Circle Just Bought IBM’s Entire Blockchain Patent Portfolio. Nearly 1,000 Patents. No Price Tag

Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL) announced on July 27, 2026 that it has acquired fundamental assets from IBM’s blockchain patent portfolio. The portfolio contains more than 680 patent families and nearly 1,000 issued patents worldwide, spanning foundational blockchain technology, banking,…

A proposed privacy-focused web browser is now part of the IBM blockchain patents portfolio

Trackers, ads, cookies, etc. regularly invade users’ privacy when they browse the Internet. A proposed privacy-focused browser as part of the IBM blockchain patents portfolio could provide welcome help.

IBM private blockchain patent seeks to protect enterprise blockchains from “Replay attacks”

Enterprise blockchains need protection from replay attacks. A new IBM private blockchain patent proposes a solution in this regard.