Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

Instinet and Credit Suisse conduct live same-day settlement of US equity trades

Instinet and Credit Suisse have conducted the first live trades of US-listed equities on a T+0 settlement timeframe using blockchain technology from Paxos.

06 April 2021

News/crypto

Ripple to acquire 40% stake in Asia's Trianglo

Ripple is to acquire a 40% stake in Asian cross-border payments specialist Trianglo.

30 March 2021

News/startups

Asian DeFi incubator launches

RioDeFi, a Singapore-based decentralised finance startup, has launched an incubator hub designed to bring greater blockchain interoperability to Asia.

30 March 2021

News/crypto

Circle launches platform to let NFT marketplaces accept credit card payments

Fintech outfit Circle is bidding to cash in on the NFT craze by launching a platform that helps marketplaces accept credit card and crypto payments for their non-fungible tokens.

30 March 2021

News/crypto

Curve auctions NFTs for charity

All-in-one card fintech Curve is tapping the NFT craze by auctioning five pieces of digital art for charity.

26 March 2021

News/crypto

Blockchain.com raises $300 million

Cryptocurrency wallet provider Blockchain.com has secured $300 million in a Series C funding round that values the London-based company at $5.2 billion.

26 March 2021

News/crypto

Cryptocurrency’s complex quest toward building institutional infrastructure

If the normalisation of Bitcoin and crypto-at-large is to be achieved, there are fundamental challenges that this ‘non-analogue’ asset will be faced with. During Citi’s Digital Money Symposium, panellists of the ‘Institutional Infrastructure for Crypto’ session explored the obstacles crypto firms have faced while trying to carve out a footing within the institutional ecosystem.

25 March 2021

News/payments

German central bank makes case for blockchain settlement in CBDC debate

Germany's central bank says that successful tests of a project to implement a distributed ledger for electronic securities settlement should negate the need for a central bank digital currency.

25 March 2021

News/wealth

FNZ goes live with blockchain-based fund admin system

Wealth management platform FNZ has begun the roll out of ChainClear, its blockchain-based fund trading and settlement system, to the South African funds market.

25 March 2021

News/payments

DBS completes first trade transaction on Ant Group's Trusple blockchain

DBS is the first Asian bank to successfully close a trade financing transaction on Ant Group's blockchain platform Trusple.

15 March 2021

News/sustainable

Diem raises $5.5m to fuel the circular economy

Diem, a London startup that combines traditional banking functionality with a service that lets customers sell their unwanted items to the firm, has raised $5.5 million in a seed funding round led by Fasanara Capital.

15 March 2021

News/crypto

Thai central bank points to DLT constraints in CBDC trials

A Bank of Thailand project to explore the use of a central bank backed digital currency and distributed ledger technology in B2B invoice payments found commercial benefits to users but limitation in supporting large transactions volumes and preserving privacy.

12 March 2021

News/crypto

Techemynt launches first New Zealand dollar stablecoin

Registered New Zealand financial services provider Techemynt has launched the first stablecoin pegged to the country's dollar.

10 March 2021

News/crypto

Ripple and MoneyGram wind down partnership

As it faces up to litigation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Ripple says its partnership with MoneyGram is over.

09 March 2021

News/regulation

Esma queries use of blockchain for EC's ambitious financial data platform

The EU's top regulator has questioned the use of blockchain technology in the creation of a European Single Access Point (Esap) for company financial and sustainable investment information.

03 March 2021

News/cloud

HSBC shifts R3 Corda to Google Cloud

HSBC has become the first bank to start using R3's Corda enterprise blockchain network on Google Cloud.

26 February 2021

News/people

SETL hires former Swift and Ripple exec Marjan Delatinne

Blockchain settlement and payment infrastructure provider SETL has hired former Ripple executive Marjan Delatinne to lead its payments business.

25 February 2021

News/crypto

VersaBank plans deposit-based digital currency

VersaBank says it will launch its own deposit-based digital currency pegged to the Canadian dollar.

24 February 2021

News/markets

DTCC puts DLT at front and centre of shift to T+1

The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation is close to completing work on a prototytpe settlement system based on distributed ledger technology, which could act as the precursor to a US move to a T+1 settlement cycle.

24 February 2021

News/crypto

China and UAE central banks explore CBDC for cross-border payments

The central banks of China and the United Arab Emirates are joining their counterparts in Thailand and Hong Kong on a CBDC project investigating cross-border foreign currency payments.

23 February 2021