For the third year in a row, Forbes magazine published an article titled Blockchain 50. In this article, Forbes lists companies that are leading the way in deploying distributed ledger technology with revenues or valuations of at least $ 1 billion.
BoeingAerospace company
Boeing Horizon X Investment Branch has allocated funding for the development of the SkyGrade project. SkyGrade is a blockchain-based air traffic control system designed to track and communicate with aircraft.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange GroupForeign exchange company
CME Group, one of the largest markets for futures and call option trading, supported Bitcoin futures contracts in December 2017. The firm also offered Ethereum futures contracts in 2021.
Digital Currency GroupCapital market company
The company, which is the most active investor in the field of digital currency startups, has invested in 170 companies and projects or is the main shareholder. Digital Currency Group also owns two of the largest digital currency institutions, Genesis trading platform with 1000 institutional clients, including Square payment and Grayscale Investments Company, which manages $ 27 billion assets.
MicrosoftTechnology company
One of Microsoft's blockchain software, developed with Ernst & Young(EY), manages content and copyright. Xbox and Ubisoft were the first companies to use this system.
MicroStrategyBusiness intelligence company
This intelligence company started the process of storing bitcoins in the company's coffers and buying more than $1 billion of this crypto currency in 2020 to compensating inflation. Morgan Stanley recently bought an 11 percent of the company sharing.
TencentMultinational conglomerate company
The blockchain created by Tencent is used by the Shenzhen Tax Services to issue about 10 million bills. Tencent also founded WeBank, that it's blockchain platform FISCO BCOS is used by more than 2,000 other companies.
VisaGlobal Payments Technology Company
The company has registered more than 159 blockchain-related patents for things like securing transactions and using biometrics to verify identities.
In December, Visa announced a merger with the StableCoin USDC with the aim of accelerating corporate payments to international corporations.
Saudi AramcoArabian Oil Company
Back in 2019, Aramco invested 6 million in Data Gumbo. The company has built a Blockchain platform that aims to integrate thousands of sensors used in oil fields and refineries. Aramco aims to better assess asset performance and match smart contracts with Aramco dealers.
SamsungMultinational conglomerate company
The company's IT division has built several blockchain projects for local governments, hospitals, airports. One of these projects is the medical claims processing services at once for the hospitals or via their smartphones.
PayPalPayments Company
PayPal payment processing company is working hard to gain a leading position in the future of digital assets and central bank currencies.
BinanceCryptocurrency exchange company
Binance is the world's largest crypto currency exchange with 184 digital assets on its list and supports about 100 blockchains. The total value exchanged in this exchange was over than 2 trillion dollar, last year. Binance issued a cash visa card in July that automatically converts users' crypto assets into local currency and accepted/used by ~70 million stores worldwide.
JPMorganInvestment banking company
JPMorgan has invited 425 banks, including Deutsche Bank and Banorte, to use its blockchain network called 'Liink' to speed up and streamline interbank transactions.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2021/02/02/blockchain-50/