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Blockchain payments outfit ZTLment plays in Danish regulatory sandbox

Together with ZTLment ApS (ZTLment), the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (DFSA) has examined the use of the technology for a specific business model in the DFSA's regulatory sandbox, FT Lab.

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UAE-based blockchain payments startup Pypl raises $11 million

One of the region’s fastest growing FinTechs, Pyypl (pronounced “People”), announces it has closed a US$ 11 million series A financing round with participation from a diverse group of international family offices and HNWI’s.

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From financial services to blockchain and crypto: How executives are making the switch

Today, Heidrick & Struggles, a premier provider of global leadership advisory and on-demand talent solutions, in partnership with the Global Blockchain Business Council, have launched a study titled, From Financial Services to Blockchain and Crypto: How Executives Are Making the Switch.

/people

Algorand Foundation names Staci Warden as CEO

The Algorand Foundation today announced the appointment of Staci Warden as its Chief Executive Officer.

/markets

Charles River and LedgerEdge collaborate to provide DLT-based bond liquidity and trading

Charles River Development, a State Street Company, today announced a collaboration with LedgerEdge to provide investment firms with access to corporate bond liquidity from the LedgerEdge ecosystem via the Charles River Inventory Hub and Order and Execution Management System (OEMS).

/markets

CSOP Asset Management completes blockchain-based OTC trade processing prototype

CSOP Asset Management Pte. Ltd. (‘CSOP’) and leading Singapore FinTech firm Hashstacs Pte Ltd (‘STACS’) today announced the completion of their Over-the-Counter (‘OTC’) Derivatives Trade Processing prototype, built by STACS on its Distributed Ledger Technology (‘DLT')-based platform, Vetta.

/markets

ADB builds prototype for blockchain-based cross-border securities settlement

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched a project to make cross-border securities transactions in Asia and the Pacific more efficient and secure through the use of blockchain technology.

/regulation

SEC approves blockchain-powered exchange BSTX

On January 27, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an order (the “Order) approving the creation of BSTX as a trading facility of BOX Exchange. BSTX, a joint venture of tZERO Group, Inc., and BOX Digital Markets LLC (“BOX Digital”) will be the first fully-automated, price/time priority execution exchange for trading securities that is both regulated by the SEC and leverages private blockchain technologies.

/people

Former CFTC chairman Giancarlo joins Digital Asset board

Digital Asset, the software and services provider building interconnected networks for global enterprises, today announced that the Honorable J. Christopher “Chris” Giancarlo, former Chairman of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has joined the Company’s Board of Directors.

/crypto

Digital asset technology provider BCB Group raises $60 million

BCB Group, Europe’s leading provider of business accounts and trading services for the digital asset economy, announced today that it has closed a Series A funding round co-led by Foundation Capital with participation from BACKED VC, PayU (the fintech and e-payments business of Prosus), Digital Currency Group, Nexo, Wintermute, Menai Financial Group, Circle, Tokentus Investment, Cowa, Profluent Ventures and LAUNCHub Ventures.

/people

R3 names first chief economist

Global enterprise technology and services firm R3 has appointed Alisa DiCaprio as its first Chief Economist, emphasizing the need for financial institutions across the private and public sectors to work in close collaboration with technology providers as the digital and traditional ecosystems converge.

/people

Baton Systems hires former Barclays exec Ornstein as first COO

Baton Systems (“Baton”), the fintech transforming post-trade processing using distributed ledger technology (DLT), has announced the appointment of David Ornstein as the company’s first Chief Operating Officer.

/regulation

Benker preps 'blockchain neobank'

Benker is to become the first officially licensed blockchain neobank launched in Europe following approval by the Bank of Lithuania under the Electronic Money Institution (EMI) category.

/startups

NAB Ventures backs agtech-fintech start up Geora

Tenacious Ventures has backed agtech-fintech startup Geora in a $1.5 million seed round to transform supply chain economics for Aussie farmers.

/people

Standard Chartered's Elaine Ng joins Contour as head of innovation

Contour, the digital trade finance network, has appointed Elaine Ng to the newly created role of Head of Innovation.

/crypto

DeFinity records live cash FX trade to its permissionless layer-1 blockchain

DeFinity, an institutional digital asset ECN and DeFi marketplace for foreign exchange, digital assets and CBDC, announces the world’s first settled cash FX trade written to its permissionless layer-1 WeOwn blockchain.

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Richard Re and Robert Flohr join Dropp’s advisory board

Dropp, the world's first cost-effective, digital micropayment transaction platform enabling payments both in FIAT ($USD) and cryptocurrency, today announced two new strategic appointments: Richard Re and Robert Flohr.

/crypto

Cobalt partners with institutional crypto network DeFinity

LONDON, Dec. 22, 2021: DeFinity, an institutional digital asset ECN and DeFi marketplace for fiat FX, Cryptocurrencies and Central Bank Digital Currencies, partners with Cobalt, a market infrastructure provider focused on re-engineering the institutional FX and digital asset markets to facilitate real-time clearing, settlement and dynamic risk and credit management.

/retail

FIS names InnovateIN48 competition winners

Financial technology leader FIS® (NYSE: FIS) today announced the winning innovations from InnovateIN48, its annual fintech competition that is designed to spark creativity and new technologies to continually advance the way the world pays, banks and invests.

/markets

Swarm Markets launches regulated decentralised OTC trading

Berlin-based Swarm Markets GmbH, the first regulated decentralised financial infrastructure provider, announces it will launch a peer-to-peer contract for high value transactions in Q1 2022.

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