Circle Acquires Nearly 1,000 IBM Blockchain PatentsCircle acquired more than 680 patent families comprising nearly 1,000 issued patents from IBM, covering blockchain infrastructure, banking, payments, insurance, supply chains and secure cloud operations. The company said the deal makes it the largest U.S. holder of blockchain patents and will support products including USDC, Circle Payments Network, Arc and agentic finance tools. Financial terms were not disclosed. ...