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Securrency names Nadine Chakar CEO

Securrency, a leading developer of institutional-grade, blockchain-based financial and regulatory technology, today announced that Nadine Chakar will join the company and assume the role of Chief Executive Officer effective January 9th, 2023.

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Regulators increase scrutiny of ASX post-trade arrangements

Today ASIC and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) (the regulators) have taken further action to ensure that all necessary steps are taken by ASX to support and maintain current CHESS until its replacement is successfully implemented.

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Fnality and HQLAX run PoC of cross-chain repo swap settlement

Fnality and HQLAX announce the successful completion of the first proof of concept (PoC) delivery versus payment (DvP) repo settlement across the Fnality Payment System (FnPS) and HQLAX’s Digital Collateral Registry, bridging the distributed ledger technologies (DLT) of Enterprise Ethereum and R3 Corda, respectively.

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Contour hires JPMorgan's Chetan Talwar as head of sales

Contour, the digital trade finance network, has appointed Chetan Talwar to the role of Head of Global Sales.

/markets

BondbloX and TransFICC sign MOU

TransFICC and BondbloX Bond Exchange have signed an MOU to enable sell-side banks to trade digital bonds.

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Finastra onboards Fragmos Chain’s blockchain platform for OTC derivatives market

Today Finastra announced a collaboration with Fragmos Chain, a blockchain platform which digitalizes interactions between financial institutions, to provide Finastra customers with out-of-the-box integration with Finastra Summit, its over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market solution.

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Allfunds Blockchain streamlines product design

Allfunds Blockchain, the arm of Allfunds (AMS:ALLFG) specialized in blockchain technology and its application in the development of solutions for the fund industry, has expanded the capabilities of its FAST solution to digitize the process of switching mutual fund portfolios between financial providers.

/payments

HSBC and Wells Fargo expand DLT solution to include offshore Yuan

HSBC Bank and Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced that the blockchain-based solution they are using for bilateral FX settlements is expanding to include the offshore Yuan (CNH).

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IOG and University of Edinburgh to build standard metric for crypto decentralisation

Input Output Global, Inc. (IOG), one of the builders of Cardano, the leading proof of stake blockchain, has partnered with the University of Edinburgh, one of the most highly rated academic institutions in the United Kingdom, to develop the blockchain industry’s first ‘decentralization index’.

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MFS Africa to utilise Ripple's On-Demand Liquidity function

Mobile money has long supported economic growth for businesses and individuals throughout Africa, and financial players are looking to further strengthen digital payment rails across the continent.

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Montis adds ex-Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch staff to help build digital post-trade ecosystem

Montis Group, the Archax subsidiary focussed on building digitally native post-trade infrastructure, has today announced the expansion of its senior management, adding Padmini Krishnan and Alanbek Yussupov to the team.

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Aventus names Walter Kok as board member

Enterprise-grade blockchain Aventus today announces that Walter Kok has joined the executive team as Strategic Advisor & Board Member.

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WalletConnect raises $12.5m

WalletConnect, the web3 communications protocol company, today announced that it has raised $12.5 million in an ecosystem round, with participation from Shopify, Coinbase Ventures, ConsenSys, Circle Ventures, Polygon, Uniswap Labs Ventures, Union Square Ventures, 1kx, HashKey, Foresight Ventures, and others.

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ADDX launches tokensied French wine portfolio

Investors with a penchant for wine can now invest in a curated portfolio of vintage French wines through private market exchange ADDX.

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Mercuryo expands crypto asset offering through Fireblocks integration

Mercuryo, a cryptopowered global payments solution, has integrated Fireblocks, an award-winning provider of enterprise-grade digital asset custody, transfer and settlement technology.

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Google unveils Blockchain Node Engine for Web3 developers

Blockchain is changing the way the world stores and moves its information. Building on our commitment to help Web3 developers build and deploy new products on blockchain-based platforms, today we’re thrilled to announce Google Cloud’s Blockchain Node Engine.

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CQG and Nuts Finance team on Web3-based innovation lab

CQG, a leading global provider of high-performance technology solutions for market makers, traders, brokers, commercial hedgers and exchanges, and NUTS Finance, a blockchain development lab, announced today that they have just launched “Optio Research,” a state-of-the-art Web3-based innovation lab focused on developing decentralized cryptocurrency infrastructure and trading solutions for institutional investors.

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Minima and Minipay pilot blockchain-based retail payment system

Minima, the first cooperative, ultra-lean, blockchain network that enables anyone to run a complete node on a mobile or IoT device, has today announced it has completed a pilot with Minipay, one of the winners from its inaugural Minima Innovation Challenge to bring to market a contactless payment app which connects to Minima wallets and uses NFC and QR codes for everyday purchases.

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Crypto firm Dash 2 Trade raises $500,000

In less than 24 hours, crypto market intelligence trading platform Dash 2 Trade has raised $500K from hungry investors.

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Binance Custody turns to TRM Labs for institutional compliance

Binance Custody, an institutional-grade digital asset custody solution, has onboarded risk management tools from TRM Labs, the industry leader in blockchain analytics and intelligence technology.

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