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China's Alibaba came in first place, having filed a total of 90 blockchain-related patent applications, whereas IBM has to date filed a total of 89.Google's Big Data Analytics Warehouse Adds Ethereum Blockchain Dataset.

The Google Cloud team has officially made the Ethereum dataset available in BigQuery, the company's big data warehouse for analytics, after having done the same for the Bitcoin blockchain in February.

The Ethereum blockchain data is posted in the dataset and updated on a daily basis, with BigQuery's OLAP features helping to aggregate such types of data and and visualize it.

India Sends Officials Abroad To Learn More About Cryptocurrencies And ICOs.The Securities and Exchange Board of India has been organizing tours to countries including Japan, the UK, and Switzerland for their officials to study cryptocurrencies and Initial Coin Offerings.

The ruling notes that "Internet courts" must recognized digital data if it is stored on a blockchain with "Digital signatures, reliable timestamps and hash value verification or via a digital deposition platform."

BWW, which uses digital currency on Stellar's blockchain to facilitate international settlements between banks in "Near real-time," is the latest step forward for IBM and Stellar, which have been eyeing blockchain payment options since October last year.

DAYLI Intelligence, which provides blockchain solutions and AI-based tech infrastructure for financial institutions, will reportedly assist SBI in implementing both blockchain and machine learning to maximize work efficiency and reduce costs across various financial products and services.

The new Blockchain Studio, which received around $2.1 million in seed funding, will focus on the development of smart contracts and creating cloud- or server-based blockchain infrastructure.

Blockchain startup ConsenSys has partnered with online education platform Coursera to offer a blockchain technology course entitled "Blockchain: Foundations And Use Cases." The course, which is designed to provide students an introduction to the technology and develop the skills needed to understand how blockchain is changing certain industries, is designed for students of varying skill levels, including individuals who lack a technical education.

Crypto Exchange Bittrex To Remove Bitcoin Gold After May's $18 Mln Hack.Crypto exchange Bittrex will delist Bitcoin Gold, a hard fork of Bitcoin, by September 14 following an $18 million hack of the BTG network in May. BTG reportedly suffered a combination double spending and 51 percent attack on several exchanges, including Bittrex.