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Law firm Nixon Peabody joins Wall Street Blockchain Alliance

The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA), an industry leading non-profit trade association with a mission to guide and promote comprehensive adoption of blockchain technology around the world, is proud to announce that the global law firm of Nixon Peabody LLP has joined the organization as a corporate member.

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Russian federation regulators denote blockchain and instant payments as key priorities

The financial regulators of Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan held a Joint Payment Area Working Group meeting to discuss key trends and initiatives related to the use of innovative financial technology to develop and promote today's services across the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU).

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Garanti sponsors Turkey’s first blockchain workshop

BBVA backed Garanti Bank, in cooperation with Turkish Central Bank and TUBITAK, the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, has sponsored the first Blockchain Workshop in Turkey.

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Odyssey completes integration with Obike for blockchain-based payments

Odyssey, a Singapore founded blockchain company, is pleased to announce the completion of its digital asset mobile payment solution, Odyssey Wallet integration with dock-less bike sharing provider oBike.

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Lendingblock appoints new CTO

Lendingblock, the open exchange for cryptocurrency loans, today announces the appointment of Luca Sbardella as Chief Technology Officer.

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Viva Network looks to disrupt mortgage industry through blockchain platform

Viva Network Holdings Limited (“Viva Network” or “Viva”), a Bermuda-based fintech startup, has today announced its plan to launch a comprehensive borderless mortgage products platform.

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BitPay closes extended $40 Million Series B Round

BitPay, the largest global blockchain payments provider, today closes its $40 Million extended Series B funding round, which brings its total raised capital to over $70 Million. New investors in BitPay include Menlo Ventures, Capital Nine, G Squared, Nimble Ventures (an affiliate of Passport Capital) and Delta-v Capital as well as individual investments from Christopher Klauss Family Office, Founder of Internet Security Systems (ISS), and Alvin Liu, Co-founder of Tencent.

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Law firm Ashurst joins Accord Project on smart legal contract standards

International law firm Ashurst today announces it has joined the Accord Project, the industry standard organisation developing open source smart legal contract standards.

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Everledger closes $10.4 million investment round

Everledger, the leader in real-world applications of emerging technology, today announced the successful closing of US$10.4 million in its Series A investment round.

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Government of Zimbabwe signs MoU with FinComEco to drive innovation in agriculture markets

The Government of Zimbabwe, under the aegises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (MoFAIT) and Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement (MLARR) and FinComEco, the fully integrated Financial & Commodities Ecosystem (FinComEco) providing services, financing, capacity building and enablement solutions from supply to demand, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop a range of platforms, projects and initiatives in the agricultural commodity markets sector in Zimbabwe.

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EverMarkets preps blockchain-powered futures exchange

A team of seasoned traders, technologists and senior executives from some of the U.S.'s largest financial institutions and technology firms is pleased to announce they are developing EverMarkets™, a futures exchange and clearing house platform built on blockchain technology.

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Hong Kong watchdog puts stop to ICO

ICO issuer Black Cell Technology Limited (Black Cell) has halted its initial coin offering (ICO) to the Hong Kong public and agreed to unwind ICO transactions for Hong Kong investors by returning them the relevant tokens following regulatory action by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) over concerns that Black Cell had engaged in potential unauthorized promotional activities and unlicensed regulated activities.

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Japan regulator holds blockchain roundtable

The Financial Services Agency of Japan (JFSA) held the “Blockchain Round-Table” on March 8 and 9 with the participation of foreign and Japanese regulatory and supervisory authorities and central banks (UK Financial Conduct Authority, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Australian Securities Investments Commission, Abu Dhabi Global Market Financial Services Regulatory Authority, France Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Bank of Japan and Bank of Canada) as well as foreign and Japanese academic institutions. (MIT Media Lab, The University of Tokyo and Keio University).

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RSK picks Decentral Jaxx blockchain platform for smart contracts on Bitcoin

RSK, the smart contract platform powered by the Bitcoin network, today announced it has launched on Decentral's Jaxx cryptocurrency wallet and multi-token digital platform.

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Accenture completes trial of ocean-going blockchain platform

A consortium comprising AB InBev, Accenture, APL, Kuehne + Nagel and a European customs organization has successfully tested a blockchain solution that can eliminate the need for printed shipping documents and save the freight and logistics industry hundreds of millions of dollars annually.

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Isabel Group and norbloc bring blockchain KYC initiative to pilot

Last year, B-Hive, a European innovative collaboration platform connecting fintech startups and established financial service organizations, announced the launch of TrustHive.

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Colt and PCCW demo blockchain PoC for inter-carrier telco settlement

Colt Technology Services and PCCW Global, the international operating division of HKT, have collaborated with Clear, a blockchain start-up company, to demonstrate that inter-carrier settlement times can be reduced from hours to minutes by blockchain technology.

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BBOD to launch Ethereum derivatives and spot exchange in partnership with GMEX

GMEX Technologies (GMEX), a wholly owned subsidiary of GMEX Group and a provider of multi-asset exchange trading and post trade technology delivered through a partnership driven approach, is delighted to announce that the Blockchain Board of Derivatives (BBOD) will be the latest Exchange to implement GMEX Fusion, a unique integrated centralised and distributed exchange platform solution.

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Eastern Caribbean Central Bank partners Bitt for digital currency pilot

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) and the Barbados-based fintech company, Bitt Inc. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to conduct a FinTech pilot on blockchain technology in the ECCB member countries.

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IMF's Christine Lagarde calls for crackdown on crypto criminals

The same reason crypto-assets like Bitcoin are so appealing is also what makes them dangerous.

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