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French and Swiss central banks hail completed wholesale CBDC trial

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French and Swiss central banks hail completed wholesale CBDC trial

The Banque de France, the Swiss National Bank and BIS Innovation Hub are hailing the completion of their cross-border wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC) experiment.

Citi, Visa, AmEx invest in crypto-compliance platform TRM Labs

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Citi, Visa, AmEx invest in crypto-compliance platform TRM Labs

Blockchain intelligence platform TRM Labs has raised $60 million in a Series B funding round joined by a host of big-name firms, including Visa, Amex Ventures, Citi Ventures, PayPal Ventures, and Block (formerly Square).

SETL demonstrates 1m transactions a second on blockchain

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SETL demonstrates 1m transactions a second on blockchain

Blockchain settlement and payment infrastructure provider SETL is claiming a "breakthrough moment" after its Regulated Liability Network (RLN) demonstrated that it can process one million transactions per second (tps).

Square changes name to Block

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Square changes name to Block

Payments company Square has changed its name to Block two days after CEO Jack Dorsey left his other company, Twitter.

David Marcus quits Facebook

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David Marcus quits Facebook

David Marcus has quit as the boss of Facebook parent Meta's fintech unit after leading a frustrating effort to launch the Novi digital wallet and its associated stablecoin Diem.

Ex-Citi trading exec launches $1.5bn crypto fund

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Ex-Citi trading exec launches $1.5bn crypto fund

A former Citi trading executive has launched a $1.5 billion fund focused on investing in crypto infrastructure, blockchain protocols, and virtual worlds.

Japanese banks to test digital currency

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Japanese banks to test digital currency

A consortium of 74 Japanese firms - including the country's biggest banks - have set out plans to start testing a private sector digital yen in the coming months.

FCA goes to tender for cryptoassets forensics provider

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FCA goes to tender for cryptoassets forensics provider

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has gone to tender for a third party blockchain data analytics provider.

Open finance challenge winners unveiled

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Open finance challenge winners unveiled

An Australian startup working to green the housing market has won a global open finance challenge run by NAB, CIBC, Itaú Unibanco and NatWest.

SIX Digital Exchange launches

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SIX Digital Exchange launches

SIX Digital Exchange has officially launched by issuing the world's first digital bond in a fully regulated environment.

HSBC joins $200m funding round for ConsenSys

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HSBC joins $200m funding round for ConsenSys

HSBC has joined a $200 million funding round for ConsenSys that values the blockchain software engineering firm at $3.2 billion.

Distributed ledger technology is the key to growth for Deutsche Börse

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Distributed ledger technology is the key to growth for Deutsche Börse

Analysts at Metzler Capital Markets believe it is likely that distributed ledger technology will become the dominant technology in the business of Clearstream, Deutsche Börse's securities custodian and settlement provider, in the future.

BM Technologies agrees to buy a bank

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BM Technologies agrees to buy a bank

Fintech BM Technologies has agreed to buy community business lender First Sound Bank in a $23 million deal.

Singapore Fintech Festival 2021: Web 3.0 on the horizon

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Singapore Fintech Festival 2021: Web 3.0 on the horizon

A key focus for Singapore Fintech Festival 2021 was Web 3.0. Loosely defined, Web 3.0 is the next stage in the evolution of the Internet that would ensure that information can be processed with human-like intelligence with technologies such as big data and machine learning.

Coinbase shares dip on Q3 results

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Coinbase shares dip on Q3 results

Shares in Coinbase dived more than seven per cent in after hours trading after the cryptocurrency exchange posted third quarter results that missed market expectations.

Blockchain can be a boon for green finance - BIS

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Blockchain can be a boon for green finance - BIS

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub is reporting a positive case for the use of distributed ledger technology in streamlining the green bond issuance process, while making it easier to track projects' positive environmental impact.

Banque de France reports back on wholesale CBDC programme

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Banque de France reports back on wholesale CBDC programme

The Banque de France has published an upbeat report on its series of experiments with a wholesale CBDC but says its work has also thrown up new questions.

Deloitte: 64% of young collectors are interested in NFTs

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Deloitte: 64% of young collectors are interested in NFTs

Deloitte has just released the 7th edition of its Art & Finance report, which reveals that the majority of young collectors (those under 35) believe blockchain technology, big data, analytics, and artificial intelligence will transform the way business is conducted in the art world.

CommBank pilots crypto service for customers with Gemini and Chainalysis

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CommBank pilots crypto service for customers with Gemini and Chainalysis

Commonwealth Bank (CBA) is to become Australia’s first bank to offer customers the ability to buy, sell and hold crypto assets, directly through their banking app.

SETL open sources blockchain code

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SETL open sources blockchain code

SETL is open sourcing its blockchain toolkit Portl in an effort to speed up adoption of distributed ledger technology by banks who have been wary of trusting their core ledger to a proprietary platform.

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