Bank of America CEO: We Have Hundreds of Blockchain Patents — But Regulation ...
The CEO of Bank of America says that his bank has hundreds of blockchain patents but regulations will not allow it to engage in crypto. “The reality is that we can’t do it by regulation,” he said. Bank of America’s CEO on Crypto Bank of America (BOA) CEO Brian Moynihan talked about cryptocurrency in an interview with Yahoo Finance Live at the recent World Economic Forum event in Davos, published Saturday. He was asked about his bank’s plans for cryptocurrencies. “The reality is that we run a payments business across our....
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In addition to 15 previously filed blockchain-related patents, Bank of America is now reportedly drafting up another 20 patents that will be submitted to the US Patents and Trademark Office (USPTO) later this month. While numerous reports from regulators, settling houses and even governments talk up the potential of Bitcoin’s underlying technology – the blockchain, Bank of America (BOA) is trying to get ahead in the blockchain space as one of the few big financial institutions actively filing patents related to crypto technology. Speaking to CNBC, a spokesperson for the bank revealed that....
In addition to the previous 15 blockchain patents filed, Bank of America is now trying to patent some of the uses of the Bitcoin technology, writing a draft of 20 more patents to be sent to the U.S. Patents and Trademark Office by the end of this month. So, it seems Bank of America is trying to take control over the Blockchain by getting 100% of the patents covering Blockchain technology. And this path was shown a year ago by Coinbase too. In fact, some months ago Coinbase filed patents for most of the aspects of the Bitcoin marketplace, including: Hot wallet for holding bitcoin, User....
The Bank of America has revealed it has up to 15 patents filed in the blockchain space, and intends to file 20 more before the end of the month. It seems that every day we get news that a leading financial organization is getting involved in the bitcoin and blockchain space. Last week it was the Australian Securities Exchange; the week before that it was the Chinese government; yesterday, Greg Medcraft, the head of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (Iosco), weighed in on blockchain adoption. Today, the trend continues. We’ve just learnt that the Bank of America....
The new LUNA records gains amidst controversy, “Big Short” investor Michael Burry and author Robert Kiyosaki weigh in on recession, depression, and looming civil unrest. To top it all off, Bank of America’s CEO said “we have hundreds of patents on blockchain” but that regulations are blocking the institution from engaging in crypto. This is your bite-sized digest of this week’s hottest stories from Bitcoin.com News. Let’s dig in.
Bank of America CEO: We Have Hundreds of Blockchain Patents — But Regulation....
Bank of America (BoA) has revealed its continued pursuit of cryptocurrency patents. Last year the legacy institution applied for 15 blockchain related concepts, but now a spokesperson says they are drafting another 20 more to the U.S. Patents and Trademark Office (USPTO). Traditional finance businesses and central banks have been concerned since they’ve....