BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 11/20/16

How blockchain will change your life

Much like the internet in the 1990s, the underlying technology beneath digital currencies like bitcoin and Ethereum, might be the “next big trinket for computer geeks,” writes IBM CEO Ginni Rometty for The Wall Street Journal.

Singapore to test digital currency in latest FinTech initiative

The Monetary Authority of Singapore is the latest central bank to test blockchain for interbank payments to see if it could simplify payments process and reducing transaction costs. Bloomberg has more details about the upcoming blockchain experiment.

Is a blockchain patent still possible?

Much of the blockchain technology has been publicly available, some want to know if they can patent blockchain. Anyone interested in doing so have a few legal and practical challenges ahead, according to Financial Reviewof them, according to CoinDesk.