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Digital Asset adds big names to board

Digital Asset, the leading provider of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), today announced the appointments of Tony James, Executive Vice Chairman of Blackstone, AG Gangadhar, former engineering executive at Amazon, Google and Uber, and Stephan Leithner, Executive Board Member of Deutsche Börse Group, to its board of directors.

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NatWest joins trade finance network Marco Polo

NatWest has today announced that it has joined Marco Polo, the trade finance platform that uses blockchain technology to dramatically reduce the costs, risks and time involved in businesses trading with each other.

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Canadian credit union coalition joins R3

The Large Credit Union Coalition (LCUC), a group comprising the CIOs of the 16 largest credit unions in Canada, has joined enterprise software firm R3’s global blockchain ecosystem.

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Santander appoints blockchain head Whelan to new 'Digital Invesment Banking' team

Banco Santander announced today that it plans to utilize blockchain and other new technologies within its capital markets business to change how securities are issued, traded and settled.

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Payroc and Ethos form cryptocurrency partnership

Payroc, LLC, a leading merchant services and payment processing organization, and Ethos.io PTE, a leading cryptocurrency services platform, today formally announced their partnership to create a best-in-class cryptocurrency merchant payment processing service.

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FSB sets out framework to monitor crypto-asset markets

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) today published a report delivered to the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors on the work of the FSB and standard-setting bodies on crypto-assets.

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Jersey issues 'crypto-friendly' ICO guidance note

The Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) has today issued a guidance note containing information about our approach to ICO activity.

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Cryptocurrency platform Gimmer introduces trading bots

Gimmer, an automated cryptocurrency trading platform, today launches its unique service which uses trading bots to make calculated decisions so anyone can get involved in the world of crypto.

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Ripple names David Schwartz CTO; Kahina Van Dyke SVP, biz and corporate development

As Ripple grows and evolves, so does our leadership team. That’s why today we are excited to announce two big changes. David Schwartz, who previously served as Ripple’s chief cryptographer, has been appointed to chief technology officer (CTO). Separately, Kahina Van Dyke has joined Ripple as our senior vice president, Business and Corporate Development.

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æternity partners Papers.ch on super-secure cold-signing and instant micro-payments

æternity, the blockchain 3.0 platform designed to deliver unmatched efficiency, transparent governance, and global scalability, today announced a partnership with Papers.ch, the Swiss technical service provider and consultancy firm for blockchain projects.

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ING reveals part in R3 Corda Enterprise development

Not all businesses can realise the full potential of blockchain because of technical constraints like their existing IT systems and complex infrastructures, as well as issues around privacy, scalability and interoperability between systems.

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Accenture joins RiskBlock Alliance

The Institutes RiskBlock™ Alliance, a blockchain consortium for the risk management and insurance industry, announced today that Accenture (NYSE: ACN) will serve as the lead framework architect responsible for building a production-grade platform to develop and implement blockchain and distributed-ledger use cases.

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R3 launches Corda Enterprise

Enterprise software firm R3 has launched Corda Enterprise, a commercial version of Corda – R3’s open source blockchain platform – specifically optimised to meet the demands of modern day businesses, especially complex institutions.

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Fineqia buys stake in blockchain insurance company

Fineqia International Inc. (the "Company" or "Fineqia") (CSE: FNQ) (OTC: FNQQF) (Frankfurt: FNQA) is pleased to announce it is taking an equity allocation in Black Insurance ("Black"), a digital insurance startup on the blockchain.

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Tradeshift Cash adds Dai as stable cryptocurrency

Tradeshift, the leader in supply chain payments and marketplaces, and MakerDAO, the creator of Dai, the world’s first decentralized stablecoin based on the Ethereum blockchain, today announced at “TC Sessions: Blockchain” a partnership on a project to unlock liquidity access for small businesses around the globe from the $9T of capital trapped in outstanding receivables.

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Crypto exchange Gemini hires former Nyse CIO Robert Cornish

Gemini Trust Company, LLC (Gemini), a digital asset exchange and custodian, announced today that Robert Cornish has joined as its first-ever Chief Technology Officer.

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Jefferies Asia CEO Michael Alexander to lead Block.One VC unit

Block.one, publisher of the EOSIO blockchain software protocol and seller of the EOS Token, a top-five cryptocurrency by market cap at approximately US$8 billion, announced that former Jefferies Asia CEO Mike Alexander has joined as CEO of its US$1 billion EOS VC venture capital arm, effective today.

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trade.io readies for launch of blockchain-based trading exchange

trade.io’s CEO Jim Preissler today announced during his keynote speech at the trade.io sponsored, Bloomberg event in London, England, that the Exchange, the flagship product of trade.io, will be launched on July 17th, 2018.

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Dutch blockchain startup Blockport bids to make crypto-trading accessible to the public at large

Blockport, an Amsterdam-based blockchain startup with big ambitions, launched a platform for public users today.

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Global Debt Registry taps blockchain for loan registry

Global Debt Registry (“GDR”) today announced the launch of its loan registry designed to verify and provide transparency on loan data on the cloud-based IBM Blockchain Platform.

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