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Dubai Blockchain Center and Cardano Foundation partner to provide blockchain education

The Dubai Blockchain Center (DBCC) has entered into a strategic collaboration with the Cardano Foundation, marking a significant step forward in advancing blockchain education and technology adoption across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. This partnership, formalized today, follows the initial announcement at the Dubai TOKEN2049 event and represents a major milestone in bringing together two forces in the blockchain industry.

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GSBN to trial Bill of Lading tokenisation in Hong Kong

Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN), a neutral, not-for-profit consortium enabling paperless, accessible and sustainable growth in global trade with its data infrastructure and ecosystem of partners, has officially joined the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s (HKMA) Project Ensemble to test its electronic Bill of Lading (eBL) tokenisation use case with Ant Digital Technologies and conduct interbank atomic settlement of tokenised deposits between the Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) and Hang Seng Bank (Hang Seng).

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Ripple works with DIFC innovation hub to accelerate blockchain and digital assets in the UAE

Ripple, the leading provider of enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, has announced plans to partner with the DIFC Innovation Hub, the thriving innovation ecosystem of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), to accelerate blockchain and digital assets innovation in the UAE.

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Afme publishes roadmap for scaling DLT-based capital markets

The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) today published roadmaps for “Scaling Capital Markets based on Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)” focused on European Sovereign, Supranational and Public Agency (SSA) bond issuers and EU and UK policymakers and regulators.

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Crystal selected to provide blockchain data for the ECB

Crystal, a leading blockchain intelligence company, is thrilled to announce it has entered a partnership with the European Central Bank (ECB).

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Wirex and Visa expand partnership to drive Web3 payments adoption

The leading Web3 money app, Wirex and Visa, a world leader in digital payments, are thrilled to announce a partnership to further the use of digital currencies in the UK and the European Economic Area (EEA).

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Sygnum, Fideilty and Chainlink to bring Net Asset value data onchain

At the Point Zero Forum, Chainlink has announced a collaboration with Fidelity International and Sygnum to bring Net Asset Value (NAV) data onchain.

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Blockchain data management firm SendBlocks raises $8.2m

SendBlocks, a pioneering startup in blockchain data management, announced today that it is coming out of stealth mode with $8.2 million in seed funding led by Castle Island Ventures with several other institutional investors including Pitango, Illuminate Financial, Laser Digital (Nomura), Starkware and notable ecosystem leaders.

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BNP Paribas champions innovation in credit distribution with CobaltFX’s Dynamic Credit

BNP Paribas, an early adopter of CobaltFX's Dynamic Credit, further expands its engagement with CobaltFX, part of United Fintech, to address regulatory and industry concerns, setting a new standard for precision and effectiveness in market operations.

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Clearstream, DekaBank And DZ Bank issue ttokenized bonds on DLT at ECB trials

Clearstream, DekaBank and DZ Bank have jointly issued two tokenised €5-million bonds using distributed-ledger technology (DLT). The issuances took place in the context of the ECB trials aimed at exploring the potential of DLT for settling wholesale transactions in central bank money.

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BME joins ECB trials for DLT in central bank money settlement

BME, through Iberclear, has been admitted to the Eurosystem's exploratory work as a DLT market operator to conduct experiments on new technologies applicable to the settlement of wholesale operations in central bank money.

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ECB picks Boerse Stuttgart to participate in EU-wide blockchain tests

Boerse Stuttgart Group is the only exchange operator in Europe to have successfully applied for the second wave of the European Central Bank's (ECB) EU-wide tests, in which the settlement of blockchain-based financial transactions against central bank money is being explored.

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Conduit raises $35m

We’re excited to share that Conduit has raised a $37M Series A led by Paradigm and Haun Ventures.

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Bank of England and BIS to test synchronised settlement in FX

The Eurosystem and London Centres of the BIS Innovation Hub, together with the Bank of England, have launched Project Meridian FX, to build on the findings of Project Meridian by focusing on foreign exchange (FX) transactions.

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Brickken selected to participate in European blockchain regulatory sandbox

Brickken, a Barcelona-based startup pioneering in the tokenization of real-world assets, announced today its selection to participate in the European Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) Regulatory Sandbox.

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Ripple brings Ethereum Virtual Machine compatibility to XRP Ledger

We collectively believe that the future of blockchain is multi-chain, and are excited to share an update on one of the top requests from the developer community: bringing Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatibility to XRP Ledger (XRPL).

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Mastercard for Fintechs programme launches to back European startups

Mastercard has today announced the launch of ‘Mastercard For Fintechs’, the company’s new program designed to support fintechs across Western Europe, equipping them with the tools and expertise to drive ongoing growth and propel them to the next level.

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Paystand appoints Allison Grieb chief sales officer

Paystand, the global leader in blockchain-enabled B2B payments, today announces the appointment of Allison Grieb as chief sales officer. Grieb brings her years of sales roles at high-growth tech companies to the new position.

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Archax integrates Fireblocks To expand digital asset custody service

Archax, the first FCA-regulated digital asset exchange, broker and custodian, today announced it has expanded its custody service by integrating Fireblocks, an enterprise platform for building blockchain applications and managing digital asset operations, and is using the Fireblocks Network, an enterprise-grade digital asset transfer platform for rapid digital asset transactions and dynamic payment workflows.

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DTCC leads fund tokenisation pilot

As a trusted Financial Market Infrastructure (FMI) and partner to financial market participants for over 50 years, DTCC is well positioned to support the industry’s ongoing exploration of digital assets and their application in financial services.

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