UBS: Technologies like blockchain are IBM's 'best hope for recovery' (IBM)

Blockchain may be IBM's saving grace.
That's the thesis of a research note by a trio of analysts at UBS, the Switzerland-based bank, out Tuesday morning. 
IBM, the New York-based technology company, has witnessed its stock tank more than 14% year-to-date, despite its inroads into blockchain technology this year. 
Blockchain, the technology powering cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and ethereum, has become a popular buzzword on Wall Street as the price of digital coins a