Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

Company update/markets

Calastone tokenizes asset management fund flows

Calastone, the largest global funds network, today announces the launch of Calastone Tokenised Distribution - a pioneering solution that allows asset managers to tokenise any fund operating on Calastone's network and distribute it seamlessly across blockchain-based channels.

03 April 2025

Company update/markets

DTCC to demo new platform for tokenized real-time collateral

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced a digital collateral management platform. DTCC and industry leaders will demo the new platform in a live event, “The Great Collateral Experiment” on April 23, representing a diverse cross-section of financial market assets and participants.

02 April 2025

News/crypto

Trade bodies write to No 10 calling for UK blockchain and crypto push

A collection of UK and global trade bodies has written to the prime minister's office calling on the government to capture what they claim will be the economic and societal benefits of a new wave of digital asset and blockchain technology.

02 April 2025

Company update/payments

Centiglobe partners with Mastercard Move

Centiglobe, a leading fintech company specializing in cross-border payment infrastructure solutions, today announces a new collaboration with Mastercard Move – Mastercard’s portfolio of global money movement solutions.

01 April 2025

News/payments

Africa's Chipper Cash signs with Ripple for cross-border payments

Ripple has signed a deal to deliver crypto-enabled cross-border payments to African money movement firm Chipper Cash.

27 March 2025

Finextra TV/ai

Digital Transformation: Get a Handle on Your Data First

In this FinextraTV interview, Arsalan Minhas, AVP, Sales Engineering EMEA & APAC, Hyland and Matt Bazley, Account Executive, Hyland explain the evolution of digital transformation. Whilst discussing the usage of AI, blockchain and new-age technologies, they also define the importance of well-structured, transparent and secure data as a first priority

26 March 2025

News/identity

PwC Italy and SKChain Advisors prep blockchain-based digital identity product

PwC Italy has joined forces with blockchain consultancy SKChain Advisors to develop an enterprise-grade Web3 EU digital identity product.

25 March 2025

Company update/crypto

Block joins Wall Street Blockchain Alliance

The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA), a leading nonprofit trade association dedicated to promoting the adoption of blockchain technology and cryptoassets in global markets, is pleased to welcome Block, Inc. as its newest corporate member.

24 March 2025

Company update/crypto

ADGM and Chainlink forge blockchain alliance

ADGM, the leading International Financial Centre (IFC) of the UAE’s capital, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Chainlink, the standard for onchain finance, marking a major step in advancing compliant tokenisation frameworks.

24 March 2025

News/markets

Stablecoin de-pegging to be probed by Ripple, Warwick Business School’s Gillmore Centre

The research is funded by the University of California, Berkeley’s Centre for Responsible Decentralized Intelligence, and will involve collaboration between Warwick’s own Dr Ganesh Viswanath-Natraj, Ripple Research, and the University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI), the $50 million research division of Ripple.

21 March 2025

Company update/crypto

Goldman Sachs, FMI Services, and Moody’s join the Canton Network’s Global Synchronizer Foundation

The Global Synchronizer Foundation, in conjunction with the Canton Network, the world’s only public layer one blockchain network with control and privacy, today announced that Goldman Sachs, Hong Kong FMI Services Limited, and Moody’s Ratings have joined the Global Synchronizer Foundation (GSF) as its newest members.

19 March 2025

News/markets

UK Government enters procurement phase for Digital Gilt Instrument issuance

The UK Government has issued a procurement notice for a pilot of blockchain-based Digital Gilt Instrument (Digit) issuance.

18 March 2025

News/markets

BX Digital to roll out DLT-based settlement system for digital assets in Switzerland

BX Digital, a subsidiary of Boerse Stuttgart, has received conditional approval from Swiss market regulators to operate a blockchain-based settlement system for digital assets.

18 March 2025

News/crypto

Binance receives $2 billion investment from Abu Dhabi's MGX

Abu Dhabi investment group MGX has invested $2 billion in stablecoin in crypto exchange Binance.

12 March 2025

Company update/cloud

Reltime releases decentralised AI on Microsoft Azure

Reltime, a leading innovator in Decentralized AI and Layer 1 Blockchain is excited to confirm the launch of its Decentralized AI solution on Azure Global Marketplace.

05 March 2025

News/crypto

BVNK launches embedded wallet that unifies fiat and stablecoin payments

Stablecoin payments infrastructure firm BVNK has launched an embedded wallet that unifies fiat and stablecoin payments globally.

05 March 2025

Research/BlockchainEvent Report

Using modern technology platforms to create an AI-driven bank

05 March 2025 296 downloads

What’s happening at the SEC? Examining signs of Trump’s regulatory roll-back for crypto

Long read/Blockchain

Dominique Dierks Senior Content Manager at Finextra

What’s happening at the SEC? Examining signs of Trump’s regulatory roll-back for crypto

04 March 2025

News/crypto

Turkish investment bank BankPozitif taps Taurus for crypto custody

Turkish digital investment bank BankPozitif has teamed up with Swiss blockchain startup Taurus for a push into crypto.

04 March 2025

Company update/wholesale

Coinhako joins UK-based cryptoasset exchange

Coinhako, (a leading Singapore-based firm a leading digital asset platform in Singapore) today announces it will be joining Fusion Digital Assets, TP ICAP's FCA registered UK-based wholesale spot cryptoasset exchange.

03 March 2025