TOP BLOCKCHAIN RELATED STOCKS FOR 2019

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Top Blockchain Related Stocks for 2019

• After the overall downward trend that presided
  over the cryptocurrency markets in 2018, there
  may be some hope for cryptocurrency investors
  with the development of Bakkt, and Ethereums
  Casper upgrade. For the more traditional
  investors in the equity market, there are a
  number of high profile companies that are
  experimenting with blockchain in sectors such as
  finance, healthcare, and logistics. As blockchain
  technology becomes more mainstream, these
  companies stand to gain the most from the
  combination of old and new investors. So here are
  our top picks for blockchain related stocks in
  2019.

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IBM Investing Big In Blockchain

• IBM or the Big Blue has established itself as a
  giant in the blockchain space over the last
  couple of years. IBMs interest in blockchain
  began long before the hype and frenzy that
  overtook the market in 2017. In fact, IBM has
  close to 1500 people working on blockchain
  related projects in over 500 projects.

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• In fact, IBM has close to 1500 people working on
  blockchain related projects in over 500 projects.
  In the last five years, IBMs stock has fallen
  from its highs of around USD 200 in 2014 to the
  lows of USD 100 in 2018. IBMs expertise in
  fields like machine learning, distributed
  computing, and the internet of things (IoT) puts
  the company at the greatest advantage to create
  highly reliable and scalable tools that can be
  adopted by businesses. Food Trust is one of the
  most successful blockchain projects developed by
  IBM and is being used by Walmart to ensure food
  security along its entire supply chain.

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Mastercard to Use Blockchain to Curd Fraud

• Even though Mastercard can be considered a rival
  to a decentralized payment platform like Bitcoin,
  it has still invested a lot of resources in the
  underlying blockchain technology. In fact,
  Mastercard has one of the highest numbers of
  blockchain related patents of any company in the
  world. Earlier in 2018, Mastercard was rumored to
  be working on a blockchain based payment gateway
  for fiat money in order to reduce its operating
  costs. Credit card companies reportedly suffered
  an estimated USD 25 billion in losses due to
  fraudulent transactions in 2017.

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• Therefore, reducing fraudulent credit card
  transactions is one of the biggest motivations
  for Mastercard to get involved with blockchain.
  Mastercards stock has seen steady growth in the
  last five years growing from its USD 70 level in
  2014 to the current USD 200 levels.

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Microsoft Offers Blockchain as a Service

• Microsoft has been one of the earliest proponents
  of blockchain technology leading the charge in
  accepting Bitcoin payments in the MS Store as
  early as in 2013. Microsoft offers blockchain to
  be easily integrated into its Azure Cloud
  Computing platform. Now, some of the biggest
  companies in the world like NASDAQ and ATT are
  about to integrate the Azure blockchain into
  their services. Microsoft stock has also seen
  steady growth in its stock in the last 5 years
  almost tripling in the time frame to its present
  levels of over 100.

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Walmart Leads The Race in Food Security

• Walmarts stock has seen quite a lot of
  volatility over the last few years due to
  uncertain trade policies and too much
  competition. In order to put all of those fears
  to rest, Walmart has decided to embrace emerging
  technologies like Artificial Intelligence and
  blockchain to improve its supply chain. Walmart
  became the retail giant it is today by constantly
  streamlining its supply chain and blockchain
  combined with smart contracts allow Walmart to
  take that one step further.

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• For that reason, Walmart has filed numerous
  patents related to blockchain and has partnered
  with IBM to develop a platform for ensuring food
  security at every step of the supply chain. All
  of these changes would not only improve the
  quality of the product but also save costs in the
  long term which is sure to boost Walmarts stock.

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