for blockchain bridge support via MetaMask Bridges, a MetaMask executive said. Blockchain software technology firm ConsenSys continues working on expanding blockchain interoperability by introducing a new tool to the MetaMask wallet.Metamask users can now bridge across multiple blockchain networks using MetaMask Bridges, which aggregates different blockchain bridges in one place, ConsenSys announced on Nov. 9.MetaMask Bridges supports major blockchains compatible with Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), including Ethereum, Avalanche, the....